Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park

By joint ferry and bus service the journey from Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park is scheduled to take from 5 hours 20 minutes to 7 hours 30 minutes depending upon which service you take.

Bus Times from Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park

There are currently 18 services a day from Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park available to book online.

Buy Tickets from Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park

Use the Search Box below to buy your tickets from Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park.

You can also book private taxi and minivan services from Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park using the Search Box above.

Alternative Travel Routes from Koh Lanta to Khao Sok

There are two ways to travel by public transport from Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park:

• You can take a ferry direct to a pier near Krabi town, and then a bus or minivan from Krabi Town to Khao Sok.
• You can take a car ferry to the mainland, then a minivan for the 72 km journey to Krabi Town, and then take a bus or minivan to Khao Sok National Park. This option is the cheapest and quickest way to travel from Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park.

Koh Lanta Car Ferry Pier

The first stage of the journey Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park is a transfer by minivan from your accommodation on Koh Lanta to the car ferry pier on Koh Lanta Noi.

Khao Sok Bus Stop

Services from Koh Lanta to Khao Sok National Park terminate at the minivan station on the main road near the main entrance to Khao Sok National Park.

About Khao Sok National Park

Khao Sok is one of the most popular national parks in Thailand for foreign visitors. There are several reasons for this.

Tourism in Khao Sok

One reason is that the park is located in the South of Thailand one to two hours drive away from the ferry ports in Donsak, which serve the islands of Koh Phangan and Koh Samui, and a similar distance from popular beach resort areas on the West Coast such as Krabi and Phuket. The other thing that attracts visitors to the park is the large lake at the centre of the National Park, Cheow Larn Lake.

Cheow Larn Lake

Cheow Larn Lake is man made lake which formed behind the Ratchaprapha Dam which was constructed in 1987. Because of the lake Khao Sok National Park is accessible by boat which means that, unlike most other forest reserves in Thailand, the peace and quiet is not disturbed by roads, and visitors do not need to make sweat inducing treks through dense jungle to reach the protected areas where the wild animals and birds congregate. Cheow Larn Lake is also an attraction in itself with fishing, kayaking and floating bungalows available to visitors for a small fee.

Animals, birds and plants in Khao Sok National Park

Khao Sok National Park covers an area of over 793 square kilometres and has an abundance of wildlife and exotic plants, as well as lots of trees. The park has large mammals living wild there, such as tigers, leopards, bears, which you are unlikely to see although may hear their calls at nights and see tracks in the soft earth around the lake. What you will definitely see is a lot of bird life around the lake and if you visit in January or February you may be lucky enough to find the rafflesia, which is the world’s largest flower, in bloom within the forest around the lake.