Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(Enqelab St; meals US$7; noon-4pm & 6-11pm)
Close to the hotel of the same name,
this no-frills restaurant has two options on offer - fried fish or chicken kabab. Both are ac-
ceptable (but only just).
Getting There & Away
Boat
Catamarans travel to and from Kish (one way US$19, two hours) in season, though depar-
ture times vary and services are often cancelled due to lack of demand or rough seas.
Tickets can be purchased at either of the travel agencies on the eastern side of Enqelab St
near the port, or at the ticket office of
Valfajre-8
( 222 0252;
http://valfajr.ir
; Imam
Khomeini Blvd)
on the eastern edge of the port.
Assuming that the seas aren't too rough, it is usually much quicker to take an open
speedboat (one way US$11, 30 to 45 minutes) from Bandar-e Charak (89km west of
Lengeh) to Kish. To do this, take a savari (US$4, 80 minutes) from Lengeh to Charak,
where it will drop you at the beach from which the boats leave when full (10 passengers).
Most people travel this route between about 6am and 10am. Services from Bandar e-
Aftab, were suspended at the time of writing.
Valfajre-8 also operates catamaran services to Sharjah in the UAE. These usually leave
on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays; tickets cost US$80/75 for 1st class/economy.
Contact the office or an accredited ticket agency (see the company website) to book and
purchase tickets.
Bus & Savari
Lengeh's bus terminal is about 2km east of town on the Gulf side of the main highway.
Buses to/from Bandar Abbas (
mahmooly
US$5, three hours, three daily) stop here en
route to/from Bushehr (US$8, 8½ hours) but only usually run in the afternoon. Savaris are
a better option.
Savaris (US$7.50, 2¼ hours) to Bandar Abbas leave regularly between 6am and 8pm
from outside the bus terminal. Savaris to Charak leave from outside the petrol station situ-
ated about 1.8km west of the port. Beware the savari organisers, who have in the past tried
to charge us more than the set fare; check the official rates that are posted (in Farsi) on a
sign at the bus terminal.
