Quick Facts:
- Location: Northwestern Laos
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Population: 6000 people
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Highlights: Elephant Festival; stone platform which is said to cover a hold “leading to the end of the world”; Wat Ving Keo temple
Hongsa is a district of Xayabury province in the northern of Laos. About 130 kilometers far from Luang Prabang, Hongsa is a small valley wrapped around by mountain. Being endowed with beautiful landscape with rice paddy fields, green forest, small streams together with traditional handicraft villages, Hongsa has become a tourism attract in recent years.
Hongsa is a district of Xayabury province in the northern of Laos. About 130 kilometers far from Luang Prabang, Hongsa is a small valley wrapped around by mountain. Being endowed with beautiful landscape with rice paddy fields, green forest, small streams together with traditional handicraft villages, Hongsa has become a tourism attract in recent years.