Wat Luang is located on the Se Don River near the bridge in Pakse in Laos. Wat Luang is probably the most important temple in Pakse.

Ban Saphai is famous for their silk weaving. Women can be seen working on large looms underneath their homes producing distinctive silk and cotton pàh salóng (long sarongs for men) and are happy to let you watch.

The 'Big Buddha' of Pakse City is a large Buddha statue on a hill, overlooking the southern Laos city of Pakse.

For lovers of history and architecture, the reference location on the outskirts of Pakse is Vat Phou, the ruins of the Khmer civilization of style to the temples of Angkor in Cambodia.