Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Slow boat
- the cheapest, slowest and most scenic option as everyone stretches out on
the open deck of the fishing boat with the stars twinkling overhead. This boat doesn't run
in rough seas or inclement weather.
Car ferry
- a more comfortable ride with bunk or mattress options available on board.
Songserm
( 0 7750 6205;
www.songserm-expressboat.com
; 9am-8pm)
express boat - faster,
morning option leaving from Tha Talaysub, about 10km from town, but the company has
a growing reputation for being poorly organised and for not providing promised free
transport into town if you are coming from the islands.The ticket office doesn't seem to
open often; book tickets through guesthouses.
Lomprayah
( 0 7755 8214;
www.lomprayah.com
; 5am-9pm)
catamaran - the best and most
popular bus-boat combination that leaves from Tha Tummakam, 25km from town; the
ticket office is beside Chumphon train station.
