Ko Chang. located in the province of spending, approximately 250 km from Pattaya. who want to relax a little on a secluded tropical island, but are not ready to spend a long time ago. To get there, you will need everything a few hours and modest amount of money.
To Koh Changa can be reached by vehicles:
- on a bus;
- minivan;
- taxi;
- transfers;
- rented car.
Regardless of the selected way of the trip, it will be necessary at the final stage. steam to the island. In addition, not all types of public transport go straight to Chang. Part of the carriers runs only to purses on the mainland, or to the city of Trat, from where you have to get to one of the ferry berths.
The selection of the vehicle depends on the goals of the trip. Those who want to visit the island with a brief 1-3 day visit are best to take advantage of the excursion. They cost very cheap and sold in Pattaya at every step. In this case, all organizational and logistics questions will be solved for the tourist and take it right until the hotel on the island.
Tickets for trains, buses, ferries, charters
12go.asia provides an online booking of all types of transport on one platform, in the countries of Southeast Asia and Oceania.
What you need to know when traveling:
- the main Pier of AO Thammachat is 250 km from Pattaya;
- the road to the pier takes about 4 hours;
- upon arrival on the island, tourists will be waiting for a taxi or songteo, where you can get to any part of Chang;
- to avoid multiple transfers, it is recommended to buy a comprehensive ticket that includes a trip to the pier, swimming on the ferry and transfer from the pier on the island to the hotel. About how to purchase such a ticket is described in the relevant sections.
Bus to spending
The most complicated and tedious type of transfer. Requires a large number of transplants With a minimum interval between docks. But worth it very cheapthat impresses backpackers and budget tourists. The remaining travelers prefer simpler methods.
The main complexities of the route
Tourists take a few difficulties at once:
- sits on the bus, you need on the track;
- it is difficult to highlight it among hundreds of other buses. You can confuse and sit on another flight;
- it is difficult to explain with the driver;
- the road to one spending, takes about 5 hours;
- in Trat, you will have to transfer to transport to the pier.
Tip! So that no difficulties have tightened the whole trip, start it from 7 am to get into spending at least a noon.
Sequencing
Planting a bus
Sit on this bus in Pattaya bus station will not work. It needs to catch it on the Sukkhumvit highway (Sukhumvit Rd), which runs along the eastern part of the city. The flight is called Bangkok-Trat. You can only determine it on the corresponding plate under the windshield.
IMPORTANT! Given the huge number of transport passing on this highway, you need to be very attentive to do not miss your flight.
Seeing the bus on the road, you need actively gesticulates. Otherwise, the driver simply will not see the passenger in a dense road stream and erupt past. Sometimes you have to pop up from stop right on the road.
It goes this flight, about two or three times a day. Most often, it can be caught at 6:00 and 11:30. The cost of the trip is about 200 BAT. Calculated right at the entrance, loudly saying - "spending" and showing the city on card applications in the phone.
Transplant to Songteo to Pier
The bus is reached to the central bus station spending (Central Bus Station TRAT). There you need to transfer to a minibus or songteo to one of 8 piers. 4 of them are located in the east of the waste, ferries from there go to the south-eastern part of the island, but slowly, about 1.5 hours.
Yet 4 pier are located in the west of the city, And they are the most popular among tourists, as ships from them go to the north-western part of the island, which is only 7 km away. We are wrapped there for half an hour.
Pots in the West are referred to:
- JSC Tammachat (AO Thammachat);
- JSC Sap Parot. (Ao SappaRot);
- Fury Koh Feery Koh Chang);
- Central Point (CENTER POINT).
The ticket costs from 50 to 100 baht.
A large number of piers are caused by the fact that each of them is operated by a certain transport company. They have almost the same prices, so you can choose any pier. Most tourists prefers to swim on the island from Tammachata.
REFERENCE! Songteo - Pickup or small truck with benches for passengers in the body. It is the most popular (and unsafe) view of public transport in Thailand. Local analog "Minibus".
