Fasay Garden — Local services in Luang Prabang

Definitely go here! And if you can, stay overnight.

We spent 2 days and one night here, with Si the host and his lovely family. We had a very comfortable room and all of the traditional home-cooked food that Si’s wife cooked for us was AMAZING. Eaten in their family home, there’s no better way to get an insight on how Lao village people live. Si and his wife taught us how to make sticky rice, as well as sticky rice and banana parcels wrapped in banana leaf.

The best part for us was spending time with the village children. We visited their school, spent time teaching them some English, played with them in the garden where Si grows vegetables and went to Kuang Si waterfalls and swam with them. The loveliest, happiest and kindest children you will meet.

Si is on a mission to help the local children learn English. Most of the community don’t speak English and it isn’t taught at primary school. Only the basics are taught at secondary school. Parents have to pay to send their children to school, which many can’t afford. Si offers free English lessons to all children every day of the week in his kitchen, sometimes with 40 children using overturned beer crates as desks.

It was one of the most special experiences we have ever had. True kindness, passion for learning and a good reminder of what life is all about, and how lucky western people are.

Would 100% recommend incorporating a stay here into your travel plans, you won’t regret it. The children are extremely grateful to practice their English, particularly if you are a native...

favourite place in laos! anyone coming to luang prabang please stay here - you will likely be going to kuang so waterfall anyways so if you have time try to stay at least 1 night here with Sai and his family. they were so welcoming and amazing at making sure you have the best experience possible - showing you have to make sticky rice, cook, visiting kuang si waterfall at the quietest hours every day, taking part in the morning alms, playing at other waterfalls with all the local kids and helping out in the lessons every day. i went during the summer school holidays but Sai still holds lessons everyday in his home for free for the local children to learn english. i was going to stay for one night but extended for three nights and would stayed for weeks if i had more time. Asa (Sai’s son) was such a good friend for the few days and showed me to some of the most beautiful places i’ve ever seen and dropped me at the bus station when i was leaving. Sai is an amazing guy changing the lives and futures of the children in this and nearby villages and please please come here and donate your time to help and experience authentic lao lifestyle....

Fasay Garden at first is an unbelievable diverse... garden! But way more than “just” growing bananas, tumerick, ginger, papayas, salad, chinese cabbage, koriander, egg plant, flowers, sweet potatoes, beans, mint (and more) this is a place where laotian children are educated sustainability and responsibility towards mother gaia. Fasay is the head of the family (with quite a few children and pupils around), he’s not only a farmer but a teacher (english and maths) and last but not least a super-welcoming host. if you choose to stay a night or more at this place you’re right inside the family. more luxury oriented people would maybe consider this as a struggle - we perceived it as an honor. talking with young english-students in the evening is highly appreciated to give them practice! in short: if you want to be part of a laotian family, experience real live and be a... hmmm... “embedded tourist”, THIS is your place to go....