There are a load of different ways to get from Laos to Cambodia so this post will concentrate on the one in southern Laos near the resort of Don Det. From there you can cross between Nong Nok Khieng and Trapaing Kreal and enter Cambodia. A few travel tips and money savers are revealed here. []
There are lots of buses available to book in Don Det and Don Khong. Shop around and book your bus!
What do you need to get from Laos to Cambodia?
- Your valid passport
- 1 or 2 passport photos
- $27 US Dollars (the cheapest you could get it for in 2012)
- Complete all the forms
How to get the Cambodian Visa:
The best advice is to do things yourself - don't let the bus drivers or tour guides take extra unnecessary money off you. Laos and Cambodia are cheap but you can save even more money by paying for the visa yourself. They will give you the forms to fill in at Ban Nakasang - do that and get ready for Cambodia.
Do you have to pay to leave Laos at Nong Nok Khieng?
They told us we were free to walk across without the departure stamp but that we would be charged in Cambodia. We had to bite the bullet and in the end paid them $2 US Dollars each. Just to leave Laos. A horrible end to a time in a country I don't have a lot of positives for.
At weekends particularly they try to charge an overtime fee which is outrageous and costs $2 US so for advice don't cross the border at the weekend.
Crossing the border itself from Laos to Cambodia:
You simply walk along the road across a bridge past the obvious border between the two countries, a flag on either side plus barriers mark the border. It was so quiet and not busy at all. The bus I had booked to Phnom Penh was waiting on the other side of the border for me, and once in Cambodia head to the immigration hut on your right hand side. Pay them $25, fill in the forms, give them a passport photo and you're in! Don't let them charge you any "animal fee" or "immigration fee" as there isn't any. $25 for your Cambodian Visa and that's it.
You have arrived in the Cambodian border point of Trapeang Kreal.
Just so you are aware this is not really a village at all - it's just the border crossing but ultimately you board your bus there and head onwards, south through Cambodia. I don't know if this is unusual but our bus waited for about two hours there at the border so we were sitting around for two hours. I quite enjoyed this as my Irish travel buddies (who got the bus with me but sorted their visas through the bus driver) were waiting for me there! So with two Irish guys and an Irish girl sitting on the border having just entered Cambodia (I was on country number 68), it was time for a beer!!
From there you hang around until the bus driver rocks up with the bus and takes you down south in Cambodia past Kratie, Stung Treng and onwards to Phnom Penh, the capital city. It's a long bus journey down to Phnom Penh but the Cambodian countryside is wonderful and you have your visa already so you're all set.
Total price I paid to get from Laos to Cambodia:
$27 US Dollars ($2 US to leave Laos, $25 for the Cambodian Visa. The cheapest price you can get it for is $25.
There are lots of buses available to book in Don Det and Don Khong. Shop around and book your bus!
What do you need to get from Laos to Cambodia?
- Your valid passport
- 1 or 2 passport photos
- $27 US Dollars (the cheapest you could get it for in 2012)
- Complete all the forms
How to get the Cambodian Visa:
The best advice is to do things yourself - don't let the bus drivers or tour guides take extra unnecessary money off you. Laos and Cambodia are cheap but you can save even more money by paying for the visa yourself. They will give you the forms to fill in at Ban Nakasang - do that and get ready for Cambodia.
Do you have to pay to leave Laos at Nong Nok Khieng?
They told us we were free to walk across without the departure stamp but that we would be charged in Cambodia. We had to bite the bullet and in the end paid them $2 US Dollars each. Just to leave Laos. A horrible end to a time in a country I don't have a lot of positives for.
At weekends particularly they try to charge an overtime fee which is outrageous and costs $2 US so for advice don't cross the border at the weekend.
Crossing the border itself from Laos to Cambodia:
You simply walk along the road across a bridge past the obvious border between the two countries, a flag on either side plus barriers mark the border. It was so quiet and not busy at all. The bus I had booked to Phnom Penh was waiting on the other side of the border for me, and once in Cambodia head to the immigration hut on your right hand side. Pay them $25, fill in the forms, give them a passport photo and you're in! Don't let them charge you any "animal fee" or "immigration fee" as there isn't any. $25 for your Cambodian Visa and that's it.
You have arrived in the Cambodian border point of Trapeang Kreal.
Just so you are aware this is not really a village at all - it's just the border crossing but ultimately you board your bus there and head onwards, south through Cambodia. I don't know if this is unusual but our bus waited for about two hours there at the border so we were sitting around for two hours. I quite enjoyed this as my Irish travel buddies (who got the bus with me but sorted their visas through the bus driver) were waiting for me there! So with two Irish guys and an Irish girl sitting on the border having just entered Cambodia (I was on country number 68), it was time for a beer!!
From there you hang around until the bus driver rocks up with the bus and takes you down south in Cambodia past Kratie, Stung Treng and onwards to Phnom Penh, the capital city. It's a long bus journey down to Phnom Penh but the Cambodian countryside is wonderful and you have your visa already so you're all set.
Total price I paid to get from Laos to Cambodia:
$27 US Dollars ($2 US to leave Laos, $25 for the Cambodian Visa. The cheapest price you can get it for is $25.
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