| By Air
Bangkok Airways flies from Bangkok to Ko Samui 13 times
daily. The flight takes about one hour and 10 minutes.
It also offers daily flights between Phuket and Samui.
Thai Airways operates fights from Bangkok to Samui Twice
daily.
For more information, call Bangkok Airways, 0 2229 3456,
0 2229 3434, Samui office, 0 7742 2512 to 9 or Samui
Airport Office 0 7724 5601 to 8, or Thai Airways' contact
centre, 0 2356 1111.
By Bus
Air-con and non-air-con buses leave Bangkok's Southern
Bus Terminal for Surat Thani several times daily. The
trip takes about 11 hours.
For further details,
call the Southern Bus Terminal, 0 2894 6122
| For taxi : Southern Bus Terminal |
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By Car
From Bangkok, take Highway 4 (Buddha Monthon Road) through
Phetchaburi, Chumphon and then drive on to Highways
41 and 401 to Surat Thani. From Surat Thani, visitors
can take their cars to Ko Samui through a vehicle ferry
at Donsak pier. The trip takes 1.30 hours.
By Rail
Several trains leave Bangkok's Hualamphong Station for
Surat Thani daily. The trip takes about 12 hours. The
train/ bus/ ferry combination tickets are also available.
For details, call
the State Railway of Thailand, 1690, 0 2223 7010, 0
2220 4444 (RSVN),
0 2220 4334, 0 2621 8701.
| For taxi : Hualamphong Station |
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From Surat Thani to Ko Samui
1. Express Boat
1.1 An express ferry boat of Songserm Travel departs from
Tha Thong pier in Surat Thani at 08.00 hrs. and arrives
at Na Thon pier in Samui at 10.30 hrs. every day. For
the return trip, the boat leaves Na Thon at 14.00 hrs.
and reaches Tha Thong at 16.30 hrs.
1.2 Express boats of Seatran Express operate three times
a day between Ban Don - Ko Samui. Departure times are
07.00, 12.30 and 14.30 hrs. The trip takes two hours.
2. Ferry Boats
Ferry boats, each accommodating 60 cars and 400 passengers,
sail from Don Sak pier (Surat Thani) to Ko Samui, one
per hour, from 05.00 to 19.00 hrs., and from Ko Samui
to Don Sak pier (Surat Thani), also one per hour, from
06.00 to 18.00 hrs. Each trip takes about 1.30 hours.
3. Night Ferry
A slow night ferry leaves Ban Don pier nightly at 23.00
hrs. and reaches Na Thon at Samui around 05.00 hrs. (6
hours). For the return trip, the boat leaves Na Thon at
21.00 hrs. and arrives at Ban Don at 04.00 hrs. (7 hours).
| For your personal safety and protection
by law, please use the services of travel agencies holding a TAT license
only. |
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