River Tubing
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mmeaa2568
Birmingham, UK37 contributions
Nov. 2023 • Friends
So so much fun, don’t miss it! We started at 1pm and finished around 7pm, the bars are cool but a little more expensive than anywhere else in Vang Vieng, but they have games like beer pong etc and really good atmosphere! Tubing was so much fun (defo bring a dry bag and also your own drink for whilst in the tube as it’s a long time between bars). The best experience
Written 25 November 2023
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exit45jonas
Sunshine Coast, Australia33 contributions
Oct. 2023 • Couples
This is definitely a must do in Vang Vieng. We booked direct with the tubing business and they picked us up from our hotel. We chose 10am to avoid the hoards of drunken party people who go at 1pm. After a 15 minute drive, they dropped us off at the riverbed. It was amazing to float down the river surrounded by spectacular mountains, small farms, houses and under bridges. We stopped and had beers at one of the river bars. Apart from a few kayakers, we practically had the river to ourselves. With one beer stop, the tubing experience took about 2 hours. We loved it so much we did it all a second time 2 days later. It only cost us 100,000 Kip pp including pick up and transport. Highly recommended!
Written 1 November 2023
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Alex H
Port St. Mary, UK1,313 contributions
Mar. 2023 • Couples
Booked through our hotel accommodation in Vang Vieng, the tipsy tubing consists of around 3 hours or more of slowly bobbing along down the river at a leisurely pace. There are 3 or 4 bars open on each day which you can stop off at and get some drinks. This activity might not be for everyone but we loved it!
NB bring your own dry bag if you want to keep your stuff actually dry, as the tour’s dry bags are useless!
NB bring your own dry bag if you want to keep your stuff actually dry, as the tour’s dry bags are useless!
Written 8 March 2023
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Chase B
9 contributions
Feb. 2023
Three hours floating down a shallow river at a very slow speed may not be every one's cup of tea but we loved it, a unique experience. I probably wouldn't do it again but we were pleased we did it the ONCE. After all that is what holidays are about, experiencing new things.
Written 1 March 2023
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fartoomanyusers
London, UK409 contributions
Dec. 2019
We went late afternoon, and had a fun couple of hours, before being chased off the river !
We hired the tubes in town, and took a tuk tuk to the start point. We'd had a cycle earlier in the day, so this was a fun end to the day.
It wasn't very busy the day we did it - your mileage may vary !
We hired the tubes in town, and took a tuk tuk to the start point. We'd had a cycle earlier in the day, so this was a fun end to the day.
It wasn't very busy the day we did it - your mileage may vary !
Written 19 November 2020
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Jesus V F H
Maastricht, The Netherlands541 contributions
Feb. 2020 • Couples
The tubing will be what you want it to be. Let me explain you why: everybody normally goes at 12:00, so, if what you want is to party and meet a lot of people, that's your hour. We went at 11:00 so we literally had the river for ourselves.
Written 18 February 2020
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gpont1
Leeds, UK53 contributions
Feb. 2020 • Couples
Thoroughly enjoyed my experience tubing in Vang Vieng. The views are absolutely stunning and it's so relaxing just floating along slowly while you take it all in. Only stopped at one bar, they're all right at the beginning and just wanted to get going and enjoy it but if you want to drink you gotta stop off straight away. Can get a bit rocky in places so mind your bum but it just adds to the adventure! Worth doing for sure.
Written 15 February 2020
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Ghentfreak
Hanoi, Vietnam316 contributions
Feb. 2020
We are both around 60, we did the whole trip. No danger, very relaxing. It took us 3 hours to finish the trip without stop. Sometimes the river undeep and almost no current. We left at 2.30 pm at the end it become cold when the sun went down. Good and friendly service. Book at the company not at an agency. It’s cheaper!
Written 2 February 2020
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MumbaiRiders
Mumbai, India1,671 contributions
Jan. 2020
Had been "TUBING" in a group tour through "Nana Backpackers Hostel" in Vang Vieng.We were driven in a large tuktuk to the start point of the "Tubing" adventure on the nam Song river.. At 1230 hrs .each tourist was given a inflated tractor tyre tube and launched themselves into the river. After floating on the tube from our start point on the river we gradually drifted downstream and arrived at our first "BAR cum DANCE " floating barge.It was a orgy of music, drinks and dance before proceeding on our respective "TUBES" to the next entertainment station.There were a total of 3 stations with the 3rd station being the last stop of the entire afternoon's tubing on the Nam Song river. Something totally different akin to being shipwrecked and drifting on a life-raft on the water.Try "TUBING" once in your lifetime.TUBING" is what transformed a once ordinary village of Vang Vieng in Laos into a tourist hot-spot in the country
Written 30 January 2020
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Karolina W
Warsaw, Poland22 contributions
Jan. 2020 • Couples
Nice weather, river wasn't very fast in the beginning it was just perfect.
