How Much Does Da Lat Cost per Day
A full breakdown of Da Lat prices: daily budgets by tier, every itemised cost from the guide, and where the money actually goes.
The short answer
Budget travellers in Da Lat spend around USD 25 a day. Mid-range travel runs closer to USD 65, and a splurge day lands around USD 175. USD per person per day, based on two people sharing a room. Covers bed, food, local transport and entry fees. Alcohol, canyoning and Easy Rider tours sit on top.
Daily cost breakdown
- Stay
- Food
- Transport
- Activities
| Tier | Stay | Food | Transport | Activities | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget | USD 6 | USD 8 | USD 4 | USD 5 | USD 23 |
| Mid-range | USD 30 | USD 18 | USD 6 | USD 12 | USD 66 |
| Splurge | USD 100 | USD 35 | USD 15 | USD 25 | USD 175 |
Banh mi and iced coffee at a market stall, 45,000 VND. Crazy House entry, 80,000. Grab bike to the cable car, 30,000. Cable car return, 150,000. Bun bo lunch, 60,000. Coffee at a farm cafe, 60,000. Lau hot pot for two, 350,000. Roughly 500,000 VND a head, about USD 20.
Every priced item in this guide
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Crazy House (Hang Nga Guesthouse) | 80,000 VND per Wikivoyage; Wikipedia recorded 60,000 VND, so expect creep |
| Xuan Huong Lake and the Flower Garden | lake free; Flower Garden around 70,000 VND |
| Datanla Falls | entry around 50,000 VND, alpine coaster around 80,000-150,000 VND return (unverified, check at the gate) |
| Elephant Falls (Thac Voi) | small fee, commonly quoted around 20,000-30,000 VND (unverified) |
| Da Lat Market and the night market | free |
| Coffee farm and plantation tours | free tasting at farm cafes; half-day guided tours roughly 400,000-800,000 VND (unverified) |
| Langbiang Mountain | entry ticket around 50,000 VND (unverified); jeep to the upper viewpoint 360,000 VND per vehicle |
| Truc Lam Zen Monastery and the cable car | monastery free; cable car around 100,000-150,000 VND return (published figures conflict, older 70,000 quotes are out of date) |
| Bao Dai's Palace III | 60,000 VND |
| Da Lat Railway Station and the colonial quarter | station free to enter; short heritage train ride to Trai Mat around 128,000 VND |
| Banh trang nuong | VND 20,000-30,000 |
| Lau (mushroom hot pot) | VND 300,000-500,000 for two |
| Highland arabica pour-over coffee | VND 30,000-60,000 |
| Strawberries and highland produce | VND 30,000-60,000 per punnet |
| Artichoke tea | VND 50,000-80,000 a bag |
| Banh mi xiu mai | VND 30,000 |
| Sua dau nanh (hot soy milk) | VND 10,000-15,000 |
How to spend less
- Book intercity sleeper buses at the Phuong Trang (Futa) counter rather than through your hotel; the hotel markup on the Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh City runs is routine.
- Take the airport shuttle van instead of a fixed-rate taxi. Buy the ticket yourself near baggage claim, because hotels quote airport transfers well above the going 200,000 VND rate.
- Drink coffee at the roadside farm cafes out along Cau Dat and Trai Mat, where a cup runs a third of centre prices and the beans were grown on the slope you are sitting on.
- Eat at the market food court upstairs at Cho Da Lat for lunch instead of the night market. Same dishes, local prices, no tourist quote.
- Share a Langbiang jeep with whoever is waiting at the gate. The 360,000 VND is charged per vehicle, not per person, so a full car cuts it to about 60,000 each.
- Buy your warm layer at the night market knitwear racks for 150,000-250,000 VND rather than carrying a jacket around tropical Vietnam for two weeks.