MOTOLAO

31/03/2022

Our guides recently completed their Lao Safe COVID-19 training.
https://explore-laos.com/guides-complete-covid-safe-training/ preparing for the upcoming tourist season.

29/03/2022

The ABR Festival this year is going to include an Adventure and Trail Bike Concours.

To bring as much diversity as possible into the line up entries are opening now, so if you’ve got a bike that’s at least 25 years old and you’d like to see it included in the line-up, here are the 5 categories:

Adventure
Trail
Touring
Iconic
Been there, done it

Entries are very limited and successful applicants will all receive free full weekend entry into the Festival, including Thursday evening VIP Welcome Reception.

If you’d like your bike to be included, or know of someone with a bike they’d like to bring along, please email [email protected] with a short summary plus image of the bike, and it will be put forward into the selection process.

02/09/2021

06/08/2020

https://youtu.be/Z8-s69xrvFE

Riding our motorcycle in Laos has been a lot of fun. Even though we were expecting the condition of the roads to be bad, we were positively surprised to find a lot of asphalt. Throughout Laos, we found beautiful roads (off & on road), spectacular mountain views, gorgeous Buddhist temples and stunning river vistas.

On top of all of this, we also got to witness the remote and authentic village life, where we were welcomed by joyful Lao kids, who would often lead to other beautiful encounters and secret places...

But some things can also be tricky! Specially, the one or the other ‘touchy’ ferry crossing or the quirky wooden bridges - beautiful but hiding some dangers... That's right, some of these bridges come with a major risk… NAILS!

It was probably in of these wooden bridges that we got a very long nail in our rear tyre. Once we found it, we drove with it in the tyre for a couple of days more, since we didn't know if it was a big piece or a small piece that was inside. After monitoring the tyre a few days later, we noticed that the nail was going deeper into the tyre and that's when we decided to remove it.

Jorge took the Leatherman and tried a couple of times, until it came out in one piece - a very long piece. Fortunately, the tyre did not deflate. We were very lucky about that. Or who knows, perhaps it wasn't just a stroke of luck. A few days earlier we had found something special on our motorbike…

One of our neighbours had left marigold flowers in the exhaust of our motorbike. Lao usually have these flowers blessed in the Buddhist temples and then keep them in their homes, cars or mopeds as a kind of protection. Perhaps this protection worked just fine for us and for that reason our tyre behaved well and did not deflate...
Video ➜ Jorge Valente
Music ➜ Seastock - Modern Garage Rock

Riding our motorcycle in Laos has been a lot of fun. Even though we were expecting the condition of the roads to be bad, we were positively surprised to find...

24/04/2020

23/03/2020

MotoLao Tours always share the most gorgeous pictures with us. Big thanks to Guide Bounmark for this stunner! Happy MotoMonday!

19/03/2020

As Coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread, Tiger Trail has up to date information about Laos for travelers. Read on for info about borders & visas.

16/03/2020

And a fun time was had by all!

09/03/2020

Now this is Laos.

Week after week, we post gorgeuos, awe inspiring, silly, and joyful pictures from Laos, but sometimes you can't quite pick out that the landscape is definitely Laos & not a rouge picture from Cambodia, Thailand, or Vietnam that slipped in by accident. But THIS! THIS is a Lao picture if there ever was one!
Haven't seen the UNESCO protected Plain of Jars yet? MotoLao & Tiger Trail are happy to fix that for you :)

02/03/2020

Make 2020 the Year of You! MotoLao provides the guide & gear, you just need to get here!

24/02/2020

The question was posed to me "why are there so many pictures & videos online of people on motorcycles crossing river or streams?" My response? "You've never ridden a motorcycle, have you?" 🤣🤣🤣🏍🏍🏍🌊

Come let MotoLao show you what all the fuss is about. You'll never look at a "puddle" the same way again.

17/02/2020

🇱🇦 🏍🎤So I'm packing my bags for the Misty Mountain🎤🏍🇱🇦

Just bring your small pack, MotoLao's got the gear ready for your trip to the misty mountains of Laos.

10/02/2020

MotoLao is proud of Lao rider & local business owner, Nilamon Binthavone, for not only being the solo rider for the entire Lao leg of the Women Riders World Relay, but getting a name drop in the NY Times! Tiger Trail's marketing specialist road for Cambodia last year, but she is looking forward to supporting Laos in the next Relay.

Through sleet and monsoons, cities and villages, the Women Riders World Relay has inspired motorcyclists “to show themselves and each other what they are capable of.”

06/02/2020

Planning an overland trip into Laos? Keep up to date on where you can get a visa on arrival.

04/02/2020

Imagine riding along, wind blowing, dust pluming out behind you, elephants trumpeting- what?! MotoLao riders see the most amazing things...

29/01/2020

Wanna go for a ride? From beginner to experienced rider, MotoLao has something for you. Our guides are trained in safety & first aid (for humans & motos) & absolutely love sharing a 2 wheeled view of Laos. The picture says it all, happy Guides & happy guests!

For more info on our tours, visit www.motolao.com Not

20/01/2020

Not every ride is problem free, but with MotoLao, that's no problem. Our guides are ready with road kits to get everyone riding smooth as quickly & safely as possible.

13/01/2020

What's that sound? Nong Khiaw is calling! Gear up & head out with MotoLao. Whether it's just you or a whole crew, we provide quality bikes, safety gear (but you are responsible for bringing proper pants), & experienced guides. Nature provides gorgeous shots like this

06/01/2020

The weather's great so come out & ride!

30/12/2019

Crossing the Mekong on the car ferry is a memorable way to start any day. Where has been your most memorable ferry crossing? Or, as is often the case once you get farther out, "ferry" crossing.

16/12/2019

Have you joined a MotoLao tour? We'd love to see your pictures or videos! Feel free to share them here, tag us on FB or Instagram using , or send them to [email protected] Here are some from a recently returned group.

17/11/2019

17/11/2019

On tour in the Lao countryside

27/05/2019

Discovering Laos on a motorbike is still one of the most exhilarating ways to see this spectacular country. Check out our tours (including join-in options!)

18/03/2019

The old Wat in long Tieng

13/12/2018

4000 kilometers 17 days..8 bikes and 1 truck

7 punctures, 1 fork seal, 1 stator, 1 set of wheel bearings, 1 clutch, 1 timing chain tensioner, 1 broken collar bone, 1 lost passport and were all still friends.. Chris and Hulle...great team...😎

08/12/2018

A good day turns into a bad one as a client loses his passport on the trail...spent hrs back tracking...no luck.

07/12/2018

A dry dusty day on the Ho Chi Minh Trail...

06/12/2018

32 degrees today,feels much hotter..

29/11/2018

Cold start to the day, we lose a man today after a small off yesterday...suspected broken collar bone...😔😮