Full Day Trek to Kuang Si Waterfalls, Remote Village

Really enjoyable trek with the guide Year. My friend and I were solo, which I feel worked out awesomely. Year was so friendly, funny, and just personable. I really appreciated how much information he shared and the joy with which he shared information including about his past experiences on treks, his own life, about Thailand, and about the trail/waterfall as well. He was very accommodating and checked in often about how we were doing and any questions/curiosities that we had. Also, it was just cool learning more about him and his multilingual skills (native language, Lao, Thai, English, French)

Such a lovely day. My guide, Year Xiong, arrived early to pick me up. I was his only guest for the day, and his service was incredible. He was friendly, knowledgeable, and able to answer all my questions. I had a great time hearing about his life and experience in Laos. The hike was not difficult and beautiful, bonus was the village and having Year as a photographer every time I asked! Gave good pad thai and a croissant for lunch, with oranges after. He knew the route very well and everything went smoothly. Highly recommend him as a tour guide!

The trail was great, and I had wonderful people to trek with. The major con was the guide. He was 40 minutes late to pick me up. He didn’t seem to know much of the trail, didn’t talk the last half of the trip, and slept on the bus in the way back to the city. He also made some biased jokes about women and a specific tribe. We had just one hour at the fall, which was fine with me because I didn’t plan on swimming, but if you want to swim, it’s too short. No mention about where to change clothes. The upper part of the fall was less crowded, and the Lowe part way too crowded, but no mention of that, so I was disappointed to walk down to find out about this. Overall, the trail was great, but I wouldn’t call this “tour” with that guide. I see reviews with great guides, so it really depends.