• Our homestay is based in Cu Lac village near the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park 1 km from Phong Nha main town and 45 km far from Dong Hoi city where all bus station, train station and airport are. The easiest and most comfortable way to get to us from Dong Hoi is to take a private car arranged by our homestay. By this way, you will be picked up on your arrival by our driver who will hold a sign with your name on it, thus you will easily recognize our driver. The private car will cost 600,000 VND and takes 45 minutes. The cheaper way is to hire a motorbike driver to drive you to Phong Nha if you don’t mind seating in he back of the motorbike for an hour. The motorbike should cost around 250,000 VND. Also, there are public buses which leave Dong Hoi city every hour starts at 5:00 a.m. The public bus costs 35,000 VND but take about 2 hours to get to Phong Nha.
• From and to Hanoi
• You can easily take the flight, bus or train to Dong Hoi. The night train is a good option as it is cheaper than the flight but comfortable. Soft sleeper train should costs around 700,000 VND. The buses called Hung Thanh travel, Camel, Queen which depart for Phong Nha everyday from Hanoi at around 6:00 p.m. These buses will arrive quite early at around 4:30 a.m. Vice versus, the buses will leave at about 9:30 p.m in Phong Nha for Hanoi
• From and to Hue
• Day train is a good choice if you want to see the landscape of the area between Hue and Quang Binh. DMZ bus is operated daily. Starts from Phong Nha at 6:30 a.m for Hue. This bus will stop at the Vinh Moc tunnels for a visit before departure to Hue. The bus costs 500,000 VND/person including the tunnels visit. On the way back to Phong Nha from Hue, the bus will pick you up at your hotel in Hue at around 14:00 and drive you to Phong Nha. It only costs 150,000 VND/person for the transport from Hue to Phong Nha without the visit of Vinh Moc tunnels. Please book directly with us
• If you want to experience the Vietnamese local bus,the local bus names Phuc Vu or Hoai An which depart in Phong Nha for Hue at 5:00 a.m and Hue to Phong Nha at 11:30 a.m everyday. Or you also can jump on the open tour buses which depart in Hue at around 5:00 p.m for Phong Nha, estimated arrival time should be 9:00 p.m. If you ask for a private car from or to Hue, it will cost 2,500,000 VND.
• From and to Danang or Hoian
• Train departs everyday from Danang for Dong Hoi where you can choose the transport options above. There is also a local bus names Bao Vuong which departs for Phong Nha from Danang at 13:00 p.m everyday and leave Phong Nha for Danang at 5:00 a.m.The private car for Danang will cost 3,200,000 VND and 3,700,000 VND for Hoi An.
• From and to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh city)
• The best way is to take the flight with Vietnam airlines or Jetstar Pacific Airlines. It is about 1200 km from Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) to Quang Binh, thus train and bus will take about 24 hours. If you don’t mind about the time limit, train is also a good option for seeing the coast of Vietnam.