If night markets in Luang Prabang are ideal for you to buy souvenir and taste delicious food, Kuang Si is a great scene where visitors don’t want to miss when travelling to Laos. Visitors typically spend one day to discover Kuang Si Waterfalls. Indochina tours Laos
Kuang Si is one of the most beautiful waterfalls of the Southeast Asia -source: internet
How to get Kuang Si from Luang Prabang, Laos
Kuang Si Waterfall is far from Luang Prabang about 30 kilometers to the South. Kuang Si is a population of many big and small waterfalls. Kuang Si is one of the most attractive destinations in the former capital of Laos.
From Luang Prabang, visitors can move to Kuang Si by 2 ways. You can move on road. You’d better hire a motorbike or tuk tak. It takes you about 50 minutes to get the gate of park. The other way is that you can choose boats, scroll down the Mekong River downstream, get Ban Ou Cave and then continue move about 5 kilometers then you will get the gate of Kuang Si park. It takes visitors about 10 minutes walking from the gate to Kuang Si waterfalls. Moving by boats takes you more than one hour. It is a bit slow compare with moving by bike or tuk tak. However, getting Kuang Si Waterfall from Luang Prabang by boat will bring you more exciting experiences.
Moving to Kuang Si Waterfall by tuk tak- an unique mean of transportation in Laos Laos -source: internet
The meaning of Kuang Si
In Laos, Kuang Si waterfall means Tat Kuang Si. Local people often tell a story that encloses to the name Kuang Si. According to a legend, Kuang Si waterfall was made by an clever old man. The man accumulated water from the river by digging the ground deeply. After seeing water, a golden deer appeared. It made her house under a rising stone on the waterfall. The name of Kuang Si is made up of 3 letters include Tat (means Water), Kuang (means the deer) and Si (means formed by digging the ground). Waterfalls flow down from above with many hierarchical in the Kuang Si waterfall. Visitors have to scream out that how it beautiful is! Waterfalls in Kuang Si make natural swimming pools. Visitors are eager and excited when visiting Kuang Si’s waterfalls. Indochina travel agency
Visitors are attracted by the beauty of Kuang Si waterfall- source: internet
The attraction of Kuang Si Water
Kuang Si Waterfall is located in the middle of a primary forest and in a giant park. From the parking lot at the gate, walking through a forest, visitors will get the first waterfall. The water in this waterfall is special with emerald green. This green is the color of a kind of algae that living in Kuang Si. Continuing walking in 5 minutes, visitors will get the main waterfall. There is a wooden bridge crossing the main waterfall. From the bridge, visitors can admire the panoramic of magnificent waterfall. From the height of 100 meters, visitors will see the water flows down roaring through many steps to the foot of waterfall; this creates a wide natural pool. From the foot of main waterfall, emerald flow weaves to the mid of forest. This creates many swimming pools for visitors. Adventurous visitors can go through s steep path on the right of waterfall to get the top. From there, visitors will be festinated by the beauty of a picturesque park.
Kuang Si waterfall is an ideal destination in Laos -source: internet
Visitors can eat food in the entrance of the park, there are many typical restaurants of local residents there; visitors even can order food at restaurant in advanced and then enjoy tasty food in the foot of main waterfall. Visitors typically spend one day in Luang Prabang to admire and discover waterfalls.
If having the chance of visiting pretty Laos, don’t forget to come and admire beautiful Kuang Si Waterfall. The weather in Laos is always suitable for you to immerse yourself into the “natural swimming pools” there.
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