{"id":5050,"date":"2020-09-18T10:59:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?p=5050"},"modified":"2023-11-29T14:43:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T03:43:58","slug":"cambodia-and-laos-private-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/cambodia-and-laos-private-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia and Laos Private Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Chris &amp; Chris Rizos<\/strong> are seasoned travellers who arranged a private tour with us in 2019 to visit two of their favourite countries; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/cambodia\/\">Cambodia <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/laos\/\">Laos<\/a>. <\/em><br><br><em>Here\u2019s what they had to say about it their first holiday experience with Wendy Wu Tours:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Phnom Penh<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Our trip began in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/cambodia\/phnom-penh\/\">Phnom Penh<\/a>, where we were greeted by our guide Virak. Virak had learned his English by repeatedly watching films such as Crocodile Dundee, The Castle and Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. This helped to make our stay in Phnom Penh even more enjoyable! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018We\ntasted local food, and our lunch was delicious. Virak\u2019s unique \u2018Aussie\u2019 sense\nof humour was icing on the cake!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-1024x768.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-567x425.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20768%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-5053 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20768%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-567x425.jpg 567w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/delicious-food-1024x768.jpg\"><figcaption>Delicious Local Food<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Virak took us to <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/asia\/cambodia\/articles\/koh-dach-exploring-cambodias-silk-island\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Koh Dach Island<\/a> (Silk Island) where we met a local family. The family made us most welcome and recounted for us their sometimes-tumultuous lives and the country\u2019s recent fascinating and tragic history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Tonle Sap tributary of the\nMekong River<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We boarded a small riverboat and sailed down the Tonle Sap tributary of the Mekong River for a relaxing 3 days\/2 nights. Our new guide, Nasy and the staff onboard made every effort to make us feel comfortable, and we must say they succeeded! We had offshore excursions and fresh food was delivered to the boat daily. The chef was wonderful, and my favourite meal was the amok and barbequed fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-1024x768.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-567x425.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20768%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-5052 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20768%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-567x425.jpg 567w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/boat-ride-1024x768.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018This\nboat experience wet our appetite for a future cruise on Wendy Wu\u2019s new\nriverboat up the Mekong River from Ho Chi Minh City.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>Luang\nPrabang<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/laos\/luang-prabang\/\">Luang Prabang<\/a> is a beautiful city with a spectacular landscape and our local guide Paradon was charming, spoke excellent English and made our next eight days in Laos very enjoyable. Paradon took us to visit the Sun Bear Reserve for rescued animals, local markets, magnificent temples and the National Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><noscript><img width=\"490\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-15.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-5056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-15.png 490w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-15-291x300.png 291w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-15-194x200.png 194w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-15-412x425.png 412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"490\" height=\"506\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20490%20506%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-5056 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20490%20506%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-15.png 490w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-15-291x300.png 291w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-15-194x200.png 194w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-15-412x425.png 412w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-15.png\"><figcaption>Amazing waterfalls and natural scenery<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>Vientianne<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/laos\/vientiane\/\">Vientiane<\/a> is a large city and Paradon helped us make the most of our time there and explore the markets, Haw Phra Kew temple, the old Wat Sisaket, Patuxai Monument and the Kaysome Phomeivan Museum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-1024x768.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-5055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-567x425.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20768%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-5055 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20768%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-567x425.jpg 567w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/15-min-1024x768.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4>What was your favourite\nlocal dish?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The food everywhere was delicious and varied \u2013 some of the unforgettable dishes we tasted were buffalo ice-cream, seaweed with tempura mulberry leaves, buffalo lard and pumpkin and pork soup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>What were the highlights of\nyour trip?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Our highlights included seeing a newborn water buffalo, exploring the local markets, having a massage and cooking some Laos food, and then taking it to the monks at a Buddhist temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>What were the benefits of\narranging your holiday with Wendy Wu Tours?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The information Wendy Wu supplied us before commencing the trip made things much easier for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are\nindependent travellers, so it was great that Wendy Wu Tours were very flexible.\nThey accommodated our requests for specific hotels and free days so we could\nexplore on our own. All of their guides were knowledgeable and charming, and\nthe standard of accommodation booked was excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img width=\"532\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-5.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-5058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-5.png 532w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-5-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-5-267x200.png 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"532\" height=\"398\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20532%20398%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-5058 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20532%20398%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 532w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-5.png 532w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-5-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-5-267x200.png 267w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Picture-5.png\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018During\nour trip we were driven in a small van through the countryside of Laos to the\ncapital city of Vientiane, on the Thailand border. If we had tried to do this\ntrip alone, we would not only have missed out on learning a lot from our guide\nParadon, but it would have taken us a lot longer.\u2019<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Would you travel with Wendy\nWu Tours again? <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">MOST\nDEFINITELY! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Covid-19\nmeant that we needed to postpone our planned travel with Wendy Wu to Central\nAsia this year. However, as soon as it becomes possible to travel again, we\nwill be back travelling with Wendy Wu Tours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris &amp; Chris Rizos are seasoned travellers who arranged a private tour with us in 2019 to visit two of their favourite countries; Cambodia and Laos. Here\u2019s what they had to say about it their first holiday experience with Wendy Wu Tours: Phnom Penh Our trip began in Phnom Penh, where we were greeted by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[3,10,157],"tags":[338],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/mr-mrs-rizos-kuangsi-falls.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5050"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5246,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050\/revisions\/5246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}