Day 01: Pakse/Champassak/Vat Phou (L, D)
Early morning 10h30 departure from Pakse to Champassak, heading south aboard a local longtail riverboat, zigzagging through mild rapids and sand banks, arriving at Champassak in time for a riverside lunch, followed by a guided tour of the mysterious pre-Angkorian 10th century temple of Vat Phou, the boat’s namesake. As dusk falls you board the Vat Phou for a relaxing cruise down-river, enjoying the tropical sunset on the deck. While dinner is served the boat docks for the night alongside a remote Laotian village.
Day 02: Huei Thamo / Oum Moung Temple / Khong Island (B, L, D)
Breakfast on board as we depart for the village of Huei Thamo, only a few minutes’ walk away from the spectacular hidden forest temple of Oum Moung. After visiting the temple we rejoin the boat to continue our voyage southwards. We have lunch on the deck, while we pass through the wild paradise of the “4,000 islands”. In the afternoon we come to a mooring close to Khong Island (the birthplace of the President of the Peoples republic of Laos) at a place called Ban Dua Tae. After we visit this traditional Laotian village where life has not changed in centuries, we come back on board for a quiet dinner under the stars, serenaded by the songs of the buffalo toads.
Day 03: Ban Veuthong/ the “Niagara of the East/ Xieng Di/ Pakse (B, L)
Breakfast on the deck, while cruising to the small village of Ban Veuthong. Here we will board a small long-tail boat to Khone Island. After the visit the long tail boat takes us back to the main land for lunch amid the by-gone splendour of another age: colorful French colonial houses and an old customs post, alongside a stone quay. Take a minivan to the amazing splendor of the Khong Pha Peng waterfall, “the Niagara of the East“, close to the Cambodian border. The two hours ride to Pakse brings us back to civilization arriving in the afternoon, around 1600 hrs.
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