Laos hosts the Longest BikingMan Race Yet
15 athletes from 12 nations cycled 780km across Laos from May 20th to
24th without any kind of external assistance!
New Luxury Boutique Cruise on the Mekong, Laos.
Named after the last ruler of the Kingdom of Vientiane, the ‘Anouvong’ embraces traditional Laotian artwork fused with French-colonial elegance.
Heritage Line brings to life untold stories with the right mix of comfort, adventure, culture, history, luxury, and tradition.
Luang Prabang, Nong Khiaw and Sayaboury Loop
15 days cycling with Elephants, Villages Waterfalls in Laos
FAIRTREK – Hokkaido School helping communities
Student group completes mud-brick house in rural ethnic village to generate income
Ballooning in Laos, Vang Vieng
A magical experience hot air ballooning in Laos
5 Must-See Waterfalls in Laos!
From the glorious twin falls of Tad Fane, to the voluminous amount of water passing over Khone Pha Pheng falls, here are the top 5 waterfalls in Laos that you must see!
Discover Secrets of Deep Mountain Lao Hilltribes
High in the mountains of Laos lives a minority society, a group of people with a clan system strong in cultural traditions, forged by centuries of animism and ancestral worship and working the land, that they have survived war, desolation and years of oppression. This is the home of the Hmong.
Luang Prabang Family Travel Guide
Family relationships form the true heart of Lao culture. To many Lao people, these connections far supersede anything else in importance.
See the unseen side of Luang Prabang that most tourists don’t
Get out of town and discover rice paddies and charming villages.
Fairtrek Thin Pha trail, boat and Tad Sae waterfall
Hiking in beautiful limestone mountains to a Khmu Village
5 Must-See Waterfalls in Laos!
From the glorious twin falls of Tad Fane, to the voluminous amount of water passing over Khone Pha Pheng falls, here are the top 5 waterfalls in Laos that you must see!
Luang Prabang gets a new food tour
A new street food tour is born in Luang Prabang and we check it out.
The first step to marvelously defined thighs
Hi. I’m Tom, the newly appointed Biking Manager at Tiger Trail Travel and I have a confession to make. I am not really a cycling guy, I have spent 42 years avoiding Lycra and skid lids*, but I love adventure, the wind in my hair and the sense of achievement you get when you
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Biking, trekking and kayaking in the Laos countryside
My name is David Allan, Manager at Tiger Trail Travel. Recently I enjoyed some customers on a two-day Fairtrek out of Luang Prabang into the countryside for an overnight adventure and insight into the 2-day experience we provide to travellers. We started off at the Tiger Trail bike shop in town where we met up
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Milking Buffalo in Laos – Laos Buffalo Diary Farm, Luang Prabang
A socially responsibly business bringing exciting foods to Luang Prabang and income to communities
Treehouses on top of the world: Zip-lining in Laos
By Eliot Stein September 15, 2016 At the Gibbon Experience in northwest Laos, zip-lines connect some of the tallest treehouses in the world. (Felipe Rodríguez Vasquez) During our honeymoon, my wife strapped herself to a steel cable, kissed me goodbye and threw herself off the side of a mountain. I watched as she disappeared into the jungle
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Why You Need To Start Cycling Laos
Laos is fast becoming a popular cycling destination in southeast Asia. Here are five reasons why Laos is the best place to go cycling in Southeast Asia, and possibly the world! 1. The Amazing Views Laos has some of the most inspiring and varied landscapes in the region. For a small trip, we will take
Fairtrek builds fence for local village
Fair Trek’s work with many groups of volunteers result in the village of Houy Fay having a beautiful primary and preschool and now, they also have safer grounds! The pre-school was totally redone, changing the mud floor and bamboo construction to a concrete and cement construction. The primary school was repainted and now the structures
Laos Elephant Tour – Communicating with Elephants – Mandalao
Luang Prabang has long been a destination for elephant interaction and elephant riding. But since the world of tourism is re-thinking the way elephant tours should be conducted, also Luang Prabang has undergone changes in the various offerings for Elephant tours. As a leading travel management company in Laos, we promote companies who are innovative,
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Lifetime Achievement Award to Tony and Maureen Wheeler – Lonely Planet
Just a few years ago, the Director of Tiger Trail, Mr. Markus N. has been traveling with Tony Wheeler, who now has received one of the highest honors to be found in the world of tourism. As Markus & Tony traveled to Nong Khiaw those days, they sat on the kayak for hours talking about
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