Tourist Attractions in Champasack
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Champasack - General Information
HTML clipboardLocated : A southernmost province bordering on Thailand and Cambodia
Total Area: 15,415 square meters
Population: 600,000
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Champasack town
HTML clipboardA small town located on the Right Bank of
the Mekong River shares a common border with Thailand. It formed one of the
three principalities of the Lane Xang Empire in 1349 and was under the region of
King Fa Ngum.
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Khon Phapheng Waterfall
HTML clipboardEast of Don Khon on the Mekong River is the
jewel of Champasack Province. Further downstream, the Mekong cascades across a
wide mouth of rock which slopes in curvilinear pattern is sometimes tinted by
rainbow.
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Liphi Waterfall
HTML clipboardLocation: Located on Don Khon, west of Ban Khon
Village, Liphi Waterfall is another amazing natural site to visit in Champasack
Province.
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Pakha, freshwater dolphins of the Mekong
HTML clipboardThe center for protection and conservation
of freshwater Dolphins is located on the border of Laos-Cambodia. The freshwater
dolphins are called “Pakha” in Lao, and inhabit only this part of the Mekong
River.
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Pakse
HTML clipboardLocation: Located at the confluence of the Xedone and
the Mekong Rivers, Pakse links trade and travel between Thailand to Cambodia and
Vietnam.
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Si Phan Don (Four Thousand Islands)
HTML clipboardThe breathtaking Si Phan Don or Four Thousand
Islands are located in a section of the Mekong River just north of the
border with Cambodia. Don Khong is the largest island and boasts a number of
small villages, temples and caves
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Tad Fane Waterfall
HTML clipboardThis natural tourism site is located within
the Dong Hua Sao, a National Biodiversity Conservation Area at Ban Lak 38 along
Route 16 from Pakse toward Pakxong District.
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Tormor Rocky Channel
HTML clipboardTormor Rocky Channel was listed as the 15th
National Heritage Site in Laos receiving approval via Prime Minister’s Degree
174/PMO at the same time as Wat Phou Champasack.
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Wat Phou Asa
HTML clipboardWat Phou Asa is an ancient Hindu-Khmer
pagoda. It was built on flat rock on Phou Kao Klat Ngong Mount in Pathoumphone
District. In recent times it has become a well-known National Heritage and
Amazing Site.
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Wat Phou Champasack (The second World Heritage Site in Laos)
HTML clipboardCertainly the highlight of any visit to
Champasack Province is the ancient Khmer Temple of Wat Phou. Situated on the
Phou Kao (mountains) slope 6 kilometers away from Champasack District and about
45 kilometers from south of Pakse along the Mekong River.
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