High season: boats on popular Andaman Coast routes can sell out in December, January and around holidays. Book a day or more ahead.
Published schedule
Times from 12Go and Bookaway, check before you travel: 3 departures a day between 10:30 and 13:00
- Tigerline: 10:30 → 14:00, 12:00 → 14:00, 13:00 → 15:15
Times from 12Go and Bookaway’s schedule, checked 26 Oct 2026. No operator publishes a timetable we could check. Confirm on the booking page before you travel.
Route facts
| Departs | Trang coast (pier depends on the operator), Trang |
|---|---|
| Arrives | Pattaya Beach, Koh Lipe, Satun |
| Crossing time | 2h – 3h 30m |
| Distance | About 50 nautical miles (93 km) |
| Operators | Tigerline (2h – 3h 30m) |
| Boats | Speedboat |
| Season | Runs all year |
| Vehicles | Passengers only |
| Sea | Andaman Sea |
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Before you travel
Good to know
- No operator or government timetable is published for this crossing. The times on this page are the ones 12Go and Bookaway listed on 26 October 2026; check yours when you book and again before you travel.
Trang to Koh Lipe ferry: questions
How long is the ferry from Trang to Koh Lipe?
Operators publish 2h – 3h 30m for Trang to Koh Lipe. The sea distance is about 50 nautical miles.
How often does the Trang to Koh Lipe boat run?
Times from 12Go and Bookaway, check before you travel: 3 departures a day between 10:30 and 13:00 (12Go and Bookaway schedule (booking sites; no operator timetable published), checked 26 Oct 2026).
Where does the Trang to Koh Lipe ferry leave from?
The main departure point is Trang coast (pier depends on the operator); boats arrive at Pattaya Beach, Koh Lipe.
Which companies run ferries from Trang to Koh Lipe?
Tigerline. Tigerline: Speedboat.
Does the Trang to Koh Lipe ferry run all year?
The sources we checked list it as a year-round service. The southwest monsoon brings rougher seas from roughly May to October. Several island-hopping speedboats, especially in the far south around Koh Lipe and the Trang islands, run only in the high season, roughly November to April.
Can I take a car or motorbike from Trang to Koh Lipe?
No. This is a passenger service; vehicles are not carried.
How long does the boat from Trang to Koh Lipe take?
2h – 3h 30m on the departures 12Go lists. Bookaway gives 2 hours 15 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes (most tickets include a van). Times depend on the boat and the sea, and no operator timetable is published, so check the time on your ticket.
What time is the first and last boat from Trang to Koh Lipe?
12Go lists 3 departures a day between 10:30 and 13:00. Bookaway shows the earliest at 08:30 and the latest at 11:30. These are booking-site times checked on 26 October 2026; they change with the season and the weather, so confirm before you travel.
Who runs the boats from Trang to Koh Lipe?
12Go lists Tigerline; Bookaway lists 10 operators on the route. 12Go's tickets start from THB 780.
Sources and checks
We check each route against the operators’ and ports’ own pages, and read our booking partner’s public route page for current departures. Facts we could not confirm are left out.
- 12go.asia, checked 26 Oct 2026: 12Go (booking site): schedule table of bookable departures with operator, boat type, departure and arrival times, read 26 Oct 2026. No operator timetable is published for this crossing.
- bookaway.com, checked 26 Oct 2026: Bookaway (booking site): 10 operators, departures 08:30–11:30, 2 hours 15 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes (most tickets include a van), read 26 Oct 2026.
- Booking partner (12Go) public route page, departures and fares read 2 Nov 2026
Photo: A white sandbar and turquoise shallows off Koh Lipe, with neighbouring Koh Adang behind (Vyacheslav Argenberg, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0).
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