The Bolaven plateau is Laos’ coffee region, is an hour from Pakse and has four stunning waterfalls within a few kilometres.
We swam in three of the waterfalls and one was reached by ladders going down the cliff. The third one shown created it’s own ferocious local weather with strong wind and waves.
We hired a bike for the trip and stayed in a guest house run efficiently by this nine-year-old. They have a coffee nursery, plantation, processing and roasting business and export to Vietnam, Thailand and France. They also produce mushrooms and were sterilising the medium while we had breakfast.
We tried to do a loop to a fifth and most famous waterfall but if rained just before hitting this bit of dirt road where the wheels got encrusted with clay and the bike wanted to go sideways as much as forwards. I turned back.
We were recommended to pick up fruit on the way up at a ‘fruit village’. They had the most delicious jackfruit and soursop ever.
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