Absolutely! Laos is a beautiful country with a lot to offer in terms of adventure travel. From hiking through lush forests to ziplining over rivers,
there's no shortage of exciting activities for those looking for a thrill.
Lao PDR has a rich culinary heritage, and there are many restaurants and street vendors that offer a variety of delicious and authentic Lao food. Here are the top 5 restaurants in Lao PDR:
there are a lot more out there.
Those looking to breeze the mighty Mekong River from north to south of Laos.
today you will need to navigate Locks due to the Dams then again still worth the trips!
making it an ideal destination for adventure seekers and nature enthusiasts. There are many hidden trails in Laos that offer unique and off-the-beaten-path experiences.
Lao PDR, also known as Laos, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia with a rich cultural and historical heritage. The country has a long and complex history, and there are many stories of buried treasures and lost artifacts that are said to be hidden throughout the country. Here are a few examples:
Pakse is a charming city in southern Laos, known for its picturesque scenery, ancient temples, and natural wonders.
Here are ten top things to do in Pakse:
Luang Namtha is a beautiful province located in northern Laos, known for its stunning natural scenery, diverse ethnic cultures, and outdoor activities.
Choose a cave and go exploring here in Lao PDR
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Submitted 1 year 2 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
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.
Come and Explore Pa Chong Houei Chaek, Conservation Park
of Khampom Phongsavanh!
A location created from the heart - even during these trying times an outlook
towards the future!
Submitted 2 years 4 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
I’ve toured with Somsavath, who runs Phou Iu Travel, several times. He is forever digging deeper into the mountains of Laos’ northwestern-most province, and his itineraries make “off the beaten track” look like Main Street.
Submitted 2 years 7 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Xe Champhone Loop offers a lot of activities to be discovered and incredible wildlife. It is a perfect family trip for a weekend out of Savannakhet city or if you want to take your time on the road between Pakse and Thakhek.
Submitted 2 years 8 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
“Ever wondered what it is like, travelling off the beaten track in Laos looking for the most beautiful textiles? Our Village Weavers Project often takes us to isolated villages. Tag along as we travel from Luang Prabang to Bam Puim in the Houaphanh Province.
Submitted 2 years 8 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Temples always tended to attract tourists in the nation’s capital, but as Love Laos, “Vientiane has a wealth of hidden gems to discover for those wanting to get a real feel for this charming city."
Submitted 2 years 9 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
With a large number of the popuation employed as farmers, Laos is the perfect place to experience rice cultivation. Asian Trails enable this on a tour close to the country’s leading tourism attraction, the heritage city of Luang Prabang.
Submitted 3 years 3 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Mega Mark Jones dives deeper into the Thakek Loop with a recent update that includes seldom seen attractions, new activities, and a circuit to avoid dangerous Route 13 on a 4-5-day motorbike journey.
Submitted 3 years 4 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Phongsaly is a beautiful mountainous area known for its agriculture and ethnic diversity. It is the northern-most province of Laos, sandwiched between China to north and west and Vietnam to the east.
Submitted 3 years 4 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
I sat sweating near Vientiane’s Hospital 103, waiting for the bus downtown, while watching traffic. Then, this vehicle appeared like no other. It looked like a hybrid between a military machine and camper, with a sticker on the side. “Rockin’ Rosie on Tour”.
Submitted 3 years 4 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Tucked away up the Nam Ou river is a small town called Muang Ngoi. It’s a place to come if you want to detach a little from the outside world, sit in a hammock and read a good book.
Submitted 3 years 4 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Early in the millennium, a UNESCO team guided a handful of trekkers along a trail in Luang Namtha to a remote Khmu village. Feedback from this pioneering group of tourists would help design the country’s first Community-Based Tourism (CBT) activity, the Ban Nalan Trek.
Submitted 3 years 7 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Danish travel writer, Kenneth Karskov, recently surveyed Laos, and reported his findings in Denmark’s largest newspaper Berlinske, telling its 177,000 daily readers to “experience unspoilt Laos” before over-tourism rears its ugly head.
Submitted 3 years 8 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Marco Girelli, a leading tour guide in Laos for Italian and Spanish groups, recently took guests on a one-day tour from Vang Vieng to Phonsavanh. Along the way, they ventured through amazing #Laos #landscapes to Phatang Mountain, Than Jang Caves, and a Hmong village. Go with Marco on a photo tour of this adventure.
Submitted 3 years 8 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
News of Green Discovery Laos’ latest adventure, Rock Viewpoint, went viral on Lao social media from the minute it opened in Khammouane in December 2019. The assortment of zip-lines, bridges, and “spider webs” presenting unrivalled panoramas immediately soared in popularity, and tourists on the Thakaek Loop have already nicknamed it “The Peak of the Loop”.
Submitted 3 years 8 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Mega Mark Jones heads off the beaten Bolaven track and motors onto the Attapeu Wilderness Loop. The route journeys to the plateau’s southeast corner on a motorbike tour lined with roaring waterfalls.
Submitted 3 years 8 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Long-standing team leader in Laos for Italian and Spanish groups, Marco Girelli recently reported an unexplained oddity he inspected at Phou Asa in Champassak Province.
Submitted 3 years 8 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Luang Prabang’s coffee culture cuts across all tastes, both in your mouth and your head. Sit down with locals for an early morning cup of Lao coffee with thick sweet cream. Stop at a café serving high-demand, northern Lao java, or type on your tablet in an upscale setting serving pastries with your afternoon caffeine jolt.
Submitted 3 years 8 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
“Mega” Mark Jones takes a backwards view of Laos’ most popular circuit in his updated guide, “The Thakhek Motorbike Loop Trip”. Mega ventures clockwise from the provincial capital on a 4-plus day journey into the Loop’s caves, swimming holes, viewpoints and hiking trails.
