Koh Lipe to Trang: speedboat options (2026)

3 ways to make this trip, from ฿1,000 one way, and 3h–4h20 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

Speedboat / catamaran

3h–4h20 · ฿1,000–฿1,500 · Tigerline Ferry, Bundhaya Speed Boat

Our pick for budget

Speedboat / catamaran

฿1,000–฿1,500 · 3h–4h20 · Tigerline Ferry, Bundhaya Speed Boat

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

Koh Lipe to Trang: every option with mode, time, fare, operators and frequency
Option	Time	Fare	Operators	How often	Change
Speedboat / catamaranHigh season, roughly November–April	3h–4h20	฿1,000–฿1,500	Tigerline Ferry, Bundhaya Speed Boat	One departure a day in season	Direct
Speedboat / catamaran + MinivanDry season, roughly November–April	6h15–9h30	฿2,050–฿2,400	Satun Pakbara Speed Boat Club, Bundhaya Speed Boat, Shared minivan operators with ferry connection	Two boats a day, both around 10:30 from Saladan pier · One or two a day	via Koh Lanta
Speedboat / catamaran + MinivanMain season roughly October–May; sailings thin in the monsoon	6h45–10h40	฿950–฿1,300	Jolly Travel, Satun Pakbara Speed Boat Club, Ploysiam Speedboat, Shared minivan operators	Several combined departures a morning, 08:00–11:30 · Through the day	via Hat Yai

Booking notes

Speedboat / catamaran · 3h–4h20 · ฿1,000–฿1,500

The quiet route in, hopping the Trang islands on the way. Season only, and the boats sell by the day rather than the hour.

Speedboat / catamaran + Minivan · 6h15–9h30 · ฿2,050–฿2,400

Koh Lipe → Koh Lanta: One departure window a day in each direction — miss 10:30 and the next chance is tomorrow. Roughly 150km of open water in three hours; it is not a gentle ride.

Koh Lanta → Trang: Runs year-round unlike the Trang island boats, which makes it the wet-season way between the southern Andaman coast and Lanta.

Speedboat / catamaran + Minivan · 6h45–10h40 · ฿950–฿1,300

Koh Lipe → Hat Yai: Shared minivan to Pak Bara pier in Satun, then the speedboat to Pattaya Beach on Lipe. From the airport it's 4–4.5 hours; from Hat Yai train station closer to 5.5.

Hat Yai → Trang: Short overland hop between the two southern airports, useful when one has a cheaper flight than the other.

Both ends of the trip

Koh Lipe

The far southern island inside Tarutao marine park, closer to Langkawi than to Phuket.

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

Trang

The mainland base for Koh Ngai, Koh Mook and the Emerald Cave.

Airport TST: A few low-cost flights a day from Bangkok; the quiet back door to the southern Andaman islands.

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

Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to get from Koh Lipe to Trang?

3h–4h20 on the quickest option we hold — speedboat / catamaran with Tigerline Ferry. The slowest of the 3 options here takes 6h45–10h40, so the spread between them is about 5h03. Times are for the scheduled leg and exclude the transfer at either end.

How much is Koh Lipe to Trang?

From ฿1,000–฿1,500 one way by speedboat / catamaran, 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 3 options here runs to ฿2,050–฿2,400. That band comes from a dated route listing rather than a published tariff, so treat it as indicative.

What else runs between Koh Lipe and Trang?

2 other options. The next one after speedboat / catamaran with Tigerline Ferry is speedboat / catamaran + minivan with Satun Pakbara Speed Boat Club at ฿2,050–฿2,400 and 6h15–9h30, changing at Koh Lanta — dearer and slower. All of them are in the table above with their operators and frequency.

Does the Koh Lipe to Trang route run all year?

Not every leg of it. 3 of the legs behind these options carry a season note — Koh Lipe to Trang by speedboat / catamaran: High season, roughly November–April · Koh Lipe to Koh Lanta by speedboat / catamaran: Dry season, roughly November–April · Koh Lipe to Hat Yai by speedboat / catamaran: Main season roughly October–May; sailings thin in the monsoon. Outside those months, plan the hop overland or through a mainland hub instead.

Where does the Koh Lipe to Trang service leave from, and how often does it run?

The quiet route in, hopping the Trang islands on the way. Season only, and the boats sell by the day rather than the hour. One departure a day in season.

Going the other way, or further

The return trip is on the Trang to Koh Lipe 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.
FerrySamui Koh Lanta–Koh Lipe route page — a dated route reference.
FerrySamui Hat Yai–Koh Lipe route page — a dated route reference.

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

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