Khao Sok to Surat Thani: bus and minivan options (2026)

2 ways to make this trip, from ฿200 one way, and 2h–2h40 on the quickest, direct. Below: what each costs, who runs it, how often it goes and the pier or station it actually leaves from.

Fares checked 7 September 2026 and quoted as one-way bands per adult. They move with season, fuel and demand — the flight bands move fastest of all.

Our pick for time

Minivan

2h–2h40 · ฿200–฿400 · Shared minivan operators from Surat Thani town and airport

Our pick for budget

Minivan

฿200–฿400 · 2h–2h40 · Shared minivan operators from Surat Thani town and airport

Same option twice: on this pair the quickest way is also the cheapest, which is rarer than it sounds — it usually means one operator has the route to itself.

All options

Khao Sok to Surat Thani: every option with mode, time, fare, operators and frequency
Option	Time	Fare	Operators	How often	Change
Minivan	2h–2h40	฿200–฿400	Shared minivan operators from Surat Thani town and airport	Several a day, timed loosely to flight arrivals	Direct
Bus + ferry (one ticket) + Ferry	7h15–10h50	฿900–฿1,350	Phantip Travel, Local minivan and ferry combinations, Raja Ferry	Usually one morning departure · Through the day from Donsak, first sailing around 05:00	via Koh Samui

Booking notes

Minivan · 2h–2h40 · ฿200–฿400

The link that turns Khao Sok from a detour into a stop between the Gulf and the Andaman. Vans fill rather than depart on the hour.

Bus + ferry (one ticket) + Ferry · 7h15–10h50 · ฿900–฿1,350

Khao Sok → Koh Samui: Minivan to Donsak, then the Samui ferry. Booked as one ticket in Khao Sok village; there is no walk-up alternative if it's missed.

Koh Samui → Surat Thani: ฿200 is Raja's own published passenger fare on the Donsak–Lipa Noi crossing, one of the few numbers on this page that comes straight off an operator's board. Donsak pier is 60–90 minutes by road from Surat Thani town.

Both ends of the trip

Khao Sok

Rainforest national park and the floating raft houses on Cheow Lan lake.

Khao Sok has no weather station of ours; the nearest one we track is driest Nov–Apr and wettest May–Oct.

Surat Thani

Not a destination — the mainland interchange every Gulf island ticket routes through.

Airport URT: The cheap way into the Gulf islands: low-cost flight here, then a bus-and-ferry combination to the pier.

Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to get from Khao Sok to Surat Thani?

2h–2h40 on the quickest option we hold — minivan with Shared minivan operators from Surat Thani town and airport. The slowest of the 2 options here takes 7h15–10h50, so the spread between them is about 6h43. Times are for the scheduled leg and exclude the transfer at either end.

How much is Khao Sok to Surat Thani?

From ฿200–฿400 one way by minivan, checked 7 September 2026 — and on this pair that is also the quickest way, so there is nothing to trade off. The dearest of the 2 options here runs to ฿900–฿1,350. That band comes from a dated route listing rather than a published tariff, so treat it as indicative.

What else runs between Khao Sok and Surat Thani?

1 other option. The next one after minivan with Shared minivan operators from Surat Thani town and airport is bus + ferry (one ticket) + ferry with Phantip Travel at ฿900–฿1,350 and 7h15–10h50, changing at Koh Samui — dearer and slower. All of them are in the table above with their operators and frequency.

Where does the Khao Sok to Surat Thani service leave from, and how often does it run?

The link that turns Khao Sok from a detour into a stop between the Gulf and the Andaman. Vans fill rather than depart on the hour. Several a day, timed loosely to flight arrivals.

Going the other way, or further

The return trip is on the Surat Thani to Khao Sok page — fares are the same in both directions on almost every leg here, but the timetables are not. To string this hop into a longer trip with a pace check, use the route planner, and see the island comparison for which coast is dry in the month you are travelling.

Sources

12go.asia route listings (band from what was on sale, not a tariff) — aggregator listings, not a published tariff.
Raja Ferry Port fare and timetable board — the carrier's own fare board.

Checked 7 September 2026. Every figure on this page is a range, because every one of them moves.

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