getting from airport to ho chi minh city

Hope this prepares you well for your jaunt into the excitement of downtown Saigon. If that means you will be hailing a taxi around 5.30pm to 7pm then the trip to the airport may increase to an hour due to peak hour gridlock in downtown traffic. Fake ones hang out beside the mkt waiting for first time gullible tourists to rip them off something chronic.ģhrs are required for checkin for international flights so factor that in for when you get a taxi to return to the airport. Walk a distance from the area and hail only a Mai Linh or Vinasun taxi. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES get in a taxi outside the Ben Thanh Market. Alternately a taxi will cost you between 140,000 to 180,000dong $7 to $9īen Thanh is where the bus stops in right in the thick of it so there will be heaps to see and do.Īllow for a 30min return in a taxi or bus but the bus finishes running at 6pm so only taxis after that.

Takes about 35mins which is about 5 mins longer than a taxi but at 6,000dong each (30cents) who's complaining. Next you will need to go through a final Xray security check with your carry on bags, change some money to VND at either the money exchange or from an ATM and then its exit the terminal and look for the bus into town across the road from where you have just exited from, hop on the No.152 bus into town. Its only happened to me twice in 5yrs but its all governed by how many flights arrive at the same time which can cause a backlog. This whole process can take as little as 10mins or as long as 2 hrs. Hand them the $45 and proceed to passport control.

With your VOA form in your hands along with a passport sized photo and a completed application form and nice clean crisp US$45 for each visa hand the forms in along with your passport and then sit down and wait for them to call out you name. Your 14hr is from landing and departing but the reality is much shorter. Further on what Ross said re travel time.

Getting from airport to ho chi minh city