How to get there?
Well, this is not The Beach, even though Koh Tao looks nearly as
gorgeous, so getting there is easier than it might seem.
Plenty of travel agents in
Bangkok, mainly in
Khao San road and around
the railway station Hua Lamphong, provide package tours, incl. bus or
train and boat tickets and can also arrange for accommodation and
bookings with dive schools.
Best to look out for offices offering the free "Koh Tao Info", they
will offer the best services.
However, for travelers it is also fairly easy to reach the Turtle on
their own.
Starting from
Bangkok, you can catch a train or bus to
Chumphon,
traveling time is about 6-10 hours, usually at night time. There you
have several kinds of
boat services, leaving mostly in the morning, connecting
you with the island in about 1½ to 2 hours.
Coming from
Hat Yai or
Phuket, you could also decide to go to
Suratthani instead and reach Koh Tao via
Samui or
Phangan.
There are also airports in Chumphon, Suratthani and Samui, a domestic
flight from Bangkok is about 1½ hours.
Obviously the bigger dive centers offer complete package tours which
can be booked online, bringing you straight from your home town to
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Afraid of being stuck on the rock? Well,
you're not.
A wide selection of boat services connects you with the mainland
or the neighboring islands, from where you can catch a bus,
train or airplane to your next destination. The transport ranges
from slow night boats, big express boats and speed b oats
to a high speed catamaran.
Tickets have to be reconfirmed ½ hour before departure.
Due to weather conditions (especially from Nov-Jan) trips might
be cancelled, better try to leave one, two days earlier than
needed or you might, well, get stuck.
Travel agents provide you with joint tickets, flights and
accommodation to nearly every destination world wide, and offer
reconfirmations, oversea calls and email services.
For Visa extension, you can make a day trip to Samui to the
immigration office, a border run to Hat Yai via Suratthani takes
3 days or 1 1/2 days to
Ranong, with one of the hourly
mini-busses from Chumphon. For details ask expats.
The
timetable gives an overview of
the current situation, but times and boats might change, please
double check when purchasing the ticket.
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