By ship
The following companies operate boats in the high season November to May:
Adang Sea Tours
(http://www.adangseatour.c...) operates three daily speedboats from November 1st to May 15th, leaving Pak Bara at 11:30am, 12:30am, and 2:30pm. The speedboats stop at Ko Tarutao or Ko Bulone. The journey from Pak Bara takes 90 minutes and costs THB650 one-way, THB1,200 round trip. The boats leave Ko Lipe at 9:00am, 10:00am, and 1:30pm for the return trip.Forra Speedboats
(http://www.forraspeedboat...) operates two daily speedboats from November 1st to May 15th, leaving Pak Bara at 11:30 am and 1:30pm. The speedboats stop at Ko Tarutao. The journey from Pak Bara takes 90 minutes and costs THB650 one-way, THB1,200 round trip. The boats leave Ko Lipe at 9:00am and 10:00am for the return trip.Bundaya Resorts
(http://www.bundhayaresort...) and Lipe Speedboat Company also operates speedboats from Pak Bara, leaving at similar times and costing the same as above.Satun Pakbara Speed Boat Club
(http://www.tarutaolipeisl...) operates a daily boat from Ko Lanta, leaving at 1:00pm and stopping at Ko Ngai, Ko Muk, Ko Bulone, before reaching Ko Lipe at 4:00pm. The boat leaves Ko Lipe at 9:00am for the return trip. The company offers transfers to this boat from Phuket. The company also operates two daily speedboats from Telaga Terminal @ Telaga Harbour Marina in Langkawi, Malaysia, 42km from Ko Lipe. These boats dock at the south end of Pattaya Beach. The boats leave Langkawi at 9:30am and 2:30pm for the 60 minute journey, costing approximately RM120. The boats leave Ko Lipe for the return journey at 10:30am and 4:30pm.Tigerline Ferries
(http://www.tigerlinetrave...) operates a daily speedboat to/from Langkawi, leaving Langkawi at 8:00 and arriving at Ko Lipe at 9:00am, and returns from Ko Lipe to Langkawi at 4:00pm. The trip costs 1200 baht.The company also operates a daily speedboat to/from Hat Yao Pier in Trang, leaving Ko Lipe at 10:00am and arriving in Trang at 12:30pm. The trip costs 750 baht. The company offers continuing boat service to Ko Lanta 1,500 baht total, arrives 3:30pm, and Phi Phi 1,800 baht total, arrives 5:00pm. For the journey to Ko Lipe, the boats leave Phi Phi at 8:00am and arrive in Ko Lipe at 3:30pm.
In the low season, there is one boat per day from Pak Bara leaving at 11:30.
Ferries are met by longtail boats offering transfers to anywhere on Ko Lipe for an additional 50 baht/person non-negotiable.
Health and Safety tip: Please be aware that the speedboats can often bounce off the waves at very high speeds and passengers can get quite strong jolts into the non-sprung seats, so persons with back or neck problems should not travel on the speedboats but on the ferry. There have been reports of serious back injuries happening on the speedboats. Warning: Any person removing this notice must be willing to take moral and legal responsibility for any subsequent accidents that may happen
