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Ana MThere were 2 buses, the first one was a bit chaotic, it was a local bus, but they let us stay in the back seats, which were completely flat. Fortunately the bus was not crowded, in that case we wouldn't fit on those flat seats with 2 more people.
The second bus was a mini van and the driver was so impolite, he stopped every 2 minutes buying things in the village before going to the border. After crossing the border, the driver was absent and let us wait in the mini van over one hour. None knew where he was.
At the end we arrived to our destination 3 hours late.
Sapa Ă Naluang Station de bus, Bus Sleeper Bus + Van, HT Travel, 3 juil. 2025
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Bjoern RThe bus picked us up very late, around 8 PM. The women at the ticket office were quite rude. They didnât speak at all and ignored our questions. We paid for two sleeper cabins and boarded the bus. The lady told us we had to crawl into one cabin together. Many cabins were free and werenât even full at the end of our journey. It seemed like they were just trying to annoy tourists. In Dien Bien Phu, we changed to a local yellow bus that crossed the border. Make sure you get your passport stamped in Hanoi at the Laos embassy. Only a few countries are allowed to enter Laos Visa-Free. They wonât accept evisas at this land border. Two British tourists were denied entry because they had an evisa. The Vietnamese officers wouldnât let them out.
Border crossing was easy. Make sure you exchange money right with the Vietnamese immigration officers, as the Laos officers will require 10K Kip for entry. Itâs an official fee, and youâll get a receipt.
In Laos, we drove a lot and made many stops to deliver parcels. Six hours into Laos, at about 3 PM, the driver stopped in Muang Xai. He gave some money to a tuc tuc driver and drove us to the railway station. The driver bought us train tickets and we got to Luang Prabang by train. The driver told us he was too tired to drive further, understandably for the long distance and the bad roads. But he was really nice that he bought the train tickets for us.
Sapa Ă Naluang Station de bus, Bus Local Bus + Sleeping Bus, Sapa Ethnic Travel (CĂŽng Ty TNHH Má»t ThĂ nh ViĂȘn Du Lá»ch Thiá»u Sá»), 30 mai 2025
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Owen ì€The bus picked us up 3 hours late. The ticket office didn't tell us the time so we had to keep waiting. Finally we arrived in Luang Prabang at 9pm. There was no proper guidance when changing buses, crossing the border, and stopping at rest areas. Maybe it would be wise to take the train from Muang Xai. Thanks to the two drivers who drove safely.
Sapa Ă Naluang Station de bus, Bus Local Bus + Sleeping Bus, Sapa Ethnic Travel (CĂŽng Ty TNHH Má»t ThĂ nh ViĂȘn Du Lá»ch Thiá»u Sá»), 25 oct. 2024
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Elroy LGot there
Sapa Ă Naluang Station de bus, Bus Fourgonnette + Bus Ă couchette, Grouptour (CĂŽng ty du lá»ch quá»c táșż Grouptour), 8 avr. 2024
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Kofi JOur route was supposed to be sapa 18:30 - Luang Prabang 18:30 the next day. Which didnât differ too much from actualities.
We were told the bus would be at 19:00 earlier in the day (we can only assume the 18:30&19:00 departure buses are the same)
We left Sapa at 19:30 on a sleeper coach (no toilets). We then stopped in Lai Chau at 22:30 for 40 mins.
Got to Dien Bien Phu bus station at 04:30.
Got into a local yellow Luang Prabang bus (no toilets either) that didnât leave until 07:15.
We arrived at the Vietnam border at 08:40 and were through in 20 minutes. If you had any Vietnamese Dong left over they could change it to Lao Kip for you.
Arrived at Lao immigration 10 minutes after this and we were through in 30 mins. We had our passports stamped in Hanoi already. (US$1 each as we didnât have any Kip for stamp duty otherwise it was 10,000 Kip each)
We had a lunch stop at Pak Nam Nov at 12:00.
Arrived in Luang Prabang at 19:30 with no more official stops, just stops for delivering parcels.
Sapa Ă Naluang Station de bus, Bus Local Bus + Sleeping Bus, Sapa Ethnic Travel (CĂŽng Ty TNHH Má»t ThĂ nh ViĂȘn Du Lá»ch Thiá»u Sá»), 2 avr. 2024