Travel Tips about Ban Huai Kon in Nan province

Ban Huai Kon is about 130 km north of Nan town and the border town with Laos. It is the main village of Chaloem Phra Kiat district and on road signs sometimes only the district name is used. The main attraction of Ban Huai Kon is the fact that there is the International Border crossing to Laos. At this border crossing is also every Sunday a so called Border Market where Thai & Lao sell goods. Be aware that the border is a few km away from the village Ban Huai Kon itself. 

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Thai-Lao border at Huai Kon

How to get to Ban Huai Kon?

• By public transport you could take the bus from Nan town to Thung Chang and then change to a Songtheauw. Or you could take a mini-van that goes to the border from the bus-station in Nan town or even from Den Chai.
• By private car or motorbike just follow route 101 to Pua and Thung Chang and then continue route 101 until Ban Huai Kon.

What to do in Ban Huai Kon?

The main reason to go to Ban Huai Kon is crossing the border between Thailand and Laos or visit the border market but in recent history the area of Ban Huai Kon was part of the Communist Battlefield. For more information see my travel blog postings about Huai Kon.

1. Crossing the border to Laos
2. Sunday Border Market
3. Remains of the former Communist Battlefield

Food & Beverages in Ban Huai Kon

At the border area are some small Thai restaurants and a Coffee Shop. And at the intersection of route 1081 and the backroad to the border are also some small Thai restaurants and even one nice coffee shop that is also serving food.

1. Huai Kon Coffee Shop (not always open)

Accommodation in Ban Huai Kon

As Ban Huai Kon is not really a tourist destination there is very limited accommodation. But in the village and near the border are now a few places that have a few rooms. The nearest accommodation in Laos would be at Muang Ngeun and Hongsa. 

For information about other places in Nan province click on their name below here.

Ban Bo Suak - Ban Huai Kon - Ban Pak Nai - Ban Pa Klang - Ban Sakad - Ban Sapan - Ban San Charoen - Ban Kew Muang - Ban Luang - Ban Manipruek - Ban Nong Bua - Ban Wen - Bo Klua - Chiang Klang - Mae Charim - Na Noi - Pha Tub - Phu Phayak - Pua - Santisuk - Sila Phet - Song Khwae - Tha Wang Pha - Thung Chang - Wiang Sa

Where to go next?

For most people traveling to Ban Huai Kon the next destination is Hong Sa in Laos. But from Huai Kon you can go

• West to Thung Chang, Chiang Klang and Pua
• East to Phu Phayak, Ban Sapan and Bo Klua 

Map of Chaloem Phra Kiat District

Map of Chaloem Phra Kiat district

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