Unbelievable Boat Cruise Through Laos on the Mekong River!

We took the slow boat down the Mekong River in Laos to Luang Prabang! It was an incredible adventure and things got a little crazy at one point. The Mekong River 2 Day Slow Boat cruise on the Nagi of Mekong was the perfect introduction to Laos. Along the way we stopped at Hmong villages, drank lao lao or rice whiskey, spent the night in the small town of Pak Beng, visited the Pak Ou Caves and got stranded for a short period of time on the banks of the river during a huge storm. The Mekong River is the lifeblood of Southeast Asia providing people with fish, water for crops and a unique way of life. We started our journey in Chaing Khong, Thailand where we crossed the border in Laos and took a traditional long boat cruise.

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0:00 Introduction to the Slow Boat to Luang Prabang
0:23 Traveling from Thailand to Laos by Boat
1:03 Chiang Khong Thailand
1:53 Nagi of the Mekong Long Boat
3:11 The Mekong River
5:52 Burning Season in SE Asia
6:18 Pak Beng Laos
7:44 Crazy Fire and Storm on the Mekong
10:01 Lao Lao Rice Whiskey
10:59 New Infrastructure in Laos
12:05 Pak Ou Caves

Music

Finding Movement

Heavy Interlude

Disclaimer: All information in this video is an accurate description of our travels experience. Prices change as do places and you should thoroughly research any destination before you travel. We take no responsibility if your trip goes wrong, but if it does try to make the most of the situation 🙂

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[carolynfrick]

Loved the Mekong River cruise. It was awesome. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Maybe someday I’ll get to cruise the entire Mekong!

[TakeTimeToTravel]

This was quite the adventure, which I've never heard of before. I'm not surprised that after several shots of whiskey, things would begin to change haha. I really enjoyed watching :)

[aaronfrick]

There are many ways and many types of boats on different sections of the Mekong and they are all going to be an adventure.

[zzzthaoster]

One thing is for sure, the sunsets in Laos are so beautiful.

[ThaiSabai]

Thx for sharing, I have done this trip and is world class.

[sonevongkot]

Sabaidee.. Welcome to Laos..I hate when the locals do that

[galosu]

Excellent video: I learned a lot from it. Thanks for sharing. 🙏

[LaotianLibra]

These videos show me where my parents come from. Not Luang Prabang per se but Laos. Your narrative is educational.

[keangwooichoo]

Slash and burn. We suffered for 20 years due to smog in sumatra and kalimantan

[Nordlys]

Nice video. What an excitement especially with berthing after the storm. We were going to go to Luang Prabang from Bangkok on March 21st but the smoke seems to have gotten for the worse so we postponed our trip to mid July! I think I'll do the slow boat trip (round trip) with Nagi of Mekong too.

So there will be no more slow boat tour to Luang Prabang after the hydroelectric dam is completed?

[soulfreetravels]

Excellent video! I did the same boat in January 2017 and it was wonderful!

[sombut]

🙏Thank you for saying Lao and not Laos..

[joyxam]

Beautiful makong river .but sorry for you not a good time fire. you missed laos new year.was 3 day a go did you.

[janicegraham]

Nice Video! Can I ask where you stayed and would you recommend it? Thanks

[MindTrippin-SinceBirth]

How about the sound of the engine? 03/04 i did this trip and omg it was so loud, but worth it cuz amazing nature and experience

[jeanfrancoisruer]

Hello, Would you be kind enough to give me the price per person of the VIP boat. Thanks in advance
I don't know if you talk about it in the video because I don't speak English I use Google translate

[xstensl]

March is not the time to do this. middle of the burning season. looks like a nice boat with no too many millennials on board. people in the capital hate the damming of the Mekong where they depend on for their lively hoods. all China sees is $$$.