You MUST see this…Vat Phou! 🏛️ UNESCO Heritage Site 🇱🇦

Today we’re exploring Vat Phou temple, an amazing ancient Hindu temple complex located in Champasak, Laos (southern Laos). Vat Phou is recognized as an UNESCO World Heritage Site, is over 1000 years old, and is remarkably well preserved. Admission is 50k kip for foreigners, and 20k kip for Lao people, and the site is open daily from 8am to 5pm for visits.

We begin at the entrance and lower level, and follow the paved path up the hill to middle level to see the quadrangular pavilions on each side. Then make are way up more, to the upper level / foot of the sacred Phou Kao mountain, where we find the main temple sanctuary. Behind the temple we explore the a huge rock structure and spring with sacred water.

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00:00 Intro
00:51 Drive to Vat Phou
00:59 Vat Phou entrance
01:09 Shuttle
01:36 Blessing Bracelets
01:53 Walking Up
02:24 Mid Level Pavillions
02:53 Walking Up More
03:35 Steep Steps
04:02 Top Level (Vat Phou Temple)
04:10 Pray in Vat Phou Temple
05:33 Exploring the temple grounds
05:59 Sacred Spring
06:20 Stone Buddha
06:41 Another view inside the temple
06:52 Another shrine
07:01 Take a Break
07:11 Amazing Views
07:41 Walking Down
08:20 Exploring the Pavillions
10:08 Walking Down
10:21 Outro

00:00 Intro
00:51 Drive to Vat Phou
00:59 Vat Phou entrance
01:09 Shuttle
01:36 Blessing Bracelets
01:53 Walking Up
02:24 Mid Level Pavillions
02:53 Walking Up More
03:35 Steep Steps
04:02 Top Level (Vat Phou Temple)
04:10 Pray in Vat Phou Temple
05:33 Exploring the temple grounds
05:59 Sacred Spring
06:20 Stone Buddha
06:41 Another view inside the temple
06:52 Another shrine
07:01 Take a Break
07:11 Amazing Views
07:41 Walking Down
08:20 Exploring the Pavillions
10:08 Walking Down
10:21 Outro