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What is La Gi, and who is it for?
La Gi is a small coastal town in the south of the old Binh Thuan province, now part of Lam Dong, on the stretch of coast between Ho Tram and Phan Thiet. It’s a working fishing town with about 28 km of coastline, long beaches and very little of the resort strip you see in Mui Ne.
It suits Vietnamese-style beach weekends: a quiet beach, fresh seafood, a camp or small hotel, and not much else. If you want kite schools, a choice of restaurants and a resort with a spa, go to Mui Ne or to Ke Ga, which are both further along the coast. If you want somewhere quiet and cheap, La Gi is worth the longer drive.
How long from Saigon to La Gi by car?
A private car from Tan Son Nhat airport takes about 2¾ to 3½ hours to La Gi, over roughly 150–180 km. The first part is the same as the drive to Mui Ne: across Saigon, then east on the Long Thanh–Dau Giay expressway and onto the Dau Giay–Phan Thiet expressway. The driver then leaves the expressway for local roads to the coast, which takes the rest of the time. Our price includes tolls.
Saigon traffic decides the range. Midweek mornings and late evenings are quick; Friday afternoons and the day before a holiday aren’t.
The driver meets you at arrivals with a name sign and goes to your gate. Stops are your call: a coffee, a toilet, or a longer one for lunch. For where drivers wait at each terminal, see the Saigon airport transfers page.
Bus or private car to La Gi?
Buses and limousine vans from Saigon to La Gi are frequent, cost about 150,000–350,000₫ a seat, and take roughly 3 to 4½ hours. They leave from stations and pickup points in the city, not from the airport, and they drop you in town. For one person with a backpack on a weekend, that’s the sensible, cheap choice.
With luggage, children, a late flight or a beach camp outside town, a booked private car does more. It starts at the airport at a time you choose, goes to your gate and costs a fixed amount you agree before you travel. You know the car and driver beforehand. We hold every driver to the same standard: a non-smoking car, no heavy air freshener, calm driving with sparing use of the horn, working seatbelts and child seats on request.
Ride-hailing apps and street taxis will also take the job, but many drivers don’t want a 160 km one-way trip, and you find out what the car is like when it turns up.
Which car for La Gi
Pick the car by luggage as well as passengers. A sedan or electric VinFast is fine for two or three people. A family of four or five, tall adults, and anyone with camping gear, coolers or beach toys should take a 7-seater, which is only a little dearer. Groups can book the limousine van or 16-seater. Child seats are available on request; add them when you book.
Things to do in La Gi
La Gi is about beaches and seafood. Most people spend a weekend on both.
Cam Binh beach
Cam Binh is La Gi’s best-known beach, with fine golden sand and a fishing-village feel.
Coco Beach camp
Coco Beach is a beach camp on the coast near La Gi, popular with young Vietnamese for tents on the sand, fires and barbecues in the evening, and kayaks and paddleboards by day. There’s an entry fee, and Saturday nights are busier and louder, with music. Check opening times and prices with the camp before you travel, because they change.
Dinh Thay Thim
Dinh Thay Thim is a well-known local shrine and temple complex in La Gi that many Vietnamese visitors stop at for its spiritual significance. It’s an easy stop on the way to or from the beach.
Hon Ba island
Hon Ba is a small island off the La Gi coast, reached by boat from the fishing harbour, with rocks and a small beach. Ask at the harbour for current boat times and prices.
Eating in La Gi
Seafood is the main event. Order the fish and shellfish that came in that morning and ask the price per kilo before they cook it. La Gi’s own dishes are chả lụi (grilled minced-pork sticks wrapped in rice paper with herbs), bánh canh chả cá (thick noodle soup with fish cake) and gỏi cá mai (a salad of raw sardine-type fish with herbs, served with rice paper).
Where to stay in La Gi
La Gi has small hotels in town, beachfront guesthouses along Cam Binh and a handful of resorts and camps. Rooms are cheaper than at Mui Ne’s resorts. Weekends and public holidays are the peak, when Saigon families book the coast out and prices rise.
When to go, and what can go wrong
La Gi is a year-round beach, with a drier, windier season from November to April and hotter weather with short afternoon storms from May to October. The sea can be rough in the windy months, so swim where locals do.
Plan around the traffic more than the weather. Friday evenings, public holidays and Tết (early February in 2027) mean slow roads out of Saigon, and the drive back on Sunday afternoon is the worst of the week. Midweek trips are quicker and cheaper.
Onward from La Gi
Ke Ga and its lighthouse are about 30 km along the coast towards Phan Thiet, and Mui Ne and Phan Thiet are a little further, with the resort town of NovaWorld Phan Thiet on the way. A private car can link the three in a single trip: change the From and To in the booking box. The prices for every route into La Gi are in the table above.