Lomprayah High Speed Ferries

Lomprayah High Speed Ferries Co., Ltd. was founded in 1999 and operates a unique fleet of high-speed catamaran ferries that transport passengers from Surat Thani to Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao, Chumphon, and Bangkok via an air-conditioned bus.

Lomprayah High Speed Ferries is Thailand’s first and only fast ferry company, offering a rapid and stylish service. They provide the quickest sea crossing in Thailand’s Gulf. Bangkok, Hua Hin, Chumphon City and Pier, Koh Tao, Koh Phangan, Koh Samui (Nathon pier and Maenam pier), Surat Thani (Tapee pier), with Krabi, and Phuket also home to Lomprayah offices.

Routes Served By Lomprayah

Lomprayah High Speed Ferries offer a huge range of services to some of Thailand’s most popular destinations, including Koh Samui, Krabi and Phuket.

Bangkok to Koh Samui

One of Lomprayah’s major routes connects Bangkok and Koh Samui. The route offers two or three departures each day between 06.00 and 21.00. The scheduled duration is between 10 and 15 hours, depending on which departure you pick.
Similarly, there are several morning departures from from Koh Samui with the trip to Bangkok taking between 12 and 14 hours.

Bangkok to Koh Phangan & Koh Tao

From Bangkok, you can also head to Koh Phangan and Koh Tao using Lomprayah’s services. From Bangkok, all passengers to Samui, Phangan and Tao use the same bus. Passengers to Koh Tao then connect to a ferry in Chumphon and passengers to Phangan and Samui catch their ferry in Surat Thani. The total travel time from Bangkok to Koh Phangan is between 10 and 14 hours; to Koh Tao – between 9 and 12 hours.

From Surat Thani to Koh Samui

It is possible to fly to Surat Thani and then travel to the islands in the lower part of the Gulf using Lomprayah High Speed Ferries. There are four departures from Surat Thani to Koh Samui each day between 09.00 and 16.00, with the whole combination bus+ferry trip taking just two hours. In Samui, Lomprayah boats dock at two different piers. The first one is Nathon pier, which is the main pier on Koh Samui and is used by other major boat companies like Seatran, Songserm and Raja ferry. The second pier is known as Lomprayah Maenam pier, or Lomprayah Parlarn pier. Both Nathon and Maenam are in the north of Koh Samui. From Koh Samui, there is a direct service by Lomprayah High Speed Ferries to Angthong National Marine Park.

From Surat Thani to Koh Phangan

There are also four services from Surat Thani to Koh Phangan every day, as well as four departures back to Surat Thani from both Koh Phangan and Koh Samui per day. Travel time is 2 hours 30 minutes.

From Surat Thani to Koh Tao

There are two departures in either direction between Koh Tao and Surat Thani, a trip that takes four or five hours.

Lomprayah Departure Points in Surat Thani

Note that in Surat Thani, Lomprayah speed boats depart from Tapee pier. Tapee pier Lomprayah is located about 8 km northeast of the city centre in the Ta Pi River delta. Note that it is not Donsak from where larger car ferries depart.

The company also offers transfer to the pier from:

• Surat Thani train station
• Surat Thani airport

From Krabi

Lomprayah High Speed Ferries offers plenty of choice to get to Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao from Krabi. There is a good choice of departures from Krabi to Samui. It is a five- to six-hour combination bus+ferry trip. The trip to Koh Phangan is slightly shorter at around four to five hours. The trip to Koh Tao from Krabi is longer: it takes between seven and nine hours.

From Phuket

Phuket is another of Thailand’s major transport and tourist hubs and from there using Lomprayah’s service, you can, too, easily reach:

• Koh Samui
• Koh Phangan
• Koh Tao

Note that it is again a combination bus+ferry trip: buses depart Phuket to all three islands every day, with services departing the islands for Phuket each morning. You are first brought to Lomprayah’s pier in Surat Thani, where you then board their high speed catamaran to the islands. The whole trip from Phuket takes seven hours to Koh Samui, 8 hours – to Koh Phangan and 9 hours – to Koh Tao.

From Hua Hin

Hua Hin is one of the most popular beach resorts on the mainland. Lomprayah offers two departures of combination bus+ferry trips to each of the three islands of the Gulf as well as services in the opposite direction. Getting to Koh Samui takes 10–13 hours; to Koh Phangan 8–11 hours; and to Koh Tao six–nine hours depending on your departure time.

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