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In our “How to Get to Koh Mak” section, we run through all your options on getting to Laem Ngop Pier for Koh Mak :-

  • Private Transfers – We can arrange your transfers from Bangkok by private car or private minibus, direct to the pier – it’s by far the easiest and most comfortable way to travel.
  • Speedboats – From Laem Ngop Pier, speedboats are your choice, with 3 companies running to and from the island co-ordinating with the other transport options. There are now severals options from Laem Sok Pier (the mainland pier for Koh Kood).
  • Flying to Trat Airport – You can fly into Trat Airport with Bangkok Airways and then take either private transport or a songthaew to the speedboat pier.
  • Public Bus – There are also regular daily public buses such as the 999 and microbuses, which head from Ekamai and Morchit to Trat. You change at Saen Tung Junction to a songthaew taxi for the last leg to Laem Ngop Pier. Or there are also bespoke buses/boat combos from Khao San Road to Laem Sok Pier.
  • You can island hop from Koh Chang, Koh Mak and Koh Wai using speedboats, a catamaran, mini catamaran and a wooden boat. Note: only the catamaran is available in the rainy season, June to September (always check ahead).
  • Getting Around Koh Mak

The main pier for Koh Mak is at Laem Ngop, also sometimes known as Krom Luang Pier. It’s about 20 minutes away from Koh Chang Ferry Ao Thammachat Pier and 16km from Trat, the nearest mainland town.

Laem Sok Pier is at least an hour from Koh Chang’s pier, 40 minutes from Laem Ngop Pier and from Trat.

UPDATED 5th April 25

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To get you started, we summarise each method of how to get to Koh Mak 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.

Private Transfer – How to Get to Koh Mak

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

Depending on the size of your party, these transfers use an Innova/Fortuner style car or a minibus. It’s just you, no sharing and they travel direct to the pier.

Journey time, door to pier, is around 4.5 to 5 hours from a Bangkok hotel or Suvarnabhumi Airport, with prices starting from 3,800bt for a car. You can book these with with us here. We can supply child seats if needed.

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

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Speedboats – How to Get to Koh Mak

3 companies, Panan, Leelawadee and Koh Mak Ferry provide the service from Laem Ngop Pier to Koh Mak, with daily departures at 10.30 (busy months only), 11.30, 12.30, 14.00 and 16.00. Journey time is 50 to 60 minutes.

Returns start from 08.30, 09.00 (busy months only), 10.00, 11.30 and the last boat at 13.30. 

Prices are fixed at 550bt per person, kids over 130cm at adult price, 100cm to 130cm at 350bt, under 100cm free.

In holiday periods such as New Year, Chakri Day, Songkran, May Day, Coronation Day, the boat companies may run additional services.

Always check ahead as the timetables do change in the low season (May to September) as some boats are dropped.

Laem Sok Pier to/from Koh Mak

From Laem Sok Pier, the main Koh Kood boat companies – Koh Kut Express, Seudamgo and Boonsiri – also run daily services to Koh Mak. M Marine has also moved across here from its former home at Laem Ngop.

Koh Kut Express’ speedboat takes 30 minutes,  with departure times of 11.30 and 16.00, carrying on to Koh Kood for arrival there at 12.00 and 17.00 respectively. Returns are at 10.00 (from Koh Kood at 09.30) and 14.30 (from Koh Kood at 14.00) – 500bt per person, kids 5 and over full price, 4 and under free. Note, this service does not run in the low season.

Seudamgo offers a mini catamaran, also calling in at Koh Mak on its way through – 12.00 departure for arrival at Koh Mak by 12.40 and Koh Kood at 13.20. The return is at 13.50 from Koh Kood, 14.30 from Koh Mak and reaching the mainland ar 15.20 – 550bt per person each way, child policy as above. Note from 1/5/25 to 30/9/25, the return is at 12.30 from Koh Kood, 13.10 from Koh Mak, 13.50 arrival at Laem Sok.

