Pleiku
Discover Pleiku
Duc Long Bus Station is 3 km east of the city center and has buses to other provinces and Laos. A xe om should be no more than 20,000 dong, but you may be able to bargain it down to 15,000 dong. There are local buses to the city centre, but they are not frequent. There are frequent buses to Quy Nhon (3 hours, 80,000 dong as of Mar 2011). Mai Linh buses depart at 07:30 and 13:30. Mai Linh has a night bus that leaves Da Nang around 21:00 and reaches Pleiku in the early morning (160,000 dong, Mar 2011). There are also frequent buses to and from Buon Ma Thuot.
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Essential Information
Getting There
Multiple OptionsDuc Long Bus Station is 3 km east of the city center and has buses to other provinces and Laos. A xe om should be no more than 20,000 dong, but you may be able to bargain it down to 15,000 dong. There are local buses to the city centre, but they are not frequent. There are frequent buses to Quy Nhon (3 hours, 80,000 dong as of Mar 2011). Mai Linh buses depart at 07:30 and 13:30. Mai Linh has a night bus that leaves Da Nang around 21:00 and reaches Pleiku in the early morning (160,000 dong, Mar 2011). There are also frequent buses to and from Buon Ma Thuot. Mai Linh and Dien Hong have buses to Laos - Attapeu, Xekong, and Pakse. Mai Linh buses to Attapeu (175,000 dong, Mar 2011) takes around 7 hours, to Pakse around 12 hours. Departure in Attapeu is at 07:00 and in Pleiku 07:30. The fares include lunch in Ngoc Hoi. From Kontum frequent buses stop in a station near the market. 22.000 dong (Dec 2013) Agents in Banlung, Cambodia can book cross border bus/van tickets to Pleiku....
Getting Around & Staying
Getting Around
Minh Thanh Pagoda - A nice pagoda adjacent to a temple that can be visited for free in the centre of the city (Dec 2011). Look out for the picturesque illustrations of people being punished in hell.
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Glimpses of Pleiku
green fern plant
Daisies past their prime
a group of birds that are standing in the water
woman on wheat field during daytime
Calling For Help
person holding red berries on stem
silhouette of man standing under night sky
a scenic view of a valley with mountains in the background
a house in the middle of a green field
a lone tree in the middle of a mountain range
green fern plant
Daisies past their prime
a group of birds that are standing in the water