By speedboat it takes from 5 to 6 hours to travel from Koh Lipe to Phuket. You can also travel more cheaply with a joint speedboat and bus service from Koh Lipe to Phuket although the journey will take from 9 to 10 hours.
Ferry Timetable from Koh Lipe to Phuket
Click on the Koh Lipe – Phuket link in the timetable below for more information and to buy tickets.
| Koh Lipe - Phuket ฿ 1,100–4,875 5h – 9h 30m | |
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| Koh Lipe - Phuket ฿ 1,140–1,260 9h 5m – 10h 20m | |
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| Koh Lipe - Phuket ฿ 1,120 10h 30m | |
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Koh Lipe Ferry Pier
During the tourist high season (October to April) speedboat services to Phuket depart from Pattaya Beach.
Phuket Ferry Pier
Speedboat services from Koh Lipe to Phuket terminate at Rassada Pier.
About Travel to Phuket
Phuket is a large island, 49 km long and around 19 km wide, with lots of points of interest and places to stay. Phuket also has a very well developed tourist infrastructure offering a wide range of choice to visitors from internationally recognisable branded hotels and restaurants to much cheaper locally run establishments. The island’s large airport and sea and land connections make it easy to reach also.
Travel from Rassada Pier
Rassada Pier, arrival point for speedboat services from Koh Lipe, is located in the south of Phuket about 4 km by road from Phuket Town. Public transport services from Rassada Pier are limited. There are shared minivan services to Phuket Town which cost around 200 THB person, and a cheaper shared taxi service (also to Phuket Town) which you can access by walking to a taxi stop on the nearby Anuphasphuketkarn Road.
Chinese style temple in Phuket TownThe only way to travel direct from Rassada Pier to any other destination in Phuket is to take a taxi. Pre-booked online (using the Search Box above) the taxi fare varies according to where you travel to in Phuket and which company you travel with:
- Kata, Karon or Kata: 700 to 800 THB
- Phuket International Airport: 800 to 900 THB
Visit Phuket Town
Phuket Town does not have a beach, however, it is growing in popularity as a place to visit because of its cultural attractions. During the second half of the 19th Century, and the first half of the 20th Century, before mass tourism, Phuket Town was the centre of a lucrative tin mining industry. Chinese immigrants came to the town in large numbers and formed a Thai-Chinese community in the city’s Old Town area and built a wide range of hotels and temples.
Popular attractions in Phuket’s Old Town include its historic Sino-Portuguese mansion houses, such as the Chinpracha House which is open to visitors, and the Thalang Road. The Thalang features long rows of brightly coloured Chinese style shop houses and a very busy night market.
Stay in Patong
The most popular place to stay in Phuket is Patong, which is located 14 km by road to the west of Phuket Town. Inexpensive shared minivans to Patong depart from the city centre Phuket Bus Terminal 1.
The reason why Patong became so popular is its wide, gently curving, 2.7 km long white sand beach. The beach is very good and safe for swimming except during the rainy season. Patong Town stretches the entire length of the beach and offers a very wide range of accommodation and food to suit nearly all tastes and budgets.
On the downside, Patong is very much a mass tourism destination. Some parts of the town, particularly Patong’s famous Walking Street, attract higher levels of ant-social and criminal behaviour than some of the other quieter parts of the island. However, Patong isn’t a dangerous destination in comparison to many European cities and avoiding anti-social behaviour is easily achieved by simply avoiding certain parts of the town.