Submitted 3 years 8 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
After a recent tour, intrepid Asia blogger Mark “Mega” Jones has updated “The Bolaven Plateau Motorbike Loop Trip” to guide independent travellers and groups deeper into the rarely explored circuit.
Submitted 3 years 9 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
In the early part of December 2019 I was fortunate enough to be part of an epic kayaking adventure down the Xebangfai River, in an amazing wilderness area in Khammouane Province, Central Laos. The trip covered 60 km of the river (skirting the Hin Nam No National Park) and culminated in exiting through the immense Xebangfai Cave, currently considered to be the world’s largest river cave.
Submitted 3 years 9 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
High in the mountains of Laos lives a minority society, a group of people with a clan system strong in cultural traditions, forged by centuries of animism and ancestral worship and working the land, that they have survived war, desolation and years of oppression. This is the home of the Hmong.
Submitted 4 years 6 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
On 18 February 2019, We Are Lao reported “Salavan Opens Secret Waterfall and Caves”. At the same time, Mark Jones, from Megaworldasia.com, began enquiring about Phouphasouk National Park, home of the attractions.
Submitted 4 years 9 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
The northern view from the Champasak Grand Hotel presented the bookends for the next two days. Stop 1: a giant glistening golden Buddha surrounded by green at hillside Vat Phou Salao across the Lao-Nippon Mekong Bridge. End game: check out the ongoing development of Pakse’s riverbank.
Submitted 4 years 10 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Take a trip 18 km from Phongsaly Town to Ban Komaen’s Green Tea Pavilion and its 400-year-old tea plantation, which some say has the oldest tea trees in the world.
Submitted 4 years 10 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Check out this clip by professional video blogger and elephant advocate, Christopher Lau, who recently visited Sanctuary Pakbeng Lodge and the Mekong Elephant Park.
Submitted 4 years 10 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
A trumpeting elephant interrupted my morning Mekong coffee on the room’s lawn terrace. Pachyderms were bathing across the river. A few hours later, we shoved off in a narrow wooden vessel to visit them. Wendy, the park manager, greeted us.
Submitted 4 years 10 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Our program differed from the others on the Shompoo Cruise. They were sailing on the two-day classic Mekong voyage from Luang Prabang to the Thai border. We were jumping ship at Pakbeng.
Submitted 4 years 11 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Sounds of suppressed laughter are audible in a small farm called Mulberries in Xiangkhoung, Laos, where a group of women, under the eye of a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, huddle over a boiling cauldron of natural dye.
Submitted 4 years 11 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
There are hundreds of noodle soups in Vientiane, and Vientiane Times contributor, Souknilundon Southivongnorath, has pinpointed some winners to help noodle hunters find the best soup in town.
Submitted 5 years 3 weeks ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
I was sitting in the Kinyei Café in Cambodia’s Battambang Town, indulging on some peanut butter and banana toast, feeling the nostalgia of a seven-year-old girl, when I saw the notice, “We Sell Feel Good Coffee.” The responsible traveller in me took an instant interest, as did my ability to recognise when a restaurant is serving anything fair trade, organic, or socially responsible.
Submitted 5 years 2 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
“Coffee tourism and the original chalet began as a side dish, but it grew and grew. Now it’s a bowl,” said Sinouk Sisombat, founder of Sinouk Coffee, while speaking of his Bolaven Plateau plantation and Sinouk Coffee Resort.
Submitted 5 years 3 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
Saffron has taken the coffee culture to the next level in Luang Prabang. Sure, you can still frolic in your frappe, while thumbing around on your device. Yes, you can still feel good knowing each swallow of cappuccino contributes to the income of poor locals, who grew and processed the beans. But, how would you like a latte brewed from cherries picked off a plant you bought?
Submitted 5 years 6 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
When the Bolikhamxay Provincial Tourism Department (PTD) invited me to explore its new sites and facilities, I was ready to rock. We met in Lak Xao, in the northeast corner of “The Khammouane Loop” near the Vietnamese border. The PTD got the ball rolling by convincing a dinner restaurant to open for breakfast. Greeting us at the door stood eight giant glass jars brimming with lao khao rice alcohol saturating a choice of eggs, tubers, herbs, and starfish.
Submitted 5 years 7 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
“We’ve changed the plan,” Somsavath said after greeting me at Luang Namtha’s airport.
I’ve known Somsavath, who runs Phou Iu Travel and works in the Provincial Tourism Office, for several years. His itinerary modifications always add more bang for your buck. “Where are you taking me?”
Submitted 5 years 7 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
The six-wheeled Goddess appeared as I was sinking into despair. The sun was setting on Setthathilath Road at the Wattay Airport entrance, and my wait for a sawng taew dimmed with the sky. No money-grubbing tuk-tuk in sight. I was about to surrender, hike to a departure terminal, and eat a hefty cab fare.
Submitted 5 years 7 months ago by Bernie Rosenbloom.
“Visit Laos Year 2018” stands out on a banner stretching across a Vientiane road. The Lao script announces a handicraft show at ITECC from 2-11 February. It has all the hallmarks of an event in line with the ongoing tourism campaign...but everything is not as it seems.
Submitted 6 years 2 months ago by WALBrunoA.H.Vincent.
I stood in a junkyard of rusty, defused bombs dropped from the sky decades before. It occupied a corner of the Xieng Khouang Visitor Information Center parking lot.
I had researched the province and its fields still littered with volatile bombies leftover from the Indochina War. Tino, my guide, knew I wasn’t another Plain of Jars customer. He was grateful. His 15-minute rap for the wannabe UNESCO site had grown weary. And really, how long can you ponder a field of ancient jars?
My calendar boxed out three days to uncover what Xieng Khouang offered beyond the Plain of Jars.
