Vat Phou Festival is the grandest festival in Champasack Province and one of the biggest festivals in the entire country. It is held annually on the grounds of the enchanting pre-Angkorian remains of Vat Phou in Champasack. This festival entices thousands of people each year who come for prayer ceremonies and enjoy the festivities.

There are elephant racing, buffalo fighting, cockfighting, and representations of Lao traditional music and dances during the celebration. There is also a trade fair showcasing the products from the southern provinces of Laos and the neighboring countries of Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Sikhottabong Stupa festival is held yearly during the full moon in February, and it is celebrated over several days. People of northeastern Thailand, Nakhorn Phnom, and nearby provinces gather for stupa worshipping and entertainment. There are spiritual activities, a local trade fair, and performances held around the stupa during the festival.

Lao New Year is one of the most notable festivals that is full of endless fun. The festival is held before the onset of the rainy season to recognize the importance of water in people’s lives. It has also become synonymous with the holiday, the celebration of Lao identity, the reinforcement of family bonds, and an opportunity to reflect on the year ahead.

Lao New Year is celebrated in all Provinces, especially in Luang Prabang Province and Vientiane Capital. Furthermore, it is a purification festival, in which the Buddhist images in the household and the temples are ritually cleaned with sacred water.

Boun Khao Phansa celebrates at the beginning of the Buddhist lent. Many devoted people often refused alcohol during this time. In the early morning of Boun Khao Phansa, people prepare food endowments, especially “Khao Tom” (cooked sticky rice wrapped in banana leave) and other necessities like soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and towels for the monks.

Most temples are bustling during this festival, with people making virtue and giving their donations. At the end of these value-making activities, the monks will discuss the teaching of Buddha and tell the history of the Buddhist Lent to temple-goers. 

Boun Visakhaboucha is one of the most meaningful events in Laos. The festivity honors the Lord Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death, held during the Buddha's sixth full moon of the lunar calendar. Devoted Buddhists will rise early to do honor at temples.

In some temples, Buddhists will perform Wien Tien (Candlelight procession) in the evening, which includes carrying candles, incense, and lotus flowers and walking clockwise three times around the prayer hall.

Boun Bang Fai festival is celebrated to call for rain and enjoy fertility. People gather in the field on the outskirts of villages and towns to launch a self-made firework rocket. The rocket competition is held to demonstrate appreciation to “Payathaen” (god Of Sky), who provides people with the rains essential for agriculture. The town that can launch its rocket the highest up in the Sky is the winner.

During the festival, there are varied recreational activities, especially a traditional dance performed in a circle. Throughout the celebrations, hosts prepare a variety of conventional food for their guests.

Boun Pha That Luang is the most meaningful festival in Vientiane Capital and the Lao PDR. It is held over three to seven days during the full moon of the twenty-fifth lunar month. The festival commences with a colorful candlelight wax castle (Phasat Pheung) procession, which starts the evening before at Vat Simeuang. People wear their best clothes for this procession, and there is also a parade of the men and women dressed in different Loa ethnic costumes who dance and play traditional music and songs while approaching the stupa. 

During the Pha That Luang stupa festival, there are trade fairs, concerts, and funfairs held. The festival draws to a close under a full moon when people from all over Laos crowd around Pha That Luang for one last candlelight procession. There are also firework displays to make the end of the celebration.

Boun Lai Heua Fai, also known as Festival of Light Boats, is an honor to the Mekong River, the Mother of All Things, to bring good luck to the villagers. Each community in many provinces makes and decorates a boat.

Colorful boats paraded through the town; at night, they are launched onto the river and ceremoniously set on fire as offerings to spirits. This festival involves floating the ritual flowers onto the river to send lousy luck and thanks to the water spirits. 

 Hmong New Year is held in Oudomxay, Xieng Khouang, Luang Prabang, and Vientiane Province between mid-December until January. The celebration highlights colorful displays of traditional costumes made from green, red, and white silk and ornate silver jewelry. Music from traditional Hmong instruments such as the teun-flute, Hmong-style khene pipe, and leave blowing is played. 

The Mekong is Southeast Asia’s greatest river, with an estimated 4,350 km (2,703 miles). Laos has the most outstanding share of the Mekong River. With few good roads and mountainous terrain, the river is Laos’ principal transportation.

The Upper Mekong in Laos is considered one of the most remarkable journeys of the entire river. A fantastic way to enjoy the scenery is a boat trip from Huay Xai at the border with northern Thailand to Luang Prabang or vice versa.

Vang Vieng is a touristic riverside town located in central Laos, about a 4-hour bus ride north of the capital. The main street is crowded with guest houses, bars, restaurants, internet cafes, tour agencies, and tourists. The area’s foremost attraction is the dramatic karst hill landscape surrounding Vang Vieng.

The limestone mountains are popular with rock climbers, while the many unexplored tunnels and caverns are a spelunker’s heaven. However, tubing is one of the main draws of Van Vieng – you’ll often see young travelers loafing in large inner tubes floating downstream.

Pha That Luang is recognized as a world cultural heritage, a sacred emblem of the Theravada Buddhist nation of Laos. The image of the most giant and most beautiful relic tower in Laos is also printed on paper money and the country’s emblem. Built on the ancient Indian temple ruins, Pha That Luang outside is glazed with brilliant gold, exceptionally brighter and more marvelous when the sun rises. Every year, in mid-November, people across the country flock here to attend a national-level festival.

Wat Xieng Thong is the most majestic and oldest of the 65 great temples located at the Luang Prabang peninsula. Wat Wisunarat was built in 1560 by King Setthathirath under the royal patronage of the Kingdom of Laos.

The pagoda manifests the architectural lines of Laos with the sharply curved roof pointing straight up to the sky; inside, there are many very fragile reliefs, carvings, recounting many sacred Buddha relics.

Mount Phou Si, meaning "Sacred Mountain," is one of Luang Prabang's most well-known and revered landmarks. Mount Phou Si is considered the highest point in Luang Prabang that offers a panoramic view of the peaceful Luang Prabang in the land of Buddha and the gentle Mekong.

The top of Mount Phou Si offers exceptional views over Luang Prabang and the surrounding areas. The spectacular viewpoint at the top is especially famous with tourists at sunset.

Elephant Village Sanctuary is located about 15 km out of Luang Prabang, on the bank of the Nam Khan river. It is established in perfect nature, in the middle of foggy mountains nearby the river. It aims to offer elephant interaction programs and special activities for both young and older adults.

The Elephant Village Sanctuary is an educational facility committed to treating Asian elephants in Laos. It is one of the most comprehensive, hands-on experiences in the country and a rare chance to get close to these magnificent animals.

The Arc de Triomphe is deemed one of the fascinating symbols of Vientiane's capital. It has a body that simulates the shape of the Arc de Triumphe station in Paris, while the top part is a pyramid-shaped architecture and reliefs typical of Laotian culture.

From the top of the Arc de Triomphe, you can enjoy the panoramic view of Vientiane in a moment of light and dark clashing with a magnificent sunset.

Buddha Park is an extensive garden with more than 200 Buddhist statues and Hindu deities crafted as incomparable works of art. The most notable of the garden is a giant reclining Buddha statue measuring 40 meters long.

The unique statue covered with moss has an attractive green background, creating an ancient but very serene space. In addition, the garden also recreates images of gods, demons, people, animals, and the three layers of hell, earth, and heaven.