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Things to do in Pakse, Champasak Province: The Best Tours
Pakse, or Pakxe (French: Paksé; Laotian: ປາກເຊ [pȁːk séː] "mouth of the river"; Thai: ปากเซ), is the capital and most populous city of the southern Laotian province of Champasak, making it the second most populous city in Laos. Located at the confluence of the Xe Don and Mekong Rivers, it has a population of about 88,000. It also served as the capital of the Kingdom of Champasak until it was unified with the rest of Laos in 1946.
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1. Private Car and Guide (within the city 8 H ) full day
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
There are plenty of tour operators offering day trips to locations around Pakse, if you are thinking about independent arrangements that right for use us service
Inclusions: Transfer, Driver, English speaking guide
Exclusions: Food and drinks, Lunch, Private expenses
2. TreeTop Explorer 2 days
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
The venue can only be reached by foot. No cars, no noise, no fumes! Main attraction is a system of zip-lines traversing steep gorges in touching distance to the waterfalls. A 'via ferrata' teases out the adventurous spirits of the visitor in a challenge to the limits of some. Take the chance having great fun in a simply stunning environment!
Inclusions: Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Hotel pick up and Drop off, Drinking water, Meal: Local type of food, English speaking guide, Accommodation, Transport as mentioned in Itinerary, Government taxes, Travel permits
Exclusions: Tips and personal expense
Reviewed By TheGreyWanderer56
Don’t go there. Just don’t. The price advertised on TripAdvisor is €120 whereas some of the people we flew with paid $80 in VangVieng! Takeoff from a wasteland full of trash in the middle of nowhere, 20 minutes flight over VV (not the prettiest sight by far unless you’re into power lines and hotel roofs) with barely any explanations and then bye. We learnt afterwards about the French company flying in the countryside next to the blue lagoons and we should have gone with them.
3. Full Day Bolaven Plateau
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4.3 based on 18 reviews
A one day tour around the Bolaven Plateau, including Tea and Coffee Plantations, 3 Stunning Waterfalls and 2 Ethnic Villages A stunning scenic mountainous area composed of Volcanic rock, the numerous waterfalls and scenery make for a great day trip. Visit Tad Fane waterfall at an elevation of 1100m with its twin cascades. Swim or take photos at Tad Yuang Waterfall. Visit the ethnic village of Kok Pungtai and learn about this ethnic group and their tradition of building their coffins before they die. Continue to Tad Lo waterfall before visiting the ethnic village of Lao Ngam home to the Katu people with a strong tradition of silk weaving, before returning to Pakse late afternoon.
Inclusions: Transport by air-conditioned minivan, Hotel/port pickup and drop-off, Hotel pickup and drop-off, National Park fees, Operated as a small group tour, lunch is included only for 4 or more people, Water, Snacks, Bottled water, Coffee and/or Tea
Exclusions: Other drinks, Lunch except on bookings where there are 4 or more people, Gratuities, Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Reviewed By MARKFRANH
My wife and I did the 4 day tour of S.Laos out of Pakse in late November, 2019. It was excellent. Alex was easy to deal with by email and we had made the bookings and payment months in advance of our trip to Laos. He always responded promptly to emails from me and let us know how the arrangements were progressing for the tour. Due to lack of other bookings, our group tour ended up being a private tour with just the two of us and our guide, Tam, as well as the driver of the van. Tam was brilliant. He spoke English fluently and was great at providing information about the sites we were seeing. The tour covered everything we wanted to see in Southern Laos and I'm not sure there was anything else that one might want to have seen added to the tour in any way. We always had the sense with Tam that he had a feel for how long we wanted to spend at a destination and either added or shortened time as was appropriate. Just what you want a tour guide to do really. We NEVER went to any gift shops where you know guides are getting a commission and that again a huge plus compared to so many tours we have done elsewhere. My only bit of a constructive feedback I would offer to Xplore Asia and Alex is to perhaps work on their website a bit as it was a bit confusing initially with Xplore-Asia having a separate website from Xplore-Laos and different LAOS tours listed on the two different websites . I'd suggest you might lose potential bookings by not making sure all tours are listed in both places. Oh, and also perhaps worth mentioning that a good level of fitness is required to do the tour. Lots of walking involved and if you aren't comfortable climbing the odd steep hill, you are going to miss out in some places (e.g. Wat Phou in particular is impossible unless you can walk and climb hills). Hotels are not 5 star but we never expected that level of comfort. Other than that, all I can conclude with is a final two words: BOOK THEM!
