Don Det Island, Champasack Travel Package Tours, Laos Tour Information Hotel Guide

DON DET OVERVIEW

The island of Don Det is located almost southern end of Laos, near the border with Cambodia. This area is famous as "4000 islands in Mekong river" and the islands are good base to explore the area such as the famous water falls and dolphins. The island of Don Det and Don Khon connected with a bridge, are very small and the facilities are limited. The Don Det island is in a wide reach of the Mekong River however the only way to get into this place is by boats. The boats from Nakasang usually dock at one of two landings, depending on where you depart from -- songthaews from Pakse often head to the landing to the south of Nakasang, and the boats that leave from there pull up at the landing about midway along the eastern coast of Don Det. There is some accommodation between here and the French bridge to the south (which crosses over to Don Khon). These are good places to get away from the throngs if you're looking for some solitude. In northern tip, it is a long line of places to stay, eventually coming to a junction marked with signs pointing to accommodation on the sunset side. This road crosses the island and continues south for a bit before ending in some rice fields -- enterprising hikers who pick their way through the fields can find their way south to the French bridge. The eastern road continues from the junction to the top of the island, passing the boat landing at the north end -- the boats here cross back and forth between here and the landing in Nakasang town proper. You'll want to take a boat from this landing when leaving Don Dhet, because songtheaws to Pakse depart from Nakasang town. The road continues around the top of the island and terminates at Khampong Restaurant and Guesthouse. To get to the sunset guesthouses further south, you'll have to backtrack to the junction and take the sunset road. There is no post office, no police station and no hospital on Don Det. The nearest facilities are all on Don Khong. There's also no bank. Most business will exchange kip for baht and dollars.