Chateau Orientale

We did the biketour with them and had lunch at the hotel. Very professional company with a wonderful hotel a little bit away in the middle of the beautiful nature. Highly recommended! The bike is fun and suitabel for all levels. They will ahust to your level. Very good bikes!

Fantastic tour of rural Laos! The tour guide was great and the tour itself was well worth it! You wint get a strenuous mtb tour but fir something different and for all skill levels this is a perfect way to see the country outside the city! An easy recommendation

I took a half day emountain bike this morning with 2 other people. I was super excited having paid $75 for it, had high expectations... The bike itself looked fine, however it could not handle steep hills. I asked another guest on the tour to test it as I was really struggling. He said it had no oomph or power on the steeper hills. He too ended up pushing it which he didnt have to do at all on his bike at any point. The others were motoring through pain free and they were older than me. The guide tested and said it was fine. Of course. The climbs were steep and it was exhausting. We never got to stop for photos or admire the scenery and it felt like an endurance test. We were then taken on a hike to some caves but I couldn't manage it after the exertion of getting there. The guide never checked on me and just let me go down alone. There was a van with three men in it (at this point I didn't know they were going to take my bike to the next village). As a solo traveller my first thought is my safety. Here I am waiting (no phone signal) in the middle of nowhere with these three young men there. The woman in my group observed there was 'bedding in the back'. It was unacceptable. I was then deposited I'm a village somewhere (alone) and waited for the others. Please note I am fit, lift weights and play badminton in a league. I have also played semi professional football. I gave them the opportunity to make it right but as "the guide said it was fine" it clearly was, fine. Breathtaking. I also felt the reply had a degree of judgement in it "difficulties completing the course" like I'm a 39st unit! There are no managers/decision makers on site. A premium price for a basic product- should have just hired a mountain bike for a tenth of the price. I hate giving bad reviews and if it had cost a bit less then I probably wouldn't but I really think people should know they are rolling the dice with this company. Absolute waste of time and money. Lunch was ok. Avoid. I feel so mugged off.

Great get away outside Luang Prabang. This is a boutique place in a fairly remote ( though only 30mins for Liang Prabang ) spot. There is plenty to do. The hotel and grounds are something special. This place is the fruit of a passionate owner, entrepreneur and traveller. His team of staff have been with him on his journey through multiple hospitality and tourism ventures in Liang Prabang, and what you get here is truly boutique and not something easily found. Thanks Markus and Fah.