Laos - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Northern Thailand - page 726

Wat Tham Fai (Rte 13) , near the Champasak Palace Hotel, is undistinguished except for
its spacious grounds, making it a prime site for temple festivals. It's also known as Wat
Pha Bat because there is a small Buddha footprint shrine.

Champasak Historical Heritage Museum
(Rte 13; admission 10,000K; 8-11.30am & 1-4pm Mon-Fri) This museum has a few interesting
artefacts, including three very old Dong Son bronze drums, and a Siam-style sandstone
Buddha head dating to the 7th century. Also on display are musical instruments, a scale
model of Wat Phu Champasak, and some American UXOs and other weaponry.

MUSEUM

Clinic Keo Ou Done
(Traditional Medicine Hospice; 020 543 1115, 031-251895; massage 30,000-70,000K, sauna 10,000K;
9am-9pm, sauna 4-9pm) This professional and popular massage centre has an air-con mas-
sage room and herbal sauna segregated by gender. To get here, head out of town on Rte 38
and turn right towards Pakse Golf, 1km east of Champasak Grand Hotel.

MASSAGE

Dok Champa Massage
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(Th 5; massages from 35,000K, body scrub 200,000K; 9am-10pm) This is the longest-running
and still the best massage emporium in the centre of town. Prices are very reasonable for
the stylish set-up.

MASSAGE

SUPER FLY GUY

Pakse's Green Discovery runs excursions to the Tree Top Explorer, a series of 11 exhilarating zip-lines
in the Bolaven Plateau that rival the Gibbon Experience for its sheer adrenalin rush. The longest ride
is 450m but the most dramatic cable is that which crosses directly in the spray of a huge waterfall.
Trek through jungle and stay in ecoconscious 20m-high tree houses in the semi-evergreen forests of
Don Hua Sao NPA on two-day, one-night excursions (a group of two costs US$187 per person).
Thanks to safety-conscious guides and controlled visitor numbers, current reviews are excellent.

Tours
Most hotels and guesthouses can arrange day trips to the Bolaven Plateau, Wat Phu Cham-
pasak and Si Phan Don. The provincial tourism office ( Click here ) also runs treks.

Green Discovery

ADVENTURE TOURS