Phangan is an island without an airport. You can get there only by by the sea. Shipping to Phangan are performed by different companies but only from four places in Thailand, three of which are located on the mainland (the cities of Chumphon, Suratthani and Donsak), and another place – This is the neighboring island of Koh Samui (there is its own airport). Here in this I already told the article in detail about how to go to Koh Samui (and this where Phangan is), including the version where you are absolutely independent and fearless unit. This is when you yourself buy tickets for each section of the route. But in fact – it is difficult even for experienced people, podgadat so that all three shoulders docked in time. Today I focus on more light trip type – joint ticket only.
The content of the article
- 1 Airplane
- 1.1 Airplane from Bangkok Airways + ferry
- 1.2 Airplanes of low-cost companies + bus + ferry
- 2 Train + ferry
- 2.1 How to buy a train ticket via the Internet
- 2.2 By train to Chumphon and transfer to the ferry
- 2.3 By train to Suratthani, bus / taxi to the pier in Donsak, ferry
- 3 Bus + ferry
- 3.1 Bus to the pier in Chumphon and transfer to the ferry
- 3.2 Bus to the pier in Donsak and transfer to the ferry
- 4 By car
- 5 How to get from Koh Samui to Phangan
- 6 Berth Map
Contents
Aircraft
Koh Phangan is located eight kilometers north of Koh Samui and does not have its own airport. Rather, there are rudiments airport in the form of a clay square, somewhere deep in the mountainous region islands. The area has been empty for several years now, bulldozers are rusting there the same, but periodically a joyful announcement appears in Thai resources about the imminent completion of the construction of the Pangan airport, which no one believes. In short – direct flights Bangkok-Phangan not exists. However, flights with transfers, too. Maximum you you can do – get close to Phangan on the plane as close as possible and there are already options.
Aircraft from Bangkok Airways + ferry
The fastest, most convenient and expensive option – direct flight Bangkok-Samui airline Bangkok Airways. Over 3500 baht and hour time you will find yourself in a kilometer from the three passenger piers of Samui, from where ships go to Phangan (this is described below). TO Unfortunately, buy from Bangkok Airways joint ticket all the way to Phangan it will not work, there is no such service.
Take care in advance of booking tickets for such a plane, because to buy a ticket on the day of your arrival you are not exactly smile, and book better through Aviasales.ru and Skyscanner.ru, We use them ourselves, very convenient services. Although it is possible at the office website of the airline.
At Samui Airport you will need to catch a taxi to Bang Pier Cancer (about 350 baht) or take a minivan (150 baht) – both types transport is on duty right at the exit from the arrival zone, where there is always meeting people are jostling. Well, or go on foot outside the airport and catch a moto taxi driver for 50 bahts, provided that you have luggage – one backpack.
Airplanes of low-cost airlines companies + bus + ferry
More budget and long option – take advantage of flights AirAsia or NokAir airlines that fly from Don Muang to Suratthani City or Nakhon Si Tammarat. Dong Muang is domestic airport where loukoster is based and it is also located in bangkok. Immediately lay in your schedule an hour to move from Suvarnabhumi to Dong Muang.
From Surat Thani or Nakhon Si Tammarat you have to go an hour one and a half by bus to the piers near the town of Donsak. Then transplant on the ferry and another two and a half hours of the crossing to Phangan. And if you flew with Nok Air, then you will not be long roll – they forward passengers traveling on Lompraia ferries from Tapi Pier to Suratthani. Earlier he was in Donsak, closer to the island, but in 2017 they moved to the river Tapi in Suratthani. Time by sea now takes 1 hour 55 minutes.
Plus, when you buy a plane ticket, you can immediately specify the final point of arrival and you immediately calculate the price for Joint ticket, and it greatly facilitates the trip. Roughly speaking for 1200 – 1800 baht will hold you by the hand from the plane to the island of Phangan. I So I flew, specially tested, but I did not like it.
Flight NokAir via Nakhon Si Tammarat and then bus and ferry
Train + ferry
How to buy a train ticket via the Internet
Unfortunately, only the ferry company Songserm Express has joint ticket with the option “train + ferry” from Bangkok to Phangan. Beloved by all, Lompraia is not engaged in such things. But there is a solution – Russian-language online booking site that shows you both official joints, and just convenient combinations of tickets. There will be more options. True price of such options is obtained slightly higher, but transfer from the place of arrival by one means transport to the place of departure by others – included in the price tickets.
Unfortunately, Thai railways do not support the system. e-tickets and that is why they are sold only in their box office, and not through the site d roads. Therefore, 12go go to the cashier railway and buy a ticket for you, but you have to pick it up personally in one from points of issue or receive by mail.
Tickets Bangkok-Phangan →
By train to Chumphon and transfer to the ferry
Trains run from Bangkok to the south of Thailand in a single branch. Chumphon is about 350 km away and Suratthani (almost near Samui and Phangan) – about 730 km. Relatively speaking Chumphon is a half way to the target. You can go from it further by train or take the ferry.
