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Getting to Koh Kood has become much easier over the last couple of years but it does still require some forward planning.

The mainland departure point is Laem Sok Pier, located some 30km out from Trat, the nearest provincial town.  

Your Options

  • To reach the pier directly, your most stress-free choice is our private transfer direct from your Bangkok hotel or Suvarnabhumi Airport. We co-ordinate the collections with the boat times and can pick-up from plenty of other places too. A SUV car is 3,800bt to 4,000bt (north Bangkok, Bangkok Noi) , travel time 4.5 to 5 hours.
  • Passenger boats (express, catamaran, mini catamaran and speedboat) run by 4 separate companies start at 10.00, 10.45 and finish at 16.00. Prices range from 400bt to 600bt for the slowest/slow ‘express’ to 600bt for the best options of catamaran, mini catamaran and speedboat. There are no car ferries.
  • If you fly into Trat Airport on the lunchtime flight, PG305, arriving at 13.40 (27/10/24 to 30/3/25), you link to either the 15.00 Boonsiri (no refund if you miss it) or just take your time and use the 16.00 Seudamgo or at the same time, the new 16.00 Koh Kut Express speedboat. Once on the summer timetable (31/3/25 to 27/10/25), you can make the 14.20 Seudamgo or the 15.00 (14.40 1/6/25 to 30/9/25) Boonsiri. The PG307 does not make any boat connections.
  • A cheaper option is the bus/boat combinations at 1,100bt/1,000bt per person, with daily departures from the different boat companies at 05.00, 07.00 and 08.00 from the Khao San Road area. Or you could use public transport from Ekamai Bus Station to Trat City itself – the early morning departures or night bus (currently every day) are the ones to catch.
  • Finally, you can island hop from Koh Chang, Koh Mak and Koh Wai using speedboats, a wooden boat, catamaran or mini-catamarans. Please note only the large catamaran runs in low season (1/6/25 to 30/9/25) and this may change to a speedboat.
  • Once on Koh Kood, the best way to get about is renting a motorbike, 250bt to 350bt per day. Or you could also take an island tour – chat with us about setting one up for you.

UPDATED November 2024

About the Page

To get you started, we summarise each method of how to get to Koh Kood below. Follow their links to our individual pages for all the comprehensive details, including up-to-date timetables, prices and booking request forms.

Alternatively, please contact us directly with your questions or those booking requests – we will get back to you within 24 hours.

Koh Kood Private Transfers by Car or Minibus

Private transfer by car or minibus is perhaps the most comfortable way of getting to Laem Sok Pier for Koh Kood.

Depending on the size of your group, these transfers use an Innova/Fortuner style car or a minibus. The vehicles are just for you, no sharing and they travel direct to the pier, with a couple of stops along the way. Journey time, door to pier, is around 4.5 to 5 hours from a Bangkok hotel or Suvarnabhumi Airport, with prices from 3,900bt.

You can book these with with us here. We can supply child seats if needed.

Others routes include to and from Trat Airport (TDX), Don Mueang Airport (DMK), Ban Phe (Koh Samet), Pattaya, the Cambodian borders, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh.

Book Your Private Transfer to Laem Sok Pier Now

Catamaran, Express and Speedboats, Island Hopping

All boats leave from Laem Sok Pier, about 30km out from Trat and 45 minutes from Trat Airport, the Koh Chang Piers and Laem Ngop Pier (Koh Mak).

Seudamgo offers a mini catamaran at 600bt, 60 minutes. Times are at 12.00 (via Koh Mak, 550bt), 14.20 or 16.00. 

The high speed catamaran run by Boonsiri is also 600bt and duration 60 minutes. It has boats at 10.45, 13.00 and 15.00 (via Koh Mak).

Koh Kut Express runs a speedboat daily at 10.00, 11.30 (via Koh Mak) and 16.00 (via Koh Mak), duration 60 minutes, 600bt per person. 

There are two express boats; Koh Kood Princess departs at 12.30, duration 110 minutes, 400bt per person ; Koh Kut Express is at 13.30 , duration 90 minutes, 600bt.

On arrival in Koh Kood, the boat companies supply free transport between Ao Salad Pier on the east coast to and from your resort or from Klong Mad Pier (11.30 and 16.00 Koh Kut Express speedboat).

The 10.00 Koh Kut Express speedboat can deliver direct to some resorts or if not, provides a transfer from/to its pier at Klong Mad.

Private Speedboats

Private speedboats are available too for travel to and from Koh Kood, great  for larger groups and wedding parties.

Please contact us for quotations as needed.

From Koh Kood

Return boats from Koh Kood are either the Boonsiri catamaran at 09.00, 12.00 and 13.00 , 10.00 for the older, slowest express boat, Koh Kood Princess  or the slightly faster express from Koh Kut Express at 11.00.

Koh Kut Express’s speedboats leave the island at 09.30 (via Koh Mak), 13.00 and 14.00 (via Koh Mak), though this does not run from end of May to end of September.

Seudamgo’s return trips are at 10.00, 12.30 and 13.50 (via Koh Mak).

They use the same system of free share shuttle from resort to their respective pier. The 13.00 Koh Kut Express speedboat can collect direct from some resorts.

Island Hopping

Koh Chang Express’s service is at 09.00 and 11.30, 700bt to Koh Mak (30 minutes) and 1,200bt to Koh Chang (1 hour) with returns at 10.00 and 13.00.  They  also offer a slow wooden passenger boat, leaving daily at 13.00, 700bt to Koh Chang and 400bt to Koh Mak. That’s at 09.00 from Koh Chang. Runs from 1/10/24 to 31/5/25.

Kai Bae Huts Nor Nou Speedboats has its version at 11.00, same price to Koh Chang but taking 2 hours, cheaper to Koh Mak at 600bt, 1 hour. From Koh Chang, it leaves at 09.00. Stops end of April to start of November.

