Public services

The Champasak provincial tourism office’s info desk with maps, bus timetables and community-based tour information.

The public hospital in Muang Khong on Don Khong — the nearest proper medical facility for Si Phan Don travellers.

The public district hospital in Paksong for general illness and first-line accident care on the Bolaven Plateau.

The public hospital in Champasak town near Wat Phou, providing first-line care for residents and visitors.

A one-stop tour desk selling van and sleeper-bus tickets, handling visa-extension paperwork and running Wat Phou, Si Phan Don and Bolaven tours.

The Pakse office where visitors apply for tourist visa extensions and handle other immigration matters.

A private clinic and pharmacy in Champasak town for everyday ailments, wounds and heat exhaustion.

Automatic and semi-auto motorbikes for the Bolaven Loop, plus tyre patching, oil changes and basic repairs.

Day-hire bicycles for loops of Don Det and over the bridge to Don Khon, with on-the-spot puncture and brake repairs.

An international-standard private clinic with English- and Thai-speaking doctors for fevers, stomach bugs and motorbike scrapes.

The town’s main post office for postcards, international parcels and stamps.

The main public hospital of southern Laos with a 24-hour emergency department; serious cases are often referred to Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.