If for some reason you decide to buy train tickets yourself offline, study my article “How to get from Bangkok to Samui “in the section about trains. The main thing is to check that time the arrival of the train and the departure of the ferry allowed you calmly get from the train station to the pier. By the way, all the piers for clarity displayed on the map at the end of the article.
Pier Lompray is located 30 km from the station, the journey time to it no traffic jams – about 45 minutes. The office of the company is located right next to buildings of the station, on platform 1. Departure of catamarans twice in day: at 07:30 am and at 13:00 hours. Travel time from Chumphon to Phangan – 3 hours 45 minutes, ticket price – 1000 baht per person. Moors on Phangan to Thongsala Pier
Songserm Express Mataphone Pier is closer – 18 km from the railway station, but the road passes through settlement, so it still takes about 35 minutes. Songserm boats leave daily at 07:00. Ticket price – 800 baht per person, travel time 4 hours 40 minutes. Moors on Phangan to Thongsala Pier.
If you booked a joint ticket on the link indicated above, then under the terms of the sale of that site, you must pick up tickets on the train, the voucher for the bus + ferry personally and independently board the train at Hua Lamphong Station. On arrival in Chumphon you will be meet representatives of the ferry company. Price for tickets train + bus + ferry turns out about 1500 – 2200 baht per person.
By train to Suratthani, bus / taxi to the pier in Donsak, ferry
Here the picture is more interesting. Lompray’s official unified tickets are not provided, but you can book a ticket through the guys from 12go.asia, pick up your train ticket and voucher for bus + ferry, then sleep 13 hours from Bangkok to Suratthani and, upon arrival in Surat, look through the eyes as you exit Station, where there you will find a transfer with a sign. Price for tickets train + bus + ferry turns out about 1500 – 2200 baht per person.
But the company Songserm offers joint tickets train + bus + ferry. When buying online offers a couple dozen options that differ in the class of the car and the location of the shelf. TRAIN TICKETS ARE ALSO NECESSARY TO TAKE IN THE OFFICE. The price is obtained from 1280 until 1980 baht per person. Departure of trains from Hua Station Lamphong in Bangkok: 17:05, 18:30, 19:30 – in short, all nightly trains that go 12-13 hours. On Phangan you will find yourself at 12:15 regardless of train departure.
Interestingly, Songserm is lucky in all his online bookings. people on buses from the train station to the piers in Donsak, although they have there is a pier right in Suratthani, which is much closer. And more – if you got yourself on a train to Suratthani, then look to the left, coming out of the station building – there will be ugly buses around which booths with prices and options are displayed trips. For example, the company Phantip will take you to Phangan for 350 baht and this price includes ferry.
Taxi to the same pier will cost about 1,700 baht.
There are more exotic options for ferries, all of which are in Suratthani:
- Pierce bandon SeaTran high-speed passenger boats Express runs between Surat Thani and Phangan from this pier. Departure once a day at 07:00 am, travel time – about 4 hours Ticket price 550 baht per person.
- Pierce Tatong. From here go the passenger boats of the company Songserm. (Songserm Express). Twice a day, on the route Koh Samui – Phangan – Koh Tao. Departure: at 08:00 and at 14:00, with a mandatory stop on Koh Samui, they arrive at Koh Phangan at 11:30 and 18:20, respectively. The trip price is 550 baht per person.
- And again Pierce Bandon, in case you came too late to Suratthani and just no longer have time for any of the ferries. From here night ferry – a two-story ship of a private company, equipped with beds (trestle beds in a concentration camp), which transports only people. It departs from Suratthani, from the pier to Bandon Road waterfront once a day, at 23:00 and approaches to Pangan Pier at Thong Sale at 6 am Tickets are sold there. near the pier and the trip costs 400 baht per person. Travel time – 7 hours Seven o’clock, Karl!
Bus + ferry
Bus to the pier in Chumphon and transfer to the ferry
Through Chumphon, only Lompraia is purposefully lucky – them fast catamarans and they can afford to overcome the rest of the way is by sea. Book online you you can no later than three days before the departure date, but 24 hours before departure, confirm the reservation in person at the office or by phone. Provide a transfer from the hotel airport to the gathering place of tourists on bus office at Rambuttri Alley. Departure from Bangkok at 6:00, arrival at Phangan at 16:30. Price – 1300 baht per person.
State bus carriers are taking directly to Donsaku, and Songserm does not offer travel options from Bangkok to Phangan through Chumphon, despite the presence of the pier and its presence in this city. Therefore, here we are returning thoughts to our guys. from 12go.asia and see what suggestions they have. In case of, if you find yourself in Chumphon on your own – ferry timetable see above, in paragraph about train + ferry.
Tickets Bangkok-Phangan →
Bus to the pier in Donsak and transfer to the ferry
The first option is the state bus transportation from the South bus station in Bangkok (Sai Tai Mai) – here you can see how to get to it.
