Today is a big challenge as the long day combined cycling, boating, and transfer at the day's beginning and mid-day through the Phou Khao Khouay National Park.

Enjoy an early breakfast and have a 1.5-hour shuttle transfer to Thabok, where we'll cycle on a minor road toward the national park. The first 15 km are undulate and gentle hills, passing green valleys; we then gear up, cross the national park, enjoy a down ride, and finish today's ride in Muang Hom. After lunch here, we hop on the shuttle, drive to Nam Ngum Reservoir, and board a boat cross the lake to Thalat.