Speedboats run by Leelawadee Speedboats, Panan Speedboats and Koh Mak Ferry run to and from Koh Mak and the mainland at Laem Ngop Pier.
Laem Ngop Pier, also known locally as Krom Luang, sits near to the main ferry piers for Koh Chang, about 20km out from Trat.
The Koh Kood boat companies, Boonsiri, Koh Kut Express, Seudamgo and Chonratee now provide services from Laem Sok Pier to Koh Mak as well. This pier is about 40 minutes out from Trat in a completely different direction to Laem Ngop Pier.
Departure and Arrival Times, Piers
Speedboats from Laem Ngop Pier to Koh Mak
From Laem Ngop Pier, there are around 5 speedboats a day in high season, with a reduced service in the rainy season (from May to October). The first boat leaves at 10.30 Leelawadee, 11.30 Koh Mak Ferry, 12.30 Panan, 14.00 Leelawadee and 16.00 Panan. From 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, only the 11.30 and 16.00 boats are running – check back again for high season from 1/10/26, as it is not certain all times will be reinstated, Leelawadee in particular may finish.
Returns leave at 08.30 Koh Mak Ferry, 09.00 Leelawadee, Panan 10.00, 11.30 Leelawadee and 13.30 Panan. From 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, only the 08.30 and 10.00 boats are running – check back again for high season with caveats as above.
Travel time is around 50 minutes to an hour with all boats.
Prices
These are fixed by the boat companies, with each way costing 550bt per person, kids over 130cm adult price, 100cm to 130cm at 350bt, under 100cm free.
Piers and Resort Delivery/Collection
On Koh Mak, Panan Speedboats stops at the pier at Koh Mak Resort on Ao Suan Yai on the north west coast, Leelawadee Speedboats at the pier of Makathanee Resort on Ao Kao on the south west coast, with, Koh Mak Ferry docking at the public pier at Ao Nid. In high waves (rainy season) or low tides, the other boats may switch to Ao Nid also.
If you have told them in advance, your resort will normally have a battered old vehicle waiting for you. As a fallback, there are a couple of songthaews on hand, 50bt per drop-off point, with a minimum of 100bt.
On your departure, the resorts will drop you off at the correct pier for your ticket.
Services from Laem Sok Pier to Koh Mak
Koh Kut Express
Koh Kut Express has a speedboat service from Laem Sok Pier on the mainland to and from Koh Kood which calls in at Koh Mak (Ao Nid Pier) on its way. Laem Sok Pier is about 45 minutes from Laem Ngop Pier.
It’s 500bt per person, kids 5 and over at full price, 4 and under free. From 1/10/26, times are at 11.45 and 16.00 from Laem Sok to Koh Mak (12.15 and 16.30 on to Koh Kood) and 09.30 or 14.30 from Koh Mak to Laem Sok (having left at 09.00 or 14.00 from Koh Kood). Note from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, only the 11.45 and 09.00 services are running and they do not stop at Koh Mak.
Seudamgo
Seudamgo also sends one of its mini catamarans via Koh Mak – 14.30 from Laem Sok arriving at Ao Nid Pier at 15.15 (550bt) before reaching its final destination at Ao Salat Pier on Koh Kood for 16.00 (400bt, Koh Mak to Koh Kood).
The return service leaves from Koh Kood at 08.30, reaching Koh Mak at 09.00 and leaving from there at back to the mainland at Laem Sok for 10.00. Note from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, though all times are running, they do not stop at Koh Mak.
Boonsiri
Boonsiri runs its catamaran at 10.30 and 15.00 from Laem Sok, both at 45 minutes. The returns are at 09.00 and 13.00 back. It’s 550bt per person, child 5 and over full price. Note from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, times are 11.00 over and 10.00 back only.
Chonratee
Chonratee’s speedboat has times at 10.00 over and 12.00 back, 500bt per person. Their pier at Laem Son is just round the corner from the main Laem Sok area. Note from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, the service does not run.
We onl;y book these boats in conjunction with our private transfer service.
