How to get from Koh Samui to Phangan and back

Koh Samui and Phangan are separated by only 8 kilometers. The islands are even perfectly visible from one another. You can only travel between them by boat or ferry, there is no airport on Phangan.

From Koh Samui, ferries and boats to Phangan depart from several piers at once (you can read about all the piers of Koh Samui here). There are two piers on Phangan where ferries arrive – the main pier Thong Sala (Thong Sala Pier on the Phangan map), and a small pier on Haad Rin beach. The latter, of course, is more convenient if you plan to stay on this beach or come to Full Moon Party.

Ferry tickets can be purchased at any travel agency or hotel on Koh Samui, as well as on Phangan. Many of them even offer a transfer from the hotel to the pier, from where the ferry departs. In most cases, this is enough to know to apply from one island to another, especially since the commission of the travel agency is very small. But if you want to make this journey yourself, here is more detailed information about the piers and ferries:

Loprayah Company

It is a well-known and reliable carrier company in the region, besides it has the fastest boats that sail between the islands in just 20 minutes. Which is good, at the time of writing, the company offers a free transfer from hotels in Koh Samui to the place of departure when buying a ticket on their website.

They go to their own pier Lomprayah in the western part of Mae Nam Beach (Lomprayah pier on the map of Koh Samui), as well as from Nathon Pier (Nathon pier on the map of Koh Samui).

Booking tickets and current schedule on the website http://www.lomprayah.com/

Seatran Discovery Ferries

These high-speed ferries are a little slower than Lomprayah, 30 minutes on the way. The cost is the same 300 baht when buying on their official website or on the spot. When buying through the search form... the price is slightly lower. They offer a transfer from the hotel to Koh Samui when booking on the website for 100 baht. Three ferries daily.

Seatran Discovery uses its own Bang Rak pier on Koh Samui at Bang Rak Beach (pier on the map). On Phangan, they arrive at Thong Sala Pier.

Booking tickets and schedule on the website http://www.seatrandiscovery.com/

Ferries from Big Buddha Pier

The most inexpensive ferries (only 200 baht) depart 4 times a day from the Big Buddha Pier on Big Buddha Beach (on the map). But what is especially nice is that these ferries arrive at the pier on Haad Rin beach.

Songserm Ferries

The slowest ferries (almost an hour on the way) run twice a day between Nathon Pier and Thong Sala. The cost is still the same 300 baht.

Speed boats from Petcherat Marina Pier

From this pier (Petcherat Marina on the map of Koh Samui) high-speed VIP boats cost 900 baht one way, 1600 baht round trip. But according to the schedule, they only go during the Full Moon Party, the rest of the time they go only when they are fully filled (10 people) at any time.

During the Full Moon Party, boats depart from Koh Samui from 14:00 to 01:00 every hour, from Phangan from 21:00 to 08:00.

Schedule of ferries and buses to Phangan