If America has fanciful Niagara waterfall which all people in the world have known and desired to set foot once, Laos will be so proud of Khone Phapheng that is the biggest waterfall in Southeast Asia, has been dubbed the Pearl of Mekong River cruise.
Khone Phapheng is located in Champasak province, Laos, is a flow section of the Mekong River which has length of 4000 kilometers from Tibet. This is the biggest waterfall in Southeast Asia with many eddies and dangerous rocks. The waterfall has height of 21 meters, consists many small waterfalls stretching over 12 kilometers the length of river, always has a huge amount of water filled with silt flows through a wider surface with jagged cliffs as running down. Traveling here, visitors will really understand why Khone Phapheng waterfall has been dubbed the “Niagara of Asia”.
Khone Phapheng is the biggest waterfall in Southeast Asia.
Going to Khone phapheng, visitors will be surely amazed at the grandeur of the Mekong River is roaring when dumping. The atmosphere is serenity, only having cascade is roaring as exerting to break parent rocks, baby rocks which are lumpy between the stream. Read more: travel to Laos
The grandeur of Khone Phapheng waterfall
This waterfall is the habitat of Pangasianodon gigas, a catfish species is endangered and is considered the largest freshwater fish in the world. Moreover, Khone Phapheng also attracts tourists because it is the only place in Southeast Asia that visitors can admire the freshwater dolphins. Here, visitors can sit and watch the locals fishing, or rent a canoe to fishing the freshwater dolphins joke waves or lie freely on coastal rocks and listen to the rumbled echoes from waterfall.
A daring fisherman crosses the Khon Phapheng falls on a wire that he and his friend built to access fishing areas during the rainy season (savethemekong.org)
The largest freshwater fish in the world in Khone Phapheng waterfall.
Khone Phapheng waterfall will be really attractive for tourists who are adventurous and want to conquer and explore nature. Majestic beauty that nature bestowed for this place will be sure to bring visitors a great experience when traveling Khone Phapheng.
The Indochina Voyages team.
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