Vat Phou Temple Champasak

Champasak , Lao Peoples Dem Rep
  • Traveler Rating 3.50
    6 reviews 3 travel blogs 1 photo

    Attraction Type:

    Ancient ruins

TravelPod Member ReviewsVat Phou Temple Champasak

  • Wat Phou

    4

    cdnski12 2 contributions Ban Dung, Thailand & Trail, BC, Canada, Thailand Nov 10, 2011

    Very nice 12th century Khmer Temple. Now a World Heritage Site. Near Champasak, LDR. Recommend accessig via W/S Hwy off Hwy 16W.

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Vat Phou Temple Champasak

  • 1

    Wat Phou Where and Why

    29 photos

    Not much to say about the Lao town of Pakse (pop: 70,000), other than it's where we organise our travel arrangements for the short trip to Champasak. It's not a bad town, typically scruffy in parts, but with a pleasant aspect on the broad Mekong. We are collected at 8am, the morning after our bus ride from Savannakhet, and taken to the boat landing …

Related BlogsVat Phou Temple Champasak

  • 1

    My Parents' Visit

    21 photos

    ... in Lao and was designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2001. From UNESCO's web site "The Champasak cultural landscape, including the Vat Phou Temple complex, is a remarkably well-preserved planned landscape more than 1,000 years old. It was ...

  • 2

    South Laos

    13 photos

    Pakse, South of Laos is a little town with not much to it apart from the fact it has many waterfalls around and Wat Phou temple to the south. It's a good place to interact with locals as they don't get to see many tourists. After finding a guest ...

  • 3

    retrouvailles avec le Mekong

    retour le long du Mekong. 1er AM a pied tranquille. 2eme journee en moto : 180 kms, visite du Vat Phou, temple Khmer du meme style que les temples d'Angkor mais 300 ans plus vieux ; visite d'une plutot impressionnante ...