Koh Lanta Ferry Schedule: Routes and Booking Tips

Koh Lanta's ferry network is mainly a high-season (roughly November to April) service, running from Krabi and connecting onward to islands like Koh Phi Phi. Outside that window, ferry frequency drops or routes pause altogether, and the road-plus-car-ferry combination via Krabi becomes the more reliable way in and out. See our car ferry guide below for how that works.

Because exact departure times, operators and prices shift from year to year (and sometimes month to month within a season), we deliberately don't publish a fixed timetable here, anything printed today could be wrong by the time you travel. Instead, treat the schedule as a pattern: expect a handful of daily sailings in high season between Krabi and Koh Lanta, with connections onward to Koh Phi Phi and sometimes Phuket, and expect that pattern to thin out or disappear in the rainy season.

For booking, the safest approach is to check current times and book through your accommodation, a reputable local travel agent on the island, or a well-known ferry/transfer booking platform a few days before you plan to travel, availability can tighten around holidays and the start/end of peak season. If you're travelling in the low season, or you want a transport option that isn't weather-dependent, the car ferry and road route from Krabi runs more consistently; it's covered in detail in the linked guide below.

Two practical rules of thumb. First, treat any timetable you find online as a starting point and confirm it with the operator or your accommodation close to travel. Second, leave slack: don't schedule a tight flight connection on the same day as a ferry, because sea conditions and delays are part of island travel.

If you're travelling in the rainy season, plan on the road route via the car ferry as your default and treat any passenger ferry as a bonus rather than something to rely on.

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