By ferry or shared speedboat the journey from Ao Nang to Phuket is scheduled to take from 1 hour to 3 hours 15 minutes depending upon which service you take.
Ferry Timetable from Ao Nang to Phuket
Click on the Ao Nang – Phuket link in the timetable below for more information and to buy tickets.
| Ao Nang - Phuket ฿ 700–1,300 1h 30m – 4h | |
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| Ao Nang - Phuket ฿ 420–1,350 2h 30m – 5h 55m | |
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Ao Nang Ferry Pier
Ferry and speedboat services from Ao Nang to Phuket depart from Nopparat Thara Pier.
Arrival in Phuket
Ao Nang Travel And Tour services from Ao Nang to Phuket arrive in Phuket at Rassada Pier.
About Travel to Phuket
The arrival point for ferry and shared speedboat services from Ao Nang Phuket, Rassada Pier, is located in the south of Phuket just under 4 km by road from Phuket Town.
Transport in Phuket
From Rassada Pier if you want to use cheaper local transport services for onward travel, as opposed to a relatively expensive private taxi service, you first need to travel from Rassada Pier into Phuket Town to join a connecting bus, minivan or shared taxi service.
Taxi from Rassada Pier
A private taxi from Rassada Pier to Phuket Town will normally cost foreign visitors at least 400 THB. There are also some shared minivan services departing from the entrance pier which can be cheaper.
Bus from Rassada Pier
The least expensive way to travel from Rassada Pier to Phuket Town is to walk from the pier to the Anuphasphuketkarn Road, where you then need to turn left and walk about 200 metres along the road to a bus stop marked with a pink sign.
Nopparat Thara Pier in Ao NangTransport from Phuket Town
Phuket Town has an interesting old quarter, notable for its early 20th Century Sino-Portuguese architecture, which has developed into a significant tourist attraction over the last decade. Most visitors to Phuket, however, want to stay somewhere on the coast.
Phuket Bus Terminal 1
Phuket Town does not have a beach but it does have lots of good local transport links. Phuket Bus Terminal 1, which is the old bus terminal in the town centre, is now the main terminus for local bus and minivan services to destinations across Phuket, including an inexpensive service to Phuket Airport, minivan services to Patong, and bus services to destinations slightly further away such as Khao Lak.
A wide variety of shared taxi and minivan services to destinations across Phuket also depart from roadside near Phuket Town Central Market on the Ranong Road.
Phuket Bus Terminal 2
For longer distance road journeys passengers need to travel to Phuket Bus Terminal 2, which is located 5 km to the north of Phuket Town. The least expensive way to travel to Phuket Bus Terminal 2 is to take the government run shared taxi service which departs frequently from Phuket Bus Terminal 1 and takes around 15 minutes to reach Phuket Bus Terminal 2.