Cat Ba island is the biggest one among 1969 islands on Halong bay which is located in Hai Phong city.
Sapa is one of the must - see places when you travel to Vietnam. It is not only famous with beautiful moutain, rice terrace but also the cultural characters of ethnical people which you hardly find from other places in Vietnam.
The distance from Halong Bay to Sapa is about 498 km , it takes 8,5 hours to get there.
BUS FROM CAT BA TO SAPA, SAPA TO CAT BA
- Vietnam Local Bus has pick up service from your hotel to bus station with English speaking guide.
- Vietnam Local Bus has contact with many good buses at the bus station, you will not have to worry about your belongings.
- Easy to purchase ticket, you can book online 1 day, 2 days or longer in advance if you travel during Vietnam holiday time.
- Vietnam Local Bus works with a lot of bus companies for years, so we always have available seats. Even you go on our holiday, as long as you let us know before 48 hours (on holiday time).
- Flexible and convenient in payment, you can pay online by Visa, Master, American Express card (3% bank fee will be added), Paypal, Western Union
- You can check all detail, useful information from our website: vietnamlocalbus.com before you decide to take your ticket.
- Vietnam Local Bus will not charge you if you change departure date, as long as we are informed 24 hours in advance by confirmation to you. Here is all information of our bus that you need to know.
- Easy to purchase ticket, you can book online 1 day, 2 days or longer in advance if you travel during Vietnam holiday time.
- Vietnam Local Bus works with a lot of bus companies for years, so we always have available seats. Even you go on our holiday, as long as you let us know before 48 hours (on holiday time).
- Flexible and convenient in payment, you can pay online by Visa, Master, American Express card (3% bank fee will be added), Paypal, Western Union
- You can check all detail, useful information from our website: vietnamlocalbus.com before you decide to take your ticket.
- Vietnam Local Bus will not charge you if you change departure date, as long as we are informed 24 hours in advance by confirmation to you. Here is all information of our bus that you need to know.
BUS FROM CAT BA TO SAPA
TIME TABLE
| SCHEDULE | PICK UP TIME | ARRIVAL TIME | PRICE |
| CAT BA TO SAPA | 7.00 | 19.30 | 33 USD |
| 16.00 | 6.30 am | 33 USD | |
| INFORMATION |
- Pick up from hotel in hotels in Cat Ba central town
- Drop off in Sapa bus station - Bus type: seating & sleeping bus. - Bus from Dinh Vu harbour (Hai Phong) to Sapa: 12 hours. - Speed boat harbour – Cai Vieng harbour: 1 hour - Bus from Cat Ba tow - Cai Vieng harbourn: 30 minutes |
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HOW IT WORKS
BUS FROM CAT BA TO SAPA SCHEDULE 1
- 7.00: Our guide and car pick you up at the hotel in the Cat Ba town then takes 8,5 hours to Sapa. On the way, we have 1 times for shortbreaks for bathroom. You also can find you some snacks for breakfast there on your own.
- After 14,5 hours : Arrived Sapa, get droped of here, journey finishes.
PRICE: 33 USD/ PERSON
Included: Bus, boat ticket from Cat Ba town to Sapa town.
Excluded: Insurance, meals , drinks, tip to guide, personal expenses.
PRICE: 33 USD/ PERSON
Included: Bus, boat ticket from Cat Ba town to Sapa town.
Excluded: Insurance, meals , drinks, tip to guide, personal expenses.
BUS FROM CAT BA TO SAPA SCHEDULE 2
- 16.00: Our guide and car pick you up at the hotel in the Cat Ba town then takes 8,5 hours to Sapa. On the way, we have 1 times for shortbreaks for bathroom. You also can find you some snacks for breakfast there on your own.
- After 14,5 hours : Arrived Sapa, get droped of here, journey finishes.
PRICE: 29 USD/ PERSON
Included: Bus, boat ticket from Cat Ba town to Sapa town.
Excluded: Insurance, meals , drinks, tip to guide, personal expenses.
PRICE: 29 USD/ PERSON
Included: Bus, boat ticket from Cat Ba town to Sapa town.
Excluded: Insurance, meals , drinks, tip to guide, personal expenses.
BUS ROUTINE CAT BA TO SAPA
Hotel in Cat Ba – Hai Phong city - Hai Duong province – Gia Lam district – Noi Bai airport (shortbreak) – Vinh Phuc province – Lao Cai city - Sapa(last stop).
BUS FROM SAPA TO CAT BA:
TIME TABLE
| SCHEDULE | PICK UP TIME | ARRIVAL TIME | PRICE |
| SAPA TO CAT BA | 5.00 | 19.30 | 33 USD |
| 17.00 | 7.30 | 33 USD | |
| INFORMATION |
- Pick up from hotel in hotels in Sapa central town - Drop off at Cat Ba bus station - Bus type: seating & sleeping bus. - Bus from Sapa to Dinh Vu harbour (Hai Phong): 12 hours. - Speed boat Cai Vieng harbour - Dinh Vu harbour: 1 hour
- Bus from Cai Vieng harbour - Cat Ba town: 30 minutes |
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BUS FROM SAPA TO CAT BA ISLAND SCHEDULE 1:
05.00: We pick you up at hotel in Sapa then you get on sleeping bus heading to Hai Phong city. It takes 10.5 hours from Sapa to Hai Phong city including some stops on the way for stretching your legs.
When you arrive in Hai Phong bus station around 15.00, our driver will take you to a seating bus to get to Dinh Vu pier, you will take a speed boat from this pier in Hai Phong to Cai Vieng pier on Cat Ba island. Arriving at Dinh Vu pier after 30 minutes, there is another seating bus pick you up and bring you to Cat Ba town. You will arrive in Cat Ba after 11.5 hours (around 16.30), this bus will drop you at Cat Ba town. Finish your bus journey.
