In the case when you have planned (or it happened so by chance), that your journey to Samui must pass through Phuket, in your There are several options for ground bridging “Phuket Samui”. Let’s talk more about the ground, because with flight is very simple. If you go to Samui with Bangkok, I have already described all the methods in this article.
Just recall briefly about the geographical location of these two of the islands. Phuket lies in the Andaman Sea to the west of the mainland parts of Thailand, and Samui – to the east, in the Gulf of Thailand, that is, no “direct Phuket-Samui ferries” exist in nature. On Phuket is a bridge from the mainland, and only ferries go to Samui. That is, whatever one may say, but the last part of the journey is with you anyway will be held by sea – 40 kilometers by ferry from the city Donsaka. The distance from the bridge in Phuket to the pier in Nathon (Samui) – 287 kilometers. Not as much as it seems at first.
The content of the article
- 1 Airplane
- 2 Bus
- 3 By rented car
Contents
Aircraft
The fastest and most comfortable option is an airplane. Airport on Koh Samui is built on the money of the Thai airline Bangkok Airways. She, by the way, owns the most sophisticated hospital Samui – BHS. Monopoly Bangkok Airways on Samui for a long time and for a long time put all tourists before the fact: flights to Samui are quickly, comfortably and cheaply. The airline is undoubtedly very cool and with good service, but the flight Phuket – Samui will cost you approximately 3,100 baht.
Low-cost airlines have no direct flights to Phuket-Samui, because monopolists do not allow this. The only one closest to Samui airport is near the city of Suratthani, from which more about an hour to go by bus to the sea crossing near the city Donsak and then another 1.5 hours of the ferry itself. But what is interesting, neither there is no one loukoster at all flights Phuket – Suratthani. Before Suratthani you will only get through Bangkok, but it turns out completely uninteresting journey that time, that money – longer and more expensive than 55 minutes with Bangkok Airways.
Last time I took the Phuket-Samui route by plane
Bus
The most budget option to get yourself from Phuket to Koh Samui – the bus. Buying a ticket for the bus includes a ticket on the ferry. That is, you pay once, and get two at once ticket. There are two options for traveling by bus: simpler and more expensive.
Simply put, this is Pantip Travel. Departure time buses: 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00 Trip price – 450-500 baht per person, and the journey takes about 8 hours (including ferry crossing). The test is not for the faint of heart and not exactly with the little ones children. But – inexpensive. Buses depart from Phuket Bus Terminal-2.
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More expensive, this is the company Lomprayah. Bus departure times: 10:00. The price of the trip is 1000 baht, the journey time is 5 hours and 15 minutes. Departure of buses is carried out from the office of the company.
On a rented car
The most interesting way to get from Phuket to Samui – rent a car, as the car gives freedom of movement. But, the cost of this option is comparable to the plane, and go to car makes sense if you want to go somewhere else on the road, then you plan to move around Samui, or if you have several people. By the way, you can return as well back to Phuket if you have a return flight from there. In detail, I already wrote about how to rent a car in Thailand.
I recommend to take the car from the international network distributors (they located in the Phuket Airport Arrivals Hall) via Economybookings (so it will be cheaper), because hardly any of the local private firms give you permission to travel outside of Phuket. Yes, and with network fewer problems: standard contract, standard inspection procedure, not There will be no clarity with the deposit or insurance, they have everything clearly.
And certainly the small distributors will not be able to provide you opportunity to give the car to Samui. The budget of this trip will be: from 500 baht rent for a day, 1000 for gasoline, 420 for the ferry. Plus more Payment services car return in another place, but if you take the car for 5 days at Hertz, it will be free (this is a life hack). Travel time is 3.5-4 hours on the highway and a half hour by ferry.
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KEEP IN MIND! The car needs to be taken and left Phuket with such By the time, by 3:00 pm, you were already in Donsack. First of all, reserve yourself for unexpected stops or missed turns, and secondly – the last ferry to Koh Samui goes to 19:00 And since you did not reserve a place on the ferry, You will call on him in the order of the live. At large the influx of guests (especially on holidays) you have every chance to stay spend the night on the mainland, and the queue can not leave. Sleep will have in the car.
P.S. Last time I traveled by plane between Phuket and Koh Samui, it was cheaper than by car, but less interesting. Personally I like the rental car option. This is especially convenient if the car and then need too. You can take a couple of weeks and be very free in their movements.
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