I’ve never been to the Blue Lagoon, it doesn’t interest me so can’t commnt. We enjoyed the kayaking but the tubing was quite dull. The attraction in Vang Vieng for me is in spending extended time there and just experiencing, living the life, being there, there aren’t really any big tourist draws it’s just a nice place to be. Cycling was fun but the roads out towards the Blue Lagood were just dirt. I don’t know what sort of car you’ll have, but it’s not tarmac, or wasn’t 3 years ago. If it were me I’d just explore the town on foot/by bike and for unspoilt rural scenery take the road to the Blue Lagoon. Sorry, I can’t remember the cave, it was 17 years ago now, it’s on the Blue Lagoon road too if I remember correctly.

During the first week of November, I’ll travel from LP to Vientiane with my wife and 2 kids. During that trip, we will stay one full day (2 nights) in Vang Vieng.

We doubt whether we want to drive around during the whole day and we’re thinking about doing this only during the morning. During the afternoon we would like to do some activities yourself.

I’ve few questions, hope you know the answers:

1. When driving around => are Tham Chang Cave and the Blue Lagoon the high lights of VV and is it recommended to do this by car? Any other highlights to do by car?

2. What kind of activities are recommended for the afternoon (also considering we’re traveling with kids)? We already did some tubing during our 2 previous summer holidays in Thailand and Indonesia so doubt whether we should really do this again. Is cycling around a nice alternative?

Any tips/recommendations in relation to our 1-day stay and answers to our questions are welcome and appreciated.

A bunch of thanks in advance!!