Koh Lanta / How to get there

Koh Lanta how to get there

There are many ways that you can get to Koh Lanta. You could fly from Bangkok to either Phuket, Krabi or Trang (which is the favoured way of many local people) and then transfer here by bus or boat.

Alternatively, you could catch the train from Bangkok to the South and transfer by bus from Trang, similarily, you could do the same from Hat Yai to the North.

Listed below are the various ways/means that you can make your way to Ko Lanta. travelling in Thailand is safe, fun and easy and getting here will be part of your vaction and not a chore.

Please read our complete Transfer Guide below:

To and From Phuket

Most visitors to Koh Lanta are travelling from Phuket by boat via Phi Phi Island. If you plan your trip well in advance you can book the pick up from your hotel including the boat ticket to Phi Phi Island with Andaman Wave Master, a well-established travel agency in Phuket Town.

Depending on the location of your hotel, you are picked up between 07:30 and 08:00 for the boat leaving at 08:30 from a pier in town. The boat arrives at Phi Phi Island around 10:30 and the connecting boat departs from November to April at 11:30. Open pick-up trucks and minibuses are waiting when the boat arrives about one hour later at Saladan on the northern tip of Koh Lanta and transfer you to the chosen resort. This transfer is offered free of charge by most resorts.

Should you arrive by morning flight with Thai Airways, you will be too late already, to catch the boat to Phi Phi Island. Should you need hotel accommodation for this night Andaman Wave Master can arrange that for you.

If you want to reach Koh Lanta on the same day, or you prefer to go overland, a private transfer can be arranged by Andaman Wave Master. In this case you are picked up at the airport or your hotel. The distance is about 260 kilometres, includes 2 car ferries and the travelling time is about 5 hours. Kindly note, that the car ferries are operating only until 22:00 and pick up after 17:30 is not possible.

From May to October the boats from Phi Phi Island to Ko Lanta do not operate due to strong winds and high waves in the monsoon season. During this time the private transfer is the only choice to go to Koh Lanta.

From November to April, the boats for the return trip leave from Saladan Pier at 08:00 and 13:00 to arrive at Phi Phi Island about one hour later. If the morning boat is in time, you might change to the expressboat from Phi Phi Island to Phuket on the open sea and you will arrive to Phuket Town around 11:00. There are Tuk-tuks and taxis waiting to bring you to your hotel or the airport.
If you take the afternoon choice, you have to change the boat at the pier on Phi Phi Island and will reach Phuket Town around 16:30. If you would like to have the transfer to your hotel or Phuket Airport arranged, you can order this service with Andaman Wave Master.
Again, if you prefer to return on land, a private transfer can be arranged for you that includes drop off at your hotel or the airport. From May to October the private transfer is the only choice to return.

Destination Air Shuttle

To or From	Destination	THB / one way / person	THB / round trip / person
Phuket	Koh Racha	6.300	12.600
Phuket	Koh Yao Noi	6.300	12.600
Phuket	Central Krabi Bay Resort	7.200	14.400
Phuket	Koh Lanta	7.200	14.400
Phuket	Koh Mook	7.800	15.600
Phuket	Amari Trang Beach Resort	7.800	15.600

To and From Phi Phi Island

From November to April only, a regular boat operates between the town pier at Tonsai Bay of Phi Phi Island and Saladan on Koh Lanta.
Departure from Phi Phi Island is at 11:30 and 14:30 and from Saladan at 08:00 and 13:00. The journey takes a little over one hour and on arrival to Koh Lanta, open pick-up trucks and minibuses are waiting to transfer you to the chosen resort. This transfer is offered free of charge by most resorts.

To and From Krabi

Starting from November through April boats are leaving twice daily from Chaofa Pier in Krabi Town. Departure is at 10:30 and 13:30. The boats arrive to Saladan at the northern tip of Koh Lanta about 2 hours later.

Open pick-up trucks and minibuses are waiting at the pier to bring you to the chosen resort. This transfer is offered free of charge by most resorts. For the return trip boats are leaving from Saladan at 08:00 and 13:00.

From May to October the boats from Krabi to Ko Lanta do not operate due to strong winds and high waves in the monsoon season. During this time, public minibusse take over the transportation between Krabi and Koh Lanta.

To and From Trang

Throughout the year, public minibuses are leaving daily at 12:00 opposite the train station. They need about 2˝ hours to Ko Lanta, where they drop off customers in front of the resorts along Khlong Dao Beach. Departure from Lanta is at 08:00.

From November through April a second bus will leave at 08:00 from Trang. Please book your seat soon after your arrival at one of the tour counters on the opposite side of the street, that passes in front of the train station.

Should you arrive or depart at different times, a private transfer can be arranged through Andaman Wave Master at includes pick up from Trang airport as well.