M Marine runs its speedboat at 10.00 to Koh Mak and 08.00 back, 500bt per person. It’s based at Koh Kut Express’s office at Laem Sok. Note, this does not run in the low season.

Boonsiri also has its catamaran from Laem Sok to Koh Mak at 11.30 and 15.00 over, 09.45 and 13.00 back, 550bt per person, child price as above. Please note times may change in low season, 1/5/25 to 30/9/25.

Island Hopping

Koh Chang Express’s speedboat, 700bt from Koh Mak to Koh Kood (30 minutes), is at 10.30 and 13.30 daily or 09.00 or 11.30 going the other way. To Koh Chang from Koh Mak, it’s at 09.30 or 12.00, 900bt (30 minutes) or at 10.00 or 13.00 from Koh Chang. Kids 5 and over are full price. Stops end of May to end of September.

Kai Bae Nor Nou’s speedboat service is at 10.00 from Koh Mak to Koh Kood (under an hour), 600bt, 11,00 from Koh Kood to Koh Mak. It’s at 12.00 from Koh Mak to Koh Chang, 800bt (1 hour) and 09.00 from Koh Chang to Koh Mak. Kids 4 to 6 are 1/2 price, 3 and under free. Stops end of April to start of November.

Boonsiri’s catamaran service is at 10.00 and 13.30 to Koh Kood (400bt, 30 minutes) or 11.30 and 14.30 to Koh Chang (600bt, 1 hour). It leaves Koh Kood to Koh Mak at 11.00 and 14.00 and from Koh Chang to Koh Mak at 09.00 and 12.30. Kids 5 and over are full price, 4 and under free. Runs all year though may revert to speedboat if numbers are low.

Koh Chang Express also offer a wooden passenger boat service at 500bt to Koh Kood (1 hour), 11.00 daily or from Koh Kood to Koh Mak at 13.00, also 500bt. It’s 500bt to Koh Chang (2 hours), 14.00 daily or 09.00 from Koh Chang to Koh Mak. Stops end of May to end of September.

Koh Mak and Koh Kood Extra

Koh Kut Express’s speedboat is at 12.00 and 16.30 from Koh Mak to Koh Kood, back at 09.30 and 14.00  – 500bt per person. Stops from June to September.

Seudamgo is at 12.50 from Koh Mak to Koh Kood and 13.50 in reverse, 400bt per person. From 1/5/25 to 30/9/25, the time switches to 12.30 from Koh Kood

We can organise any of these boats for you in conjunction with private transfers, so please do email us on [email protected] with your requirements on how to get to Koh Mak.

Trat Airport and Flights

FIying down to Trat Airport with Bangkok Airways from Suvarnabhumi Airport is the quickest way (and most expensive) to get to Koh Mak.

When on the summer timetable from 30/3/25 to 25/10/25, the PG305 lands at 13.10 so you can make the Leelawadee at 14.00, 550bt per person, 1 hour.

From 26/10/25 to 29/3/26, the airline moves to the winter timetable so the lunchtime flight, PG305, lands at 13.40. You cannot make the 14.00 Leelawadee so opt for the 16.00 Panan instead, also 550bt per person, 1 hour.

When on the winter timetable, you could also head to Laem Sok Pier for the 16.00 Koh Kut Express, 500bt per person, 30 minutes but bear in mind the car to get there will be more expensive.

The final flight of the day, PG307, landing at 17.15 (all year), will not make any connection, meaning an overnight stay in Trat or Laem Ngop itself or Laem Sok.

Boats in the morning start from Laem Ngop at 10.30 Leelawadee (busy months only so check ahead) or the 11.30 Koh Mak Ferry. Or there is the 10.00 M Marine from Laem Sok but again check ahead as it does not run all the time.

For the return lunchtime flight, PG306, at 13.10 (summer timetable), you use the 10.00 Panan, docking at 11.00. When on the winter timetable, the flight leaves at 14.10, so take the Leelawadee speedboat at 11.30 from the island.

