Getting to Koh Samui and Away

Air Bangkok Airways has frequent daily flights between Samui, Bangkok, Phuket and Krabi. Bangkok Airways offers direct international services to and from Singapore and Hong Kong. Berjaya Airlines of Malaysia has direct flights to and from Kuala Lumpur. FireFly has almost daily flights direct to and from Penang.

Samui Airport exit tax for domestic flights 300 baht for domestic flights and 500 baht for international and international transfer flights.

Thai Airways and other discount carriers such as AirAsia.Com Thailand fly from major airports to Suratthani - requires ferry crossing.

Train A train service runs between Bangkok and Samui via Suratthani - requires ferry crossing.

Bus There are a number of Bus services from Bangkok, Phuket via Suratthani - also requires ferry crossing.

Car Self Drive to and Samui via hourly passenger/vehicular ferry services. There is a good highway and expressway road system on the mainland leading to all major destinations. Major Vehicle hire companies and small family businesses abound on Samui.

Boat Raja Ferrys and Seatran Ferrys offer a range of crossings to and from Samui to Koh Phangan and Suratthani. Vehicular ferries take about 1.5 hours to make the crossing between Samui and Donsak (about 40 minutes drive away from Suratthani). Smaller passenger only express services make the trip in about 45 minutes.