PRICE: 33 USD/ PERSON
Included: Car or taxi, bus ticket to Cat Ba.
Excluded: Insurance, means , drinks, tip to guide, expense personal
Included: Car or taxi, bus ticket to Cat Ba.
Excluded: Insurance, means , drinks, tip to guide, expense personal
BUS FROM SAPA TO CAT BA ISLAND SCHEDULE 2
17.00: We pick you up at hotel in Sapa then you get on sleeping bus heading to Hai Phong city. It takes 12.5 hours from Sapa to Hai Phong city including some stops on the way for stretching your legs.
When you arrive in Hai Phong bus station around 4.00 am, continue sleeping on bus till 6.00 am. Our driver will take you to a seating bus to get to Dinh Vu pier, you will take a speed boat from this pier in Hai Phong to Cai Vieng pier on Cat Ba island. Arriving at Dinh Vu pier after 30 minutes, there is another seating bus pick you up and bring you to Cat Ba town. You will arrive in Cat Ba after 14.5 hours (around 7.30 am), this bus will drop you at Cat Ba town. Finish your bus journey.
PRICE: 33 USD/ PERSON
Included: Car or taxi, bus ticket to Cat Ba.
Excluded: Insurance, meals, drinks, tip to guide, expense personal
When you arrive in Hai Phong bus station around 4.00 am, continue sleeping on bus till 6.00 am. Our driver will take you to a seating bus to get to Dinh Vu pier, you will take a speed boat from this pier in Hai Phong to Cai Vieng pier on Cat Ba island. Arriving at Dinh Vu pier after 30 minutes, there is another seating bus pick you up and bring you to Cat Ba town. You will arrive in Cat Ba after 14.5 hours (around 7.30 am), this bus will drop you at Cat Ba town. Finish your bus journey.
PRICE: 33 USD/ PERSON
Included: Car or taxi, bus ticket to Cat Ba.
Excluded: Insurance, meals, drinks, tip to guide, expense personal
BUS ROUTINE FROM SAPA TO CAT BA
Hotel in Sapa – Lao Cai city – Vinh Phuc province – Noi Bai airport (shortbreak) – Gia Lam (Hanoi) district – Hai Duong province – Hai Phong city – Cat Ba (last stop).
TRAVEL FROM CAT BA TO SAPA BY DIFFERENT WAYS
Here is the answer that all travellers want to know: There are 4 different ways to get to Sapa from Cat Ba:
1/ CAT BA TO SAPA BY MOTORBIKE
You can rent motorbike in any travel agencies in Cat Ba to slowly driving to Sapa and back . For a good quality for roads motorbike, it costs about 10 USD per day which can be for 2 people sit on. You should drive slowly to enjoy landscapes and stop for photos shooting on the way.
Note: You should give your passport to agency, read the contact carefully and choose good motobike, furthermore you should check careful with their mechanic service conection in case your motobike is broken on the way.
!!! Warning: You should be carefully before renting because roads from Cat Ba to Sapa are very dangerous with traffic jam.
Note: You should give your passport to agency, read the contact carefully and choose good motobike, furthermore you should check careful with their mechanic service conection in case your motobike is broken on the way.
!!! Warning: You should be carefully before renting because roads from Cat Ba to Sapa are very dangerous with traffic jam.
2/ CAT BA TO SAPA BY TOURIST BUS
You can book and join a tourist bus from companies who organise tours From Cat Ba to Sapa but it really depends. Because tour from Cat Ba to Sapa is not popular. Therefore, sometimes you can book - sometimes you can not. And it can be cancelled in a short advance when they cant collect enough customers to make their tour run.
3/ CAT BA TO SAPA BY PRIVATE CAR OR TAXI
This option seems to be the most convenient one for you if you have a group of at leasts 3 - 4 people join with you. If not, it is kind of very expensive to go alone or too small group.
4/ CAT BA TO SAPA BY LOCAL BUS - DO IT YOURSELF
You can take a taxi to Hai Phong bus station to book ticket. Bus timetable is very flexible. Purchasing bus ticket by yourself, it means you have to arrange everything you do by yourself: taxis, contact driver, finding the right bus among hundreds buses in station... It is not very easy when you dont speak the language and local people here don’t speak English too.
!!!Warning:
- At bus stations, there are many gangster men who are willing to cheat you to get you on a terrible or wrong bus, you have no idea where you are going to as you can not communicate to local people. Till you realise it, you are far away from the big city.
- There are a lot of buses, neither do you know them, nor do they know you. If there is anything happens to your belongings, you have noone to ask for help.
- During festivals time in Vietnam (Independence holiday, King ceremony holiday, New Year holiday...), local people often plan their holiday in advance. Bus tickets fully booked very soon. Therefore it is difficult for you to purchase ticket by yourself if you have a narrow plan.
PROMOTION:
- Get discount 5% per person if you book on vietnamlocalbus.com group of 5 people.
- Get 10% for next bookings of our bus tickets bellow:
!!!Warning:
- At bus stations, there are many gangster men who are willing to cheat you to get you on a terrible or wrong bus, you have no idea where you are going to as you can not communicate to local people. Till you realise it, you are far away from the big city.
- There are a lot of buses, neither do you know them, nor do they know you. If there is anything happens to your belongings, you have noone to ask for help.
- During festivals time in Vietnam (Independence holiday, King ceremony holiday, New Year holiday...), local people often plan their holiday in advance. Bus tickets fully booked very soon. Therefore it is difficult for you to purchase ticket by yourself if you have a narrow plan.
PROMOTION:
- Get discount 5% per person if you book on vietnamlocalbus.com group of 5 people.
- Get 10% for next bookings of our bus tickets bellow: