Thaveesinh Hotel is located in Ban Houayxay. With free WiFi, this 2-star hotel offers a 24-hour front desk and a concierge service. Guests can enjoy river views.
THADAN GUEST HOUSE is located in Ban Houayxay. With a terrace, the 3-star hotel has air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi. Some units at the property feature a balcony with a river view.
Emily
United States of America
This was a good accommodation for one night before the slow boat. The location was great. The staff was able to get tickets for the slow boat and arranged a tuktuk to bring us to it in the morning. The shower had hot water and the room was a good size.
Located in Ban Houayxay, Little Hostel has a garden, shared lounge, restaurant, and free WiFi throughout the property.
Sophia A
United States of America
Amor, the woman managing the hostel is amazing! She offered so much helpful information before questions were even asked. The message she sent out days before I arrived was beyond helpful as it entailed what to expect to pay for transportation from immigration; what to expect to pay for a tuk-tuk to the hostel, she offered a currency exchange which removed an errand that usually comes along with entering a new country. She was just amazing. Thank you, Amor! The hostel itself is pretty plain-Jane, but it gets the job done for a night or two. Mostly clean, a few ants were seen but clean otherwise. Breakfast is offered and tours (including slow boat) can be booked. Very easy and convenient stay.
Sabaydee Guesthouse in Ban Houayxay provides accommodations with a garden and a terrace. Some accommodations include a balcony and a seating area with flat-screen TV, as well as air conditioning.
Mark
Australia
All good, very clean, extremely well priced, nice friendly owners and staff, great location, very happy with our choice to stay here.
Located in Ban Houayxay, Over the Moon hostel has air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi. The hostel provides a shared lounge. At the hostel rooms come with a private bathroom with a shower.
Tsur shor
Israel
Good siting area
Booked me a ride with no problems
Somewhere over the river in Ban Houayxay provides accommodations with a garden and a terrace. This property offers access to a balcony, free private parking, and free Wifi.
Thomas
Canada
Great food. Especially for the boat. Good room. Great for booking slow boat got the front.
Manilath guesthouse in Ban Houayxay provides accommodations with a garden and a bar. All units come with a private bathroom, and certain units at the guest house have a terrace.
Tsur shor
Israel
Great balcony and they booked us a tok tok and bus to the next location
A recently renovated guest house, 1 Min to Slow Boat Guesthouse offers accommodation in Ban Khonkèo.
Per
United States of America
Spotless, staff fantastic and impressive English skills, great location. While not the Ritz, it does not claim to be. But for what it is, it’s a gem that I would stay at anytime - and go out of my way to stay at In the area. 2 thumbs up!
As far as I know, the only reason to travel to Ban Houayxay...
As far as I know, the only reason to travel to Ban Houayxay as a tourist is because you are taking the slow boat to Luang Prabang from there. The town is getting some construction upgrades, so lots of dust. It looks like it could be a cool place to spend a day or more, but I recommend you not do it on a Sunday. Most everything was closed, and it was difficult finding a place where we wanted to eat a nice meal. And because they know you are tourists and are pretty much stuck there, prices are a bit high.
If you didn't already purchase your boat ticket package, I recommend shopping around a bit. We got ours at our hotel, including a tuktuk ride. We could have paid a tiny bit less at the currency exchange place, but either way was much less expensive than booking through agencies in ChiangMai/ChiangRai. It's easy enough to figure out the rest on your own.
Pro-tip: if you are going to take the slow-boat (and you most likely are), I recommend getting there early by tuktuk (way too far to walk- it's not where Google maps makes you think it is). You can buy food and beer at the drop-off, but don't dawdle around there.
Get your ticket and walk down to the boat as soon as you can, because even though your ticket has a seat number, it's sit where you want- first come, first served. Make sure you don't have something you need for your time on the boat in your big backpack, because that is getting stowed out of reach.
Sit nearer the front of the boat for less engine noise, but choose your seats carefully. Make sure they recline if that's important to you. The seats are basically minivan seats that have been nailed to wood skids and placed on the boat. So they are fairly comfortable.
Robert
United States of America
Scored 6.0
6.0
You have to go to Ban Houayxay if you want to do the Gibbon...
You have to go to Ban Houayxay if you want to do the Gibbon Experience (highly recommended!). From my point of view it's the only reason to visit this place. I think getting decent accommodation is hard to find as it's such a transient place given it's a border town.
Sharon
Australia
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