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Timetables and Schedules

getting-hereTimetables for planes, buses and boats

Before you email to ask, there are no trains due to the lack of  railway tracks in this part of Thailand. The timetables below probably won’t vary too much over the 2011-12 High Season.  Inter-island boat schedules are at the bottom of the page and these too remain pretty similar year on year.

If there are any major changes/additions I will update the info accordingly.  But getting here has never been easier, with more buses, direct minibuses and even flights from exotic locations such as Bangkok and Samui, being added every year.

Buy tickets for minibuses and inter island boat services from any tour agent.  Prices should be the same everywhere, although some hotels like to up the prices they charge guests for tickets for tours and transport, and it’s worth haggling if you have a group of people as a sensible agent should be willing to earn a little less commission rather than miss out on a sale.

Buses

Ideally take the bus between Ekkamai Bus Station and the ferry piers, highlighted in orange below. Ticket prices are around 250 Baht per person.

The buses from Bangkok are very rarely full, so outside the peak season and Thai holidays, there’s no need to book tickets in advance.  If you fancy trying to negotiate your way around a mainly Thai language website then www.transport.co.th is a good site for online bus booking. But in reality, just show up at the bus station 30 minutes before departure time and you should be fine.

Buses going to Laem Ngop don’t go through Trat and will save travelling time. However, buses heading to Trat will often stop about 25km before Trat, if they know passengers are heading to Koh Chang.  So, if you are heading here,  and get asked to get off the bus, don’t worry.  You will be put on a pick up truck taxi to the ferry pier.  (This isn’t free, but you would have to pay for a pick up truck taxi from Trat to the pier anyway, and it does save you time.)

Laem Ngop – Suvarnabhumi Airport
Bus Company Timetable
Transport Co., Ltd. Suvarnabhumi – Laem Ngop Laem Ngop – Suvarnabhumi
06:40, 10:10, 11:40,13:10, 16:10, 18:10 07:30, 08:30, 09:3011:30, 12:30, 16:00
Ekamai Bus Station Bangkok – Koh Chang
Bus Companies Timetable
Transport Co., Ltd. Bangkok – Laem Ngop Laem Ngop – Bangkok
07:45, 09:45 14:00, 16:00
Bangkok – Trat Trat – Bangkok
04:00, 08:45 09:30, 12:00
07:00, 09:00, 11:0012:30, 16:00, 17:3024:00 06:30, 08:30, 10:3013:30, 16:00, 17:3024:00
Cherdchai Tour Bangkok – Trat Trat – Bangkok
06:00, 07:00, 09:3011:00, 12:30, 14:0015:30, 17:30, 19:30

20:30, 22:00, 23:30

07:00, 08:00, 09:0010:00, 11:00, 12:0013:00, 14:00, 16:00

18:00, 23:00, 23:30

Suparat Tour 08:30, 10:30, 12:0016:40, 18:30, 22:30 08:30, 10:30, 12:0014:30, 17:00, 23:00

Chokanukul Tour

13:15, 23:30 09:30, 23:00

Government Bus 99

Bangkok – Laem Ngop Laem Ngob – Bangkok
07:45, 09:45 14:00

Minibuses from Bangkok

In late 2011 the number of big bus services form Bangkok to laem Ngop, the mainland ferry piers, was reduced.  BUT new minibus services were introduced.  Minibuses, ticket price 300Baht, no depart from Ekkamai Bus station at 0600, 0800 and 1000. In addition other minibuses leave hourly from Victory Monument, just north of the city centre to Laem Ngop. These all drop passengers at Ao Thammachat, one of the ferry piers for Koh Chang. Returning to Bangkok, there are minibuses every hour from 0730 onwards.   Only downside of these minibuses is that the drivers often have the need for speed.  So if safety is paramount or you are a nervous passenger then maybe best avoiding them.  On the plus side, they rarely crash and when they do not everyone dies.

New Airport Bus & Minibus

The first direct bus service from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Klong Son, on Koh Chang, began on 1 December 2009.  The departure from Suvarnabhumi Airport Transportation Terminal is at 07:30, ticket price is 308 Baht including ferry ticket.  The buses used are brand new, 40 seat Scania’s.   Heading from Koh Chang to the airport, the bus departs from the Klong Son office, located on the main road approximately 200 metres north of the 7-eleven, at 13:30. There is just one big bus running in each direction daily.

In High Season 2010-11 three additional minibus services were being run and a minibus is also substituting for the big bus if demand was limited.  These  start & terminate at Siam Beach Resort, but also pick up at hotels enroute and stop at Klong Son. These depart Siam Beach at 06.40, 09.00, 10,00 and 17.00.