4. Luang Prabang – 4000 Islands
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
Start in Luang Prabang and end in Pakse! We will arrive in the core of Laotian culture - Luang Prabang - where sparkles with its flickering verifiable and strict destinations just as broad regular magnificence. As an UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city is an appealing goal that you can't miss on your Laos visit. Next destination, 4000 Islands is a beguiling little jewel of a spot settled at the foot of Laos on the Cambodian border, and as the name recommends, comprises of bunches of small islands dissipated in the huge Mekong Delta.
Inclusions: Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, English-speaking tour guides, Air-con transfers during the trip, Accommodation on twin/double/triple sharing basis., Entrance fee, Mineral water during transfer, Boat trip as the itinenary mentioned
Exclusions: International and domestic flights during the trip, Visa stamp fee (Laos: USD 35/person for visa-upon-arrival), Other meals, if not mentioned in the program. , Surcharge for Christmas and New Year period. , Other expenses, if not mentioned in the program.
5. Boloven Plateau Full-Day Tour from Pakse
Discover southern Laos’ most beautiful scenery with this full day tour of the Bolaven Plateau. Explore the cascading waterfalls of Tad Lo and Tad Fane, visit a local coffee plantation to learn about this famous Laos treat and witness the unique lifestyle of the plateau’s hill tribe people.
Inclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off, Lunch at a local restaurant, Professional English-speaking guide, Transport by A/C vehicle
Exclusions: Gratuities, Drinks
Reviewed By BushyBerowra
This was an EXCELLENT way of seeing the town and orientating yourself. Definitely not strenuous.It also gave us time to view more closely the attractions rather from inside a minivan.
6. Half Day The World Heritage Site, Wat Phu lunch included
Wat Phou is a spectacular pre-Angkorian temple that sits amidst the rice fields and waterways of southern Laos. The way from pakse to wat phu is 41.1 Km, We take minvan and cross Mekong to wat phu about 55 minutes to get there.
Inclusions: Lunch, Driver/guide, Hotel pickup
Exclusions: Gratuities, Personal expenses, Other services not mentioned above., Food and drinks, unless specified
7. Pakse Airport to City Center Roundtrip
Easy for to get pakse and your hotel site, we have car and guide drop-off you over there for help you to carried and check in
Inclusions: Speaking English guide, Round-trip shared transfer
Exclusions: Excess luggage charges (where applicable), Airport/Departure Tax, Food and drinks, unless specified
8. One day solf trekking to Phou Kong (lunch included)
Wake up early, take local transport north to a pier for the 1.5-hour boat ride on the Mekong River to a secluded area inside the Phou Xieng Thong National Protected Area that is accessible only by boat.
Inclusions: local transfer, boat fee, Local guide, village tax, bottle water, English speaking guide, Lunch
Exclusions: Gratuities, Personal expenses, Other services not mentioned above.
9. Pakse - Watphou - Oumong - Pakse with lunch
Champasak is lies in southern region of laos, there is many things to do when you visit. this case we start from pakse to watphu, then go to Oumong temple and back to end at pakse
Inclusions: Transfer, Bottled water, Lunch, English speaking guide
Exclusions: Food and drinks, unless specified, Gratuities, Personal expenses, Other services not mentioned above.
10. One day Solf trekking at coffee plantation (lunch included)
After your breakfast finished, We depart from Pakse at around 8:30am. We drive up to the Bolaven Plateau, then start your trekking for sightseeing tea and coffee farm, producted, livelihood and water fall then back to pakse.
Inclusions: Transfer, Bottled water, English speaking guide, Lunch
Exclusions: Gratuities, Personal expenses, Other services not mentioned above.
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