The Bamboo Experience

Located in a village near rice paddy field and bamboo plantation. Not only you'll learn to cook Lao dishes using bamboo shoots as the main ingredient, but as well you'll learn what can be made out of bamboo, play with bamboo stilts, crossbow, attend a small music+dance show by a Hmong man, get a weaving lesson with a local craftsman & make your own small souvenir.

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Hours: 08:30-13:30 or 16:00-20:30
Price: 336,000 kip, special rates for families & children
Website: bambooexperience.org (opens in a new tab)

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