Nha Trang Transportation

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The service was excellent. Our flight was delayed three hours but you were there waiting with a friendly smile when we saw many passengers find a taxi and bargain. Driver with clear name sign spotted as soon as we exited arrival gate, we were off within minutes and just went directly to our hotel. The car was new, clean and the driving was very smooth and not like the usual taxi drivers.

Vietnam airlines has a few flights a day to Nha Trang.
They have flights from Saigon, Hanoi and Danang at the moment.
They are very resonably priced and Vietnam airlines has become quite a good company over the past few year, so they are worth looking in to if you want to save some money on transportation while you are in Vietnam.

If you need transport around Nha Trang, then take a bicycle rickshaw.
NEVER go by notorbike taxi, especially at night.
They are well known for robbing tourists in Nha Trang.
especially at night.
The bicycle rickshaws on the other hand, have a reputation for being very honest.

A great, cheap and easy way of travelling the whole length of the country from north to south (or vice versa) is by taking the Sinh Cafe Open Bus. They have an office in each major town/city and offer a daily service between the main sightseeing points of Saigon, Dalat, Nha Trang, Hoi An, Hue and Hanoi on modern clean buses with plenty of leg room and (where applicable) sleeper buses. If you go to their office, they'll explain everything for you along with a timetable and costs (this is also found on their website below so you plan this before you arrive in Vietnam). The second leg of my trip involved travelling between Dalat and Nha Trang which took about 5.5 hours with a stop at the Cham Tower of Po Klongarai in Phan Rang along the way and cost me 80,000 VND (Jan 2009). I then left Nha Trang on a sleeper bus to Hoi An but don't expect to get much sleep as the roads are terrible! This trip cost me 180,000 VND and left Nha Trang at 7.30pm and arrived in Hoi An at about 6.30am. They pick up and drop you off at their offices so it's probably best to find out where they are in each place before you arrive.

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Nha Trang is a stop on the main railway-line connecting Hanoi and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). The railway station is close to the cathedral in the northern part of town. There are numerous classes of train travel between Saigon and Nha Trang, including the new '5 star' express service which only stops once between the cities (www.5starexpress.com.vn). This service boasts private departure lounges at each end, and facilities on the train include LCD TV's, several bars and airline-standard bathrooms. The train departs daily at the following times:

Saigon - Nha Trang: 06:15 (arriving 13:33)
Nha Trang - Saigon: 14:55 (arriving 23:18)

Tickets prices depend on which of three classes are chosen:

5 star: 450,000 VND (one way), 900,000 VND (return).
Deluxe: 330,000 VND (one way), 660,000 VND (return)
Standard: 200,000 VND (one way), 400,000 VND (return)

Normal trains differ in journey time and number of stops, and seat prices also vary depending on the type of berth. The full national train timetable is available at the website below. From Nha Trang to Saigon, trains run at the following times:

SE1 - 22:00 (arr. 05:30)
SE3 - 21:46 (arr. 04:30)
SE5 - 12:30 (arr. 20:00)

Have you thought of using a Motorbike Taxi? .........
It may look to be a bit daunting when you see all of them in the towns over Vietnam, but have a go, its a good, 'CHEAP' way to get around.

Not only do they take you to the sights, they will also take you to the Airport.
Size of Baggage does not seem to matter, THEY WILL MAKE IT FIT!

After walking our feet off all day, we could not face the walk back to our hotel from the big white buddha at Long Son Pagoda. The driver let us both squeeze into his cyclo. The slow pace means that you can take in so much more of the sights than in a taxi. He only wanted US$1 to take us about 2klm, we gave him US$2.

The bus trip from Dalat to Nha Trang was very scenic. Glad we did it during the daytime. Fantastic journey down a mountain pass and into a lush valley full of market gardens. Onions, tomatos, tobacco, rice paddies. Very neat & orderly. This was not the open-tour bus, but had rather an interesting mix of tourists and locals alike. Can't recall the name of the bus company but all of their buses were "green". Cost Dalat to Nha Trang was 60,000 dong. The trip took around 5 hours.