You can buy tickets online or come yourself – ticket offices are located on the third floor of the bus station. A regular ticket costs about 800. baht, and VIP will cost 1500. Travel time is about 13 hours. Take tickets only for night buses and prepare warm clothes – air conditioners work brutally.
Seatran Discovery sells online joint tickets on its site for 1,200 baht per person. Gather passengers about their office in Bangkok on Chakapog Road (there is on the map). Departure to 20:00, arrival at 13:30. Travel time is 17:30 minutes.
Songserm Express also sells joints. They collect tourists in two places in Bangkok: near their office in Khaosan road and near the train station Hua Lamphong. Buses all night time Departures at 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, on Phangan arrives at 12:15 next day. Price – from 900 to 1 100 baht per person. By the way, by This company has a lot of complaints that during a long trip someone has time to rummage through the suitcases of tourists in the luggage branch. So don’t put anything of value in a suitcase, and better not unwind it after the flight.
For those who independently get to Donsaka remind:
- Raja Ferry ferries depart at: 7:00, 10:00, 12:00, 13:00, 16:00 and 18:00 The road takes 2 hours 30 minutes an hour, a ticket costs 210 baht per person.
- SeaTran ferries depart at 11:00 and 14:30. Travel time is same, and the price – 450 baht. I assume that the price difference is due to fleet status and quality of service. In Citran, ferries are more modern and cleaner. Raja in this plan is frustrating.
- The catamarans of Lomprayah depart from Tapee Pier to Suratthani (he used to be in Donsak, closer to the island, but in 2017 they moved to the Tapi River in Suratthani). Departure at 9:00, 11:30 and at 15:30 Travel time – 1 h 55 min, ticket costs 600 baht per person.
Catamaran Lompraia
By car
A ferry to Phangan, where cars are started on board, located only near Donsaka. Ride from Bangkok to Donsaka about 730 km. By the time – 13 hours for sure. Reserve car Better in advance in a well-known company, so you get a serviceable car, full tank, insurance and guarantees, which is important on such long haul. All the details about car rental in Thailand read the link.
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You need to take the car through Economybookings, this is an intermediary broker. The price will be lower than directly. I usually take in Hertz, because if take the car from them for a period of 5 days, then it can be returned to another place for free (other companies charge a commission for this). By ferry there are nuances – the last ferry leaves at 19:00 and even it can be canceled for various reasons. Live ferry line and during holidays it is possible to stand for a long time possible for non club members.
How to get from Koh Samui to Phangan
And now I will describe all the Samui versions, based on the fact that you have already reached Koh Samui and are now facing the question: how to get to Phangan? You have five options:
- Lomprayah (Lomprayah). The catamarans leave Maine’s pier 8:00 and 12:30, as well as from the pier in Nathon at 11:15, 13:30, 17:00 and 19:00 Arrive at Thong Sala Pier. Travel time is about half an hour. Ticket price – 300 baht per person, carry only passengers. Tickets can be bought online (no later than 3 days). Bonus to Online purchase is a free transfer from the place of residence. Highly important! You must confirm the reservation one day before the trip, or in person – at the checkout, or by phone.
- Sitran (Seatran Discovery) speedboats leave from Bang Rak Pier in 8:00, 13:00, 16:30 and arrive at Thong Sala Pier. Ticket price – 300 baht per person. Travel time is half an hour. Tickets available book online on the company website.
- Haad Rin Queen Ferry (Sea Flower) leave from the Big Buddha pier in 10:30, 13:00, 16:00, 18:30 and arrive at Haad Rin Pier. Price ticket – 200 baht. Travel time is about an hour.
- Songserm Express (Songserm Express) depart from Nathon pier at 11:00 and 17:30, the journey time is one and a half hours and 45 minutes – respectively. The price of the ticket is not yet clear, I’m clarifying because repair site.
- Raja Ferry. Departure time from Samui: 09:00, 2:00 pm, 6:00 pm Pedestrian ticket price – 130 baht, scooter with driver – 180 baht, car with driver – 420 baht.
As you can see, there are more than enough options. Ferries Raja Ferry and Citran Ferry are suitable for ferrying both passengers and equipment, all other boats, boats and ships – exclusively passenger. All ships arrive at the two piers of Phangan Island: Tong Sala and Haad Rin. The first one is impressive enough concrete construction in the center of the largest settlement of Phangan. Second pier – smaller, simpler and located five minutes from the very famous Haad Rin beach, where all these midnight funny madness – Full Moon Party.
On Phangan from Samui, Big Buddha pier
Berth Map
Well, as a summary of the above, here’s a map for you, where various services on Samui and Koh Phangan, including transport: berths, bus stations and railway stations. To you was it was easier to navigate, and then with these variants of the routes itself Damn leg break. I strongly recommend to carefully consider where there is Suratthani airport, where the city of Suratthani itself, where Donsak and where are the piers on Samui. These are four completely different places that constantly confused people. Do not confuse)
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