Timetables – All boats
| To OR from Laem Ngop Pier and Laem Sok Pier UPDATED May 26 | Times to Koh Mak | Times from Koh Mak | Price THB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panan 065 964 5626 (main office) 087 580 5275 (Laem Ngop) | 12.30 - not running 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, restart date for high season not announced yet 16.00 (all year) (To Koh Mak Resort Pier) | 10.00 (all year) 13.30 - not running 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, restart date for high season not announced yet (From Koh Mak Resort Pier) | 550bt per person Child under 130cm 350bt, under 100cm free |
| Koh Mak Ferry (Speedboat) 092 669 4946 | 11.30 (all year) (To Ao Nid Pier) | 08.30 (all year) (From Ao Nid Pier) | 550bt per person Child under 130cm 350bt, under 100cm free |
| Boonsiri Catamaran 061 689 9222 | 11.00 1/6/26 to 30/9/26 10.30 from 1/10/26 to 31/5/27 15.00 from 1/10/26 to 31/5/27 45 minutes *From Laem Sok Pier to Ao Nid Pier* | 10.00 from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26 09.00 from 1/10/26 to 31/5/27 13.00 from 1/10/25 to 31/5/27 *From Ao Nid Pier to Laem Sok Pier* | 550bt per person Children 5 and over full price |
| Leelawadee 090 506 2020 | not running 1/6/26 to 30/9/26 and not definite it will restart again next high season | not running 1/6/26 to 30/9/26 and not definite it will restart again next high season | 550bt per person Child under 130cm 350bt, under 100cm free |
| Seudamgo Mini Catamaran 063 125 1421 | 14.30 - not running from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, restarts on 1/10/26 *From Laem Sok Pier to Ao Nid Pier* 40 minutes | 09.00 - not running from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, restarts on 1/10/26 *From Ao Nid Pier to Laem Sok Pier* 45 minutes | 550bt per person Children 5 and over full price |
| Koh Kut Express Speedboat 087 749 0030 | 11.45, 16.00 - not running from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, restarts on 1/10/26 *From Laem Sok Pier to Ao Nid Pier* 30 minutes | 09.30, 15.00 - not running from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, restarts on 1/10/26 *From Ao Nid Pier to Laem Sok Pier* 30 minutes | 500bt per person Children 5 and over full price |
| Chonratee Speedboat 084-265-3649 | 10.00- not running from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, restarts on 1/10/26 *From Laem Sok Pier to Ao Nid Pier* 30 minutes | 12.00 - not running from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26, restarts on 1/10/26 *From Ao Nid Pier to Laem Sok Pier* 30 minutes | 500bt per person Children 5 and over full price |
Trat to Laem Ngop Pier – Koh Mak Ferry – Speedboats
To Laem Ngop Pier, songthaews run back and forth from Trat Bus Station, 3kms or so out from the city itself, at a cost of 60bt per person, leaving when full or you can charter the whole vehicle for 300bt to 250bt. If staying the night in Trat, your guesthouse will usually organise the transport. Or you can walk to the covered market and negotiate yourself.
There is a another public taxi on the corner by the chemists, opposite the entrance to the temple. For 60bt per person, taxis leave from here to the Koh Chang ferry pier, again when full only. Simply ask them to drop you off at Laem Ngop Pier for Koh Mak.
Taxis coming back from the piers follow the same pricing system if full. With only a few passengers, the cost per person will increase. For Laem Sok Pier, ask your guesthouse in Trat to order the shuttle tax.
Island Hopping – Koh Mak to Koh Chang, Koh Mak to Koh Kood
You can easily move from Koh Mak to Koh Chang or Koh Mak to Koh Kood using speedboats operated by Koh Chang Express (formerly Bang Bao Boats), Kai Bae Huts Nor Nou or Boonsiri’s catamaran.
Additionally, you can now hop on Koh Kut Express’s or Seudamgo’s mini catamarans which call in at Koh Mak on their way between the mainland and Koh Kood.
Kai Bae Huts Nor Nou and Koh Chang Express also stop at Koh Wai.
On Koh Mak, with all companies, your resort will drop you at the correct pier for departure. On arrival, you either pre-arrange with your resort to collect you or you take a 50bt per person songthaew (minimum charge at 100bt).
Koh Chang Express
Speedboat
Departing from Koh Chang at 10.00, it arrives at Koh Mak at 10.30 and at Koh Kood at 11.00. The 2nd daily service is at 13.00 (13.30 Koh Mak, 14.00 Koh Chang). It also stops at Koh Wai at 10.15 or 13.15.
Returns are at 11.30 from Koh Kood reaching Koh Mak at 12.00 and Koh Chang at 12.30 or at 14.30 from Koh Kood (15.00 Koh Mak, 15.30 Koh Chang). It will call in at Koh Wai too at 12,15 and 15.15 respectively.
