Our top 10 places to stay in and around Vang Vieng
Good budget value
There are two different rooms available at Kianethong Guesthouse, those in the main house and those in the newer motel block style building.
The rooms in the building are typical guesthouse: small and basic with big hard beds that take up most of the room, old cable TVs and dimly lit hot water bathrooms. But they’re very clean and come with free WiFi, a rarity in this price range. The rooms in the big three-storey complex have cookie cutter rooms with white walls, a small window, crisp white linens, clean tiled bathroom, a fan and icy cold air-con though we noticed even in the midday heat, the tiled-floor room felt naturally cool. These rooms are boring and you may feel a bit isolated if you’re the only one in the building block, but if you don’t mind then come here to score a good budget deal. Kianethong is located on the side street adjacent to the hospital, running between the main road and the river road. It’s on the same street as Adam’s Climbing School.
Address: South end of town, Vang Vieng
T: (023) 511 069; F: (023) 511 669
Email: mo_vng@yahoo.com
Coordinates (for GPS): 102º26'53.12" E, 18º55'20.9" N
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Room rates: Under US$10
What we were quoted as a walk-in.
| Dbl fan private bathroom | 60,000 kip | 60,000 kip |
| Dbl air-con private bathroom | 100,000 kip | 100,000 kip |
Reviewed by
Cindy Fan
Cindy Fan is a Canadian writer/photographer and author of So Many Miles, a website that chronicles the love of adventure, food and culture. After falling in love with sticky rice and Mekong sunsets, in 2011 she uprooted her life in Toronto to live la vida Laos. She’s travelled to over 40 countries and harbours a deep affection for Africa and Southeast Asia. In between jaunts around the world, she calls Laos and Vietnam home where you’ll find her traipsing through rice paddies, standing beside broken-down buses and in villages laughing with the locals.
Our top 10 places to stay in and around Vang Vieng
