1-    Trekking: If you are a keen walker, here you are!...Below an on measure trip tailored                          for you.

Day 1 :    After breakfast "8.30 - 9.00 am", From Sala Phea walk through the village, South                 direction towards "Li-Phi Waterfall" (Devil Corridor), roughly about 1.5 Km.                 Locally called "Somphamith" , it is one of the most beautiful waterfall in Laos.                 Enjoy to relax yourself till Lunch break on the spot or if you prefer a more                 consistent meal, trip back to Sala Done Khone's restaurant, on the way back,                 stop over to visit a remnant of a French                 locomotive.
TIP:        Li-Phi Fall is not a stand alone waterfall, but forms by many arms of waterfalls,                 from the main fall ,about 200 to 300m  pathway leading southern direction you                 could admire a fantastic 180 ° panorama of the Majestic Mekong Valley reaching                 the Cambodia border and further down stream to the tropical water of South                 China sea. It is some kind a "Lao Grand Canyon".

                In the afternoon,  walking back down follow a route to the waterfall again, but                 before reaching the entrance you'll find a trail that will lead you to a Dune                 Beach,  the spot is surrounded by rocky hills and forest and right in front is the                 arm stream from Li-Phi and Cambodia mountain range as the                 backdrop. It's a place where amateurs of reading or sunbathing has elected                 their spot, because of its atmosphere of tranquility and isolation from the crowd.
                           
                You can swim here but... DO NOT GO TOO FAR FROM THE BANK ...keep in mind                 that Mekong stream still crazy at this time and underwater turbulent causes a                 fatal danger!  

                Trip back before 16.30 pm just in time to catch the magnificent sunset over the                  Mekong river on your private balcony in front of a cool drink.

 DAY 2 :    Visit Irrawaddy Dolphin, the trip looks promising cover about 7.5 km walk,                    don't worry! it's a soft walk without any particular difficulty. The day started                    early than usual with breakfast at 6.30 am. then follows the same itinerary                    towards Dune Beach, but turn left 1 km before reaching the beach. Keep                    going till the connection to the old railway route, you will be among the                    evergreen trees with so many interesting things, don't waste your time you                    can do it on the way back. Continue south direction till the "queue"     end of                    the island at the  former French maritime port before 10.00 pm, the best time                    for a lovely Dolphins. Here it is a place where long tail boats waiting to take                    you to the rare mammal.
                            This natural house of the Dolphin is on the main arm stream of the                    Mekong and it is deep enough to make them felt secure to untimely intruder.                    During the watching, it happens that your boat crossed to the                    Cambodia water, but Cambodian authorities condones the fact.
                           On the way back, enjoys relaxing in the particular surroundings where                    lust evergreen tropical vegetation is prominent, you will arrive back to Sala                    Done Khone at 17.00 pm. where cool drinks and good dinner're awaiting for                    you after a long and tiring journey.

Learn more about Irrawadi Dolphin...click here

DAY 3 :     Visit the remnants of the French Embankment.
                  Today, we will guide you to another side of Khone, where you can found The                   Mekong Embankment remain. This embankment built by French Forestry                   Company in a Colonial area to collected all teak logs floated on the Mekong                   river from the north (mainly from Luang Prabang) because all of these logs                   couldn't pass Li-Phi falls, and have to be get over by floating through                   small arms stream of the river till the end of the island in the same basin of                   the Dolphin house, where they built a port for their vessels trailer to carry its                   to  Cambodia then Vietnam and South China sea. A little further upstream,                   you can visit our Suspension Bridge over the Mekong Gorge.
                              This bridge will guide you to KHON PA SOI FALL where you can enjoy                   swimming beneath a waterfall or kayaking or visit local fishermen has built                   "Li" to catch fishes during the start of rainy season. It's a bamboo                   construction built across the narrow passage of  the river by leaving the                   stream going through freely between bamboo sticks, fishes arriving at the                   "Li" were jumped up to the air where fishermen awaiting to catch them. This                   traditional technique worked so well that the average catching is sometime                   more than a Ton/season/person. The amazing activities will be                   started on June - September every year. You will see how fishermen try to                   cross a crazy stream of Mekong river to his "Li" in a middle, and sometime                   you will see a "Li" break out to a small pieces of bamboo without any hope or                   help. A beautiful life in a small part of the world...   

                              After the visit, the rest of a day is up to you, if you don't mind, in the                   afternoon you could walk across the first ever French Bridge spanned over                   the Mekong river to Done Det villages by following the old railway route to                   another Old French Port situated in the northern point of the                   village at the main stream of Mekong. And it used to be an important loading                   port for goods in destination to the northern part of Laos. Don't be surprise                   what you can see at Done Det!! and just immersed yourself in the                   backpacker life style.

4. Swimming:     Khone is an Island. may be you expect there're plenty of beautiful places                             everywhere for swimming. Yes of course, unfortunately the Mighty                             Mekong is available for swim only during Jan to May where water is clean                             and clear, you can swim safety in front of your room or beneath our                             waterfall "KHONE PA SOI" at Sala Khone Pa Soi where you can                             snorkeling to play  with small fishes or otherwise the giant one if yu\ou                             have luck. Please require an information from our staff for your                             security  to avoid a fatal accident.

                           Here below are the places that we recommends you could or couldn't                            swim.

                          1.   A Dune Beach the place that we recommended  in Item "Trekking -                                 Day 1" is suitable for swimming, so you can enjoy you day by swirling                                 on the clean and clear water of the mighty river, but .. Don't go too far                                 from the bank!
                           2.  East side of Khon Pa Soi Fall is the best for swimm, it has a small                                 sand beach to lay down beneath the sun or you can float with the                                 stream with a tire. 
                           3.  About 400 m. south from the main waterfall (Somphamith), there is a                                 small sandy beach. This place is forbidden , the underwater                                 turbulence caused many accidents of tourists and some fatal . You                                 can relax and amateur of sunbathing, but do not get into the water                                 for any reason whatsoever!

    TIP: If you (for women) intent to get in the water, it is a good idea to try a local women             dress a "Xin" a tube skirt for a local women while taking a bath or swimming in public             place. Nude is forbidden in public place! Swimming bikinis is acceptable, but not in the             crowded places.