Nevertheless belive me if you stay on water for too long your arms start to pain and if you go in to the city it's very dangerous because of the motor bouts.
I recommend it but stop after 1h or 1,5 and don't go to the city
Nevertheless belive me if you stay on water for too long your arms start to pain and if you go in to the city it's very dangerous because of the motor bouts.
I recommend it but stop after 1h or 1,5 and don't go to the city
Written 12 January 2020
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Pierre-Edouard B
El Albir, Spain
Hi, when is the best period to do this activity ? Is it open every day ?
Thanks
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P-E
bucketlisttravellers
Sydney, Australia3,783 contributions
Depending on the time of year the river flows at different rates. I think it would be better to go in the dry season when the river flows as a more leisurely pace. I went in September and it was over too quickly and also the nice water areas around Luang Prabang were not that really pretty blue colour but rather brown.
stewartlife
Jakarta, Indonesia55 contributions
Hi, can I pack tubing and caving in the same day?
Chris Sidwell
Milton Keynes, UK12 contributions
Yes tour operaters do them as a bundle day pass
Rhea Scarlet
9 contributions
Is it safe for the one who cannot swim?
LollyFitz1986
Harlow, UK45 contributions
Yes it’s very shallow and you will have rubber tube to keep you afloat
geofflysaght
London, UK25 contributions
I am looking to go Mid March but keep reading conflicting views of brilliant \ dead don't go. has anyone gone recently or in March?
EvansFamilyOz
Sydney, Australia72 contributions
Went in January and for stunning scenery / magic of floating down the river with virtually no-one else on it I'd recommend it as one of the best things we did in Laos. It IS very quiet and nothing at all like the party scene it was a few years ago
debbers07
London, UK73 contributions
How do you get back from the end of the tubing?
Thank you!
Amy E
Winnipeg, Canada23 contributions
Hi!
The tubing that we did (the white painted tubes) finish in the middle of the town (Vang Vieng) there are people there who will guide you in the direction that you need to walk to get your tube back to the shop! It’s like a 5 minute walk!
I am going to Vang Vieng in july. I want to know if it is safe, I mean tide and waves. Plus, I dont know swimming. Is tubing only for people who know how to swim?
Snowpet
Glasgow, UK119 contributions
Everyone is requested to wear a life vest but we ended up having to save someone who got caught up in a tree and couldn't free themselves. I almost lost my tube and bag as a result. There was slight currents in June when I was there which are fun to help move you along the river. There are only 3 bars open on the river now.
German P
Santiago, Chile2 contributions
Hello everybody!
I went tubing 6 years ago and I had the time of my life! I would love to go again in mid April, but I have two questions:
1) How is the weather by that time?
2) Is it still open? I heard rumours that it was shut down...
Volandovoy viajes
Barcelona, Spain991 contributions
Hola
Está abierto aunque no con la intensidad de años anteriores
En abril es muy buena época
Hi guys. Me and a friend are looking to go to Cambodia for 3wks at the end of February and we was wondering where the best places to go are? We really like the sound of the tubing adventure and we was wondering what other activities there is to do near by?
Pongpat S
Bangkok24 contributions
You can enjoyed River Tubing in VangVieng Laos, not in Cambodia,
However i hope you enjoy traveling in Cambodia🙄
ROHO
43 contributions
Hi guys we booked the tubing but weren't told what to bring or if there is a place to put our flip flops or clothes etc.
Can anyone help please with the above?
calg93
London, UK183 contributions
They don't have lockers leave stuff at your hoste/hotel and just take money and camera I had flip flops and kept them in my tube
Roderick S
Willemstad, Curaçao35 contributions
Can you buy your own tube, walk the 4km up yourself and then go down the river without having to use the tubing maffia? Anyone tried this?
Victor S
10 contributions
Never heard about, sorry...