4000 Islands

Although positively bustling by Lao standards, laid back Pakse Town makes a great base for exploring the sites and landscapes of southern Laos

Four Thousand Islands Laos’ Four Thousand Islands, or Si Phan Don, region lies just to the north of the Cambodian border in the far south’s Champassak Province. Here the Mekong River widens and shallows dramatically before crashing over the spectacular Khone Phaphaeng Falls. 4,000 is, of course, a guesstimate since islands appear and disappear with the dry and rainy seasons…