Trang to Koh Lanta: speedboat and minivan options (2026)

2 ways to make this trip, from ฿350 one way, and 2h30–3h30 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

2h30–3h30 · ฿350–฿600 · Shared minivan operators with ferry connection

Our pick for budget

Minivan

฿350–฿600 · 2h30–3h30 · Shared minivan operators with ferry connection

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

Trang to Koh Lanta: every option with mode, time, fare, operators and frequency
Option	Time	Fare	Operators	How often	Change
Minivan	2h30–3h30	฿350–฿600	Shared minivan operators with ferry connection	One or two a day	Direct
Speedboat / catamaran + Speedboat / catamaranHigh season, roughly November–April	6h45–10h20	฿2,700–฿3,300	Tigerline Ferry, Bundhaya Speed Boat, Satun Pakbara Speed Boat Club	One departure a day in season · Two boats a day, both around 10:30 from Saladan pier	via Koh Lipe

Booking notes

Minivan · 2h30–3h30 · ฿350–฿600

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

Speedboat / catamaran + Speedboat / catamaran · 6h45–10h20 · ฿2,700–฿3,300

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

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.

Both ends of the trip

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.

Koh Lanta

Long west-coast beaches with a road down the spine — the Andaman island you can drive.

Koh Lanta 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 Trang to Koh Lanta?

2h30–3h30 on the quickest option we hold — minivan with Shared minivan operators with ferry connection. The slowest of the 2 options here takes 6h45–10h20, so the spread between them is about 5h33. Times are for the scheduled leg and exclude the transfer at either end.

How much is Trang to Koh Lanta?

From ฿350–฿600 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 ฿2,700–฿3,300. That band comes from a dated route listing rather than a published tariff, so treat it as indicative.

What else runs between Trang and Koh Lanta?

1 other option. The next one after minivan with Shared minivan operators with ferry connection is speedboat / catamaran + speedboat / catamaran with Tigerline Ferry at ฿2,700–฿3,300 and 6h45–10h20, changing at Koh Lipe — dearer and slower. All of them are in the table above with their operators and frequency.

Does the Trang to Koh Lanta route run all year?

Not every leg of it. 2 of the legs behind these options carry a season note — Trang to Koh Lipe by speedboat / catamaran: High season, roughly November–April · Koh Lipe to Koh Lanta by speedboat / catamaran: Dry season, roughly November–April. At least one option on this page runs year-round, so the route itself does not close — but the choice narrows in the monsoon.

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

Runs year-round unlike the Trang island boats, which makes it the wet-season way between the southern Andaman coast and Lanta. One or two a day.

Going the other way, or further

The return trip is on the Koh Lanta to Trang 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.

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

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