Tour Highlight

Experience the significant Buddhist tradition of merit-making.
Visit a local market with a host family to shop for fresh ingredients.
Learn to cook a full menu of traditional Laotian dishes in a local home.
Participate in the sacred ceremony of offering food to monks at a temple.
Receive a blessing from the monks and enjoy a communal lunch with the host family.

Includes:

Hotel Pickup and Drop off
English Speaking Tour Guide
Lunch
Water

Exclude:

Gratuities
Personal Expense

TOUR DESCRIPTION

Operate: Daily

Start Time: 8:00 am – End Time: 1:30 pm

Pickup Time Between: 7:30 am-8:00 am

Meeting Point-Ending Point: Guest's hotel in Luang Prabang City Centre

Merit-making is a significant part of life for Laos people. People make offerings to monks at Buddhist temples to pray for good luck and keep misfortune away. Merit offering to monks would also be passed on to the spirits of deceased relatives. Devotees also pray for a healthy and prosperous life as their highly respected monks conduct the ritual of chanting and worshipping to show their respect to Buddha.

Join Discova on a journey to experience the whole merit-making and offering process as we depart at 8:00AM to Phosy market to meet our local family. The family will guide us on what we need to prepare for the merit-making ceremony.

Shop for some fresh and organic ingredients such as fish, vegetables, and fruits. After getting all the ingredients, we will head to your local host’s house to start cooking those typical dishes, which Laos people always prepare to make merit to the monks. Enjoy making khao niew (sticky rice), bamboo shoot soup (Keang nor Mai), steamed fish in banana leaves (Mok Pa), Luang Prabang stew (Ork Lam), and eggplant sauce (Jeo Mak Kheua) with the host family. Once the cooking is done, we will proceed with the dishes to the nearby Buddhist temple to offer to the novices and monks.

Your local host and our tour guide will guide you through the whole ceremony of offering merit, receiving a blessing from highly respected monks at the temple. By the end of the offering ceremony, bid farewell to all the monks as we walk back to the local host’s house and enjoy lunch together.

Cancellation: There is no charge if any cancelation made 24 hours before travel date.

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