by Residence Bassac | Oct 2, 2026 | Champasak Travel Guide
For most of the year Wat Phou is a quiet place. You walk the causeway between the two reservoirs, climb the terraces towards the cliff, and the loudest thing on the hill is the wind in the trees. Then, once a year, at the full moon of the third lunar month, the whole...
by Residence Bassac | Sep 24, 2026 | Champasak Travel Guide
Visiting the 4000 Islands from Champasak means following the Mekong south to the point where, on the Cambodian border, the river spreads into an archipelago of sandbanks, sugar palms and paddy fields before crashing over the Khone Phapheng Falls. The Lao call it Si...
by Residence Bassac | Sep 15, 2026 | Champasak Travel Guide
The Bolaven Plateau waterfalls are the reason most travellers climb east of Pakse. Sitting 1,000 to 1,350 metres above sea level, this volcanic plateau catches far more rain than the Mekong plain below, and the water spills off its edges in dozens of falls. Some are a...
by Residence Bassac | Sep 1, 2026 | Champasak Travel Guide
Cycling Champasak is the best way to understand this corner of southern Laos. Everything that matters here sits on a strip of land some fifteen kilometres long, between the Mekong and Phou Khao mountain. In a single unhurried day you can link the district’s...
by Residence Bassac | Aug 17, 2026 | Champasak Travel Guide
The best time to visit Southern Laos has two honest answers, and both are right. November to February is the most comfortable weather of the year: dry, bright, cool enough at night for a jumper. Late August to October is when the Mekong runs full, the plain is green...
by Residence Bassac | Aug 6, 2026 | Champasak Travel Guide
Three days is enough to experience the essence of Southern Laos: the small regional capital of Pakse, the village of Champasak with its UNESCO-listed Khmer temple, and the 4,000 Islands, where the Mekong spreads to its full width before slipping into Cambodia. Here is...
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