Koh Chang Taxi (Songthaew)

The Koh Chang taxi is a white open-sided vehicle, which shuttles back and forth between the beaches as well as to and from the ferries. In Thai language, you will hear them call songthaew – literally two rows, song thaew.

The taxis can be flagged down on the street at any time, with fares set according to routes and time of day.

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• Pricing Guide
• Between the Beaches
• From the Ferries
• East Coast

Taxi Pricing Guide

Though the taxi pricing system seems madly complex and confusing at first, it starts to make sense if thought of as moving from zone to zone.

The price per person assumes two people minimum using the taxi or that it is already carrying passengers when hailed. If the taxi is actually empty when stopped or if you are the only passenger, the charge may double, but this is at the discretion of the driver and very rarely enforced.

If you are down side streets or places further off the beaten track, expect to pay an extra 50bt too.

The price after 11.00 goes up by 50bt across the board and if you are trying to get somewhere distant such as Bang Bao Beach (Klong Kloi), then the taxi price may escalate even further.

Between the Beaches

From the Ferry Piers

The taxis from the piers operate under a different pricing system and will only leave with a minimum of 10 people, whose fares, added up, make the total required by the driver for departure. If the passengers aboard do not make 10, the driver waits for the next boat.

It is possible to leave immediately by paying more per person, thereby meeting the total required, but this needs the agreement of all of the passengers and the taxi driver will not negotiate on the sum needed.

Prices given assume a full taxi.

East Coast – Koh Chang Taxi

Taxis run down the East Coast 3 times a day, leaving at 9.00, 11.00 and 15.00 from Ao Thammachat pier and Centrepoint pier shortly afterwards. They turn at Chang Noi Kitchen past Salak Phet School and continue to Salak Phet Seafood. Price per person is 100bt, with the ‘full’ system not applying from the boats.

A return taxi leaves from there at 10.00, 12.00 and 16.00. Price per person is 100bt, with the ‘full’ system not applying from the boats.

They do not go to Salak Khok, Chek Bae or Long Beach. A taxi to those areas will be in the 1,000bt to 2,000bt range as private charters, though Long Beach Resort (Treehouse) will meet the 9.00, 11.00 and 15.00 taxis at the Chek Bae junction if you phone ahead (Joe at 087 979 4572).

UPDATED June 24

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