Hanoi to Luang Prabang runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €42.62 and €52.06, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 6m over 416 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€42.62 to €52.06
- 196%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Hanoi
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:09First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €108.70Fri18
- about €105.75Sat19
- about €99.26Sun20
- about €70.94Mon21
- about €59.14Tue22
- about €73.30Wed23
- about €88.05Thu24
- about €61.50Fri25
- about €57.37Sat26
- about €58.55Sun27
- about €49.70Mon28
- about €48.52Tue29
- about €61.50Wed30
- about €70.94Thu1
- about €55.01Fri2
- about €58.55Sat3
- about €52.65Sun4
- about €42.62Mon5
- about €47.93Tue6
- about €43.80Wed7
- about €54.42Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Luang Prabang. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Luang Prabang for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Luang Prabang Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Hanoi to Luang Prabang
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.7590 days
- €36.7260 days
- €48.5245 days
- €42.0330 days
- €54.4221 days
- €70.9414 days
- €88.057 days
- €99.263 days
- €108.701 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.72.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 196 percent. The dearest point is €108.70, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Hanoi to Luang Prabang and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
416 km
404 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
8,053,663 → 55,027
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 416 km against 404 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Vientiane. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from LPQ into Luang Prabang is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Luang Prabang
Settled in advance, so the ride into Luang Prabang costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Luang Prabang is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Luang Prabang Railway Station
Most of the points near Luang Prabang Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Hanoi to Luang Prabang
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Hanoi to Luang Prabang?
The fastest journey from Hanoi to Luang Prabang takes 4h 6m door to door, of which 56m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 8m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Hanoi to Luang Prabang?
The cheapest fare from Hanoi to Luang Prabang is €42.62, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €61.50. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Hanoi to Luang Prabang?
The cheapest way from Hanoi to Luang Prabang is by flight, at €42.62 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 6m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Hanoi to Luang Prabang?
Fares from Hanoi to Luang Prabang bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €36.72. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 196 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Hanoi to Luang Prabang?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hanoi to Luang Prabang, at €48.52. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Hanoi to Luang Prabang?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Hanoi to Luang Prabang, at €37.90 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Hanoi to Luang Prabang?
No operator record names Hanoi to Luang Prabang directly. Lao Airlines, Vietnam Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Hanoi to Luang Prabang?
67 percent of the services we sell from Hanoi to Luang Prabang are direct. The rest connect at Vientiane, with about 51 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Hanoi to Luang Prabang use?
Services from Hanoi to Luang Prabang by flight leave from Hanoi HAN and arrive at Luang Prabang LPQ. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Hanoi to Luang Prabang?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Hanoi to Luang Prabang allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Hanoi to Luang Prabang on 17 September 2026: 416 km of route against 404 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €42.62, and 4h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Luang Prabang a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Luang Prabang and across Laos
Day trips that leave Luang Prabang in the morning and cover a good part of Laos by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Hanoi reaches 90 places in 30 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 10,040 km. Luang Prabang reaches 6 places in 4 countries, from 219 to 705 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Hanoi
- 90Places you can leave for
- 30Countries
- 58Operators
Arriving in Luang Prabang
Leaving Luang Prabang
- 6Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 4Operators