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Laos > Places & Sights > Wat Phu
Wat Phu, a ruined Khmer temple located some 40 kilometers south of Pakse, is one of the main attractions in the Champasak province.
The earliest remains date back to the 6th century. The main temple was built by King Jayavarman IV in the 10th century. It is thought to have been linked to Angkor by a road, marked out with stones.
Originally a Hindu temple, the site is still in use as a Buddhist temple. At the full moon in the third lunar month, a three-day Buddhist festival, the Boun Wat Phu, is held. It is one of the four largest temple festivals in Laos. At the full moon of the 7th lunar month, a water buffalo is sacrificed to the local earth spirit on the Crocodile Stone.
It seems as if Wat Phu still sees few tourists and you might be the only visitor apart from one or two local people, which gives the place a deserted and slightly spooky feeling. Yet it is a very interesting, beautiful and impressive place, and definitively worth a visit.
To get there you can take a Tuktuk from Champasak or rent a bicycle and enjoy the nice 8-kilometers ride.