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Most of the tourists who arrive to Koh Phangan are coming from Bangkok.
From all locations north to Bangkok, the rout goes through the Capital City of Thailand and there are other common routs from Phuket and all the south area including Krabi, Koh Phi Phi, Koh Payam and other touristic locations.
The air distance between Bangkok and Koh Phangan is 450km (280 miles) and the driving distance is Drive via Phetkasem Rd.
There are few ways to travel between Bangkok and Koh Phangan.
The easiest and the most expensive way to travel from Bangkok to Koh Phangan is to fly from Bangkok to Koh Samui. On Samui a taxi service will bring you to Haad Rin Queen or Seatran Ferry and from there it’s about 1 hour Cruz to Phangan. Over all it will take you between 3 to 4 hours from Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok to Koh Phangan.
The Haad Rin Queen ferry will bring you to Haad Rin at the south East side of the island, where the Fullmoon Party takes place once a month.
The Seatran will bring you to Thong Sala village at the south west side of Koh Phangan. Thong Sala is main village on the island and its good to get there if you want to go to the north or west side of Koh Phangan, to beaches such as Srithanu, Chaloklum, Had Yao west and others.
Anyway, it is not a big dilemma as the driving distance from Haad Rin to Thong Sala is about 10 minutes. It is preferred to take a ferry from nearby Koh Samui air port either to Haad Rin or Thong Sala than to drive all the way to Nathong, the other port on Samui, which is about 30 min drive..
Flights from Bangkok to Koh Phangan (via Koh Samui with a ferry). |
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Thai Airways flight schedule* |
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Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi airport) to Koh Samui |
Koh Samui to Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi airport) |
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Depart | Arrive | Depart | Arrive |
07:45 | 08:50 | 09:30 | 10:35 |
15:20 | 16:25 | 17:05 | 18:10 |
Bangkok Airways flight Schedule* |
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Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi airport) to Koh Samui |
Koh Samui to Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi airport) |
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Depart | Arrive | Depart | Arrive |
07:45 | 08:50 | 06:00 | 07:05 |
15:20 | 16:25 | 07:45 | 08:50 |
06:00 | 07:05 | 09:15 | 10:20 |
07:30 | 08:35 | 09:45 | 10:50 |
08:15 | 09:20 | 10:30 | 12:00 |
09:45 | 10:50 | 11:45 | 12:50 |
10:15 | 11:45 | 13:50 | 14:55 |
10:30 | 12:00 | 14:10 | 15:40 |
12:05 | 13:10 | 14:40 | 16:10 |
14:45 | 15:50 | 15:15 | 16:20 |
15:35 | 16:40 | 15:45 | 16:50 |
16:10 | 17:15 | 15:55 | 17:25 |
17:00 | 18:05 | 18:45 | 19:50 |
18:00 | 19:05 | 19:00 | 20:30 |
18:15 | 19:20 | 19:45 | 20:50 |
19:45 | 21:15 | 20:00 | 21:05 |
21:00 | 22:00 | 20:15 | 21:20 |
21:30 | 23:00 | ||
22:00 | 23:05 |
* all flights schedule are subject to change.
Haadrin Queen Ferry Time Table*
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Koh Samui to Koh Phangan |
Koh Phangan to Koh Samui |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival |
10.30 | 11.20 | 09.30 | 10.20 |
13.00 | 13.50 | 11.40 | 12.30 |
16.00 | 16.50 | 14.30 | 15.20 |
18.30 | 19.20 | 17.30 | 18.20 |
Lompayah ferry time table*Koh Samui - Koh Phangan by Lompayah ferry time table* |
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Koh Samui to Koh Phangan |
Koh Samui to Koh Phangan |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival |
8:00 | 8:20 | 11:00 | 11:20 |
12:30 | 12:50 | 12:00 | 12:30 |
17:00 | 17:30 | 16:20 | 16:40 |
Songserm ferry time table*
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Koh Samui to Koh Phangan |
Koh Phangan to Koh Samui |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival |
10:50 | 11:30 | 07:00 | 07:55 |
16:50 | 18:20 | 12:30 | 13:25 |
Koh Phangan - Koh Samui |
Koh Samui - Koh Phangan - Koh Tao |
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Koh Phangan | Koh Samui | Koh Samui | Koh Phangan |
11:00 | 11:30 | 08:00 | 08:30 |
16:30 | 17:00 | 13:30 | 14:00 |
A cheaper way to get from Bangkok to Surat Thani with a flight is by landing in Surat Thani, Chumpon or Nakon Si Tamarat.
The companies who provide these services are Air Asia and Nok Air.
Flights from Bangkok to Koh Phangan (via Surat Thani). |
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Nok Air flight schedule* |
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Bangkok (Don Mueang) To Koh Phangan (Tong Sala Pier) |
Koh Phangan (Tong Sala Pier) To Bangkok (Don Mueang) |
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Flight Number |
Depart | Arrive | Flight Number |
Depart | Arrive |
DD7804 | 06:00 | 11:40 | DD7213 | 07:15 | 15:20 |
DD7208 | 06:10 | 11:40 | DD7815 | 18:40 | 12:00 |
DD7210 | 09:20 | 14:30 | DD7825 | 12:00 | 19:55 |
DD7212 | 12:35 | 17:30 | DD7221 | 15:00 | 23:00 |
Air Asia flight schedule* |
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Bangkok (Don Mueang) To Surat Thani |
Surat Thani To Bangkok (Don Mueang) |
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Flight Number |
Depart | Arrive | Flight Number |
Depart | Arrive | ||||
FD3235 | 07:00 | 08:15 | FD3236 | 07:45 | 10:00 | ||||
FD3237 | 09:45 | 11:00 | FD3238 | 18:45 | 13:00 | ||||
FD3231 | 14:25 | 15:35 | FD3232 | 16:05 | 19:20 | ||||
FD3233 | 18:45 | 19:50 | FD3234 | 20:20 | 21:30 | ||||
* all flights schedule are subject to change. |
The duration of this rout is longer and takes about 5 hours or more depends on how the flights schedule feat with the ferry schedule.
