Travel to Savannakhet

Every way to reach Savannakhet: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Savannakhet is reachable from 8 places across 2 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €20.14 and the fastest takes 1h 36m door to door. The nearest origin is 93 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Savannakhet

Every mode that actually calls at Savannakhet, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train10€20.141h 36m230 km1
Flight6€35.543h 52m554 km1
  • 8Places you can arrive from
  • 8Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 2Operators

Savannakhet sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Savannakhet Bus Station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km850%Sakon Nakhon, 93 km
200 to 600 km850%Khon Kaen, 206 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Savannakhet that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Thailand1275%
Laos425%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Savannakhet

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Savannakhet

Bus
  • Savannakhet Bus Station
  • Savannkhet Bus Terminal
Air
  • ZVK
Ferry
  • Mukdahan Pier
  • Ferry Terminal

Landing at ZVK after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from ZVK into Savannakhet

Settled in advance, so the ride into Savannakhet costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Savannakhet

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Savannakhet, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Sakon Nakhon to Savannakhet train€20.141h 36m93 km
Kalasin to Savannakhet train€28.391h 55m135 km
Maha Sarakham to Savannakhet train€33.892h 7m162 km
Pakse to Savannakhet flight€35.543h 52m196 km
Khon Kaen to Savannakhet train€39.392h 26m206 km
Udon Thani to Savannakhet train€44.342h 42m230 km
Vientiane to Savannakhet flight€46.163h 58m277 km
Bangkok to Savannakhet flight€83.334h 19m554 km

A day in Savannakhet hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Savannakhet Bus Station

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

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Popular trips to Savannakhet

Common questions about Travel to Savannakhet

How can I get to Savannakhet?

Savannakhet is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 8 places, across 2 countries, on services run by 2 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Savannakhet?

The cheapest way into Savannakhet is by train, from €20.14 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 8 origins we sell into Savannakhet over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Savannakhet?

The fastest journey into Savannakhet is by train, at 1h 36m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 93 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Savannakhet have?

Savannakhet has 5 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are ZVK. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Savannakhet from within 200 km?

8 of the routes we sell into Savannakhet start within 200 km. The nearest is Sakon Nakhon, 93 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Savannakhet in Laos?

Savannakhet connects to 8 places on our network across 2 countries, the furthest of them 554 km away in a straight line. Laos routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Laos

The wider region

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Savannakhet is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

What to book in Savannakhet before you go

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

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