Explore southern Laos’ heritage and culture along the Mekong River, tour a war-torn town, taste fresh Bolaven coffee, and trek into the mountains to isolated ethnic settlements.
The Mekong is the main southern Lao attraction, exhibiting the Vat Phou World Heritage site and French colonial infrastructure. Raging rapids roar through the 4,000 Islands, and waterfalls leap from the Bolaven Plateau, while weavers work the looms in ethnic villages. Further into the jungle and up mountains leads to the Ho Chi Minh Trail and remnants of war.