• Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch
  • Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch

Luang Prabang: Cooking Class, Temple Visit, and Lunch

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ID: GYG1228724-1886259
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Country: Laos

Duration: 05:00 hours


Description

Learn to cook traditional Laos dishes with a local family in Luang Prabang. Visit a market, prepare a meal, and offer it to monks at a Buddhist temple before enjoying lunch together.
Begin your journey by meeting your local family at Phosy Market. Learn about the significance of merit-making in Laos culture and how it is believed to bring good luck and keep misfortune away.

Shop for fresh and organic ingredients such as fish, vegetables, and fruits. After getting all the ingredients, head to your local host’s house to start cooking typical dishes that 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, proceed with the dishes to the nearby Buddhist temple to offer to the novices and monks.

Your local host and 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 you walk back to the local host’s house and enjoy lunch together.

Highlights

  • Savor the flavors of Laos as you cook traditional dishes with locals
  • Learn about the significance of merit-making in Laos culture
  • Shop for fresh and organic ingredients at Phosy Market
  • Offer your dishes to monks at a nearby Buddhist temple
  • Enjoy a delicious lunch with your host family after the ceremony

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The activity involves cooking and offering food to monks, which is a cultural and religious practice in Laos.
Participants should be respectful during the offering ceremony at the temple.
INCLUDED
  • Hotel Pickup and Drop off
  • English Speaking Tour Guide
  • Lunch
  • Water
NOT INCLUDED
  • Gratuities

When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.