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UNESCO World Heritage hawks can avoid the crowds at other landmark sites with a visit to 10th-century pre-Angkor Vat Phou temple complex in Southern Laos’ Champasak Province.   Click on photo to link to Google Map of Vat Phou. The visitor entrance to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed site can be viewed as the exit of … Read more

Intrepid traveler and Lao resident, Paul Burnett, headed to Boten to put his eye on its progress, stopping along the way to soak up the local culture. Travel with Paul on his trail to disappointment. The great China-Laos Railway has opened up somewhat easier travel options travelling between Vientiane and China for both locals and … Read more

Tad Fane, Southern Laos’ iconic twin waterfalls, has reopened its popular viewpoint and over-the-gorge zipline course to tourists, just a 40-minute drive from Pakse. Click on photo for interactive Google Earth Map. Tad Fane marks the forested point where the Champi and Phak Koot Rivers meet at a 120-metre cliff and plunge side-by-side from the … Read more

Tad Yeuang Waterfall in Southern Laos won the ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Award (ASTA) in January 2022, for developing a safe and sustainable tourist attraction around the natural site. The falls and market at the entrance are already attracting foreign visitors – as well as community vendors – just 2.5 months after the country reopened. Visitors … Read more

Strong, full-bodied Bolaven Plateau coffee has been making its way into cappuccinos, lattes, frappes, and ice coffees around the world in recent years, and now global tourists are coming to experience the “Spring of Lao Coffee” in Champasak Province. Courtesy Southern Laos Tourism Website Travelers can sip their Morning Joe in Pakse, while watching the sunrise … Read more

Sustainability and ecotourism are the names of the game at Nahm Dong Park that presents 18 hectares of nature with loads of activities for all or just relaxation about 10 km from the center of Luang Prabang.  Nahm Dong offers an activity menu for all ages and desires. For action in nature, visitors can tackle … Read more

The seven-day Sabaidee Luang Prabang Fest opened on 6 October, to promote sustainable tourism and Lao tradition and culture, while stimulating post-Covid tourism to the UNESCO World Heritage City, supporting local MSMEs, and raising awareness in sustainable supply chains with a focus on “Made in Laos” products.   The “No Plastic” event, as part of … Read more

Dough & Co. A nice location away from it all though close to home for a few of us living in the Sisatanak and Dongsavat Areas, located down form the Sangwuey Temple and 5 minutes away is the Local Chongmun Market. meet a few people here on a daily basis, my view is they produce some … Read more

Welcome to Champasak Province, Charming by Nature, the southern-most province of Laos, a place also known as the “Emerald Triangle” being the crossroad between Viet Nam, Thailand and Cambodia, the latest travel destination in Indochina where it is still possible to see and feel the genuine local lifestyle and natural beauty of this enigmatic Country. … Read more

Luang Prabang is an up-and-coming coffee capital. Thanks to David the General Manager of Tiger Trail Travel, he has updated his blog of Coffee shops to visit.  Luang Prabang coffee spots as there are now over 24 places with the explosion of cafes in recent years. the whole country is alive with new coffee shops and coffee … Read more