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Phnom Penh to Pakse

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Phnom Penh to Pakse. From €68.58, fastest 6h 27m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Phnom Penh to Pakse runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €68.58, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 27m over 711 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €68.58, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€68.58

  • 232%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Phnom Penh

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €213.72Thu24
  2. about €151.18Fri25
  3. about €161.21Sat26
  4. about €150.00Sun27
  5. about €106.93Mon28
  6. about €100.44Tue29
  7. about €124.04Wed30
  8. about €99.26Thu1
  9. about €101.62Fri2
  10. about €98.08Sat3
  11. about €89.82Sun4
  12. about €87.46Mon5
  13. about €74.48Tue6
  14. about €99.85Wed7
  15. about €101.03Thu8
  16. about €84.51Fri9
  17. about €82.74Sat10
  18. about €72.71Sun11
  19. about €82.74Mon12
  20. about €68.58Tue13
  21. about €85.10Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Pakse. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Pakse for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Pakse Bus Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Phnom Penh to Pakse

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €80.9790 days
  2. €64.4560 days
  3. €75.0745 days
  4. €77.4330 days
  5. €85.1021 days
  6. €99.8514 days
  7. €124.047 days
  8. €161.213 days
  9. €213.721 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €64.45.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 232 percent. The dearest point is €213.72, 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.
€213.72€64.45137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Phnom Penh to Pakse 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

711 km

407 km as the crow flies, 75% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

1,573,54477,900

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

ThailandVietnamLaosSouth China SeaHo Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh CityBangkokBangkokYangonYangonCan ThoCan ThoHuếHuếDa NangDa NangNha TrangNha TrangQui NhonQui NhonVũng TàuVũng TàuRach GiaRach GiaQuảng NgãiQuảng NgãiDa LatDa LatBagoBagoNinh HòaNinh HòaCa MauCa MauSoc TrangSoc TrangPhnom PenhPhnom PenhPaksePakseMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 711 km against 407 km in a straight line, a detour of 75 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ho Chi Minh City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 93 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from PKZ into Pakse is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Pakse

Settled in advance, so the ride into Pakse costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

Pakse is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Pakse Bus Station

Most of the points near Pakse Bus Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Phnom Penh to Pakse

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 Phnom Penh to Pakse?

The fastest journey from Phnom Penh to Pakse takes 6h 27m door to door, of which 1h 46m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 30m, 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 Phnom Penh to Pakse?

The cheapest fare from Phnom Penh to Pakse is €68.58, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €99.26. 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 Phnom Penh to Pakse?

The cheapest way from Phnom Penh to Pakse is by flight, at €68.58 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 29m 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 Phnom Penh to Pakse?

Fares from Phnom Penh to Pakse bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €64.45. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 232 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Phnom Penh to Pakse?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Phnom Penh to Pakse, at €74.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Phnom Penh to Pakse?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Phnom Penh to Pakse, at €64.45 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 Phnom Penh to Pakse?

2 operators sell services from Phnom Penh to Pakse across 1 mode: Cambodia Angkor Air (K6), Lao Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Phnom Penh to Pakse?

0 percent of the services we sell from Phnom Penh to Pakse are direct. The rest connect at Ho Chi Minh City, with about 93 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 Phnom Penh to Pakse use?

Services from Phnom Penh to Pakse by flight leave from Techo International Airport KTI and arrive at Pakse International Airport PKZ. 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 Phnom Penh to Pakse?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Phnom Penh to Pakse 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Phnom Penh to Pakse on 23 September 2026: 711 km of route against 407 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €68.58, and 6h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Pakse is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Pakse and across Laos

Day trips that leave Pakse in the morning and cover a good part of Laos by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Phnom Penh reaches 75 places in 19 countries on services we hold, over distances from 65 to 7,031 km. Pakse reaches 15 places in 4 countries, from 103 to 657 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Phnom Penh

  • 75Places you can leave for
  • 19Countries
  • 23Operators

Arriving in Pakse

Leaving Pakse

  • 15Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 1Operators

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