Hot Springs

Big Hot Springs

 

The Big Hot Springs, or Nam Hom, are located 69 km east of Phonsavan and 19 km from Muang Kham town. This hot spring is a natural creation, where the water temperature is about 40 degrees Celsius. Large trees surround the site and local people believe that the jungle is sacred. The resort is now equipped with a number of tourist amenities, including restaurants, a guesthouse, a ferry wheel, a small swimming pool and nature trails among pine-lined walks.

A visit to the Big Hot Springs can be combined with an excursion to the Plain of Jars Site 23, a quarry with finished and partially carved jars sculpted from conglomerate rock. Site 23 is located 2 km from the resort, on a moderate hike up the mountain.

 

Ban Xang

A little hot springs is located in Xang village, 3 km east of Muang Kham. It feeds into a stream just a few hundred meters off Route 7. Note the limestone jar near the ticket office. In the village Tai Dam women sell their woven textiles; cross the river on a small bamboo bridge to visit the Phuan village and observe the women create the beautiful textiles. There is another hot spring nearby Nathong Village. Pass the village and follow the river for about 800 meters.