ASA Hot Spring Resort
- Location
- Ban Lao, Laos
- Water type
- sulfurous
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 6.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
ASA Hot Spring Resort is a thermal and spa facility in the Xieng Khouang Province of northern Laos, where sulfurous springs provide thermal bathing within a long thermal tradition in one of Southeast Asia's most historically complex landscapes — the plateau region devastated by the heaviest aerial bombardment in history during the Vietnam War era, now slowly recovering its identity as a tourism and wellness destination. The sulfurous spring waters are used in simple bathing facilities, drawing visitors who combine hot spring bathing with exploration of the enigmatic Plain of Jars archaeological site nearby. The juxtaposition of natural geothermal waters and the deeply scarred wartime landscape of Xieng Khouang gives the hot spring experience here a uniquely poignant atmosphere of natural regeneration in a land marked by profound historical trauma.