Map of Champasak, Laos

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Accommodation 1: Anouxsa Guesthouse 2: Dok Champa 1 3: Dok Champa 2 4: Khamphouy Guest House 5: Saythong Guest House 6: Souchitra Guest House 7: Vong Pasued Guest House	Eat and Meet No entries	Attractions and Activities 5: Royal houses
Transport No entries	Vital Information 1: Internet Nam Ohy 2: Lao Development Bank 3: Post office 4: Small hospital 6: Visitor Information Centre	Other No entries

Travelfish on Champasak

On the western bank of the slow-flowing Mekong River, some 40km south of Pakse, sits the quaint riverside town of Champasak. A modest place, Champasak is popular with backpackers who are either visiting Wat Phu or who have been attracted by the generally very relaxed pace of life. Without the hustle and bustle of Pakse and certainly without the crowds of Don Dhet and Don Khon, Champasak retains the best of both worlds, all well-wrapped-up in a blanket of traditional Lao hospitality.

The Khmer-period ruins of Wat Phu, some eight kilometres to the southwest of "town", were granted their UNESCO World Heritage status in 2001, but aside from a large carpark, a semi-modern looking administrative centre and a museum, the ruins are largely as they've been for centuries. ... read more about Champasak on Travelfish