Minivan to the ferry pier or to the island
In Pattaya, there are several carriers that offer a cheap transfer on minibuses to the island. Truth to get straight to Chang without transfers will not work. The minivans are planted with passengers from one of the above-described ferry berths, and you need to sit on the ferry yourself, but not always. Complex tickets for sale, which includes a ride to the pier + ferry crossing + transfer to the hotel.
Tickets are sold in the offices of travel agencies or carriers, as well as on the sites of intermediaries. Recommended make a purchase a day before the trip and in the morning. In the midst of the tourist season, they are spared very quickly, and it can happen that the ticket will not be in the evening.
Transport companies
Among dozens of carriers running in this area, two firms are especially allocated: 35 GROUP PATTAYA. and Burapha Bus..
Consider the most popular company 35 Group. - This is the most popular carrier on the island.
It offers very favorable prices for comprehensive tickets:
- a trip to the pier + ticket to the ferry crossing - 400 baht;
- a trip to the pier + ticket to the ferry crossing - 500 baht;
- a trip from the hotel in Pattaya to the hotel on the island - 750 baht to one direction, 1200 in two sides.
The journey to the pier takes about 3.5-4 hours.
Minibuses go dailyat 7:00 and 9:00. In the midst of the tourist season can add two more flights at 11:00 and 13:00. In the low season, the second morning flight can be canceled if a sufficient number of passengers do not go on it. Sending is made from the carrier parking, or the bus takes passengers in a certain place or at the doors of their hotel.
Where to find the company's office?
Main office Located almost in the center of Pattaya, by coordinates: 12.924150, 100.882440.
Taxi
A very attractive and comfortable option that comes rid of the need to independently plan a trip. True, most taxi drivers will refuse to go to such a distance, or request a huge amount for the trip - about 2500-3000 baht. If you want to ride on the ferry, then this amount will increase by another 1000 baht, and this is already comparable to the cost of the flight to Samui Island.
Transfer
More favorable optionthan a taxi. With a similar level of comfort and duration of the trip.
You can order a transfer in several places:
- have the above transport companies;
- in tourist operators in Pattaya. Many of them have their own fleet, or collaborate with carriers that can take the passenger to the ferry pier or to any point in Chang. The trip to the ferry will cost about 600 baht, the path to the island from 800 baht.
- international transfer services, such as the online service "Kiwitaxi". True, their services are comparable to the cost with a taxi;
- at the hotel where you planned to stay. They also have transport or collaborate with carriers. The cost of the trip varies within 400-800 baht. Sometimes the transfer service is included in the room rate or is provided free of charge.
The transfer machine is served straight to the hotel in Pattaya And pleases to the right place on Khanga. There are also options with transfers on the ferry pier.
Taxis and transfers are conveniently ordered to Kiwitaxi.ru - this is an online taxi search system and booking individual transfers. Pluses:
- fixed value
- meeting with a name plate
- round-the-clock support
Car rental
An excellent option for those who love freedom of action. You can rent a car in numerous rental agencies in Pattaya, for the price from 700 baht per day.
For lease, such conditions must be observed:
- thai driver's license (it can be quickly made on the basis of Russian rights), or by the Russian certificate of the international sample;
- leave a mortgage amount, 5000-10,000 baht;
- at the end of the trip, hand over the car with a full tank.
If the tourist plans to return to another way, then you should make sure that the company is a tenant, there is rolling point on the islandwhere you can pass the car. Otherwise, it will have to take back.
Excursion from Pattaya
The perfect option for those who want to stay on the island no more than 1-3 days. In this case, you should not bother with searching for the hotel and numerous transfers. It is better to look into the nearest office of the tour operator and purchase it in it. tour | Price from 2000 Bath per day.
About ferry crossing
- work time, from 06:30 to 19:00. The schedule for the departure of ferries depends on the concrete pier;
- the cost of a trip from one person is 100 baht, from the car - 200 baht.
Almost all ferries arrive at Ferry Koh Pier on Chang.
The most convenient option for tourist reviews
Convenient options are two. The choice of a certain one depends on the financial capabilities of the traveler.
