See what the experts are saying about Vang Vieng. Get expert advice on how to get there what to see and more.
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Introduction
When you arrive in Vang Vieng, a visually unappealing town, you'll be faced with a choice: fight or flight. Resist the urge to flee. Fight through the central backpacker ghetto, with its guesthouse restaurants blasting Friends DVDs on a const... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There Vang Vieng is a smooth 3-hour bus ride north on Highway 13 from Vientiane. There are numerous daily departures from the Morning Market (tel. 021/216-507), and tickets are just 25,000 kip (US$2.50/£1.40) on a regular bus and 4... Continue reading »
Vang Vieng Travel Experiences
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Another Day Spent In the Sun On the Nam Song
Today, we had been informed, was to be spent out tubing again, as we had not yet been with Eli and Kat and we were fast running out of da... Continue reading »
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The Country Time Forgot
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Vangvieng
We are not well-prepared for the ride to Vangvieng. Long, sweaty and bumpy, it’s made no less painful by a guide who lacks not onl... Continue reading »
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Beauty and the Tiny Beasts
After seeing Guilin, I didn't think that anywhere else could have scenery as beautiful....that is until I set foot in Laos and in particu... Continue reading »
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Vang Vieng... TUBING!!!!!
The road to Vang Vieng was exceptionally windy. The aircon we had paid for didn't actually materialise, but that was to be expected... Continue reading »
Popular Vang Vieng Things to Do
- floating down the river
- Tubing on the Nam Song River
- Visit caves, see where water comes from all in this park
- Caving
- Tubing
- Kayaking on the Nam Song
- Hire a Moto!
Popular Vang Vieng Restaurants
- Friends Bars
- Organic Farm Cafe
- Street Vendors
- Kangaroo Sunset
- Jeska's Bar
- Erawan Bar
- Falcony Restaurant
