Bokeo Province

Best travel reports from Bokeo Province

THE GIBBON EXPERIENCE

Aug 12th. Ban Houayxay, Laos. THE GIBBON EXPERIENCE. 🐒 Breakfast at 7 am, packing / repacking my things. I will spend the next three days in Kam Nam National Park and can only...

On the Mekong from Luang Prabang to Ban Houayxay

Christmas 2025 - on the way to Thailand! A river cruise - a 'cruise' - on the Mekong... We had almost given up hope of making this happen. There are ten-day tours on cruise ships,...

Ban Houayxay, Laos: The Gibbon Experience

At 8.15 am, the approximately 18 adventurers gathered in the Gibbon Experience office. Together we watched a movie introducing the project, which was launched in 1996. The goal...

Where do I start, where do I end..

The hours-long, breathtaking view from the boat

Gibbon Experience

Am Dienstagmorgen gings dann auf die Gibbon Experience. Nach einer Sicherheitseinführung und Begrüssung gings mit dem Auto eine Stunde Richtung Nationalpark. Dort bekamen wir...

Land Number 11 Laos

Lao Whisky - relatively mild

With the Slowboat to Laos

After a night in the border town of Chiang Khong in Thailand, I took a tuk-tuk to the border the next morning. Luckily, everything went smoothly at the border crossing and for...

Mekong River, Laos

From Huay Xai, at the Thai border, you have the option of taking a bus with hundreds of curves along the mountains to reach Luang Prabang or leisurely cruising on the Mekong...

Entry to Laos

After another excellent breakfast with fresh bread, we start our journey to Laos. We only drive about 2.5 hours by bus to Chiang Khong in northern Thailand. At the ticket...