Cheap and fast
An integrated ticket from "35 Group" to the minivan to the pier + ferry crossing to the island + transfer in Changu, for 500-750 BAT BAT.
The fastest
Transfer from the hotel to the hotel in 600-1200 baht.
Tip! It is recommended to order integrated Ticket with Isle Transfer. In other cases, you will have to get from the ferry pier on Chang to the right place, at Songteo, which often delays sending to 1-1.5 hours, until the right number of passengers are scored.
Hi friends. Today I will tell you how to get from Pattaya to Ko Chang. A few words about Pattaya. This is a big noisy city for which thousands of tourists will be sink. As you can rest in this city we do not understand, but this is our opinion.
We specifically drove to see what I understood that we didn't want to relax here at all. But shopping is good here.
After such a fuss and noise, many tourists begin to dream of silence, clean beaches with transparent water and more relaxed entertainment. But then you can go to Chang Island, which is 270 km from Pattaya.
We had enough of two days on sightseeing and shopping. Next - scheduled on Koh Chang Island. If you also want to change the noisy city on the sunny island and leave Pattaya, now I will tell you how to do it.
Transfer from Pattaya to Ko Chang
The distance from Pattaya to Khanga is 270 km - go about 4 hours, so this option is the most convenient and comfortable, although not the most budgetary. I think many will agree with me, which is better to pay 100 rubles and go comfortably than to save and spend over time on the road. It is better to get an extra hour on the beach.
Transfer to Koh Chang (a different Thais called his tour) can be found anywhere in Pattaya. You will meet offices with suggestions on the streets of the city and in hotels. Comfortable minibas will take you away from the hotel and takes to the right place. On the way, minibas makes a few stops where you can eat and stretch your legs. Time on the way is about 4 hours. The most famous office on Tour Pattaya-Ko-Chang Pattaya 35 GROUP PATTAYA..
There are several options for transfer to Koh Chang (prices for 1 person). Prices and schedule are taken from 35 Group Pattaya. Other office prices are about the same:
1. Pattaya - ferry Ferry Pier on \u003d to Chang (steam included in the price) in one direction \u003d 400 baht
2. Pattaya Ferry Ferry Pier on Khanga (steam included in the price) in both directions \u003d 720 baht
3. Pattaya - Hotel on Khanga (steam included in the price) in one direction \u003d 550 baht
4. Pattaya - Hotel on Khanga (steam included in the price) in both directions \u003d 1050 baht
Mini bins on Koh Chang walk 3 times a day at 07:00 and 09:00 and at 13:00. From Koh Chang to Pattaya at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00.
There are options for the transfer, where you are pleased only to the mainland berth. In this case, you will need to independently buy a ticket to the ferry and on the island of the pier to take Songteo (local taxi), which for an extra charge will take you to the beach and the hotel. Read more about Pier Chang and Songteo prices. About the beaches to Chang read.
I recommend buying tickets immediately in both directions. It will save money and time. If you are not sure in the return date, the return ticket can be bought with an open date (Open Ticket). When you exactly know the day of departure, call the office (at least two days), where we bought a ticket and tell the date of the reverse trip. You will book a place in minibas. The office does not speak Russian, so the option for those who know english (at the simplest level).
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Taxi Pattaya Ko Chang
The option is not budgetary, but the most expensive and most fast. If comfort is for you above all, then this is your option. The cost of the trip will be about 3000 baht. But it is only before the pier on the mainland. Time on the way 3.5-4 hours.
Transfer to Koh Chang
This crevised taxi.
You can order a shuttle service to Koh Changa. of this link or online through the form specified below. At the time of booking, you need to pay about 15% of the cost of the transfer, the remaining amount is paid by the driver.
How to save on a taxi? Payment goes for the car, and not for a person, so if you are 3-4 or more people in the car, then the cost of the transfer is distributed at all and becomes pleasant.
Bus to khanga
The most fiscal option, but less comfortable. You can take the bus in Pattaya and get to Koh Chang. This bus route passes on the Sukkhumvit highway.
