How to get to Cat Ba from Hai Phong? The shortest way to go from Hai Phong to Cat Ba is by Got ferry, speed boat or Cat Ba cable car. Those are the best ways.

How to get to Cat Ba from Hai Phong

I suppose you are not familiar with any of the places mentioned here so before we get down to the road of island - port – ferry terminal – flyover – etc., here are 3 parts of the journey with their associated spots:

(1) In Hai Phong City (mainland), we have a very important spot: Binh ferry terminal.

(2) Then we have the transit island called Cat Hai Island. In this island, please remember the Got ferry terminal.

(3) Finally, our final destination – Cat Ba Island. There’s two spots to remember: Cai Vieng ferry terminal and Phu Long port.

See the map below to have a better visualization.

See the map below to have a better visualization

Now it’s time to choose the route that fits you the best.

Option 1: You can take speedboat from Binh ferry terminal and go directly to Cat Ba Island (~250,000 VND – 60 mins). It’s fast but expensive.

Binh Speed boat

Timeline of Binh speed boat

Binh to Cat Ba	Cat Ba to Binh
09h00	10h00
13h00	14h00

Option 2: You can go to the flyover called Tan Vu – Lach Huyen that connect the mainland to Cat Hai Island.

Tan Vu - Lach Huyen Bridge

There’s a parking lot at the Got ferry terminal where you can park your motorbike/car or you can just bring them with you and pay some extra fees.

Then from Got ferry terminal in this island, you take ferry (12,000 VND – every 30 minutes from 5 AM to 19 PM - duration: 30 mins) or speedboat (80,000 VND – duration: 8 mins) to Cat Ba Island.

Depends of what means you choose, you will arrive in different places in Cat Ba Island. When you arrive in Cat Ba Island, take the bus to center town. Distance 23km.

Got Ferry price

Ticket type	Price
Traveler	12,000 VND / person
Motorbike	45,000 VND / bike
Under-9-seat car	190,000 VND / car
9-to-24-seat car	210,000 VND / car
24-to-32-seat car	240,000 VND / car
Over-32-seat car	330,000 VND / car

Timeline Got Ferry

Departure time
No.	Got Pier	Cai Vieng
1	5h30’ (big ferry)	5h00’ (big ferry)
2	6h00’ (big ferry)	5h30’ (big ferry)
3	6h30’ (big ferry)	6h00’ (big ferry)
4	7h30’	7h00’
5	8h00’ (big ferry)	7h30’ (big ferry)
6	8h30’	8h00’
7	9h00’(big ferry)	8h30’ (big ferry)
8	9h30’ (big ferry)	9h00’ (big ferry)
9	10h00’ (big ferry)	9h30’ (big ferry)
10	10h30’ (big ferry)	10h00’ (big ferry)
11	11h00’	10h30’
12	11h30’ (big ferry)	11h00’ ((big ferry)
13	12h00’	11h30’
14	12h30’ (big ferry)	12h00’ (big ferry)
15	13h00’	12h30’
16	13h30’ (big ferry)	13h00’ (big ferry)
17	14h00’	13h30’
18	14h30’ (big ferry)	14h00’ (big ferry)
19	15h00’	14h30’
20	15h30’ (big ferry)	15h00’ (big ferry)
21	16h00’	15h30’
22	16h30’ (big ferry)	16h00’ (big ferry)
23	17h00’ (big ferry)	16h30’ (big ferry)
24	17h30’ (big ferry)	17h00’ (big ferry)
25	18h00’(big ferry)	17h30’ (big ferry)
26	18h30’	18h00’