Bangkok To Koh Samui Ferry

Going to Koh Samui
bangkok to koh samui ferry

Koh Samui is 700 kms to the south of Bangkok in the Gulf of Thailand and 50 kms from Surat Thani. Normal flights are the most comfy way to achieve the island. For individuals seeking to save cash, trains, buses and boats can be utilized. If you have vehicle or motorcycle, there are vehicle ferries.

By way of Air

Koh Samui’s tiny open airport has both domestic and international flights from Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. There are hourly flights from Bangkok’s Suvunarbhumi Worldwide Airport among 6 am to 9 pm for Koh Samui each day. There are hourly Bangkok Airways flights and Thai airways has 2-three flights per day. These flights cost 2200 – 3500 baht for Bangkok Airways and can go up to 7400 baht for Thai Airways. The duration of the flight is about one.15 hrs.

Bangkok Airways also conducts every day flights to Koh Samui from Phuket, Chiang Mai and Pattaya and twice a week flights amongst Krabi and Koh Samui. For economical flights, opt for Air Asia’s flights from Bangkok, costing 600 – 900 baht. These flights consider you to Surat Thani, from where you can take local shuttles or cabs to Donsak Pier or Samui Ferry Pier and then keep on further to the island.

For global visitors, Bangkok Airways conducts direct flights from Hong Kong on Monday, Wednesday and Friday Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and Singapore on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Berjaya Air has 2 flights per week on Thursday and Sunday from Kuala Lumpur.

Via Train and Ferry

You have to purchase train &amp ferry tickets separately. So you have to take local transport from the train station to the dock, in which you can acquire ferry tickets. To avert any delay, locate out about ferry timings in advance. Nevertheless steer clear of online booking of trains from Bangkok to Surat Thani by utilizing your credit score card to avert addition of handling charges to the ticket expenses. You might also have to face the threat of waiting for a boat to Koh Samui or currently being overcharged for regional transport to the dock. So it recommended to get a combined train/shuttle/ferry ticket from a single of the many travel companies in Bangkok. There are two trains departing from Bangkok’s Hualamphong station every day and arrive at Surat Thani in eight hours. When you consider a combined ticket, you are escorted and taken to the ferry, from where you can arrive at Koh Samui in 1.five hrs. The costs starts from just more than 1000 – 1700 baht, based on the sort of train seat selected for the journey.

Via Bus (or coach) and Ferry

For cost conscious, bus and ferry trip is the finest solution. Air-conditioned overnight buses depart from Bangkok’s southern bus station every day. These buses leave at late afternoon and early evening. On reaching Surat Thani, buses are transported to Koh Samui. Bus fares start off from 300 to 400 baht based on the class of service chosen and travel time is about 14 hrs. Ferry fares lie under 50 baht. Private businesses operate coaches and pick up individuals from several spots in Bangkok. They typically let travelers acquire a mixed coach/ferry tickets from local travel agencies. This journey takes close to 13 hrs. The expense lies between 350 – 650 baht primarily based on the kind of the service. There are daily bus services from Hat Yai, Phuket and Krabi. Nevertheless this trip is meant for the toughest travelers. Unscheduled neighborhood buses halt at any spot to pick up anyone hunting to board the bus. The trip might consider longer than the overnight buses and coaches

Through boat

Express catamaran service to Koh Samui departs from adjacent Koh Tao and mainland ports of Chumphon and Surat Thani. There are also normal ferry service and smaller boat services available. Long-tail boat service operates planned trips to and from Koh Phangan.

By way of vehicle or motorcycle

There is a ferry service departing each and every hour from 06:00 – 18:00 from both Donsak Pier and Samui Ferry Pier. The time taken is about one.5 hrs.

Leaving Koh Samui on Ferry back to Surat Thani, onto Bangkok

This is a video of the ferry which I took from Koh Samui, back to Surat Thani, onto Bangkok. I say back due to the fact this is fairly much the exact same ferry that I had taken to get to Koh Samui in the very first location, although coming from Bangkok by bus, on to Surat Thani, from exactly where I took this ferry. So bear in mind that besides the far more high-priced alternative of taking a flight from Bangkok to Koh Samui, you have the alternative of taking a bus to Surat Thani and then this ferry to Koh Samui, which will drop you on the Nathon Pier, on the island. From there, you can effortlessly consider a taxi to where you are staying, say anywhere along the Chaweng Seaside where I stayed. I have created this video so that far more individuals know about this bus solution to get to Koh Samui, which a lot of folks seem to be unaware of.