Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Getting There & Around
From November to May, boats between Krabi and Ko Lanta can drop you at Ko Jum, but
you'll pay full fare (400B, one hour). In the fringe months of November and May only
the early boat will drop you. In the high season there's a long-tail ferry to Ko Phi-Phi
(600B, 1½ hours) that leaves between 8am and 9am and picks guests up from the Hat
Yao resorts.
There are also small boats to Ko Jum from Ban Laem Kruat, a village about 30km
southeast of Krabi, at the end of Rte 4036, off Hwy 4. The boat (100B) leaves at 9am,
10am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2pm, 4pm, 5.30pm and 6.15pm, and returns the following day at
6.30am, 7.15am, 7.35am, 7.55am, 8.15am, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 4pm. Private charters
cost from 1200B to 1500B.
If you plan to arrive in Ko Jum via Laem Kruat, make sure to call your guesthouse in
advance so they can arrange your transfer from the pier. Otherwise, you may be relying
on the kindness of strangers. A handful of places on the main road in Ban Ko Jum rent
out bicycles (100B), mountain bikes (130B to 150B) and motorbikes (250B) at standard
rates.
Boats to Ko Si Boya (50B) make the 10-minute hop from Laem Hin, just north of Ban
Laem Kruat, every hour between 8am and 5pm. Call Siboya Resort to arrange transfer
from the pier.
