GETTING THERE


by Air
There are no international direct flights from Europe or the USA to Laos. So the best way to get there is by air via Bangkok. From Bangkok you can fly three times per day during the main season directly to Luang Prabang. Lao Aviation and Thai Airways offer daily flights between  Bangkok and the capital of Vientiane. Thai Airways and Lao Aviation offer in addition 5 times per wekk flights from Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang. From Siem Reap in Cambodia there are flights three times per week to Vientiane via Pakse.

By boat:
One of the most interesting ways to reach Luang Prabang is by boat on the Mekong River. You take your flight to Chiang Rai in the North of Thailand. From there it is about a 2 hours drive to Chiang Khong the border city on the Mekong between Thailand and Laos. From here you cross by boat to
Houey Xai the Lao border point. From there you can find different types of boats from slow standard boats, to speed boats and quite comfortable tourist boats. There are other possiblities on the waterways from Luang Namtha province to Luang Prabang.

By Road
There are many opportunities to travel to Laos by road. First you can enter from Nong Khai in Thailand via the Friendship Bridge to Vientiane. There are open borders to China in the North at the province of Luang Namtha crossing into the province of Yunnan in China, to Myanmar (not yet opened) and soon to Vietnam (Dien Bien PHu). In the south you can easy cross over to Vietnam at two different border points, Thailand is an easy access and even Cambodia can be reched by road and river in the very south of Laos near the Khong Islands.

Soon more borderpoints will be opened for the international passenger traffic. We will keep you informed here iif there will be new possibilities offered. .