Ban Mom is 88 km downriver from Xieng Kok, directly across from Wan Pon, Myanmar, and the final downriver port on the Mekong’s Lao-Myanmar Corridor before the river reaches “The Golden Triangle”, about 30 km away. Ban Mom’s relatively large landing serves a few cargo vessels and launches local ferries to/from Wan Pon and longboats … Read more
Sayabouly Town, located about 80 km from Luang Prabang, is served by Tha Deua Pier, which mostly handles ferry and commercial traffic. A few high-end cruise lines include Sayabouly Town on their Golden Triangle-Vientiane voyages. You can also reach Tha Deua on a ferry from Pak Beng. However, the rough current between Luang Prabang and … Read more
Houay Xay sits about 60 km downriver from Ton Paeng. The cosy hillside port has long served as the Mekong’s main Thai-Lao immigration checkpoint and pier for cruises to/from Luang Prabang. Previously, tourists crossed from Thailand by ferry to Houei Xay’s steep paved landing, and raced like rats to the next boat to Lung … Read more
Pak Tha sits where the Nam Tha River empties into the Mekong after flowing from China and Luang Namtha. The tiny landing is about a 2-hour cruise down the Mekong from Houay Xay, and is a mandatory checkpoint for all passing river traffic. This also marks where the Mekong leaves its role as the … Read more
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