The distance from Surat Thani air posrt to Donsak ferry port is about one to one and a half hour.
You can usually buy from the air company combined ticket that will take you all the way from Bangkok to Koh Phangan. If can you bought a flight ticket only, you can buy a ticket at the airport which includes the ferry and the bus that takes you to Donsak pier.
Lomprayah ferry is the fastest and the most expensive one. With Lomprayah it takes one hour and a half to get to Koh Phangan. Seatran and Raja are slower and the journey with them takes about 3-4 hours.
Ferry to Koh Phangan from Surat Thani |
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Surat Thani - Koh Phanga Lompayah ferry time table* |
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Surat Thani to Koh Phangan |
Koh Phangan to Surat Thani |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival |
9:00 | 11:45 | 7:15 | 22:00 |
14:30 | 17:30 | 12:00 | 14:45 |
Songserm ferry time table* |
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Surat Thani - Koh Phangan Songserm ferry time table |
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Surat Thani to Koh Phangan |
Koh Phangan to Surat Thani |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival |
08:00 | 11:30 | 07:00 | 10:30 |
14:00 | 18:20 | 12:30 | 16:00 |
Raja ferry time table*
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Surat Thani to Koh Phangan |
Koh Phangan to Surat Thani |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival |
8:00 | 10:30 | 5:00 | 7:30 |
10:00 | 12:30 | 7:00 | 9:30 |
14:00 | 16:30 | 11:00 | 13:30 |
16:00 | 18:30 | 13:00 | 15:30 |
18:00 | 20:30 | 17:00 | 19:30 |
* all ferries schedule are subject to change.
The train leaves from the train station in Bangkok and arrives to Surat Thani Train station. From the station you will be picked up to the tourist offices inside the city, about 30 minutes drive from the train station.
Bangkok – Koh Phangan (Surat Thani) Train Time Table |
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Train from Bangkok to Surat Thani |
Train from Surat Thani to Bangkok |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival |
08:05 | 16:45 | 10:40 | 19:45 |
13:00 | 00:22 | 16:45 | 05:15 |
14:45 | 01:23 | 17:30 | 05:30 |
15:10 | 02:00 | 18:30 | 18:30 |
15:35 | 03:45 | 20:10 | 09:00 |
17:05 | 04:24 | 20:30 | 06:00 |
17:35 | 05:48 | 21:00 | 08:45 |
18:30 | 06:23 | 21:15 | 09:15 |
19:30 | 07:06 | 23:20 | 10:10 |
22:50 | 08:05 | 23:50 | 10:30 |
Lompayah ferry time table* |
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Surat Thani - Koh Phanga Lompayah ferry time table* |
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Surat Thani to Koh Phangan |
Koh Phangan to Surat Thani |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival |
9:00 | 11:45 | 7:15 | 22:00 |
14:30 | 17:30 | 12:00 | 14:45 |
Songserm ferry time table* |
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Surat Thani - Koh Phangan Songserm ferry time table |
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Surat Thani to Koh Phangan |
Koh Phangan to Surat Thani |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival |
08:00 | 11:30 | 07:00 | 10:30 |
14:00 | 18:20 | 12:30 | 16:00 |
Raja ferry time table*
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Surat Thani to Koh Phangan |
Koh Phangan to Surat Thani |
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Departure | Arrival | Departure | Arrival |
8:00 | 10:30 | 5:00 | 7:30 |
10:00 | 12:30 | 7:00 | 9:30 |
14:00 | 16:30 | 11:00 | 13:30 |
16:00 | 18:30 | 13:00 | 15:30 |
18:00 | 20:30 | 17:00 | 19:30 |
* all ferries schedule are subject to change.
The cheapest way to get from Bangkok to Koh Phangan besides hitchhiking is by bus. The deals for that moves between 650 if you look hard you don’t mind to take it easy and a bit lucky to more than 1000B. The duration of the journey in accordance to the cost is between 10 hours with Lomprayah with the bug that goes from Khao San Road at 6 am 16 hours or more if you take the public bus to Surat Thani and continue from there.
Most of the bus companies depart from Khao San Road, the backpackers area in Bangkok In addition to those there are the government busses, which applies in 2 different classes, luxury bus (Air Con) and VIP Bus with 24.
Bangkok – Koh Phangan
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Bus from Bangkok to Koh Phangan |
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Company | Departure | Arrival |
Lomprayah From Kao San RD. |
21:00 | 10:45 |
6:00 | 16:10 | |
Seatran From Kao San RD. |
20:30 | 11:00 |
Songserm From Kao San RD. |
20:00 | 11:00 |
Public Bus with Raja Ferry From South Central station |
17:00 | 5:00 |
Bus from Koh Phangan to Bangkok |
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Company | Departure | Arrival |
Lomprayah From Kao San RD. |
08:30 | 20:30 |
13:00 | 0:30 | |
Seatran From Kao San RD. |
14:00 | 6:00 |
Songserm From Kao San RD. |
12:00 | 5:00 |
Public Bus with Raja Ferry From South Central station |
19:00 | 11:00 |
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