Bus times from Hua Hin to Koh Phi Phi

By joint bus and ferry service the journey from Hua Hin to Koh Phi Phi is scheduled to take 14 hours.

Bus Timetable from Hua Hin to Koh Samui

Click on the Hua Hin – Koh Phi Phi link in the timetable below for more information and to buy tickets.

Departure from Hua Hin

Services from Hua Hin to Koh Phi Phi depart from Hua Hin Clock Tower.

Arrival in Koh Samui

Services from Hua Hin to Koh Phi Phi terminate at Koh Phi Phi Tonsai Pier.

Travel to Koh Phi Phi

There is no quick and easy way to travel from Hua Hin to Koh Phi Phi. Koh Phi Phi doesn’t have an airport, and there are no scheduled flights from Hua Hin to airports near Koh Phi Phi (such as Phuket or Krabi). Unless you decide to travel to Bangkok and then fly from there to either Phuket or Krabi, the only way to complete the journey is to travel overland to a ferry pier on the west coast of Thailand to take a ferry or speedboat to Koh Phi Phi.

Journey by Bus to Koh Phi Phi

The journey by joint bus and ferry service from Hua Hin to Koh Phi Phi has three parts:

• The first part of the journey is by bus from Hua Hin to Surat Thani City. The distance travelled is around 450 km which would take around 6 hours 40 minutes if you did the journey without stopping. By bus the journey is scheduled to take 7 hours 30 minutes, which allows time for comfort breaks and to drop passengers in Chumphon en route.
• The second part of the journey is by bus from Surat Thani City to one of the ferry piers in Krabi Province. The distance travelled is around 160 km which would take around 2 hours 15 minutes if you did the journey without stopping. By bus the journey ends up taking around 4 hours because passengers will be dropped off at other destinations in Krabi before continuing onto the ferry pier.
• The third and final part of the journey is from Krabi to Koh Phi Phi. The sea crossing takes around 2 hours by ferry and from 50 minutes to 1 hour by shared speedboat.

Journey by Train to Koh Phi Phi

The alternative to taking a joint bus and ferry service from Hua Hin to Koh Phi Phi is travel part of the way by sleeper train and then to take a joint bus and ferry service from Surat Thani Train Station to Koh Phi Phi.

By train it takes 6 to 7 hours to complete the first part of the journey, which is from Hua Hin to Surat Thani. If you time it correctly you can take an overnight sleeper train and arrive in Surat Thani with only a 1 to 2 hour wait for a connecting bus and ferry service from the train station direct to Koh Phi Phi. By joint bus and ferry service the journey from Surat Thani Train Station to Koh Phi Phi is scheduled to take from 4 hours 30 minutes to 6 hours depending upon which service you take.

By train and connecting bus and ferry services the overall journey time from Hua Hin to Koh Phi Phi is from 13 to 18 hours depending upon which train you take.

Phi Phi Islands

The term Koh Phi Phi is used interchangeably to refer to a cluster of 6 islands or, as is more often the case, to refer to only the largest of those 6 islands, which is Koh Phi Phi Don.

Only Koh Phi Phi Don is inhabited. The next largest island is Koh Phi Phi Leh which is famous for Maya Bay where parts of ‘The Beach’ were filmed. The next largest islands after that are Koh Mai Phai and Koh Yung. Both of which have a single beach and not much else. The two smallest of the 6 islands in Phi Phi Archipelago are Bida Nok and Bida Nai, which are very small steep-sided islands, both of which are popular scuba diving sites.

Koh Phi Phi Don is the only one of the 6 islands with any tourist accommodation, or other facilities such as restaurants. The island itself is relatively small. 7.8 km long by 3.6 km at its widest point, with an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 permanent residents. The island typically receives around 1.5 million leisure travellers per year, and even during the low season the number of tourists massively outnumbers the local population. This is particularly so in Tonsai Village where the majority of the visitors to Koh Phi Phi Don stay.

Tonsai Village

Koh Phi Phi’s main long distance ferry pier is Tonsai Pier, which is located on the south side of Tonsai Village. It’s the main entry point for travel to the islands and it’s also where the majority of the accommodation is located.

Tonsai Village isn’t very large. It’s located mostly on a thin strip of flat land connecting the east and west parts of the island. This strip of land is 165 metres wide at its narrowest point and around 1 km long. Within that small space are over 100 hotels, guesthouses, and hostels, as well as hundreds of bars and restaurants. The streets are narrow and they get busy particularly in the evening time. If you stay right in the centre of Tonsai Village don’t expect to get a peaceful night’s sleep as the bars tend to carry on well past midnight.

Despite the overcrowding, Tonsai Village is in a beautiful location which you can only fully appreciate if you walk up to the viewpoints overlooking the village. On the south side of the village is Tonsai Bay which has dramatic sea cliffs. On the other side of the village is the 1.1 km long Loh Dalum Beach.