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£658 - £970
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London GatwickVientiane Wattay
LGW - VTE
LGWVTE
London Gatwick
Sat 2/11
1 stop27h 10m
Vientiane Wattay
Fri 22/11
1 stop38h 10m
London GatwickVientiane Wattay
LGW - VTE
LGWVTE
London Gatwick
Sat 2/11
3 stops40h 55m
Vientiane Wattay
Fri 22/11
2 stops24h 25m
London HeathrowVientiane Wattay
LHR - VTE
LHRVTE
London Heathrow
Sat 16/11
3 stops27h 00m
Vientiane Wattay
Sat 7/12
1 stop18h 30m
London HeathrowVientiane Wattay
LHR - VTE
LHRVTE
London Heathrow
Sat 2/11
1 stop15h 10m
Vientiane Wattay
Fri 22/11
1 stop16h 50m
London HeathrowLuang Prabang
LHR - LPQ
LHRLPQ
London Heathrow
Tue 12/11
2 stops43h 35m
Luang Prabang
Wed 27/11
2 stops25h 30m
London StanstedLuang Prabang
STN - LPQ
STNLPQ
London Stansted
Thu 14/11
2 stops32h 20m
Luang Prabang
Wed 27/11
2 stops30h 50m
London HeathrowLuang Prabang
LHR - LPQ
LHRLPQ
London Heathrow
Wed 13/11
2 stops20h 00m
Luang Prabang
Thu 28/11
2 stops25h 10m
VTE Temperature | 22 - 29 °C |
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If weather is an important factor for your trip to Laos, use this chart to help with planning. For those seeking warmer temperatures, April is the ideal time of year to visit, when temperatures reach an average of 29.0 C. Travellers hoping to avoid the cold should look outside of January, when temperatures are typically at their lowest (around 22.0 C).
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Delayed flight a bit annoying but staff all good and surprisingly the main course of vegan meals were good.
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Delayed flight a bit annoying but staff all good and surprisingly the main course of vegan meals were good.
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Delayed flight a bit annoying but staff all good and surprisingly the main course of vegan meals were good.
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Delayed flight a bit annoying but staff all good and surprisingly the main course of vegan meals were good.
Crew
Overall
Boarding
Entertainment
Food
Comfort
Reviews
Delayed flight a bit annoying but staff all good and surprisingly the main course of vegan meals were good.
Crew
Overall
Boarding
Entertainment
Food
Comfort
Reviews
Delayed flight a bit annoying but staff all good and surprisingly the main course of vegan meals were good.
When the French controlled Indochina, they called the slowness of pace in Laos and the apparent indolence of the people the “Laotian malaise”, precisely what makes this land tourist heaven. Officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, a communist state, Laos is sandwiched between Burma (Myanmar), China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, a country about the same size as Great Britain. About 70 per cent of the country is made up of mountain and highland and there is extensive, untouched, forest too. Most Laotians live in the fertile plains of the Mekong and the 11 other rivers, eking out an existence by farming and fishing.
Its capital is Vientiane, home to Wattay International, where many flights to Laos touch down. Most travellers will pick up cheap flights to Laos from Bangkok. Vientiane is on the Mekong, a town of wide boulevards, French Colonial buildings, golden temples and Pha That Luang, Laos’s most important religious monument.
The former royal capital is Luang Prabang, a gilded city locked in time with 45 temples, 32 of them active. The most spectacular temple is Wat Xieng Thong. Early each morning hundreds of orange-robed monks make their daily alms round, a sight not to be missed.
The climate is tropical – extremely humid during the rainy season (July to October).
Lao Airlines flies domestically. Apart from flying there are several ways to get around the country including by ferry, bus (there is a good network throughout Laos), rental car, Songthaew (pick-up trucks with benches) and, of course, tuk tuk (modified motorbikes).