Vientiane Attractions
Buddha Park © Galen R Frysinger
Xiang Khouan (Buddha Park)
The site known as Buddha Park is a bizarre collection of
Buddhist and Hindu statues scattered around a riverside meadow,
dominated by a gigantic reclining Buddha. Hundreds of huge concrete
structures that combine Buddhist and Hindu philosophies are spread
around representing a variety of deity forms. Fashioned by a
purported holy man, the sculpture park was created to spread his
beliefs and to reveal to mankind his ideas about the universe.
Address: 15 miles (24km) south of Vientiane;
Transport: Bus 14 from Vientiane’s main station
