Mui Ne to Dalat - Bus

Our next journey saw us travel northwards and inland away from the coast! We were heading to the town of Dalat to explore and hopefully go canyoning. This part of our journey was very simple. We booked tickets at our hostel- Backpackers Resort- and departed early morning for around 100,000VND. The minibus arrived 20 minutes later than expected and was already very full. We picked up a few more people and departed for Dalat.

The minibus wasn’t too bad inside and we sat on the back seats which offered us a little more legroom! The journey took around 4 hours with a short break in the middle. This was another windy bus journey into the countryside of Vietnam.

Upon arrival, we got dropped off in the centre of Dalat and it was much cooler than anywhere else we have been so far! We decided to walk to our hotel but there are plenty of taxis around if needed.

Time to exlpore Dalat!

4 out of 5

Ho Chi Minh City to Mui Ne - Bus

After a few hectic days in the city of Ho Chi Minh, it was time to move onto the must quieter location of Mui Ne! During our time in Ho Chi Minh, we visited the Cu Chi Tunnels on a tour provided by Sinh Tourist. After a positive experience, we decided to use them again for the next leg of our journey. They are very easy to locate in the main backpacker area of the city, beware of similar named companies trying to get your business!

We booked onto the early morning bus leaving at 7am from across the road. Here we waited for a while before a minibus finally picked us up and we all crammed in! From here we drove to a bus station where we had to wait again for another half an hour. We nearly boarded the wrong bus after asking someone however we were soon pointed in the right direction.

When it was finally time to board, we were surprised to see it was a sleeper bus. No problems and it probably made the journey more comfortable for us! The journey took a good 6 hours with a break in the middle and we had no problems to note!

Sleeper buses are not made for tall people!

Upon arrival in Mui Ne, the bus stopped at several various locations and the bus conductor made sure he knew where everyone needed to get off the bus. A very efficient service and we were dropped off outside Mui Ne Backpacker Village hotel.

Quite a long day of travel, with plenty of waiting around in the morning but overall an enjoyable experience with Sinh Tourist!

4 out of 5