Best Trips out of Luang Prabang

I%26#39;m in Luang prabang for a week or so and am looking to do various day trips and overnight trips eh elephang trekking, rafting, cves, kayaking, biking etc. The problem is there are so many agencies in Luang prabang. Which trips are best, which shoudn%26#39;t I bother with, and spefically, which agencies are best to use. By best I don%26#39;t necessarily mean cheapest, but at the same time I don%26#39;t want to be competely ripped off either. All suggestions welcome, thanks in advance!

Best Trips out of Luang Prabang

Read here, and scroll down to the very bottom of the page

travelfish.org/sights/…luang_prabang

Best Trips out of Luang Prabang

Contact ALL LAO TRAVEL via their website, they are terrific.

They respond w/in a day, in English, they%26#39;re based in LP %26amp; can plan group or private trek tours for various lengths.

They%26#39;re also connected with a beautiful riverside lodge outside of LP which has a website too, it%26#39;s called MAHOUT LODGE, with individual traditional cottages along the river bank... you can do elephant or jungle treks, or do what my galpal is doing a one day mahout course... where you ride, bathe, feed the elephant.

I contacted at least 4 Lao travel agencies %26amp; ALL LAO TRAVEL is in a class by itself.

They actually lowered the price by US$90 for a trek I booked my galpal on because some area of the trek was unavailable due to rains/washout of trails. I was very impressed.

Trek rates include meals %26amp; English guides. They do river tours, kayak tours, etc.

Also, they book airfares if you need it.

One of the best trips we did was a day of kayaking...we stopped at the Pak Ou caves and the %26#39;Whiskey Village%26#39; and did about an hour of elephant riding during the day as well. The Pak Ou caves and elephant riding was good but overall the experience of kayaking along the Mekong and seeing the amazing landscapes and river life unfold in front of us was one of the highlights of our stay in Laos.