The Panan at 13.30 with a 14.30 arrival at Laem Ngop Pier allows you to connect to the afternoon flight, PG308, which departs at 17.50 (all year).  Or you could use the Seudamgo 14.40 (not running June to September) to Laem Sok Pier, docking at 15.20. Both are 550bt per person.

To travel between Trat Airport and Laem Ngop Pier (or to/from Laem Sok Pier), you can use a private transfer or an open sided  songthaew share taxi – there are no share minibuses operating this route. We can organise the private transfer for you, please email us at [email protected].

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

koh chang islands map

Laem Ngop Pier and Koh Mak Travel Routes

Public Bus – How to Get to Koh Mak

Public transport is the cheapest option on how to get to Koh Mak.

You can use the 999 bus direct to the Koh Chang pier at Ao Thammachat just up the road, with a departure  time of 07.45 from Ekamai, Bangkok’s eastern Bus Terminal, 292bt per person. This may then continue on the 20 minutes to Laem Ngop Pier – check on boarding. If not, you take a songthaew taxi, 50bt per person, 300bt charter.

The return bus is also from Ao Thammachat at 14.30 but you can pick it up at Laem Ngop – confirm on booking. 

Also from Ekamai, you could take the night bus or very early morning public bus (Cherdchai) at 05.00 to Trat, 279bt per person and change at Saen Tung Junction for the last leg to Laem Ngop, 80bt for that songthaew taxi.  You should make either the 12.30 or 14.00 boat but have the 16.00 to fallback on if there is a delay.

By leaving at a more leisurely hour you need to stay the night in Trat. You can then travel down to the boats in the morning, again by songthaew taxi – your guesthouse will organise it for you.

Microbuses

There are also public microbuses run by Kohchang Bangkok Transport Company (290bt) which ply the Trat route to and from Ekamai and Morchit, Bangkok’s northern Bus Terminal. Use the early morning services and change at Saen Tung to make the boat connnections.

Other Bangkok Companies

In high season from 1/10/24 to 31/5/25, Boonsiri offers services from near Khao San Road at to 05.00 (11.45 on Koh Mak), 06.00 (via Had Lek border, 14.30) and 08.00 (15.45). Returns are using the 09.45 and 13.00 boats linking to the buses at the pier. It’s 1,100bt per person all-in.  Check for time changes in low season.

Seudamgo’s bus/minibus is at 05.00 from Bangkok (Khao San Road, Rama 9 and BKK Airport) to Laem Sok Pier for the 12.00 boat to Koh Mak (12.40) and Koh Kood at 13.20. The return is with the 14.30 boat from Koh Mak (13.50 from Koh Kood) for the bus around 15.30 – 1,100bt each way all-in. Note from 1/5/25 to 30/9/25, the return boat is at 12.30 from Koh Kood, so 13.10 at Koh Mak and 13.50 on the mainland for an earlier bus.

Koh Kut Express’s offers a bus/minibus is at 05.00 from Bangkok (BKK Airport 06.00) to Laem Sok Pier for the 11.30 speedboat to Koh Mak (12.00) and Koh Kood at 12.30. The return is with the 10.00 boat from Koh Mak (09.30 from Koh Kood) for the bus around 10.30 – 1,100bt each way all-in. Note from 1/6/25 to 30/9/25, this service does not run.

Island Taxis and Rentals

Koh Mak does have a limited island taxi or songthaew service, with a normal charge of 50bt per person, which increases after 22.00 to 100bt.

Provided you let them know, resorts will usually meet the boats with their own transport and similarly, drop you back at the appropriate pier at the end of your stay.

You can easily rent motorbikes from 250bt a day upwards, with a discount for multiple days. Bicycles go from 120bt a day but, if you really want to explore, pay the extra to get the very best one you can. Eco friendly golf carts are another fun option, with prices from 800bt to 1,000bt a day.