One month moving through Laos and Northern Thailand. Solo travellers who travel together. Designed for people with time, curiosity, and zero interest in tours or packages.
Sheer rock towers rising out of rice fields. Monks collecting alms at first light. Two days on a slow boat, watching villages go past. Mountain roads you ride pillion. A valley that talks you into staying.
One day a week is planned together: a hot air balloon over Laos at sunrise, rice farming with a local family, two nights in a monastery on the mountainside. The rest of the time you're on your own. Most people grab a scooter and disappear for the day. Some find a café and stay there for hours. A few join up for dinner and compare notes. Accommodation is characterful and well-chosen. Not five-star, but a long way from budget. The slow boat is exactly what it sounds like. The monastery wake-up bell comes early.
This trip works for you if
You want adventure travel through Laos and Northern Thailand, are happy on a motorbike (even riding pillion) as you are on a slow boat, find joy not boredom on rivers and in small towns, and approach things like monastery stays with curiosity even if they're outside your everyday. The average age on our trips is 65. Most people are done with work or taking a break from it, and treating this like the gap year they never had.