What is inconvenience. The bus only goes 1 time per day (goes out). In Pattaya, he comes around at 6 in the morning; At the bus stop, where the Sukkhumvit route intersects with the central street of the city.
At best: the bus falls out you at the pier.
Other options:
- sit down on the highway near the pier (I will need to take Songteo to the pier)
- towards the bus station of the city of spending (I will need to take Songto to the pier).
The price of the bus tickets is 2 times cheaper than the cost of the transfer (approximately 170 baht). But, besides this, you will need to pay separately for Songteo.
From the road to the pier 30-40 baht
From the bus station spending to the pier 70-80 baht
Add fare for ferry: 90 baht, plus songteo from Pier Chang to the beach (from 50 baht).
The amount will be released at least 400 baht per person.
Of course, in this case, you can get acquainted with how the local people live, as they interact and communicate with each other, as they are arranged and comfortable bus stations.
From these methods, we chose 1 - booked a transfer through a travel agency, deciding that it is better to spend 400-500 baht, but get to the island with comfort.
Where to stay in Pattaya
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Book taxi from Pattaya to Koh Chang. Or order a transfer with a group on a minibus. Here are 2 basic way to get to Koh Chang. You can order a taxi to Koh Chang online either in place. It is cheaper to get a 35-group transfer for 400 baht per person. Both options include a trip to the ground to spending and steam on the island.
Pattaya - Ko Chang: how to get yourself
Communication language is minimal English. All you have to say there: Koh Chang, choose time, how many people, the name of your hotel and room number, your phone number. Vkontakte is a Russian-speaking group of 35group, through which transfers are sold. But I'm not sure that they are official representatives. Most likely some kind of agency.
Here are the prices of transfer Pattaya - Ko Chang in the office of 35 Pattaya Groups:
Transfer Pattaya - Ko Chang Price
By the way, we used to have already used such a transfer. 2 times drove through spending, doing the first part of the path on minibas.
Where to book transfer from the airport?
We use the service - Kiwitaxi.
Ordered a taxi online, paid for the card. At the airport, they met with a sign with our last name. Brought the hotel on a comfortable car. About your experience already told in this article
Transfer cost
- 400 baht per person when traveling one way. Price includes minibas + ferry
- 720 baht when buying there-back. It's profitable. In Chang, reverse transfers are more expensive. You can buy a return ticket from the open date. For this, a day before the departure you need to call them.
Transfer right to the hotel on Chang, you can not take if you do not want to overpay. There will always be a Tuk-Tuk Taki, which will be slightly cheaper.
Time
Minibus takes you out of the hotel, then collects other tourists in Pattaya and then travels towards the city of spending, where there will be a transplant to the ferry.
- Select 3 of the time of departure - 6 am, 8 and 12 hours of the day. We chose 8 in the morning. Ferry schedule not necessarily, they bring to the right time.
- To the ferry to go about 4 hours. On the way there will be one stop for 5 minutes. Toilet and 7-11.
Ferry
The bus brings to the ferry pier. You give birthdays. Before sending minutes 30. The ferry is old and slow. It's 40 minutes to the island. There is a store and toilet on the ship. On Koh Chang, you can go with your bike or machine. Supplement about 100 baht machine and 50 baht moped.
Koh Chang Ferry.
How to get to your hotel from the ferry
Immediately after the pier, you go to the road where Songteo will stand (minibus), such as Pattaya Tuk-Tukov. They recruit people and are delivered by hotels. Prices are approximately:
- From the pier to White Send Beach 50 baht with a person
- To tea Chet and Clongs GRAP 60 BAT
- Kai Bay 70 Bat
- On Lonli Beach 100 baht
Taxi Pattaya - Ko Chang
Order a taxi to Koh Chang you can online here →
To get to Chang Island from Pattaya faster and more comfortable for a taxi. Taxi to Chang from Pattaya will take about 4-5 hours. The price includes a ticket to the ferry. A taxi for a large company will cost quite profitable. A minibus for 10 people will cost $ 22 from each.
