Thakhaek Travel Lodge
The perfect place
What we say: 
The Thakaek Travel Lodge is flat out one of the best guesthouses in southeast Asia and features nightly campfires in the front courtyard that create a great atmosphere to relax with a beer and chat with fellow travellers. The main building offers a dorm room for a cheap, comfortable night's sleep -- fan rooms, as well as rooms with private bath, are also available. The longhouse to one side of the main building houses wonderfully spacious rooms, decorated in a mix of French and Lao styles, with huge bathrooms and wide four-poster beds adorned with lacy-white mosquito netting. The restaurant here serves a variety of Lao and western dishes, some of which are quite good -- try the chicken Caesar salad. As the 'Konglor Cave Loop' becomes more and more popular, the Travel Lodge has become the place to get the latest info and rent motorbikes. It's also the only place in town with internet -- there's one terminal here, 500 kip per minute. The only drawback is that it's a little far from everything, except the 3-kilometre market 1 km to the south. Otherwise, this is just the perfect place. English and French are spoken.
Contact details:
1km south of the roundabout, Tha Khaek. T: (030) 530 0145
What we were quoted
| Type of room | Low season | High season | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorm Fan | 18,000 Kip | 18,000 Kip | |
| Sgl fan share b'room | 40,000 Kip | 40,000 Kip | |
| Dbl fan share b'room | 40,000 Kip | 40,000 Kip | |
| Sgl air-con private b'room | 60,000 Kip | 60,000 Kip | |
| Dbl air-con private b'room | 60,000 Kip | 60,000 Kip |
Added to Travelfish on: 3rd October, 2003
Last visited or updated on: 31st January, 2007
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Read Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviews
Rated 4 out of 5
Based on 10 ratings and 10 reviews
Good
payed 40k kip single w fan prices: 20k/kg laundry, 12k fried noodles veg or 15k noodle soup w pork/chicken, 10k beer lao room: very small, clean, mosquito net, blankets, window inside building vs no external window, power outlets (4), fan, shared bathroom/toilet/toilet paper, optional towel (20k), free wifi (not working in single room but else fast) / computer 10k/h, trashbin seems there are a lot of mosquitoes You need to take a tuk tuk from domestic/international station (10-15k kip) or walk about 40min
Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviewed by juju007 (Total reviews: 4) on
check out the travel tips scrapbooks
dorm sheets aren't cleaned regularly. no mozzie nets in dorm room. restaurant basic food, but nice place to sit and relax. don't use internet/hire bicycles from here. can get internet for 6000kip/hour at decent speed at a couple of other places. can get bicycles for 20,000kip/day at other places. staff weren't fantastic for advice, but previous travellers write tips in a couple of big scrapbooks which make interesting reading
Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviewed by porkyrong (Total reviews: 8) on
Nice place, but...
We stayed here for 2 seperate nights, before and after a great trekking. Our first room was huge, with a huge bathroom, and a nice softish bed. Returning from our tiring trek we couldn't get the same room and we got one with one of the worst mattresses of South East Asia, which was pretty disaoppointing. Overall, they were very friendly and helpfull. And there's a nice vibe.
Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviewed by idriss (Total reviews: 7) on
Taking advantage of Lonely Planet
Overpriced, dreadful location, always pushing tours , internet expensive and food avaerage. Why was this Lonely Planet's Pick, as we really don't know. It's in a bad location, our room didn't have a mozzie net like some, the rooms are big but soulless and there is nowhere else to eat due to it's location. Stay in town!!
Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviewed by cn (Total reviews: 14) on
Good rooms
The biggest room we got so far during the whole trip. Spotlessly clean everywhere, except we did get pesky mosquitoes drifting in from the gap in the extra door in the bathroom. The water pressure was weak but very hot. The nightly campfire was a hoot. In-house restaurant serves pretty decent food, although it can't beat the ping we bought at Tha Khaek town. It is a bit of a hike to the town but there's not much to do there anyway. 8) Double room, air-con with private bathroom cost 120,000kip.
Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviewed by dragonnite (Total reviews: 6) on
Very Nice
We had a great time here. The room was big and comfortable. Everything was well maintained. The big fire in the courtyard is a great idea, as you get to meet people very easily. Food in the restaurant isn't Escoffier standard, but it's perfectly acceptable. Staff are friendly, polite, and helpful. Toilets and bathrooms very well maintained and spotlessly clean. Nice cold beer too.
Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviewed by BigRoss (Total reviews: 15) on
great retreat
it''s a perfect place to stay and just relax! They have a few great rooms with 4-poster beds and fan for 90.000 kip. The bicycles are over-priced at 30.000 kip a day, and not adequate for the up-and-down surroundings of the town, anyway. They seem to take advantage of their monopoly situation - BUT, there is now an internet shop about 10 mins from the lodge. So, don't pay their slow and overpriced computer. Still, a great place!
Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviewed by jobst (Total reviews: 17) on
friendly and welcoming
The atmosphere at the travel lodge was friendly and very hospitable. A good place to share information with fellow travelers. Staff was very helpfull, friendly and informative. Room was large, clean and comfortable. Restaurant was average.Thakhaek is an interesting town, an evening stroll and dinner by the river, to watch the sunset is not to be missed! IN addition to ''the loup'', the Buddha Cave and the Sikhotabong Stupa were a joy to visit! We loved Thakhaek & all the friendly people we met there!
Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviewed by comanchero (Total reviews: 6) on
not perfect, but good base
Room prices are higher now--up to 100,000 kip. We stayed in one of the 90,000 doubles, no mosquito netting provided and fidgety water, but very spacious and clean, with a good bed. It was a cold snap, and extra blankets were available on request. The principal staff person was exceedingly warm and helpful, but the others were not quite as keen. Biggest downside: I thought the food was terrible.
Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviewed by jenae (Total reviews: 6) on
Perfect lodge, plaesant town
Very nice guesthouse, spotless rooms and bathroom. Diner and breakfast in a charming garden. In the evening convivial campfire in this garden
Thakhaek Travel Lodge reviewed by paulsuzanne (Total reviews: 15) on