 About Ko Lanta
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Welcome to Koh Lanta Island, Krabi, Thailand - Online Reservations Guide
Airport Transfers and Hotel Transfers
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There are many ways that you can get to Koh Lanta Island. You could fly from Bangkok to either Phuket, Krabi or Trang (which is the favoured way of many local people) and then transfer to Koh Lanta Island by bus or boat.
Alternatively, you could catch the train from Bangkok to Southern Thailand and transfer by bus from Trang, similarily, you could do the same from Hat Yai to the North to reach Koh Lanta Island.
Listed below are the various ways/means that you can make your way to Koh Lanta Island. Travelling in Thailand is safe, fun and easy and getting to Koh Lanta Island will be part of your vacation and not a chore.
Please read our complete Transfer Guide below:
To and From Phuket
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Most visitors to Koh Lanta Island are travelling from Koh Phuket Island by boat via Koh Phi Phi Island. If you plan your trip well in advance you can book the pick up from your hotel on Koh Phuket Island including the boat ticket to Koh Phi Phi Island with South Orchid Co., Ltd., a well-established travel agency, based in Phuket Town.
Depending on the location of your hotel, you are picked up between 07:30 and 08:00 for the boat leaving at 08:30 from a pier in town. The boat arrives at Koh Phi Phi Island around 10:30 and the connecting boat to Koh Lanta Island departs from November to April at 11:30. Open pick-up trucks and minibuses are waiting at the pier in Saladan Village when the boat arrives about one hour later on the northern tip of Koh Lanta Island and transfer you to the chosen resort. This transfer is offered free of charge by most resorts.
Should you arrive to Koh Phuket Island by morning flight, you will be too late already, to catch the boat to Koh Phi Phi Island. You can try to catch the second boat that is leaving from a pier in Phuket Town at 13:30 and connects to the boat to Koh Lanta Island on Koh Phi Phi Island at 15:30. Should you need a transfer from the airport to the pier or decide for a night on Koh Phuket Island, South Orchid Co., Ltd. can arrange a private Phuket airport transfer for you.
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If you want to reach Koh Lanta Island on the same day, or you prefer to go overland, a private transfer from Phuket Airport can be arranged by South Orchid Co., Ltd. In this case you are picked up at Phuket International Airport or your hotel on Koh Phuket Island. The distance is about 260 kilometres, includes 2 car ferries and the travelling time is about 4 hours. Kindly note, that the car ferries to Koh Lanta Island are operating only until 22:00 and pick up after 17:30 on Koh Phuket Island is not possible.
Several times per day a public bus is leaving from the bus station in Phuket Town to Koh Lanta Island, which is operated due to limitations on the ferries to Koh Lanta Island by minibus. It is neither picking up passengers from Phuket Airport, nor from Krabi Airport. The transfer time is due to several stops along the way normally more than 5 hours. The bus ends in the southern part of Khlong Dao Beach and is not driving further on request of the passengers. During the high season, it is operated each hour in both directions, during the low season it operates every 90 minutes to 2 hours.
During the monsoon season, from May to October the boats from Koh Phi Phi Island to Koh Lanta Island do not operate due to strong winds and high wave. During this time the private transfer is the only choice to go to Koh Lanta Island from Koh Phuket Island.
From November to April, the boats for the return trip from Koh Lanta Island leave from the pier in Saladan Village at 08:00 and 13:00 to arrive at Koh Phi Phi Island about one hour later. If the morning boat is in time, you might change to the expressboat from Koh Phi Phi Island to Koh Phuket Island on the open sea and you will arrive to Phuket Town around 11:00. There are Tuk-tuks and taxis waiting to transfer you to your hotel or to Phuket International Airport.
If you take the afternoon choice from Koh Lanta Island, you have to change the boat at the pier on KOh Phi Phi Island and will reach Phuket Town around 16:30. If you would like to have the transfer to your hotel or Phuket Airport arranged, you can order this service with South Orchid Co., Ltd.
Again, if you prefer to return on land, a private land transfer can be arranged for you that includes drop off at your hotel or Phuket International Airport. From May to October the private transfer is the only choice to return.
The public minibus leaves from its station at the southern end of Klongdao Beach 5 times daily to Phuket bus station. This bus neither picks up passengers from Krabi Airport, nor from Phuket Airport. The transfer time is due to several stops along the way normally more than 5 hours.
South Orchid Co., Ltd. can be contacted by e-mail at mail@nature-travel.org
To and From Phi Phi Island
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From November to April only, a regular boat operates between the town pier at Tonsai Bay of Koh Phi Phi Island and Saladan Village on Koh Lanta Island. Departure from Koh Phi Phi Island is at 11:30 and 15:30 and from Saladan Village on Koh Lanta Island at 08:00 and 13:00. The journey takes a little over one hour and on arrival to Koh Lanta Island, open pick-up trucks and minibuses are waiting to transfer you to the chosen resort. This transfer is offered free of charge by most resorts.
To and From Krabi
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Starting from November through to April boats to Koh Lanta Island are leaving twice daily from the new Krabi passenger terminal at Khlong Chilat that is located approx 3 kms west of Krabi town centre and about 8 kms from Krabi bus terminal. Departure is at 10:30 and 13:30. The boats arrive to Saladan Village at the northern tip of Koh Lanta Island about 2 hours later.
Open pick-up trucks and minibuses are waiting at the pier at Saladan Village on Koh Lanta Island to bring you to the chosen resort. This transfer is offered free of charge by most resorts. For the return trip boats are leaving from Saladan Village at 08:00 and 13:00.
From May to October the boats from Krabi to Koh Lanta Island do not operate due to strong winds and high waves in the monsoon season. During this time, public minibuses take over the transportation between Krabi and Koh Lanta Island.
To and From Trang
Throughout the year, public minibuses are leaving daily at 12:00 opposite Trang train station. They need about 2 hours to Koh Lanta Island, where they drop off customers in front of the resorts along Khlong Dao Beach and Lanta Long Beach. Departure from Koh Lanta Island is at 08:00.
From November through April additional buses will leave at 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30 and 15:30 from Trang to Koh Lanta Island. Please book your seat soon after your arrival at one of the tour counters on the opposite side of the street, that passes in front of the train station.
Should you arrive or depart at different times, a private transfer from Trang station or Trang Airport to Koh Lanta Island can be arranged by South Orchid Co., Ltd. that includes pick up from Trang airport as well.
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