Order Taxi Pattaya - Ko Chang
Taxi is ordered and paid through the site Kiwitaxy.. We ourselves used this service to order a taxi on Phuket. Everything went fine, high-quality cars. See our reviews.
In Pattaya, the car will arrive at the local taxi service. Driver Tapet, so he does not speak Russian, only in English. But it will not be necessary to communicate and do not need it. Tips at your discretion.
You can pay a taxi fully bank card in rubles. Any map of the Russian Visa or MasterCard Bank is suitable. Or make a prepaid card, and the rest to give the driver in cash.
Route "Pattaya - Ko Chang" on the map
Distance about 250 km. The route on the map is marked to the pier from which ferries are sent to the island.
Chang Island is a beautiful large green island with a developed infrastructure, and a large number of beaches, and even several waterfalls. It is not so promoted as the same Phuket or Samui ... Yes, and getting from Pattaya to Koh Chang is easier - you don't need to fly on it, you can get by bus and ferry. And when you have a limited time of travel, this is an important factor ... So, how to get to Koh Chang and how much does it cost?
While in Pattaya, in the district of the Central Embankment, you will find a huge number of tents of local travel agencies offering among various tours and excursions and a trip by the Pattaya bus to Chang.
The distance to the island is about 250 km. The duration of the trip is from three o'clock. The bus goes to the pier of spending, then the ferry on Koh Chang. How much is? The cost in the agencies is different, you can even say contractual, and reaches 1000 baht (25 euros) per person at one end - this amount also includes sitting in the hotel, and the ferry on Koh Chang. We found for 600 baht (15 euros) per person, total 1200 baht (30 euros) for two in one end. You do not need to pay the full amount, you can make a prepayment, and you pay the rest of the bus. As it turned out, the carrier itself 35 Group Pattaya in his office sells these tickets for another 2 times cheaper - for 600 baht (15 euros) for two. Back these tickets are 300 baht (7.50 euros), if you buy spending on the wharf.
In a day at 13:00, for us, the hotel was driving a comfortable minibus Toyota for a dozen people with a leather interior and air conditioning. For a short time for the Pattaya of the rest of the passengers, we went to spend. For almost 5 hours a trip, the tropical rain was "covered" several times, because of what they went for so long, but they got without incident ... if you do not count your favorite sunglasses forgotten in the minibus ... Bus Pattaya - Ko Chang I will reach the berth of Koh Chang Ferry Pier, from 06:30 to 19:00 every 30 minutes sails the ferry to Koh Chang.
Ferries on Koh Chang, to be honest, it looks terrible - the cross-cutting corrosion can be seen ...
Flowing with people filled with people and cars slowly and for a long time, 30 minutes ... During this time, not so much because of the approaching evening, how much because of the impending next tropical September shower, it is strong. We planted under torrential rain in the pitch darkness.
How to get on? You can get to your hotel on Koh Changi exclusively on the same minibuses (Songteo) - the price of the question depending on the remoteness - from 50 to 150 baht (1.25-3.75 euros) per person. Our hotel was farther - at the other end of the island ... The trip is very similar to the American slides! From drops of height, constant aging and exhaust gases entering the pickup under the film, saving from the rain, to the end of the half-hour trip began to torment ...
But the hotel Nirvana (Nirvana) I enveloped us for two days with such solitude, peacefulness and fog, which seemed as if we were left for these half an hour from civilization to the edge of the world ...
Koh Chang - Island in Thailand (Province of Trat), located near the capital and the main tourist resort. That is why tourists are very often coming here. In addition, many independent travelers often choose Koh Chang as a place of long residence when visiting the country of smiles.
By the way, Koh Chang is the third largest island in Thailand (after Phuket and Samui). We ourselves stayed on Khanga just 5 days, arriving there. And in this article, we will tell you how to get from Koh Chang to the most popular tourists from the world of the resort of Thailand - Pattaya.