Coming from Bangkok airport,the minibuses pick up and drop off at the airport terminal itself near the Siam Beach Minibus booth at Door 8 on the ground floor at the airport..  At present ( Dec 2011 ) departures are at 07.50, 11.00 & 14.00

Ticket price for the minibus service is 600 Baht for Bangkok Airport – Koh Chang; 400 Baht for Koh Chang- Bangkok Airport and a round trip ticket is 800 Baht. ( Excellent value and the same price as a round trip ticket by shared minibus between a hotel on Koh Chang and Trat Airport.)

Note: You wont find many tour agents selling tickets for this service as the prices are very low – so very little commission in it for them.

Planes

Bangkok Airways owns Trat Airport and so has a monopoly on the daily flights to/from Bangkok.  The prices for the 40 minute sky hop aren’t that cheap, you can often fly Bangkok – Singapore for less, but it is a stress free, convenient way to get here.   The airline has a habit of cancelling flights if they aren’t too full,  so be sure to double check your flight is still running, even in high season.

PG303, PG305, PG304, and PG306 usually only operate during the high season.  PG301, PG302,PG307 & PG308 are sometimes scheduled to depart an hour earlier.

Prices from 1,700 – 2,500 baht/person one way depending on time of year and how desperate for bookings the airline is.  Book online at the Bangkok Airways website.  Flights are rarely full.

Flights Schedule
Departure Arrival
Bangkok to

Trat Airport

PG301 09.00 10.05
PG303 11.00 12.05
PG305 14.45 15.50
PG307 17.30 18.35

Trat Airport

to

Bangkok

PG302 10.35 11.30
PG304 12.35 13.30
PG306 16.20 17.15
PG308 19.05 20.00

New, daily flights between Samui and Trat began in December 2010. These are the High Season schedules, the service runs daily throughout the year but from late march – mid November flight times are 15-20 minutes earlier.

Flights Schedule
Departure Arrival
Samui to Trat Airport PG260 14.20 15.40
Trat Airport to Samui
PG261 16.15 17.30

Ferries

Koh Chang Ferry

Round Trip: 120 Baht per person

One Way: 80 Baht per person

Round Trip: 200 Baht per 4-wheel vehicle

Koh Chang Ferry Timetable
From To Times Schedule
Ao Thammachat, Mainland Ao Sapparot Pier, Koh Chang 06:45 – 19:00 Every 45 minutes
Ao Sapparot Pier, Koh Chang Ao Thammachart, Mainland 07:00 – 19:00 Every 45 minutes

Centrepoint Ferry

Round Trip: 100 baht per person

One Way: 50 Baht per person

Motorbikes & 4-wheel vehicles are carried free.  ( On Friday & Saturday in High Season  ferries sometimes run until 21.00 )

Centre Point Timetable
From To Times Schedule
Centrepoint Pier Dan Kao Pier 06:00 – 19:30 On the hour, every
hour
Dan Kao Pier Centrepoint Pier 06:00 – 19:30 On the hour, every
hour

Inter Island Ferries

Bangbao Boat run services from Koh Chang-Koh Wai-Koh Mak-Koh Kood for around 8-9 months per year.  They will stop running during the worst of the rainy season when the conditions are bad and there are very few visitors on the islands.

Getting between Koh Chang and Koh Kood always entails changing boats in Koh Mak.

Slow Wooden Boat -Out of Bangbao

Depart From
To
Arrive Price
09:00 Koh Chang Koh Wai 09:45 300 Bt
10:00 Koh Wai Koh Mak 10:45 300 Bt
13:00 Connect Koh Mak Koh Kood 14:00
Koh Chang Koh Mak 400 Bt
Koh Chang Koh Kood 700 Bt

Returning to Bangbao

Depart From
To
Arrive Price
12:00 Koh Mak Koh Wai 12:45 300 Bt
13:00 Koh Wai Koh Chang 13:45 300 Bt
Koh Mak Koh Chang 400 Bt

Speedboat

Depart From
To
Arrive Price
10:30 Koh Mak Koh Wai 10:50 400 Bt
11:00 Koh Wai Koh Chang 11:20 400 Bt
12:00 Koh Chang Koh Wai 12:20 400 Bt
12:30 Koh Wai Koh Mak 12:50 400 Bt
13:00 Connect Koh Mak Koh Kood 14:00
Koh Chang Koh Mak 550 Bt
Koh Chang Koh Kood 900 Bt

Koh Kood Speedboat

Depart From
To
Arrive Price
09:00 Koh Kood Koh Mak 10:00 400 Bt
Connect to Koh Wai
Connect to Koh Chang
13:00 Koh Mak Koh Kood 14:00 400 Bt

In 2010, Kai Bae Hut began operating speedboat services to Koh Mak and Koh Kood.   Prices are the same 600 Baht from Koh Chang to Koh Mak and 900 to Koh Kood.  In High Season 2010-11 there were two boats daily in each direction.  These departed Kai Bae at 0900 and 1100.  A good alternative if you don’t fancy the long pick up truck ride south to Bangbao. I use this service when I go to Koh Mak.