There are 5 ways to get from Busan to Ko Samui by plane, train, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Koh Samui Airport
best- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane PUS - USM
15h 2m฿7,719–23,272Train to Daegu International Airport, fly to Koh Samui Airport
- Take the train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Stationtrain
- Fly from Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane TAE - USM
15h 37m฿11,583–29,420Fly Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport, ferry
- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Krabi Airport (KBV)plane PUS - KBV
- Take the ferry from Krabi Town Hotel Transfer to Na Thon Seatran Ferry Pierferry
19h 50m฿8,544–20,602Train, bus to Incheon International Airport, fly to Koh Samui Airport
- Take the train from Busan Station to Gwangmyeong Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1bus
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Koh Samui Airport (USM)plane ICN - USM
15h 52m฿9,637–19,873Fly Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Surat Thani, ferry
- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Surat Thani (URT)plane PUS - URT
- Take the ferry from Surat Thani Airport to Boonsiri Ferry Nathon Pier Koh Samuiferry
17h 12m฿8,092–19,095
Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Koh Samui Airport (USM) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Busan to Ko Samui is to fly and ferry which costs ฿8000 - ฿20000 and takes 17h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Busan to Ko Samui is to fly which takes 15h 2m and costs ฿7500 - ฿24000.
The distance between Busan and Ko Samui is 4112 km.
It takes approximately 15h 2m to get from Busan to Ko Samui, including transfers.
Ko Samui is 2h behind Busan. It is currently 7:48 AM in Busan and 5:48 AM in Ko Samui.
There are 3477+ hotels available in Ko Samui.
What companies run services between Busan, South Korea and Ko Samui, Thailand?
Singapore Airlines, Scoot Tigerair, and five other airlines fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Koh Samui Airport (USM) twice daily.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–27,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–29,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–34,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Fukuoka, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–34,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿9,500–29,000
- Website
- bangkokair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–27,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Xiamen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–23,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–29,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–34,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿8,500–29,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–55,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–39,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–50,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Koh Samui Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–29,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport via Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–20,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Surat Thani via Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–20,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Surat Thani via Noi Bai International, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–17,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Surat Thani via Vientiane, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–21,000
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–18,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Surat Thani via Shanghai Pudong, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–18,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Surat Thani via Hong Kong, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–19,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Surat Thani via Kaohsiung, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿8,000–19,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,000–21,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Surat Thani via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–21,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿390–750
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ฿390–550
- First Class
- ฿500–750
Train from Busan Station to Gwangmyeong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿1,000–2,300
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ฿1,000–1,500
- First Class
- ฿1,500–2,300
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- SRT
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿460–1,000
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- ฿460–1,000
- First Class
- ฿650–950
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿212–214
- Website
- Korail
- Economy Class
- ฿212–214
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿390–430
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Gwangmyeong KTX Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿395
- Schedules at
- korail.com
Ferry from Krabi Town Hotel Transfer to Na Thon Seatran Ferry Pier
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,405–1,410
- Website
- Jijie Tour and Travel | จีจี้ ทัวร์ แอนด์ ทราเวล
- Phone
- +66 9 4724 4555
- info@boonsiriferry.com
- Website
- Boonsiri Highspeed Ferries
Ferry from Surat Thani Airport to Boonsiri Ferry Nathon Pier Koh Samui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿328
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Boonsiri Highspeed Ferries
- Phone
- +66 89 873 0008
- customercare@lomprayah.com
- Website
- Lomprayah
Ferry from Surat Thani Airport to Boonsiri Ferry Nathon Pier Koh Samui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿460–2,100
- Schedules at
- Lomprayah
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