Green Paradise

The road is bumpy. Can't use toilet on the bus. Don't take this, book a flight. The only good thing was the bus was on time.

Van was full to the brim with suitcases loaded on the aisle! Not the comfiest journey

Some delays are expected, but driver really took its time and stopped everywhere, chatting to people. We arrived 3 hours later then expected turning a 10/11 hour bus into a 14 hour ride

The 12go asia description just mentions a sleeper bus - no other changes of transport during our journey. If there were other travel options, such as bus+van, which we saw when booking, we would not have booked it; we booked this because we thought it was one bus. When we get to the ticket office we were told we switch over once to another van and we would arrive the next day at 4pm, making the trip 20 hours. The trip ended up putting us into 4 different busses over a 27 hour trip, where we stopped to pick up more people when there was no room in the van. Our driver was friendly, but overall this experience was one I hope to never do again.

The sleeper bus was relatively on time and the comfort level was mediocre with flat but fairly hard and short beds. But you really had to be at the bus station one hour earlier to receive a physical ticket with your seats and to embark the bus 20mins before. We arrived in Pakse on time at shortly after 6 a.m. to change to a minivan. However, the minivan did not come and leave until 8 even though all passengers had arrived around 6. Thus, we arrived 2 hours later than expected on the shore to board the ferry to Don Det.

On Time and good driver

Extremely bumpy, no communication about stops being made along the way social of us were very confused about whether we should be getting off or not. Limited communication prior to the trip regarding steps in the journey - got off the bus and were told other transport would pick us up in 30 mins. 2 hours later it arrived. Then taken to a waiting area where we waited another 20 mins for a minivan (3rd transport). We were all going to separate places and would just stop on the side of the road leaving us very confused - we weren’t sure if these were rest stops or if people were meant to be getting off the minivan. What was advertised as a 13 hour journey actually became 17 hours and just very poor communication throughout

Late picking us up. Drove us to another place to join a packed van.The van's air conditioning was leaking on us. When we finished the journey on van no one told us where to walk to get the connecting boat to Don Det. Though we had a ticket for the boat, no one told us we needed to exchange the ticket for another.

Sleeper bus from Vientiane was fine, a bit cramped but is to be expected. We weren't informed that there would be a change at Pakse to make the final stretch to Don Det. Arrived at Pakse at 6:40am and were told we'd be leaving at 8am, when the arrival time for Don Det was going to be 9am. When we asked the tour operator this he just laughed at our group. When we got on the next bus it was very outdated, leaking water onto other passengers and myself but not before driving around Pakse for another hour at least. The rest of the Journey was fine but uncomfortable. Eventually arrived in Don Det 4 hours later than told on the booking. If the journey takes 16 hours at least, just say that, don't advertise it as 13 with no changes.

Green Paradise provided an excellent service- they picked us up from our hotel and we had no issues with the river crossing. However 12Go charged me for texts which it did not then send.

My travel in sleep bus Paksé- vientianne (17-18) is very bad...the sleep bus is not this i see when i book. Very old bus Dirty bus Inconfortable bus I don't sleep all the journey.

Too much people in a small place … dangerous

The bus wasn't look like on the photos. For sure it wasn't premium

It was way longer then what it said and we needed to switch 2 bus which it didn’t mention.

They got me there safely but it was not a comfortable experience. I understand the need to maximize the space available in the vehicle, but at a certain point it becomes dangerous. Especially with the road and traffic conditions.

Overbooked the bus, so I had to argue to get on. Another passenger was denied. Very uncomfortable. Small beds. Cold. Bumpy. Racing driver lots of passing and sudden braking. Couldn't sleep.

was waiting 45 minutes for the bus

We bought an overpriced ticket on the belief it was a VIP bus that would take 13 hours. Instead our bus was the same as all the cheaper alternatives and took 3 hours longer than advertised. The bus was cramped and uncomfortable and we did not get any sleep!

Very uncomfortable journey for two people crammed into the back of the van with all the luggage in one and a half seats.

