Ways of Travelling from Bangkok to Koh Tao

There are lots of people that travel from one place to another.Travelling from Bangkok to another city or country for business purposes or to spend their vacations along with their friends and family, while some travel for educational perspectives. Well, in all aspects, the most important thing to consider is finding the best way to travel from source to destination.

The same thing is needed to be considered if you want to travel to Koh Tao from Bangkok. Since both Bangkok and Koh Tao are in Thailand, so, most of the people think that there could be no issue while traveling from Bangkok to Koh Tao, but it is not true. There could be lots of problems you may confront while traveling from Bangkok to Tao if you have not properly planned your trip. So, here we are going to tell you about some of the ways by which you can easily travel to Koh Tao from Bangkok.

1. By Bus and Ferry 

One of the best ways of traveling from Bangkok to Koh Tao is by bus. There is a bus service Lomprayah available in Bangkok, that departs two times a day from Bangkok. One is 6:00 AM that arrives at 2:45 PM in Chumphon, and the second one is 9:00 PM that arrives at 8:45 in the morning. The total bus ride is almost 7 hours to reach to Chumphon from Bangkok. From this place, you will get a ferry to reach Koh Tao which will take 2.5 hours more. In this way, you have to travel for almost 9.5 hours to get to Koh Tao from Bangkok. 

While the same service is offered by another bus service, Songserm with different rates, so you can choose any of them that you find feasible.

2. By Train and Ferry

Another one of the best ways of traveling from Bangkok to Koh Tao is by train and ferry. This journey is also done via Chumphon city. 

Well, there is a night train that departs from Bangkok city at 7:30 PM and reaches at 4:15 AM at Chumphon city. This train is quite comfortable and contains sleeper berths of different categories, so you can easily travel from Bangkok to Chumphon sleeping. 

When you will arrive at Chumphon, you will find minibusses at the train terminal that will take you to the ferry service. That ferry service then will further take you to the Koh Tao.

3. By Plane and Ferry

There is also a plane traveling option available in Bangkok to go to Koh Tao. This trip can be done in three alternatives, like Bangkok to Koh Tao via Chumphon, Bangkok to Koh Tao via Koh Samui and Bangkok to Koh Tao via Surat Thani. In each alternative, you will have to further travel by ferry from the middle locations to Koh Tao.

Well, the above has described all the possible ways by which you can travel to Koh Tao from bangkok activities. Consider all of these options and make sure to use any of them to make your travel easy from Bangkok to Koh Tao.