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From Bangkok
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. For more information, call its
Bangkok office, 0 2229 3456, 0 2229 3434, Samui office, 0 7742 2512
- 9 or Samui Airport Office 0 7724 5601-8.
By bus
Air-conditioned and non air-conditioned buses leave Bangkok's Southern
Bus Terminal for Surat Thani several times daily. The trip takes
about 11 hours. For further information, call 0 2435 1199, 0 2435
1200 (air-con), 0 2434 5557 - 8 (non-air-con).
By car
From Bangkok, take Highway 4 (Buddha Monthon Road) through Phetchaburi
and Chumphon Provinces and then drive on to Highways 41 and 401
to Surat Thani Province. 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. Train / bus / ferry combination
tickets are also available. For more information, call Hualamphong
Railway Station, 0 2223 7010, 0 2223 7020.
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 8.00 a.m. and arrives at Na Thon Pier
in Samui at 10.30 a.m. every day. For the return trip, the boat
leaves Na Thon Pier at 2.00 p.m. and reaches Tha Thong at 4.30 p.m.
1.2 Express boats of Seatran Express operate three times a day
between Ban Don and Ko Samui. Departure times are 7.00 a.m., 12.30
p.m. and 2.30 p.m. The trip takes two hours.
2. Ferry Boats of Seatran
Seatran Ferry, which can accommodate 60 cars and 400 passengers,
operates several trips per day between Don Sak (Surat Thani) and
Ko Samui, from 5.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. The trip takes about 1.30
hours.
3. Night ferry
A slow night ferry leaves Ban Don Pier nightly at 11 p.m. and reaches
Na Thon Pier at Samui around 5 a.m. (6 hours). For the return trip,
the boat leaves Na Thon Pier at 9.00 p.m. and arrives at Ban Don
Pier at 4.00 a.m. (7 hours).
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