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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 4 companies running to and from the island co-ordinating with the other transport options. There are now also a couple of 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 the Koh Chang ferry pier or Laem Ngop Pier itself. 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 and catamarans, though please note only the catamaran is available in the rainy season, June to September (always check).
  • 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, 10 minutes from CenterpointPier and 16km from Trat, the nearest mainland town.

UPDATED July 24

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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

4 companies, Panan, Leelawadee, M Marine and Koh Mak Ferry provide the service from Laem Ngop Pier to Koh Mak, with daily departures at 10.00, 10.30 (from 27/7/24), 11.30, 12.30, 14.00 and 16.00 (not in loew season). Journey time is 50 to 60 minutes.

Returns start from 08.00, 08.30, 09.00 (from 27/7/24), 10.00, 11.30 and the last boat at 13.30 (not in low season). 

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

Between Koh Kood and Laem Sok Pier, Koh Kut Express and Seudamgo run daily mini catamarans which call in at Koh Mak on their way through . With a duration of 40 minutes, times are 11.30 (Koh Kut Express) and 12.00 (Seudamgo) from the mainland or 10.00 (Koh Kut Express) and 14.30 (Seudamgo) from Koh Mak.

It’s 550bt per person, kids 4 and over pay full price on Koh Kut Express, kids 5 and over adult price on Seudamgo. Seudamgo and, Koh Kut Express stop from June to September.

Boonsiri also has a service from Laem Sok to Koh Mak, 13.00 over and 11.30 back, same price as above, 1 hour, open all year.

Island Hopping

Bang Bao Boats offers a wooden passenger boat service at 400bt to Koh Kood (1 hour), 11.00 daily or from Koh Kood to Koh Mak at 13.00. It’s 500bt to Koh Chang (2 hours), 14.00 daily or 09.00 from Koh Chang to Koh Mak.  Stops mid May to Mid October.

They also run a speeboat at 700bt from Koh Mak to Koh Kood (30 minutes), 13.00 daily or 09.00 going the other way. To Koh Chang, it’s at 10.00, 900bt (30 minutes) or at 12.00 from Koh Chang. Kids 4 to 6 are 1/2 price, 3 and under free. Stops mid May to start of November.

Kai Bae Nor Nou’s speedboat service is at 10.00 from Koh Mak to Koh Kood (1 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 1 to 9 are 1/2 price. Stops end of April to mid November.

Boonsiri’s catamaran service is at 10.00 to Koh Kood (400bt) or 14.30 to Koh Chang (600bt). Runs all year though may revert to speedboat.

Koh Mak and Koh Kood Extra

Koh Kut Express and Seudamgo operate daily mini catamaran services between Koh Mak and Koh Kood only, both at 550bt per person, kids policy as above. Both take are around 30 to 40 minutes.

Koh Kut Express is at 09.30 from Koh Kood to Koh Mak and 12.00 from Koh Mak to Koh Kood.  Seudamgo is at 13.50 from Kood and 12.50 from Mak. 

Seudamgo and Koh Kut Express stop from June to September.

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.

From 31/3/24 to 26/10/24 (summer timetable), the  lunchtime flight, PG305, lands at 12.40,  so you can connec to the 14.00 Leelawadee boat.  There is a fallback at 16.00 (Panan, check montly if running in low season).

When on the winter timetable (27/10/24 to around 30/3/25), the PG305 lands at 14.10 so you cannot make the 14.00, instead using the 16.00 as above.

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. 

For the return lunchtime flight, PG306, at 13.10, you take the Panan speedboat at 10.00. When on the winter timetable, the flight leaves at 14.10, so you use the 11.30 Leelawadee, docking at 12.30.

The Panan at 13.30 (check monthly in low season if running or not) 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, 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

From 1/6/24 to 30/9/24, Boonsiri operates a 06.00 service from near Khao San Road to Laem Sok Pier connecting to its boat at 13.00 reaching Koh Mak at 13.45. It’s 1,100bt per person all-in.  The return is with their 11.30 catamaran which links to its bus at around 13.30 from the office near the pier.

Seudamgo’s bus 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, not stopping June to September) and Koh Kood at 13.20. The return is with the 14.30 boat from Koh Mak (not available June to September) for the bus around 15.30 – 1,100bt each way all-in.

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.