Delay of 2h, we missed the next bus

The sleeping Bus was of very Bad condotions, Hard besser,toilet in disorder, Nobody From the Bus Team Sapporos English, and the streets in Laos Are Berry bimpy. It was better later in Cambodia

They did not have proper advise of the trip. The bus water leaking everywhere i couldnt sleep. The Bus run without stopping for us to relax half way.

Instead of 8 hours that was mentioned, we did 10.

I don't think it said anywhere I was going to be sharing a small bed with a stranger for 10 hours. In that limited space and with the bathroom smelling mostly like pee, wifting out in the bus, it was pretty uncomfortable

Very good journey.

The price

I have applied for a discount because the service arrived three hours late. I paid for the higher price to arrive at 6 am but it arrived at nearly 9 am. I was not comfortable. I am too old too to Sleep in a sleeper bus. The extra three hours after a long trip is really not enjoyable. The toilet on the bus is cramped and hard to use. But they did stop halfway for people to use a proper toilet.

I paid $23 before fees and taxes for a minivan but they put me on a bus instead with no explanation and no partial refund when the bus ticket was more than 50% less. The bus ride was okay though.

On time and room for bags. The minivan was tight and small for my size

We arrived 5:00 in Pakse instead of 7:00 and had to wait 3h in the cold for the minivan without anyone telling us something. The sleeper bus itself was very old, tiny short hard beds, impossible to sleep. Overall just a very rough night and disappointing experience

Broken A/C dispenser, a freezing cold wind blowed during the whole trip. As a result, I caught a cold.

Everything worked out fine :)

Arrived 2 hours late for a 4 hour journey despite driving like crazy

From Pakse to Don Khone

We were a little bit Lost In Nakasang end where to go, which boat to take, is the boat trip included in the ticket etc. The minivan left us 200 m from the boat, no instructions provided.

I booked 2 seats to make sure I won’t have to share my bed. Really confortable trip 👍

Important to know: I was told to go to Green Travel in Pakse for 7pm. When I arrived there, the place was shut and I was left on the curb in the dark, not knowing what was going on and unable to get in contact with Green Travel or 12Go Asia. However, a tuktuk driver will come and pick you up to take you to the bus station. This was not communicated to me, and I felt people should know that is going to happen so they don’t feel unsafe. Not the fault of the company or driver, the road conditions are just insanely bumpy and when adding that to being squished next to a stranger not much sleep was achieved. It can’t be helped and is just a part of travelling.

The real price to cross thé river was 20 000 kips eatch And Green paradise avoice us 50 000 kips eatch

Old bus, with rain insi

We were picked up by driver from hotel and taken straight to Don Det which wasn’t what we were told would happen. We were told we would go to office first so planned to get food and water from the shop by the office before the trip so we ended up going without. However the journey was much shorter than it advised so we were fine. We arrived an hour ahead of time after getting the boat from the mainland.

Be careful when booking if you’re booking one of the local busses or a VIP bus. We have booked a local bus that took 12 hours (including two breakdowns of the bus), smelled strange, was rather old and uncomfortable (no proper seats but bunk beds) and did not go faster than 60 km/h. Bring some time and patience when booking a local bus and lower your expectations.

Arrived 4.5 hours late, the coach had no curtains so was boiling hot in the sun. Had air con but not very effective. Two people to a ‘bed’ which as average sized westerners was not very comfortable. We made many stops. One stop we were at for close to two hours, no indication as to how long we would be there, whether it would be long enough to eat a proper meal, so went for the whole 10.5 hour journey on only crisps. They also allow locals selling giant, very pungent sticks of meat on board every few hours which is not pleasant for us as vegetarians. Fortunately there was still a hotel open for us to check into as it was gone midnight by the time we arrived.

The departure is too later. No one will/can tell when the minivan come to me up. I just wait and finally more then a hour too late

Driver did not bring us to the boat deck. Had to walk in very hot sun.

デット島のボート、ナカーサンのバンともに定刻通り出発し、パクセには30分早く到着しました。バン自体は年季が入っていましたが、エアコンはよく効いていました。ドライバーも比較的安全運転だったと思います。

It was a nice minivan. We were in front next to the driver. They should arrange something that taller people can have a seat with more space.

Organised well. However the beds were bit short and smelled interesting

No comments, it was a good organised trip

Fine trip, no comments actually