Bus Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh
March 30, 2008
Can anyone tell me the departure times for the various bus services between Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh, Cambodia?
There are daily air-conditioning buses with toilet running from Saigon to Phnom Penh and via versa. The earliest bus departs from 6.00, and services are available all week long. The travel time from Saigon to Phnom Penh takes around 7 hours. Around 5 bus companies operate bus for this route includes Capitol Tours, Mai Linh, Sapaco and Tropic tour. The normal bus fare is around 12-14 USD.
Here are a few main route times:
1./ SAIGON - PHNOM PENH
- Depart from Saigon at 8:00 am
- Arrival Phnom Penh at 2:00 pm
2./ PHNOM PENH - SAIGON
- Depart from Phnom Penh at 7:30 am
- Arrival Saigon at: 1:30 pm
Video from other travelers
Watching people who joined the bus: Phnom Penh To Ho Chi Minh City by Bus 2007
This route in newspaper:
From March 1, Sapaco, Tourist and Transport Firm will increase one more bus service from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh, Cambodia at 11am and double the services from Ben Thanh Market in Ho Chi Minh City to Moc Bai border in Tay Ninh province.
At present, because the number of bus users from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh is increasing, the transport and civil engineering departments of Ho Chi Minh City and Cambodia have decided to raise one bus service to four services a day, said Le Van Toi, director of Sapaco. Accordingly, from Ho Chi Minh City and Phnom Penh at the same time, there are buses setting out at 6.30am, 8am, 9am and 11am.
The number of Ho Chi Minh City’s people who want to travel to Cambodia to visit the Golden Pagoda and Silver Pagoda in Phnom Penh and Angkorwat is rising. Most of passengers from Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City want to tour the city and visit for health treatment because the treatment cost is lower than other regional countries.
The bus fare for the Ho Chi Minh City – Phnom Penh route was raised on 1st January 2006, from VND 145,000 to VND 190,000. Ticket price from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City increased to US $12 from US $9.
(Source: TT, ND)
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hi,
we are planning to travel down Vietnam from Hanoi to Ho Chin Min city then overland to cambodia. I just read that there is a bus service that does this but was wondering if you had any contact details for them??
Many thanks
Im going to hochimin in march 2010, and also wanted to go to cambodia, aside from taking the bus, is there a train from ho chi mih to cambodia, and how many hours is the travel time from ho chi min to cambodia?
how many hour travelling saigon-cambodia by land?
thank you very much
You CAN catch a bus if you want to brave the kamikaze bus drivers ( 35 killed per day on roads in vietnem )…or alternately you can catch the train in air conditioner sleepers for USD$65…A 30 hour comfortable way rto meet the locals and see the countryside…check out http://www.maninseat61.com
I am an American living in southern Vietnam. I take the local buses at least twice a week and have never had an accident. I consider it the cheapest, safest, most convenient way to get where I want to go. The bus system in HCMC (Saigon) is fairly reliable. Hope this helps. Happy travels!
gud day everyone.. i have a cousin who will be going to Phnom Penh on March 31 this year…. i just want to ask if the bus terminal station of Saigon is near or far from the airport terminal of Ho Chi Minh City??? where is it located when coming from the airport???
thanks a lot…
Hi ,
My friends and I were planning to go to Cambodia . May i know what is he best month to travel there aand visit Angkor Wat. is it nearer if we stay in Seam Reap for the travel or Pnomh Penh.
thanks
I am an OFW working here in Trang Bang,Ho Chi Minh City,i want to travel Cambodia to visit Pagodas in Phnom Penh & the legendary Angkorwat, this coming April 30 to May 2 to spend our 3 days holiday.I am no companion going out their.Is it safe to visit the place?
does a Canadian need a visa to get into Cambodia?I will be in Vietnam and would love to visit Cambodia also. thanks