How to get from Ho Chi Minh City and the airport to Dalat

By taxi from Ho Chi Minh City and airport to Dalat

• 💵 Cost: from 2 500 000 VND / 94.98 USD
• ⏲ Time spent: 5-6 hours

Taxis are more expensive than plane tickets. But if you are traveling with a family or a group of 3 people or more, then a taxi will be cheaper. In addition, you do not have to waste time waiting for a flight, and time and money to get from Dalat airport to the hotel. So this is quite a working option.

Taxis from Ho Chi Minh City and the airport to Dalat can be ordered through the Grab and Maxim apps, but such a trip will be significantly more expensive than at a fixed contract price. Therefore, it is better to negotiate with private drivers on the street, ask at the hotel reception or at street travel agencies, there is such a ready-made service, including minivans for a large company. At Ho Chi Minh City Airport there are counters with taxi services on the street when exiting the international terminal, and taxi drivers also offer services in the parking lot. You can also order a car online at kiwitaxi, intui.travel or Gettransfer.com, the prices there are quite competitive.

By bus from Ho Chi Minh City and airport to Dalat

• 💵 Cost: from 290,000 VND / 11.02 USD
• ⏲ Time spent: 8-10 hours

To begin with, briefly, the most important thing:

• How long to drive from Ho Chi Minh City and the airport to Dalat: 8-10 hours.
• How much a ticket costs: from 290,000 VND.
• Do I need to buy in advance: it is not necessary, you can buy tickets on the day of the trip.
• Do buses run at night: yes.
• What is the schedule: every 10-30 minutes around the clock.
• Where to buy tickets, find out the schedule: available online at 12go.asia (but the Russian card is not accepted), in travel agencies, hotels. The current schedule is below at the end of the article.

There are no direct bus flights from Ho Chi Minh City Airport to Dalat, at least we don't know about them. Therefore, if you arrive at the airport, you must first get to the city center or one of the bus stations in order to transfer to the bus station there.

Buses to Dalat from Ho Chi Minh City depart from several bus stations and from the tourist area of Ho Chi Minh City. It is most convenient to go from the tourist area, because there are several bus stations here and it is difficult to deal with them, plus you need to get to them. And from the airport to the tourist area is very easy and inexpensive to get by city buses and taxis, read in detail in our instructions here...

In the tourist area on Famngulao Street (Pham Ngu Lao) from the side closer to Ben Tan marketthere are a number of offices of companies and travel agencies where you can buy tickets and leave immediately. This is the place on the map. From here, minivans of small companies go to Dalat, but we traditionally advise you to go on large Futa Bus sleeping buses, their office on Famngulao Street is also there. True, Futa first takes you to one of the bus stations, where you will transfer to a large bus, so the time is longer than if you go straight from Fanmngulao in minivans, but that's up to you to decide.

In Dalat, all large intercity buses arrive at the bus station a couple of kilometers from the center (Dalat bus station on the map). From it to the hotel in Dalat, you can take a taxi from 30,000 VND or even walk to some hotels. But Futa Bus again offers a transfer to the center in the ticket price, you only need to request this when buying.

If you buy minivan tickets, they can arrive again at the Dalat bus station, at their offices in the center, or even deliver to the hotel door. But all this needs to be found out on the spot when buying tickets.

It is also important to know that in Vietnam there are ordinary minivans and so-called "limousines" of superior comfort. For understanding, an ordinary minivan, this one is like our Gazelle minibuses with lots of seats. A Limousine is a lot of space and reclining seats almost to a reclining position, there is even a multimedia system and massage chairs. If finances allow, it is better to buy tickets for a limousine. This is what it looks like:

📅 Bus schedule from Ho Chi Minh City and airport to Dalat