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Bangkok to Pakse

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Bangkok to Pakse. From €76.84, fastest 5h 52m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Bangkok to Pakse runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €76.84, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 52m over 773 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €76.84, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 14, 2026

€76.84

  • 188%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Bangkok

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 €216.08Thu24
  2. about €177.14Fri25
  3. about €195.43Sat26
  4. about €164.75Sun27
  5. about €103.98Mon28
  6. about €117.55Tue29
  7. about €143.51Wed30
  8. about €109.88Thu1
  9. about €98.08Fri2
  10. about €116.96Sat3
  11. about €114.60Sun4
  12. about €102.21Mon5
  13. about €88.05Tue6
  14. about €88.05Wed7
  15. about €108.70Thu8
  16. about €99.26Fri9
  17. about €106.93Sat10
  18. about €95.13Sun11
  19. about €85.10Mon12
  20. about €77.43Tue13
  21. about €76.84Wed14

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 Bangkok 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. €78.0260 days
  3. €75.0745 days
  4. €86.2830 days
  5. €76.8421 days
  6. €88.0514 days
  7. €143.517 days
  8. €195.433 days
  9. €216.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €75.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 188 percent. The most expensive point is €216.08, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€216.08€75.07137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Bangkok 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

773 km

590 km as the crow flies, 31% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

5,104,47677,900

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

The route

ThailandCambodiaVietnamLaosSouth China SeaHuếHuếDa NangDa NangNha TrangNha TrangBuon Ma ThuotBuon Ma ThuotQuảng NgãiQuảng NgãiDa LatDa LatKon TumKon TumSi RachaSi RachaMyeikMyeikTam KyTam KyTuy HoaTuy HoaLam Ha DistrictLam Ha DistrictSiem ReapSiem ReapDaweiDaweiHải ChâuHải ChâuNakhon RatchasimaNakhon RatchasimaBangkokBangkokPaksePakseMap 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 773 km against 590 km in a straight line, a detour of 31 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Savannakhet. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 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 PKZ into Pakse is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand 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 cab stand 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

Baggage storage near Pakse Bus Station

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

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Questions about Bangkok to Pakse

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Bangkok to Pakse?

The fastest journey from Bangkok to Pakse takes 5h 52m door to door, of which 1h 54m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 56m, 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 Bangkok to Pakse?

The cheapest fare from Bangkok to Pakse is €76.84, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €106.93. 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 Bangkok to Pakse?

The cheapest way from Bangkok to Pakse is by flight, at €76.84 for one passenger on October 14, 2026. That journey takes 5h 57m 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 Bangkok to Pakse?

Fares from Bangkok to Pakse bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €75.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 188 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bangkok to Pakse?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bangkok to Pakse, at €88.05. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Bangkok to Pakse?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bangkok to Pakse, at €69.17 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 service from Bangkok to Pakse?

1 operators sell services from Bangkok to Pakse across 1 mode: 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 Bangkok to Pakse?

0 percent of the services we sell from Bangkok to Pakse are direct. The rest connect at Savannakhet, with about 53 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 Bangkok to Pakse use?

Services from Bangkok to Pakse by flight leave from Suvarnabhumi Airport BKK 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 Bangkok to Pakse?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Bangkok 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 labeled 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 Bangkok to Pakse on September 23, 2026: 773 km of route against 590 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €76.84, and 5h 52m 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 catalog.

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

Bangkok reaches 337 places in 74 countries on services we hold, over distances from 12 to 15,367 km. Pakse reaches 15 places in 4 countries, from 103 to 657 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Bangkok

  • 337Places you can leave for
  • 74Countries
  • 129Operators

Arriving in Pakse

Leaving Pakse

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

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