The old royal capital of Laos, on a peninsula where the Nam Khan meets the Mekong, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of golden temples, French colonial houses and saffron-robed monks. At dawn, monks walk the streets collecting alms (tak bat); watch respectfully from a distance.
See Wat Xieng Thong, climb Mount Phousi at sunset, and visit the night market. The Kuang Si waterfalls are 30 km away.
A multi-tiered waterfall in the forest with turquoise limestone pools for swimming, near Luang Prabang.
A small town on the Nam Song river surrounded by dramatic karst mountains, now known for outdoor adventures: kayaking, tubing, caving, rock climbing,…
Thousands of huge stone jars, up to 3 m tall, scattered across the hills around Phonsavan, made about 2,000 years ago, probably for burials, a UNESCO…
A golden stupa, the national symbol of Laos, said to hold a relic of the Buddha.
A ruined Khmer Hindu temple complex on the slopes of a mountain near Champasak, older than Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Where the Mekong spreads into a maze of islands near the Cambodian border.
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