How To Get To Koh Kut From Bangkok

How to become to and from: Ko Kut

Air

The nearest public airport is on the mainland in Trat province, some 50 kilometres due west of the Ko Kut ferry piers in Laem Sok. Information technology'south serviced a couple of times per day past Bangkok Air and the fares are ordinarily quite pricey. Soneva Kiri has a private airstrip on Ko Mai Si that's used for guests only—we accept no idea what information technology costs.

Bus

If going to Bangkok correct after Ko Kut, the Boonsiri ferry company offers an all-in ticket including a minibus to a skytrain station (Lat Krabang) near Suvarnabhumi Airport or Khao San Route for 350 baht.

Otherwise, brand your way to Trat bus station for frequent departures to Bangkok, Chanthaburi, the Cambodia edge crossing at Had Lek and other mainland points. If heading to Trat from Ko Kut, songthaews wait passengers upon arrival on the mainland for the thirty-kilometre ride to Trat boondocks.

For online ticketing, consider the following:

Bangkok to Ko Kut direct (includes van from Bangkok and so a articulation ferry ticket to the island).

Boat

To/from the mainland
Ferries to Ko Kut depart from a pier in Laem Sok district but well-nigh travellers coming from the mainland suit their transfers at travel offices in Trat town. On Ko Kut these boats arrive at Ao Salad in the far north. If wanting to take a motorbike to the island yous'll accept to take hold of the Ko Kood Princess boat. The mainland ferries run less ofttimes in low flavor.

Ko Kood Princess departs for Ko Kut at 12:30 and returns to Laem Sok at 10:00 for 350 baht and takes 1.5 hours.

Ko Kut Limited runs boats of two different sizes, with the larger and comfier one departing for Kut at 13:00 and a cramped speedboat parting at 10:00, with return departures in the same time frame. The large gunkhole costs 350 baht while the speedboat fetches 600 baht merely is merely fifteen minutes faster.

Boonsiri High Speed Catamaran departs for Kut at 10:45 and 14:20, returning at 09:00 and 12:00, for 350 baht. The later boats make a stop at Ko Mak and Boonsiri offers a unmarried ticket combining the ferry and a minibus to Bangkok (see above). This ticket can besides be purchased online in accelerate.

To/from other islands
In high season but (November to May), at least one slow boat and a few speedboats connect Ko Kut to Ko Mak, Ko Wai and Ko Chang. On Ko Kut, these boats make it and depart at a modest pier next to Mark House in Khlong Chao, a short walk from the largest cluster of budget accommodation.

From Bang Bao Pier on Ko Chang, a tiresome boat departs at 09:45, costs 600 baht to Ko Kut and takes 3 hours with stops to pick upwardly passengers on Ko Wai at 10:00 and Ko Mak at 11:00. This boat departs from Ko Kut at fourteen:00 and makes the same stops on its way back downwards to Chang.

Speedboats depart the same pier on Ko Chang at 09:30 and 12:00 and cost 900 baht to Ko Kut. The ride takes ii hours and these boats return from Ko Kut at 09:00 and 12:00, also stopping at Ko Wai and Ko Mak.

There'south too 1 speedboat departing from Kai Bae on Ko Chang at 09:00 and returning from Ko Kut at 11:00. It costs the aforementioned and makes the same stops as the speedboats to and from Bang Bao.

Map of ferry options in Ko Kut

Map of eating options for Ko Kut — Map of ferry options for Ko Kut

Legend

Getting around

Ko Kut's white songthaews await arriving passengers and in most cases a taxi ride to your resort is included in the cost of the ferry tickets.

Otherwise you'll find drivers hanging around the span in Khlong Chao and perhaps the roads behind Bang Bao and Ao Tapao in daylight hours, but don't wait them to pull upwards whenever yous need throughout Ko Kut. In most cases, travellers inquire resort staff to conform private songthaew rides that cost effectually 300 baht for curt trips and upward to i,500 baht for long ones.

Most resorts offering motorbike rental and we saw a few available at BB Divers and Flying Fish Coffee on the main road in Khlong Chao, amid other places. Expect to pay around 300 baht per day. If you bring a motorbike over from the mainland, where rental is cheaper, you'll need to pay a 200 baht surcharge each way on the ferry.

The roads on Ko Kut become extremely hilly in places and with express road shoulders and a calorie-free sprinkling of sand it tin can be treacherous at speed—be careful and always wear a helmet.

Please take the time to learn nigh the insurance implications of riding a scooter in Thailand without a valid license.

Mountain bike rental is bachelor at several resorts, including Koh Kood Resort in Bang Bao for 150 baht per twenty-four hour period.