Drive Onto Koh Lanta Yai

[2long]

We're thinking of driving down south next month.

Every year we go to Phi Phi and I haven't been to Lanta for 11 years.

We are a family now and I wanted to know how easy/difficult/expensive it is to take a private car onto the island.

Thanks in advance.

[myroomyou]

Hi,

Very simple and inexpensive to go to Lanta Yai. I drove there from Phuket last year, stayed in Krabi for some days and then went on. Can not remember the exact prices for the 2 ferries but its not more than a couple of 100 THB. I didnt go straight on the Ferry from Krabi but i guess this is possible to, don't know the price on that, but i guess its more expensive.

On Koh Lanta Yai, there is not much driving to do, its pretty small, some roads are not paved and there are many potholes on the paved roads. Hopefully this has improved over the last year. Its a very nice and relaxing Island. Prices for accommodation are fairly cheap as well. I had a small bungalow (2 persons) for 1000 THB per night.

Enjoy, i liked it.

Cheers

[Daffy D]

As myroomyou said the cost is couple of hundred Baht for both ferries depending on the number of passengers. The ferries run all day from about 6am till 10pm or later if there is still traffic.

There is no car ferry from Krabi, only people ferry. To get to the car ferry take the road to Trang and you will see the turn off on the right, if you get to Trang you have gone too far.

Went over to visit Friends just the other day and noticed they now have a couple of small "Tugboats" on the longer ferry crossing to swing the ferries round.

For those familiar with the ferry system will know that at the first crossing from the mainland, which is the longer one, the ferries always had to swing round after loading to cross the channel bow first and then swing back again at the other side to unload the cars.

This swinging under their own steam seemed to take for ever and added time to the crossing now they have a "tugboat" with couple of old tires mounted on the bow stationed at both sides that push the ferry round so it's facing the right way. Much quicker and just in time for the high season.