Surat Thani to Koh Phangang with hotel drop off in August 2026
I read in reviews that some people struggled with the transfers, but to me it was very easy to walk from the bus to the ferry (follow everyone else), and outside the ferry someone was waiting for me. They took a picture of me to let the driver know who to look for, and I got a sticker saying hotel transfer. Before boarding the schedule was explained to me. There was only a short wait for the van to arrive.
Supposedly the suitcases were too big. They were normal commercially available suitcases with 16 kg. We had to pay extra. There was no receipt either. System to get money out of customers' pockets?
We got delayed due to a missed flight from BKK. But staff was really helpful at Surat thani airport, helped us get to next ferry.
Comfortable seats in ferry and overall would recommend to families/traveling with infant.
No extra luggage charge for big bags (read it in some reviews)
Transfer was fine but getting onto the ferry was appalling. No crowd control, stifling heat and pushing and shoving for 2 hours trying to get on board. Most people missed their ferry and were stampeding to get on the next one 1 hour later.
It went kind of smooth. No traffic jams eventhough it was friday afternoon. We asked the bus driver to drop us on the way near our hotel. And after some.explaining he was willing to do that, which was nice. The aircon was very cold, so wear some clothes.
Super easy. Was worried about pickup points etc.. don't.. they called my number with super clear Instruction.. ended up with earlier bus/boat arrived 2 hours early winner
Very easy to redeem, even when purchasing shortly beforehand. Great experience overall. Comfortable ferry and bus. Would definitely use 12Go again to book this.
This worked out well in the end, although info was slightly lacking in the middle. Tips are : A half hour check in is not necessary, we ended up on an earlier boat through turning up 40 minutes early. The boat takes 1.5h, the bus is scheduled to leave 15 minutes after the boat arrives, they had our names at the bus station so probably would have waited a bit. The bus that stops at the train station is the airport bus, not the town bus
There is almost constant music on that boat. Can anyone give feedback to the company that this music is too loud and really very disturbing. Also, I booked a van transport but there was only a bus available.