Laos

Discover Laos through quiet landscapes, Buddhist traditions, village communities and environmental learning. Students explore culture, development, sustainability and community life through thoughtful, immersive experiences.

Explore Laos Through Culture, Landscape and Community

Laos offers students a thoughtful and deeply rewarding setting for educational travel. With rich landscapes, Buddhist spiritual traditions, ancient temples, handicraft markets and the Mekong River, the country gives students a chance to learn through culture, community and place.

An Edventure Travel program in Laos can explore themes such as development studies, natural resource management, French colonial history, Buddhist traditions, sustainability and contemporary regional issues. Students are encouraged to look closely, ask questions and understand how local ways of life are shaped by history, environment and change.

Shape the Learning Experience

Curiosity sets the direction. Whether your focus is history, culture, development, environment or contemporary issues, Edventure Travel can help build a Laos program that connects learning with real-world experience.

Programs can explore topics such as community-based learning, natural resource management, French colonial history, Buddhist traditions, regional diplomacy, landmine legacy, sustainability and the changing relationship between Laos and its neighbours.

Customised Laos Tours for Your Group

Every group brings different priorities, interests and learning goals. That’s why each Laos tour is thoughtfully shaped around your students, curriculum and the experience you want to create.

Student trips can support curriculum outcomes, student wellbeing and your school’s budget, while offering meaningful learning beyond the classroom.

Private tours can also be tailored to your group’s interests, pace, accommodation preferences and overall budget.

Development Studies and Human Geography

  • Uncover the impacts of China’s belt and road initiative in Laos, which is building dams and developing fast trains
  • Meet ethnic minority groups who live a traditional subsistence lifestyle

  • Visit a rural school, meet local students and collaborate on a school improvement project
  • Work with women’s social enterprises, mobile libraries, and small startup businesses through micro-loans and volunteer work

Environmental Awareness

  • Explore the benefits and trade-offs of water resource developments

  • Analyse the ethics of elephant and bear sanctuaries, while learning how to protect natural habitat
  • Encounter unique underground ecosystems inside Vang Vieng’s limestone caves
  • See and learn about the development and impacts of the Chinese funded fast train through Laos

History, Politics and Conflict

  • Gain insight into the effects of French colonisation in Laos

  • Learn about the legacy of landmines from those working to clear unexploded US bombs
  • Understand Laos’ diplomacy with regional neighbours and trading partners

  • Visit the mysterious Plain of Jars and explore the theories behind their purpose

Add Adventure to Your Laos Program

If you like an action-packed itinerary, expand your agenda with these exciting local activities.
Explore impressive stone carvings inside temple ruins  
Cruise the mighty Mekong River
Taste the fresh flavours of Laotian cuisine in a cooking class
Bargain for silks, scarves and handicrafts at bustling night markets
Experience Laotian culture and lifestyle close-up with a village homestay
Navigate French colonial towns through a Great Race urban challenge
Kayak low-grade river rapids on Nam Song River with a qualified instructor
Stay overnight in a rural temple and learn Buddhist rituals from novice monks
Take part in a Laotian baci blessing ceremony to receive good luck for your journey
Visit remote mountain areas for adventure sports like trekking, mountain biking or zip-lining

Nine Destinations, Endless Learning

Explore educational school tours across Asia and New Zealand, with each destination offering distinct culture, community and real world learning.

Ready to Plan Your Next School Tour?

Tell us where you’d like to go, what your students need to learn and when you’re planning to travel. We’ll help shape an itinerary around your school.