Bangkok to Phuket Thailand

This could also be a interesting destination to proceed southwards on a trip from Phuket to Cambodia via Bangkok road travel. 

Airfare for flights from Bangkok to Phuket is relatively low, around Baht 2000,- for one way, but it goes up and down every day, its like the night market in Bangkok. Check with Thai Airways, NOK Air or Air Asia. The best prices and service is offered by Thai Airways.

To get a cheap flight ticket for Phuket to Bangkok go directly to the airport and buy it at the Thai Airways counter. Ask particularly for the cheapest ticket they usually offer below Baht 2000,-. Nok Air and Air Asia are almost always above Baht 2000,- . Bangkok Air is almost always around Baht 3000,- .

The reason to buy a Thai Airways flight ticket is also, you wont have trouble, with Air Asia you will have trouble almost for sure, since this are some amateurs who try to play a game called air line business and this cant go well.

With Air Asia you better read the small text in context of their Bangkok to Phuket or vice versa airfare. There are all kind of taxes, duties and add on for their Phuket to Bangkok flights. This usually makes their Bangkok to Phuket air fare to double relative to the announced price and the worst are their gigantic delays and they wont reroute your ticket or do any compensation.

A alternative to travel from Bangkok to Phuket by flights is do the trip by bus, prices, times and hours are already mentioned before. A interesting variant would be to rent a car in Bangkok and travel to Phuket via Hua Hin, Chumphon, Surat Thani or Ranong by road.

Naturally you could do this travel also out of Phuket. If you choose the trip from Bangkok to Phuket consider to travel both ways with the rented car. A Phuket to Bangkok video is here.

Starting at Phuket or Bangkok and drop the rent car at the other destination is difficult and expensive.

There are plenty attractions along the road from Bangkok to Phuket to make this travel a great one. Start at Bangkok, travel

-to Hua Hin south west of Bangkok

and from there to Phuket passing Chumphon. At Chumphon a right turn leads to Ranong and you reach the Andaman Sea coast there. Spectacular  panoramas are waiting 

left and right of the road. Lush tropical mountain jungle starts a couple of Km behind Chumphon and that's for almost all the way to Ranong and Khao Lak. After Khao Lak is becomes flat again.

-About 8 km behind the first intersection to Prachuap Kiri Khan

is a road sign for Myanmar. Its' worth to have a look, the Thai Myanmar border is closed for foreigners, but open for locals, since on the Myanmar side there is no immigration post, only a military outpost.

There is a huge orchid market just in front of the Thai border post. The Myanmar’s come over every day to sell their orchid flowers and other. A beautiful beautiful lake just in front.

The Myanmar’s try to make some money with their exotic orchid plants. If you are a amateur be very careful since about 80% of the orchid plants are infected by fungus.

It's easy to spot the infection just check for yellow leaves or brown spots on the leaves. Don’t touch it since the fungi can be transmitted via hand contact. In any case go and have a hand wash with soap afterwards.

You wont get as closed to rural Myanmar anywhere along the Thai border with Myanmar. Have a look its a great experience and there are no problems of any kind. The landscape somehow reminds to Tuscany in Italy.

Stop for a night at Ranong. Ranong is the biggest port of Thailand on the west coast. Mainly used for the Thai fishing fleet in the Andaman Sea and the Indian Ocean.

At your journey from Bangkok to Phuket you could do a trip from Ranong to Kawthaung in Myanmar.

There are absolute no problems to do this trip, its just about 30 minutes with the long tail boat out of Ranong harbor. Costs are about Baht 300,- per person, naturally this is negotiable. This short trip is a journey back in time, Kawthaung is still somehow similar as it was during English colonial time, the English name for the area around there was Victoria Point.

The Myanmar immigration is happy to see you since they get money from you. Don't believe anything contrary people might tell you. Myanmar's are helpful and nice people as long as you are not on a political crusade. The Myanmar visa costs US$ 10,- and you can move around in the town freely, there are also some hotels there. With this visa you only can be in Kawthaung and no way to go elsewhere. As mentioned before a real great sidestep on jour travel from Bangkok to Phuket.

After take the excellent coastal road from Ranong via Takuapa and Khao Lak to Phuket. About half way between Phuket and Ranong is Takua Pa and about 50km away is one of the most spectacular Thai National Park, the Khao Sok National Park around a huge reservoir.

Khao Lak has kilometers of beautiful beaches, warm emerald shaded tropical waters and a marvelous green hinterland.

Behind Khao Lak its only about 100 km to Phuket. The whole distance driving from Bangkok to Phuket via Ranong is about 900 km. We will show you further down driving back from Phuket to Bangkok via a different travel route. Now we came to Phuket, pls. check here for more on Phuket and Phuket Beach.

Since there are two ways of road travel from Bangkok to Phuket and vise versa. One is from Bangkok to Phuket via Ranong as just written above. The other way is from Phuket to Bangkok or vice versa via Surat Thani, Ko Samui and Ko Phangan and after back to Bangkok.

-From Phuket to Bangkok via Surat Thani, Koh Samui, Ko Phangan and the Ang Thong Archipelago.

Leaving Phuket on the road over the Sarasin Bridge and doing a right turn after some kilometers in the direction to Phang Nga.

A good 4 lane highway with dangerous curves and bends leads to Phang Nga City. Just before Phang Nga City is a right turn to Phang Nga Bay. This is just behind the Phunga Hotel which is on the right side of the highway. This hotel also could be a good choice if you run into the night. Night travel from Phuket to Bangkok is very dangerous since nobody cares about anything on the road. On top of it many cars or motorbikes drive without lights, others on the wrong side of the road and so on.

The other day I drove from Phuket to Bangkok in the night and counted 9 heavy accidents, with at least 3 dead people, that means every 100 km one

beaches are around the limestone islands plus real marvelous panoramas. After coming back to the Phang Nga Bay jetty do a right turn at the intersection and drive towards Phang Nga City. Just before the city turn right again in Surat Thani direction.

Now the Phuket to Bangkok ride is through a green landscape with palm oil and rubber plantations. From time to time a river is crossed, driving through mangrove forest and the limestone hills pop out from the green carpet.

If you come into the night be aware that most petrol stations in Thailand close between 9 -10 pm and open at about 5 am, only at the main through roads like Petkassem Road -that's the name of the main north south highway in Thailand.