By Air
Bangkok Airways has
3 flights daily to
Trat. The flight
time is 50 minutes.
Transfers from Trat
Airport to Koh Chang
should be arranged
with the Airways in
order to ensure your
ferry crossing onto
Koh Chang on the
same day.
For flight
information and
booking log onto
www.bangkokair.com
By Car
The best way to get
to Koh Chang
requires a 4 to 4
1/2 hours trip to
Trat province. Once
you are in Trat,
ferry services are
available at three
main piers to go to
the island.
Route A :
Rama IX or
Srinakarin-Ban Bung-Klaeng-Chantaburi-Trat
Start from Rama IX
Road or Srinakarin
Road, then exit
after paying the
second toll that
leads to Ban Bung,
Klaeng, Chantaburi
and finally Trat.
The total toll fee
is around 60 Baht.
Route B :
Bangna-Chonburi-Ban
Bung-Klaeng-Chantaburi-Trat
* Take Highway No. 3
(Bangna-Trat Road)
until you reach the
Chonburi bypass.You
can either take the
normal road or the
elevated Bangkok-
Chonburi tollway
which is right above
it. Toll fee is 55
Baht.
* Exit from the main
road, head to the
left and follow the
Chonburi bypass that
reads Pattaya-Rayong.
* Head for Rayong
until you see the
Ban Bung-Kleng-
Chantaburi and the
Bang Saen- Pattaya
signboards.
* Take the Ban Bung-Klaeng-
Chantaburi route on
your left. You are
now on Highway No.
344
* Take the right
route at Ban Bung-Klaeng
junction and head
for Klaeng only
until you reach the
Chantaburi-Rayong
junction. Turn left
to Chantaburi but do
not enter the town
which is on your
right. This is again
Highway No. 3. Go
forward until you
reach the Sa
Kaew-Trat junction
* Take the right
turn to the town of
Trat.
By
Air-Conditioned Bus
The Ekamai Bus
Terminal in Bangkok
is the main terminal
for the eastern
provinces, which can
be reached through
the BTS Skytrain,
Ekamai Station.
The other station is
at the Northern Bus
Terminal (New
Morchid), located at
New Morchid on
Kampaeng Petch Road.
Air-conditioned and
ordinary buses
depart almost every
hour. The trip is
about 5 hours.
The bus station at
Trat Province is
around 1 km from the
town centre.
Visitors can catch a
taxi from there to
the pier. If you
arrive at Trat after
5:00 p.m. you will
need to rent the
taxi as a private
transfer. On the way
back, you can catch
a taxi from Ao
Thammachat Pier to
Trat town or to the
bus.
