Bolaven Plateau In Laos

Bolaven Plateau is one of the most fertile land in the south of Laos and situated between Pakse, Salavan and Attapeu.

This is an elevated region with an elevation ranges approximately from 1,000 to 1,350 meters (3,300 to 4,430 ft) above sea level.

Bolaven Plateau

The bolaven plateau lied in an extinguished volcano that erupted thousands of years ago and it is green all year round. The weather here is cooler than the rest of the country. The plateau is the home of the world's best coffee beans, surrounding the plateau there are a number of protected national areas (Xe Pian), beautiful waterfalls, remote hill tribes and dense forests

This place offers a great diversity of attractions like Tad Lo Waterfalls, Tad Fane (also known as Dong Hua Sao) and many guesthouses that available for tourist and visitors who like to explore the area. Tourists now have countless opportunities to indulge in the Plateau’s beautiful scenery that has begun to capture international attention..

Paksong is the main town of the bolaven plateau, the center for local government and market business to carry out daily activities. It is also known for its rich coffee, exotic fruits and numerous types of vegetation.

What To See:

Here are some waterfalls that you have to see while you are here. They are spectacular and beautiful as far as your eye can see.

What To Do:

Koffie's Paksong Coffee Tour

Koffie's Paksong Coffee Tour is complete in English and very informative, everthing is explained from a farmers and a western perspective.
Full detail here...

Koffie's coffee workshop

Koffie's coffee workshop is a 1 day hands-on event, it starts at 8 AM and we are finished around 4 PM. Its for coffee professionals and for coffee enthusiasts.
Full detail here...

Where To Stay:

Savanna Guesthouse
Road 16 Pakse - Paksong KM 36
Tel: 020 55730513

Tat Fane Resort
Road 16 Pakse - Paksong KM 38
Tel: 020 55531400

Paksong Guesthouse
Paksong Laos
Tel: 020 99820738 / 020 99822006

Guest house Tat Lo
Tad Lo Resort
Tel: (034) 22211 889, (020) 22227 222, (020) 55543 000

How To Get There:

Take the bus from Southern Bus Station

Tad Fane
The Tad Fane is very beautiful waterfalls, the parallel streams of the Huay Bang Lieng river plunge out of dense forest down more than 120m. You can get to this waterfalls by private car driving along the route 23.

Tad Lo
The Tad Lo waterfall is also beautiful but only 10 meters high, but surrounding area is very peaceful and scenic and you can swim in the lower ponds.

Tad Pha Suam
The Tad Pha Suam waterfall has a U-shaped waterfall and it is only 5 to 6 meters high and vey popular with local and Thai tourists.

Tad Yeuang
The Tad Yueang waterfall is another beautiful one and on the top of the waterfall there is a picnic area, popular with tourists from Thailand.

Southern Bus Station

Salavan Bus

Southern bus station in Pakse ( KM 8 )

Southern bus station is situated in KM8 south of Pakse, from here there are buses going to Bolaven Plateau. You can catch the following buses to get there.

Paksong - Attapeu

Big and small buses leave here frequently in the direction of Attapeu until 4 p.m. those buses will stop also in Paksong.

For VIP bus to Attapeu, it leaves here at 3.15p.m this bus stops also in Paksong, Tatheng and Sekong.

The slow bus from Vientiane to Attapeu stop outside the bus station around 5.pm which stop also in Paksong.

Tat Lo - Salavan

You can catch the buses to Salavan they stop also near Tad Lo. During the day there are many buses going to Salavan.

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