Blog posts related to Laos tours
New tours for 2026-27 Every year, as soon as things quieten down after the November to February high season, it’s time to turn our attention to any necessary changes, tweaks and amendments or worthwhile additions to our existing range of Southeast Asia small group tours. Full details, tour by tour, can be seen by following the relevant links below but…
Best things to see and do in Vientiane The relatively small capital of relatively small Laos slips under the radar in comparison to larger and more high-profile Southeast Asian capitals such as Bangkok, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur and even Phnom Penh but, while it is very much a low-key and laid-back kind of city, (so much the better), there are certainly…
Lao or Laos Lao or Laos, what’s that little country called again? Visitors frequently get confused between Cambodian and Khmer, aren’t always sure whether they should be saying Burma or Myanmar and we’ve also even heard people referring to the inhabitants of Thailand as Thailandese. However, the small, land-locked and mountainous country of Lao or Laos probably comes out on…
Laos recommended reading and viewing Well, mostly a Laos recommended reading list since we can’t find many movies set in Laos, half-decent or otherwise, and haven’t come across too many good documentaries either. There are numerous books on Lao history, the majority of which fall into either the 19th-century French explorers’ accounts or the Vietnam/Indochina war period categories. Studies of…
The Champassak Ferry The old fashioned rickety Champassak ferry that carts passengers, motorbikes and trucks across the Mekong between Champassak and Ban Muang don’t run much anymore. The recent completion of the spanking new road to Pakse along the west bank of the Mekong has drastically reduced the need for the car ferry. Time was when ferries would sit at…
The Ou River The Nam Ou, or Ou River, flows south from Phongsali Province in the far north of Laos, to join the Mekong at Pak Ou (famous for its cave temples), just upstream from the ancient capital and UNESCO World Heritage Site Luang Prabang. The river is far less frequented by visitors than the Chiang Khong to Pak Beng…
Northern Laos Tour Photos A few Northern Laos tour photos for your perusal with Wi having just crossed the Mekong at Chiang Khong this morning with her group on a Northern Laos and the Golden Triangle tour and now heading north into Laos where their first stop will be Luang Nam Tha. After spending Chinese New Year in Chiang Mai…