Hillside - Nature Lifestyle Lodge

I loved my stay here. I highly recommend it and will def come back The location is paradise, 360 degress nature and only 30 mins away from town. The pool area itself deserves 10 points, i never expected a steam bath in SE asia, it was perfect. The staff has been great, always ready to help and have a little chat. Breakfast and food options were plenty, fresh and delicious. Room was simple but great comfort which i only used to sleep as there plenty of chilling and social areas around the property. Never needed the airconditioning, and the room was quiet except one day i had VERY noisy neighbours which is not the lodge fault.

Very nice place, very nice host Holger : ). He really makes you feel welcome and provides exhaustive and very exact information about the place and surroundings. It was cold, but the AC was really working as a heater (unlike at many other places in Luang Prabang), so thank you Holger for this ).

The food and views were excellent. The staff was extremely helpful in sharing information on the National Park and various activities we could do during our stay. There are games and books to borrow in the main house. We loved the "serve yourself" water bottles and tea. It is an excellent place to go and be as active as you wish or as calm as you need. There are no shops or restaurants, so it is what you make of it.

The bungalow was very simple but really clean, a little bit dark for my taste . The beds are comfortable.We had a quite night after banging on the walls at 10 pm to ask for silence by the neighbors ( ABSOLUTELY LACK OF SOUNDPROOF, YOU CAN THE NEIGHBOR HEARING BY BREATHING ) who luckily cooperated. The sounds of nature was a bless . The pool was clean, I just used it to swim and then left because 2 families with children (a bunch) were monopolizing the scene , shouting and running around in circles while the parents were occupied by themselves . So: if you are looking for a peace spot , consider that such places set in the nature unfortunately in Asia ( we are often there, traveling for months ) nowadays tend to attract families who leave their children playing like savages just because “ they are in the nature “. The dinner was yummy , opposite we found the breakfast set very poor and absolutely super expensive for the local standard (more than 5 US dollars for an omelette, 1 coffe and one baguette with butter ). From the set we chose the orange juice never make it to the table and when I asked for explanation the employee ( the one who never smiles) told me that “ they were all very busy (5 tables ) and we left ( actually after 30 minutes we had breakfast we left , yes)”. Never apologized. Breakfast starts at 8. I gently asked the previous day if we could have it 15 minutes earlier because we had to give the car back in luang at 9. The employee agreed after being reluctant for a while , let s say he is not the warmest. But the following day we only could order from 8.05 am…Prices in the menu are in US dollars (?!) . In a place that claims a self local production of vegetables , you expect usually to have lower prices then the usual , especially in a country where taxes are extremely low . The road to get to the accommodation is bumpy and super dusty ( we had a car). Nice touches like refill water and free tea .

What a beautiful and safe haven. It was a pleasure to stay in such a lush place with a friendly, polite vibe and excellent, cheaply-priced meals made by the staff. Holger was there as a cheerful and helpful presence basically 24/7. Thank you so much Holger, Aloun (I hope I have spelt her name correctly), Khan and the rest of the team. Genuine interest and effort made towards every guest. My daughter Greta felt completely comfortable and at home lounging by the pool all day! Also we appreciated the lack of endless plastic bottles and plastic bags.