Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.opiumbarkohlanta.com
; Hat Phra Ae; from 6pm)
This chic club has live music some nights,
guest DJs and a big dance floor. It's still the top party spot on Lanta.
Information
Ban Sala Dan village has a number of internet cafes (1B per minute), travel agencies, dive
shops and motorcycle rental joints. There are five 7-Elevens spread along the island's
west coast - each one has an ATM.
0 7569 7085)
Located 1km south of Ban Ko Lanta (Old Town).
Ko Lanta Hospital
(
0 7569 7017)
North of Ban Ko Lanta.
Police Station
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Getting There & Away
Most people come to Ko Lanta by boat or air-conditioned minivan. If you're coming un-
der your own steam, you'll need to use the frequent
vehicle ferries
(motorcycle 10B, pedestrian 23B,
car 170B; 7am-8pm)
between Ban Hua Hin and Ban Khlong Mak (Ko Lanta Noi) and on to
Ko Lanta Yai.
BOAT
There are two piers at Ban Sala Dan. The passenger jetty is about 300m from the main
strip of shops; vehicle ferries leave from a second jetty that's several kilometres further
east.
There is one passenger ferry connecting Krabi's Khlong Chilat pier with Ko Lanta de-
parting from Ko Lanta at 8am (400B, two hours) and returning from Krabi at 11am. It also
stops at Ko Jum (for the full 400B fare).
Boats between Ko Lanta and Ko Phi-Phi technically run year-round, although service
can peter out in the low season if there are not enough passengers. Ferries usually leave
Ko Lanta at 8am and 1pm (300B, 1½ hours); in the opposite direction boats leave Ko Phi-
Phi at 11.30am and 2pm. From here you can transfer to ferries to Phuket.
From around 21 October to May, you can join a four-island snorkelling tour to the
Trang Islands and hop off with your bags at any destination you choose (350B). Boats
stop on Ko Ngai (two hours), Ko Muk (three hours) and Ko Kradan (four hours).
There are also several speedboats that go from Ko Lanta to the Trang islands, the fastest
being the
Satun-Pak Bara Speedboat Club
( 08 2433 0114, 0 7475 0389;
www.tarutaolipeisland.com
)
that
stops in Ko Ngai (650B, 30 minutes), Ko Muk (900B, one hour) and Ko Bulon Leh
(1600B, two hours) then continues on to Ko Lipe (1900B, three hours).
