Our Cycling Route Through Laos
The green line on the map above shows the exact GPS route we have cycled. The pins on the map show our final destination for each cycling day. You can click on a pin to see the date we cycled.
Our cycling route through Laos
The map above shows the route we cycled through Laos. We entered Laos from northern Vietnam and exited back into south central Vietnam.
The roads in Loas are quite a mixed bag, they have everything from dirt roads to newly paved roads and everything in between. Overall cycling here is quite nice but the mixed road surfaces can slow you down.
The most noteworthy part of Laos is it hills, the north of Laos is very hilly and they are steep! Going up is a slog and going down is a good old test on your brakes!
Once we got to Vang Vieng it was mostly downhill to the capital, Vientiane and then mostly flat back to Vietnam.
At the time we decided not to visit Luang Prabang because honestly we couldn’t face anymore hills. We were tired and it was really hot in Loas.
Vang Vieng was a nice stop off for a few days, tourism was quite quiet at the time which may have made it a bit more enjoyable for us as we don’t usually enjoy that kind of place.
After Vientiane the route was quite dull and very hot. The one advantage of the big hills in the north is that it is a little cooler when you’re high up. In the south it’s just hot all the time.
Although there are not a huge amount of facilities on the roads in Laos we managed to find accommodation on all but one night, the night we didn’t find any we camped on a wooden platform quite high up a hill. The temperature was reasonably cool and overall it wasn’t too bad.
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Download our Route through LaosOur cycling stats for Laos
15.00 kmph
1,384.94 km
76.94 km
149.92 km
18,508 meters
1,572 meters
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Daily Cycling Activity
Below is a breakdown of our daily cycling activity, you can see our exact route and final destination each day using the map at the top of the page.
| Day | Start/Finish | Distance | Duration | Avg. Speed | Elevation Gained | Elevation Min/Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 |
Xepon to Khe Sanh 4th March 2020 |
38.16 miles 61.05 km |
4:44 |
8.06 mph 12.90 kmph |
2,888 ft 880 m |
618 ft / 1,326 ft 188 m / 404 m |
| 17 |
Muang Phalanxay to Xepon 3rd March 2020 |
56.22 miles 89.96 km |
5:34 |
10.07 mph 16.12 kmph |
1,938 ft 591 m |
533 ft / 768 ft 162 m / 234 m |
| 16 |
Seno to Muang Phalanxay 2nd March 2020 |
46.42 miles 74.27 km |
4:36 |
10.08 mph 16.12 kmph |
1,218 ft 371 m |
489 ft / 676 ft 149 m / 206 m |
| 15 |
Thakhek to Seno 1st March 2020 |
62.91 miles 100.66 km |
5:40 |
11.09 mph 17.74 kmph |
2,092 ft 638 m |
445 ft / 656 ft 136 m / 200 m |
| 14 |
Vieng Kham to Thakhek 28th February 2020 |
68.27 miles 109.23 km |
6:45 |
10.10 mph 16.15 kmph |
2,651 ft 808 m |
449 ft / 669 ft 137 m / 204 m |
| 13 |
Pakxan to Vieng Kham 27th February 2020 |
55.49 miles 88.79 km |
5:32 |
10.02 mph 16.03 kmph |
1,452 ft 443 m |
474 ft / 625 ft 145 m / 191 m |
| 12 |
Thabok to Pakxan 26th February 2020 |
34.54 miles 55.26 km |
3:00 |
11.47 mph 18.35 kmph |
757 ft 231 m |
484 ft / 572 ft 148 m / 174 m |
| 11 |
Vientiane to Thabok 25th February 2020 |
63.42 miles 101.47 km |
5:08 |
12.31 mph 19.70 kmph |
1,470 ft 448 m |
482 ft / 652 ft 147 m / 199 m |
| 10 |
Vang Vieng to Vientiane 21st February 2020 |
93.70 miles 149.92 km |
8:17 |
11.30 mph 18.07 kmph |
3,547 ft 1,081 m |
550 ft / 969 ft 168 m / 295 m |
| 9 |
Phoukhoun to Vang Vieng 17th February 2020 |
59.66 miles 95.46 km |
5:34 |
10.70 mph 17.12 kmph |
3,389 ft 1,033 m |
779 ft / 4,557 ft 237 m / 1,389 m |
| 8 |
Nam Chat to Phoukhoun 16th February 2020 |
35.55 miles 56.88 km |
5:10 |
6.87 mph 10.99 kmph |
6,519 ft 1,987 m |
2,746 ft / 5,025 ft 837 m / 1,532 m |
| 7 |
Phonsavan to Nam Chat 15th February 2020 |
47.21 miles 75.54 km |
4:45 |
9.93 mph 15.89 kmph |
3,606 ft 1,099 m |
2,692 ft / 4,553 ft 821 m / 1,388 m |
| 6 |
Phonsavan to The Plain of Jars and back 14th February 2020 |
13.11 miles 20.97 km |
1:24 |
9.30 mph 14.88 kmph |
754 ft 230 m |
3,583 ft / 3,713 ft 1,092 m / 1,132 m |
| 5 |
Wilcamp before Phonsavan to Phonsavan 13th February 2020 |
49.37 miles 78.99 km |
6:13 |
7.92 mph 12.68 kmph |
4,805 ft 1,465 m |
1,892 ft / 5,080 ft 577 m / 1,548 m |
| 4 |
Soplao to Wildcamp before Phonsavan 12th February 2020 |
32.10 miles 51.35 km |
5:15 |
6.10 mph 9.76 kmph |
7,829 ft 2,386 m |
1,677 ft / 5,156 ft 511 m / 1,572 m |
| 3 |
Vek to Soplao 11th February 2020 |
26.63 miles 42.61 km |
3:20 |
7.96 mph 12.74 kmph |
4,223 ft 1,287 m |
1,692 ft / 4,705 ft 516 m / 1,434 m |
| 2 |
Viang Xai to Vek 10th February 2020 |
48.25 miles 77.20 km |
6:24 |
7.54 mph 12.06 kmph |
6,772 ft 2,064 m |
2,629 ft / 4,864 ft 801 m / 1,483 m |
| 1 |
Na Meo to Viang Xai 8th February 2020 |
34.58 miles 55.33 km |
4:19 |
7.99 mph 12.78 kmph |
4,812 ft 1,467 m |
1,098 ft / 2,998 ft 335 m / 914 m |
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