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• Buddha Park

  Buddha Park - Laos (aka Xieng Khuan) is a famous sculpture park with more than 200 religious statues including a huge 40-metre high reclining Buddha image.

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• Kuang Si Falls

  Khuang Si Waterfall - Laos are thirty kilometres from town. The excursion leaves Luang Prabang at around 10am and heads towards Ban Ou by boat. En route you stop at a pottery village (Ban Chan).

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• Khong Island

  Khong Island or Don Khong is the largest island in the Si Phan Don area, southern Laos. The island offers the serene monasteries and one of the most scenic areas in Laos.

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• Tadlo

  Tad Lo - Laos is a popular 'resort' on the edge of the Boloven Plateau, nestled alongside three rolling cascades. There are several places to stay in this idyllic retreat, good hiking, a river to frolic in (especially in the wet season) and elephant trekking. In the vicinity of...

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• Vang Vieng

  Vang ViengVang Vieng in Laos is a small idyllic riverside town en route from Vientiane to Luang Prabang, situated in an area of beautiful karst formations, the classic South-East Asian views that dip into lovely greys and mauves as the sun sets behind them and, in front, the Nam...

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• Pakou

  Pak Ou Caves refer to the set of cave system located at the confluence between the Mekong River and Nam Ou River. To the locals it is Tam Ting Caves, which means "Caves of a thousand Buddhas."

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• Wat Phou

  Wat Phou - Located at the south of Laos, in Champasak Province near the Cambodian border, some 200 km from Angkor Wat and about a one hour drive from Pakse on a good road, is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Wat Phou (Vat Phou).

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• Pakse

  Pakse in Laos was founded by the French in 1905 as an administrative outpost and still has a very French old world charm about it. It sits on the confluence of the Mekong and Don (Se Don) rivers, and is a great place to relax before exploring southern Laos.

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• Sekong Province

  Sekong Province -Although this province in the south-eastern corner or Laos. like its neighbour Attapeu, is officially open to tourism the difficulty of transport means that only a few tourists have ventured here.

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• Muang Sing

  Muang Sing is a traditional Thai Lu and Thai Neua cultural nexus as well as a trade centre for Thai Dam, Akha, .Hmong, Mien, Lolo and Yunnanese. Two groups dominate the district population; Thai LU comprising about 30% of the total (mostly in town and adjacent plains) and Akha...

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• Luang Nam Tha Province

  Luang Nam Tha Province - Bordered by Myanmar to the north-west. China to the north. Udomxai to the south and east. and Bokeo to the south-west, Luang Nam Tha (Nam Tha for short) is a mountainous province, with a high number of Lao Sung and other minorities.

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• Nam Tha River Trip

  Nam Tha river between Pak Tha (where the Nam Tha feeds into the Mekong River) and Luang Nam Tha. This is a beautiful two-day river trip, but one that will be terminated forever if a planned damming of the river goes ahead.

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• Attapeu Province

  Attapeu Province - Rugged, wild, scenic and difficult to get around, the Attapeu/Sekong region harbors many rare animal species. Tigers aren't uncommon, and there's rumored to be either Javan or Sumatran rhino near the Cambodian border.

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• Salavan

  Salavan was all but destroyed in the Indochina War, when it bounced back and forth between Royal Lao Army and Pathet Lao occupation. The rebuilt town is a collection of brick and wood buildings - only the post office shows evidence of the French era.

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• Bokeo Province

  Bokeo Province is the only province with a significant population of Lahu, a hill tribe common in northern Myanmar and Thailand.

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