How to get from Phuket to Koh Lanta

Koh Lanta is an island district of Krabi province, south-east of Phuket. Boats leave Rassada Pier on Phuket’s east side and land at Saladan Pier at the northern tip of Lanta, while the road goes round through the mainland and ends with a car ferry. Below are the operators’ own timetables and fares as seen on 11 November 2026, and OSRM road distances.

All options in one table

Fares are for one adult, one way. All boats arrive at Saladan Pier, and the resort beaches run down the west coast from there, so count a further ride to your hotel.

By speedboat: 1 h 30 min from Rassada Pier

Three operators publish this route on their own sites:

• Bundhaya Speed Boat. Phuket (Rassada Pier) to Koh Lanta (Saladan Pier), 1 h 30 min, from 1,500 baht per person, marked all year. The route list gives the starting price and the duration; departure times appear when you pick a date
• Satun Pakbara Speed Boat Club. Boats from Phuket at 08:30, 11:00 and 12:30, arriving 1 h 30 min later, 1,500 baht for an adult and 900 baht for a child. The same fare is listed from pick-up points: Patong at 07:00, 09:30 and 11:00, Kata and Karon at 06:30, 09:00 and 10:30, Phuket Town at 07:30, 10:00 and 11:30. The page does not say which months the schedule covers
• Andaman Wave Master. One speedboat a day at 09:15, arriving at 11:05, 1,700 baht for an adult and 1,100 baht for a child aged 4-11. The price includes pick-up and drop-off in Phuket: Patong, Kata, Karon, Phuket Town, Rawai, Nai Harn and Chalong. A surcharge of 300 baht per infant applies on speedboats

By ferry: 4 hours, November to April

Andaman Wave Master sells a ferry ticket from Rassada Pier to Saladan Pier with two sailings: 08:30, arriving at 12:30, and 13:45, arriving at 17:00. It costs 1,350 baht for an adult and 1,100 baht for a child, and the page marks it as operating from November to April. The price is for the boat only: land transfers in Krabi, Lanta and Phi Phi are not included.

The same operator’s ferries to Phi Phi leave Rassada at 08:30 and 13:45 too, and its Phi Phi to Lanta ferry is listed for December to March. The Phuket to Lanta page does not describe the stop, so ask when you book whether you change boats at Phi Phi, and in November and April confirm that the trip sails on your date.

Tigerline Ferry and Siri Lanta Speedboat also serve Lanta. On 11 November 2026 their timetable page still carried only the sheets for October 2025-April 2026 and May-September 2026, so we quote nothing from it for this season.

By road: minivan, taxi or car

The road leaves Phuket over the bridge to the mainland, crosses Krabi province and reaches Lanta by car ferry. The national park’s page describes the last stretch: a car ferry from Ban Hua Hin to Lanta Noi, about 15 minutes, running from 06:00 to 22:00, with tickets sold 400 m before the pier, then the Siri Lanta bridge to Lanta Yai. There is no fixed bridge from the mainland yet, as our Koh Lanta page explains.

Calculated by the OSRM router on OpenStreetMap data, including the crossing but without the ferry queue or stops.

We found no carrier’s own timetable or fare for a Phuket to Lanta minivan. Vans are sold through hotels, agents and aggregators such as 12Go; the 12Go page did not open for our automated check on 11 November 2026, so we give no price. A taxi has no fixed tariff on this route, so agree the price before you leave: how Grab and Bolt work on the island is in taxis in Phuket. The first half of the drive is the same as Phuket to Krabi, and the stretch from Krabi is covered in Krabi to Koh Lanta.

Getting to Rassada Pier

Rassada Pier is on the east side of the island, away from the west-coast beaches:

Andaman Wave Master’s speedboat fare includes the hotel pick-up, and Satun Pakbara Speed Boat Club lists pick-up times at the boat fare. With the ferry ticket and Bundhaya’s starting price, check at booking whether a transfer is included. Transport from the airport is covered in the Phuket Airport guide.

What changes with the season

• The ferry is seasonal. Andaman Wave Master runs it from November to April. Outside those months only speedboats are listed
• Speedboats are listed all year. Bundhaya marks the route all year and Andaman Wave Master marks its speedboat daily, but the operator states that schedules and periods of operation may change without notice
• Rain at Koh Lanta. Under TMD normals for 1991-2020 the dry months are December to March, 24.1-69.0 mm a month, and from May to October it rains 227.5-342.0 mm a month. The table by month is in Koh Lanta weather, and the same months on the Phuket side are described in low season in Phuket
• Koh Rok is closed for part of the year. The national park page gives 16 May to 15 November for Koh Rok, Hin Daeng and Hin Muang. The park announces the dates each season and they have shifted, so check its notice if a day trip there is why you are going

Going back to Phuket

Bundhaya lists Koh Lanta to Phuket at 1 h 40 min, from 1,500 baht, all year. Satun Pakbara Speed Boat Club lists boats at 09:00, 13:00 and 14:30 for 1,500 baht. Andaman Wave Master’s speedboat leaves Saladan Pier at 12:00 and reaches Rassada at 13:40 for 1,700 baht, and its ferry sails at 08:00, arriving at 13:00, and at 13:00, arriving at 16:30, from November to April for 1,350 baht. If you fly out of Phuket the same day, add the 44 minutes from Rassada Pier to the airport and leave a wide margin: boat times depend on the sea.

Common mistakes

• Counting on the ferry outside November to April. In the low season plan on a speedboat or the road
• Forgetting the ride to the pier. From Patong it is 24 minutes without traffic, and only some tickets include a pick-up
• Booking a boat after an afternoon flight. The last published departures are 12:30 by speedboat and 13:45 by ferry
• Reading the road time as door to door. The 4 hours from the airport do not include the car ferry queue or the drive down Lanta’s coast

Where to go on Koh Lanta

The beaches and who each suits are on the Koh Lanta page, and what to see, the national park and its fees in how to visit Koh Lanta. For a day at sea from the island, see Ko Rok from Koh Lanta. If you want to break the trip at Phi Phi, the boats and the park fee are in Phuket to Phi Phi.