Things to do in Luang Nam Tha Province
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Green Discovery
At the time of writing, tours were offered by the privately owned Green Discovery. Those offered by Green Discovery differ to those offered by the Tourism Office, in order to eliminate direct competition and increase the spread of proceeds.
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Nam Ha Ecoguide Service
At the time of writing, tours were offered by the Nam Ha Ecoguide Service, a wing of the Provincial Tourism Office.
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Muang Sing Exhibitions Museum
One of the better examples of the latter architectural style has been restored to contain the Muang Sing Exhibitions Museum, also known as the Tribal Museum. Inside is a collection of cultural artefacts from the area. On display are fishing utensils, looms, cooking utensils, old gongs, bells, pottery, musical instruments, Lao-style Buddha images, local ethnic costumes and a Buddha votive. The house containing the exhibition was once occupied by a local prince named Phanya Sekong. Note that the opening hours aren’t always adhered to.
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Bicycle Shop
Cycling is the ideal way to explore the wats, waterfalls, bans and landscape surrounding Luang Nam Tha. If you’re not up for a multiday mountain-bike tour, you can head out at your own pace by renting a mountain bike or ubiquitous rabbit-ear bicycle for US$0.30/1 per hour/day from the Bicycle Shop on the main street. It also rents motorcycles for US$2 to US$3 per day.
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Manychan Guest House
The most popular falang venue in town has an extensive menu boasting Lao, Thai and tame Chinese dishes. The chef’s spell in Vientiane and Luang Prabang restaurants has served the kitchen well and the buzzing tourists manage to wolf down their meals while swapping trekking tales and glasses of Beerlao.
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Banana Restaurant
Underneath a shady thatched roof, this entrepreneurial little restaurant captivates the falang market with Western breakfasts (even cornflakes) plus a long menu of fried chicken, pork and vegetarian dishes (spicy and mild), plus curries, Thai dishes and salads. It’s cheap and tasty food.
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Vieng Phone Restaurant
This cavernous indoor restaurant could do with a splash of sunshine on the menu, but it’s a decent spot to fill up on pad thai, fried rice, láap and roasts (including fish). Western breakfasts cater to those who aren’t up for hot noodles first thing in the am.
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Luang Nam Tha Museum
The Luang Nam Tha Museum contains a collection of local anthropological artefacts, such as ethnic clothing, Khamu bronze drums, and ceramics. There are also a number of Buddha images and the usual display chronicling the Revolution.
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Panda Restaurant
The huge menu at this modest, open-air restaurant encompasses everything from (divine) pancakes and eggs to fish on tomato chilli, beef with basil and tasty tofu fry-ups. The fruit shakes are also delicious and it’s run by an affable family.
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Yamuna Restaurant
The inventive menu at this Indian restaurant satisfies subcontinent cravings with curries of all piquants as well as South Indian specialties like Masala dosai. The stock of tables are neatly ordered inside and out.
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Panfa Art
This small textiles shop on the main street sells some truly stunning scarves and wall hangings made from raw silk. It’s all locally crafted and the workmanship of some of the pieces is quite bamboozling.
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Exotissimo
Exotissimo have a recently-opened office right next door and offer day trips to eight different villages in the area. Their operation may have expanded to multi-day trips by the time you read this.
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Singsavanh Nightclub
Most of Muang Sing is dead asleep by 9pm except at the Singsavanh, near the Sing Charean Hotel, where the locals get down to live Lao and Chinese pop.
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Nang Khamtip
Some of the best fǒe, khào píak (rice soup) and khào sáwy in Laos.
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