In our list, camping in Nong Khai means Sangkhom district entirely: all four grounds are on the Mekong with the Lao hills straight ahead. The district is in the province's west, on the riverside road that runs on to Chiang Khan.
Fees are ฿100–150 per person per night. Every ground has toilets, showers and its own restaurant, and three of the four have electricity — easy camping, with no need to bring a kitchen.
Counted across the 4 campsites shown on this page, ordered by how many list each one.
All four are village-run camps and riverside restaurants; the difference is in the mood. One is a shady garden with boat trips on the river; one sits on a still backwater where morning mist earns comparisons with Pang Ung; another combines rooms, food and activities such as birdwatching by boat. Because they share one district, you can look at several in a day and choose.
November to February is the season of mist on the Mekong: cold mornings, with cloud drifting between the two banks. In the dry season, from about February, the river falls until rapids and sandbars emerge mid-stream — a different picture altogether. In the rains the water runs high and brown; it is wet, but the Lao forest opposite is intensely green.
Sangkhom is nearly a hundred kilometres from Nong Khai town; coming from Udon Thani or its airport, allow about two hours' driving. The riverbank can be windy, so peg down well. Only one of the four grounds rents gear — bring your own tent — and the trip extends naturally to Chiang Khan, on the same road.
฿100–150 per person per night.
No — every ground we list has its own restaurant, though you can cook if you prefer.
Yes — Sangkhom is on the same Mekong road as Chiang Khan; just keep driving west.
