Vat Phou Cruise 3 Days - Cruise On the Mekong River 

Day 1: Pakse - Champassak - Vat Phou
Early morning, depart from Pakse for Champassak, heading south aboard a local longtail riverboat zigzagging through mild rapids and sand banks, arriving at Champassak in time for a riverside lunch.

After lunch enjoy a guided tour of the mysterious pre-Angkorian 10th century temple of Vat Phou, the boat’s namesake. As dusk falls board the Vat Phou for a relaxing cruise down-river, enjoying the tropical sunset on deck.

Dinner is served on board while the boat docks for the night alongside a remote Laotian village.

Day 2: Huei Thamo - Oum Moung Temple  - Khong Island
Breakfast on board as we set sail for the village of Huei Thamo, only a few minutes walk  from the spectacular hidden forest temple of Oum Moung. Afterward rejoin the boat for a cruise southwards and lunch on the deck while we continue our leisurely sail further south to the wild paradise of the “4,000 islands”.

Arrive in the afternoon close to Khong Island (the birthplace of the President of the Peoples republic of Laos) at Ban Dua Tae, and visit this Laotian Village where the traditional way of life has not changed in centuries.

 Back on board for a quiet dinner under the stars serenaded by the songs of the buffalo toads.

Day 3: Ban Veuthong, the “Niagara of the East -  Xieng Di  - Pakse
Breakfast on the deck while cruising to the small village of Ban Veuthong where we’ll board a small long-tail boat to Khone Island.

After a visit take a long tail boat back to the mainland for lunch, amisdt the by-gone splendor of another age, with colorful French colonial houses and an old customs post, alongside a stone quay.

Take a minivan to the amazingly scenic splendor of the Khong Pha Peng waterfall, “the Niagara of the East“, close to the Cambodian border. Back to “civilization for the two hours ride to Pakse, arriving in the afternoon.

Tour ends.