Ni nanoparticles encapsulated within La 2 O 3 porous system (Ni@La 2 O 3 ), the latter supported on SiO 2 (Ni@La 2 O 3 )/SiO 2 ), effectively inhibit carbon deposition for the dry reforming of methane. In this study, Ni@La 2 O 3 /SiO 2 catalyst was prepared using a one-pot colloidal solution combustion method. Catalyst characterization demonstrates that the amorphous La 2 O 3 layer was coated on SiO 2 , and small Ni nanoparticles were encapsulated within the layer of amorphous La 2 O 3 . During 50 h of dry reforming of methane at 700 • C and using a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 120,000 mL g cat −1 h −1 , the CH 4 conversion obtained was maintained at 80%, which is near the equilibrium value, while that of impregnated Ni-La 2 O 3 /SiO 2 catalyst decreased from 63% to 49%. The Ni@La 2 O 3 /SiO 2 catalyst exhibited very good resistance to carbon deposition, and only 1.6 wt% carbon was formed on the Ni@La 2 O 3 /SiO 2 catalyst after 50 h of reaction, far lower than that of 11.5 wt% deposited on the Ni-La 2 O 3 /SiO 2 catalyst. This was mainly attributed to the encapsulated Ni nanoparticles in the amorphous La 2 O 3 layer. In addition, after reaction at 700 • C for 80 h with a high WHSV of 600,000 mL g cat −1 h −1 , the Ni@La 2 O 3 /SiO 2 catalyst exhibited high CH 4 conversion rate, ca. 10.10 mmol g Ni −1 s −1 . These findings outline a simple synthesis method to prepare supported encapsulated Ni within a metal oxide porous structure catalyst for the dry reforming of methane reaction.