- Option 1: Pattaya-spending busing bus.The option is inconvenient by the fact that the bus should be caught on the track succumvit, and there is no bus station in Pattaya. And you need to catch a bus either at 6 am, or at 11:30, but not the fact that there will be places in it, and the driver will stop him for you, Faragov. The bus price is 180 baht, it is necessary to add the cost of a minibus to the Sukkhumvit highway, minibuses from the bus station in spending before crossing the price of the ticket itself to the ferry to Khanga. In general, the option is not simple, we try it out did not solve because of the impressive luggage and the child.
- Option 2: Pattaya-Ko Chang transfer. A ticket for a mini-bass from Pattaya to the island can be bought in any travel agency of the city, and those in Pattaya a great set. Our compatriots love the transport company very much 35 GROUP PATTAYA. , reviews about them are always the most flattering. You can buy a transfer from their company in Pattaya in the office in the north of the city:
If you do not want to go for the sale of transfer to the north, we advise not to worry and buy a transfer to any travel agency near you. In fact, it is only 4-5 hours to go, so possible inconveniences can be suffered.
In such a mini-bass will have to spend about 5 hours
Another convenient purchase option Pattaya-Koh Chang is internet service 12go.asia. It is convenient for buying a ticket at all without leaving the house, on the Internet, paying for his Visa or PayPal card. Transfer price on site Total 500 bah., including crossing. But tickets are better to buy in advance, at least in a few days, otherwise in mini-bass may simply not be places.
We arrived at the bus station first and waited for the rest of those who wish to get to Pattaya
How to get from Koh Chang to Pattaya
- Option 1: Flight bus. As in the opposite direction described above, this option was noticed as more complex. And all because the flight buses from the city of Trat to Pattaya go only early in the morning and from a certain place. Of course, this is a more budget option: the cost of a trip on such a bus is approximately 200 baht. But in this case, it is necessary to add the cost of steam (80 baht) and passing from the crossing to the bus station (20 more BAT). Plus, you will need to get to your hotel in Pattaya from the bus station yourself (10-20 baht).
The final value comes out 410 BAT ($ 12) At a minimum, and the number of transfers and nerves exceeds tiny savings. Especially if you have a luggage and a child. Weighing everything for and against, we decided to take advantage of the second way.
- Option 2: C Chang to Pattaya on a minibace. This method is called "Transfer". In our opinion, the most optimal way to achieve C Kohang to Pattaya. It includes a fence of you with a luggage from, crossing the ferry (their buses can not even go out) and deliver you straight to housing in Pattaya.
Total cost of a trip - 650 BAT ($ 18) per person. If you are ready to get to Klong Son bus station on Khanga on your own, the cost of transfer to the hotel in Pattaya will be equal 550 baht ($ 16) per person. Little children can be transported on their hands without buying a separate ticket, but in our case we were still advised to buy a separate ticket to Vanya, making a small discount.
Transfer prices to Chang Pattaya. Red prices - with a fence you right from the hotel on Koh Chang, Black - if you get to the bus station on Koh Chang
Buy transfer to Chang-Pattaya Offline It turned out not difficult: in the area we found a travel agency that sells all sorts of tickets: from airports to buses. In other places it turned out to be 50-100 baht more expensive, and did not offer a discount on Vanya. Here it is on the map - https://goo.gl/maps/dfcjus21wja2.
Agency on Khanga ticket selling
As a result, we bought 3 tickets From Klong Son station to Chang to our condo in Pattaya Total for 1450 baht.Plus the cost of Tuk-Tuka from our hotel on Khanga to the bus station.
Traditional Thai Tuk-Tuk or Songteo
In addition to buying a ticket for transfer to Chang Pattaya in travel agency, there is an opportunity to buy it online - on the site 12go.asia. . Cost - 500 baht, But to get to the bus station to Changhe and from the bus station in Pattaya to the right place will have to be independently.
Inside the mini-bass, pretty comfortable chairs with folding backs, so that it was possible and sleep on the way. Once we did a stop on the snack in a roadside cafe. In general, we were satisfied: I got to our condo in 6 hours, without spending the extra forces and time.
Hurray, we are in place! Total 270 km
