Bamboo Bridge

Cross the Nam Khan River on rickety Bamboo Bridge, which often gets washed away by the rising water during the rainy season.

The small fee you’ll pay to cross helps a local family rebuild this structure each year.

From Luang Prabang, The bamboo bridge leads to another world.

It is a lovely walk, once the weather cools down, particularly in the late afternoon and early evening, this walkway becomes the hangout place for local Lao young adults.

There’s lots of music playing from their phones, talking and giggling.

If you are game, you can ride your motorbike across the bamboo bridge to the other side of Luang Prabang. Or you could just walk the bridge if you are not a dare devil.

The bamboo bridge is the most atmospheric way to cross the Nam Khan River to many open-air restaurant, where you’ll sit on floor cushions at terraces overlooking the water, but the crossing is open during the dry season only.

Bamboo Bridge