Getting
to Koh Phangan :
Koh Phangan is about 2 1/2 hours from Surat Thani Province and 45 minutes
from Koh Samui Island by boat. There are ferries between Suratthani,
Samui and Phangan. You can also go by a speed-boat from Bophut pier
on Samui. Buy your ticket at any travel agency. Try to book a bungalow
or room in advance. There are a lot of people staying overnight so it
can be difficult to get a bungalow in the early morning.
Boat
Services to Koh Phangan
(Schedules and fares mentioned here are subject to change without notice.
Please contact boat companies or TAT offices in Surat Thani and Ko Samui
for current information.)
Don
Sak - Koh Phangan
Racha Ferry operates ferry services from Don Sak pier (40 kilometers
from Surat Thani town) to Ko Pha-ngan daily at 7 a.m.,10 a.m., 2 p.m.
and 5.30 p.m. It takes 2.30 hours for the journey. Bus services from
Surat Thani town or Surat Thani Railway Station to Don Sak are available.
Surat
Thani - Koh Phangan
Songserm Rungrueang Co. Ltd operates express boat services. The boats
depart from Lamphun pier (10 kilometers from Surat Thani) to Ko Pha-ngan
daily at 8 a.m. It takes 3 hours for the journey. Bus services to the
pier are available.
Visitors can obtain more information from the following offices of Songserm
Rungrueang Co. Ltd: Bangkok office Tel: 0-2280-7897, Surat Thani Office
Tel: 0-7728-5124-6, Ko Samui office Tel: 0 -7742-1316-9, 0-7742-0163,
Ko Pha-ngan office Tel: 0-7737 -7096.
A nighttime boat departs
from Surat Thani’s Ban Don pier to Ko Pha-ngan daily at 11 p.m.
It takes 6 hours for the journey.
Koh
Samui - Koh Phangan
Songserm Rungrueang Co. Ltd’s express boats depart from Ko Samui’s
Na Thon pier 2 times daily at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. It takes 45 minutes for
the journey.
A catamaran leaves Ko
Samui’s Mae Nam pier at 8 a.m. and 12a.m.The journey takes 30
minutes.
Ordinary
boats leave Ko Samui’s Phra Yai pier at 9.30 a.m.,11.40 a.m. 2.30
p.m. and 5.30 p.m. and proceed to Ko Pha-ngan’s Rin Nai beach.
It takes 50 minutes for the journey.