Boonsiri has times of 11.00 and 14.00 from Koh Kood to Koh Mak (400bt, 30 minutes) and to Koh Chang (900bt, 1.5 hours). Coming the other way, it leaves Bang Bao in Koh Chang at 09.00 and 12.30 – runs all year but may revert to speedboat from 1/7/25 to 30/9/25 and to ferry/road in bad weather, same period.

Koh Kut Express and Seudamgo – Island Hopping

Koh Kut Express offers a speedboat from Koh Kood to Koh Mak only at 09.30 and 14.00, 500bt, 30 minutes, with the return at 12.00 and 16.30, same price –  not running 1/6/25 to 30/9/25.

Seudamgo offers a similar service at 13.50 from Koh Kood, the reverse at 12.50 from Koh Mak, 550bt per person – not running 1/6/25 to 30/9/25.

We can organise any of these boats for you, so please do contact us with your requirements.

Trat Airport and Flights

Bangkok Airways flies twice daily between Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) and Trat Airport (TDX).

When on its winter timetable from 27/10/24 to 30/3/25, the PG305 lands at 13.40 so it’s best to connect to the 16.00 Seudamgo or at the same time, the new Koh Kut Express speedboat – both  600bt and 1 hour.  Boonsiri’s 15.00 is a bit of a dash and it does not wait of the flight is delayed.

From 31/3/25 to 26/10/25, Bangkok Airways switches to its summer timetable so the PG305  lands at 12.40, meaning you will make the Seudamgo at 14.20 or the Boonsiri at 15.00 (moving to 14.40 1/6/25 to 30/9/25), both 600bt per person.

The afternoon PG307 flight, leaving BKK at 16.15 and arriving at 17.15, is too late to make any boats, so you options are guesthouses and hotels in Trat or by the pier, visit our page here. 

From Trat Airport

When on the winter timetable from 28/10/24 to 30/3/25, the 10.00 Seudamgo (docking at 11.00) works best to link to the PG306 departing at 14.10. Journey time is around 45 minutes from the pier to the airport.

Once the PG306 switches to 13.10 for the summer timetable (31/3/25 to 27/10/25), you can use either the 09.00 (docking at 10.00) Boonsiri, 600bt per person, the 09.30 (10.30) Koh Kut Express, 600bt (not running in 1/6/25 to 30/9/25) or the 10.00 (11.00) Seudamgo, as above, though that is getting a little close for comfort if there are any delays.

If you are booked on the afternoon flight PG308 at 17.45, you take either the 13.00 Boonsiri (14.00), the 13.00 or new 14.00 Koh Kut Express speedboat arriving at 14.00 or 15.00 (not running in 1/6/25 to 30/9/25) or the 13.50 Seudamgo which runs via Koh Mak and docks at 15.20.

In all cases, you can book our private SUV car or minibus to meet you at the pier, cost at 1,500bt or 1,800bt.

Bangkok Airways’ telephone number is 02 270 6699 or 039 551 654-5, www.bangkokair.com

To book the private transfer needed to travel between Trat Airport and Laem Sok Pier, please contact us or use the form here.

koh chang islands map

Laem Sok to Koh Kood Travel Route

Bus and Minibus – Getting to Koh Kood

Direct Bus and Boat Service

Boonsiri has its own connecting bus service from Bangkok (Khao San Road area) to its own boat, with departure times at 05.00 for the 10.45 boat and 08.00 for the 15.00 boat via Koh Mak), 1,100bt per person all-in, 5 and over adult price, kids 4 and under 500bt. 

The returns are with the 09.00 or 12.00 boat off the island for the 10.30 or 13.45 bus. It travels via Lad Krabang Airport Link, reaching Khao San around 17.30 or 20.30, timings approximate depending on traffic.

Seudamgo’s service is at 05.00 for the 12.00 boat from Laem Sok (which goes via Koh Mak, high season only) or at 07.00 for the 14.20 boat.  The price is 1,100bt. The return is with the 12.30 boat, with the bus at 13.30 or the 13.50 boat (via Koh Mak), same price as above. 

Koh Kut Express’ service leaves Bangkok at 05.00 for the speedboat at 11.30 or 07.00 for the slower 13.30 express boat, both from Laem Sok. The price is 1,100bt. The return is with the 09.30 speedboat or the 11.00 express for their minibus at 10.45 and 13.00, same price.

We can organise any of these for you, so please do contact us with your requirements.

Public Services

There is no direct public transport to Laem Sok.

Buses and public microbuses instead instead head for Trat, with daily departures from the eastern bus station at Ekamai and its northern counterpart at Morchit.

Unless you take very early morning transport (05.00) or the night bus (23.30, currently every day), you will arrive in Trat too late to make any boat connections from Laem Sok, so must stay a night in Trat.

From Trat, you use a songthaew taxi to get to the pier – order it through your guesthouse or walk to the covered market area and charter one yourself.

Motorbike Rental, Private Island Tours

On Koh Kood, there is no public share taxi service as you get on other islands so you either rent a motorbike or take a tour.

Motorbike rental goes at 200bt to 350bt a day, depending on size of motorbike (125cc, 150cc or 160cc), who you rent from and the number of days.

You can also explore Koh Kood on a private tour using a songthaew taxi. The price is 2,500bt for a 6 hour day (09.30 to 15.30) which takes in areas such as:-

  • The Ancient trees
  • Klong Chao Waterfall
  • Seafood lunch at Ao Yai fishing village
  • Beaches at Ao Phrao and Ao Tapao
  • Battleship Mountain

Please do contact us for more details on the tour.

All the boat companies provide the free transfer between the arrival/departure pier and your resort.