On Koh Mak, Koh Chang Expresss uses Ao Nid Pier. At Koh Kood, they use Klong Mad Pier and provide a free share shuttle between the pier and your resort. Arriving at or leaving from Koh Chang, you get their free shuttle service between resort and Bang Bao Pier.
It’s 600bt between Koh Mak and Koh Chang, 500bt between Koh Mak and Koh Kood. Koh Chang to Koh Kood in either direction is 1,000bt. Koh Wai to Mak is 600bt, Koh Wai to Koh Chang is 600bt, Koh Wai to Koh Kood is 800bt.
The speedboat stops from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26.
Kai Bae Huts Nor Nou Speedboats – Island Hopping
Kai Bae Huts Nor Nou Speedboats run one service daily between the islands at 09.00 from Koh Chang and going the other way, at 11.00 from Koh Kood.
It stops at Koh Wai at 09.30, 600bt from Koh Chang and then at Koh Mak at 10.00, 800bt from Koh Chang or 500bt from Koh Wai. From Koh Mak to Koh Kood is just under an hour, 600bt. Koh Chang to Koh Kood is 1,200bt, 1.5 hours, Koh Wai to Koh Kood is 1,000bt.
On Koh Mak, Kaibae Huts Speedboat uses Makathanee Resort Pier on Ao Kao on the south west coast.
When arriving at Koh Kood, the speedboat will deliver or collect directly from your resort where possible. Howeve, if it is not possible direct, the company does not offer any shuttle service but instead uses Siam Beach Resort on Bang Bao Beach Koh Kood as its base. You must organise your transfer to or from there with your resort or take a taxi.
The speedboat stops from 1/5/26 to 31/10/26.
Boonsiri – Island Hopping
Boonsiri’s daily catamaran island hopping service leaves from Koh Chang at 09.00 or 13.00, reaching Koh Mak at 10.00 or 14.00, price at 600bt per person, kids 5 and over full price. It then continues to Koh Kood, arriving about 30 minutes later, 400bt.
It leaves Koh Kood at 11.00 or 14.30, arriving at Koh Mak at 11.30 or 15.00 and then to Koh Chang for 12.30 and 16.00 respectively.
On Koh Mak, Boonsiri uses Ao Nid Pier. Arriving at Koh Kood, the boat docks at Ao Salad Pier, with a free shuttle service between there and your resort in both directions. On Koh Chang, the pier is at Bang Bao, with the same free share shuttle service to and from your resort. Please note the shuttle collects at 07.30 from Koh Chang hotels, much earlier than the other boat companies.
Boonsiri’s island hopping service runs all year but from 1/6/26 to 30/9/26 reduces to one service daily at 13.00 from Koh Chang (14.00 Koh Mak, 14.30 Koh Kood) and 11.00 back from Koh Kood (11.30 Koh Mak, 12.30 Koh Chang). They will likely switch to a speedboat if numbers are low. If high waves make the inter-island boat too dangerous, they will replace it with a ferry/road/ferry combination.
**For all more detailed timetables and prices for all the above boats, see Koh Chang Island Hopping.**
Koh Kut Express – Koh Mak and Koh Kood
Koh Kut Express runs a daily mini catamaran service between the mainland and Koh Kood which stops at Koh Mak on its way.
It’s 500bt per person, times of 09.00 and 14.00 from Koh Kood to Koh Mak and 12.15 and 16.30 going the other way. Journey time is 30 minutes each leg.
On Koh Mak, Koh Kut Express uses Ao Nid Pier. On Koh Kood, the boat docks at Klong Mad Pier, with a free shuttle service between there and your resort in both directions.
This boat does not run from around 1/6/26 to 30/9/26.
Seudamgo – Koh Mak and Koh Kood
Seudamgo offers a similar service to Koh Kut Express above, with their mini catamaran leaving Koh Mak at 15.30, arriving on Koh Kood at 16.00, 400bt per person. Coming the other way, it leaves Koh Kood at 08.30, arriving at 09.00 at Koh Mak and then to Laem Sok.
On Koh Mak, Seudamgo uses Ao Nid Pier. On Koh Kood, the boat docks at Ao Salat Pier, with a free shuttle service between there and your resort in both directions.
This boat does not run from around 1/6/26 to 30/9/26.
Updated May 2026
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