There are 8 ways to get from Ko Lipe to Pai by ferry, plane, bus, train, taxi, or busferry
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Ferry to Hat Yai, fly, Mini Van
best- Take the ferry from Bundhaya Beach Ko Lipe to Hat Yai Airportferry
- Fly from Hat Yai (HDY) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane HDY - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Paibus
13h 14m฿4,040–7,089Ferry, bus, Mini Van
cheapest- Take the ferry from Koh Lipe to Hat Yai Bus Stationferry
- Take the bus from Hat Yai Bus Terminal to Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal to Chaing Mai Arcade Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Paibus
43h 38m฿2,758–16,182Ferry, train, taxi
- Take the ferry from Bundhaya Beach Ko Lipe to Hat Yai stationferry
- Take the train from Hat Yai to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminaltrain
- Take the train from Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal to Chiang Maitrain
- Take the taxi from Chiang Mai to Paitaxi
32h 57m฿3,020–6,391Bus and ferry, bus, Mini Van
- Take the busferry from Koh Lipe Pattaya Beach to Hat Yai Airportbusferry
- Take the bus from Hat Yai to Phitsanulok Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Phitsanulok to Chiang Maibus 874 / ...
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Paibus
35h 9m฿3,398–5,775Speedboat to Phuket International Airport, fly, Mini Van
- Take the ferry from Koh Lipe to Rassada Pier Phuketferry
- Fly from Phuket International Airport (HKT) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane HKT - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Paibus
16h 51m฿4,331–10,201Ferry to Krabi Airport, fly, Mini Van
- Take the ferry from Koh Lipe to Krabi Bus Terminalferry
- Fly from Krabi Airport (KBV) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane KBV - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Paibus
17h 22m฿4,628–11,226Ferry, ferry to Trang Airport, fly, Mini Van
- Take the ferry from Koh Lipe to Ko Kradanferry
- Take the ferry from Koh Kradan to Hat Yao Pierferry
- Fly from Trang Airport (TST) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane TST - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Paibus
16h 34m฿5,486–11,164Ferry, Minivan, bus, Mini Van
- Take the ferry from Koh Lipe to Krabi Bus Terminalferry
- Take the bus from Krabi Bus Station to Phuket Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Phuket Bus Terminal 2 to Chiang Maibus
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Paibus
40h 53m฿5,458–9,006
Ko Lipe to Pai by ferry and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ko Lipe to Pai is to ferry and train and taxi which costs ฿3000 - ฿6500 and takes 32h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Ko Lipe to Pai is to ferry and fly and Mini Van which takes 13h 14m and costs ฿4000 - ฿7500.
No, there is no direct bus from Ko Lipe to Pai. However, there are services departing from Koh Lipe Pattaya Beach and arriving at Pai via Hat Yai Airport, Hat Yai, Phitsanulok and Chiang Mai. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 9m.
The distance between Ko Lipe and Pai is 1593 km.
The best way to get from Ko Lipe to Pai without a car is to ferry and train and taxi which takes 32h 57m and costs ฿3000 - ฿6500.
It takes approximately 13h 14m to get from Ko Lipe to Pai, including transfers.
Ko Lipe to Pai bus services, operated by Tigerline Ferry, depart from Koh Lipe Pattaya Beach station.
Ko Lipe to Pai bus services, operated by Tigerline Ferry, arrive at Hat Yai Airport station.
There are 354+ hotels available in Pai.
What companies run services between Ko Lipe, Thailand and Pai, Thailand?
There is no direct connection from Ko Lipe to Pai. However, you can take the ferry to Hat Yai Airport, walk to Hat Yai (HDY) airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX), walk to สนามบินเชียงใหม่ Chiang Mai International Airport, take the bus to Waroros Market, take the bus to Chiang Mai Terminal 2, walk to Chiang Mai, then take the bus to Pai. Alternatively, you can take the ferry to Hat Yai station, walk to Hat Yai, take the train to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal, take the train to Chiang Mai, then take the taxi to Pai.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Hat Yai to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,700–5,500
Flights from Hat Yai to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,700–5,500
Flights from Phuket International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,800–7,000
Flights from Phuket International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,800–7,000
Flights from Phuket International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Khon Kaen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿2,800–7,000
Flights from Phuket International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,800–7,000
Flights from Krabi Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,600–7,000
Flights from Krabi Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,600–7,000
Flights from Krabi Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,600–7,000
Flights from Trang Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,200–4,200
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Hat Yai to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,100–4,900
Flights from Phuket International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,800–7,500
Flights from Krabi Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿2,700–7,000
Flights from Trang Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,000–6,000
- Website
- nokair.com
Flights from Hat Yai to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿3,300–4,900
Flights from Phuket International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,100–6,500
Flights from Krabi Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,100–7,000
Flights from Trang Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,000–6,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Hat Yai to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,900–6,500
Flights from Phuket International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600–4,300
Flights from Phuket International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600–4,300
Flights from Krabi Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,100–10,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Hat Yai to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–11,000
Flights from Phuket International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,400–13,000
- Website
- maiair.com
Flights from Phuket International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Yangon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–9,500
- Phone
- 1690
- sarabanklang@railway.co.th
- Website
- railway.co.th
Train from Hat Yai to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿300–900
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- railway.co.th
- 1st Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿600–900
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- ฿300–360
- 2nd Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿320–410
- 2nd Class (Air-conditioned Seat)
- ฿670–730
Train from Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal to Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿190–900
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- railway.co.th
- 1st Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿600–900
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- ฿210–260
- 2nd Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿190–250
- 2nd Class (Air-conditioned Seat)
- ฿500–540
- Phone
- 053-245-566
- info.prempracha@gmail.com
- Website
- Prempracha Transports
Bus from Chiang Mai to Pai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿190–370
- Website
- Prempracha Transports
- Book at
- 12 Go
Bus from Chiang Mai to Pai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿190–370
- Website
- Prempracha Transports
- Book at
- 12 Go
Bus from Chiang Mai to Pai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿190–370
- Website
- Prempracha Transports
- Book at
- 12 Go
Bus from Chiang Mai to Pai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿190–370
- Website
- Prempracha Transports
- Book at
- 12 Go
Bus from Chiang Mai to Pai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿190–370
- Website
- Prempracha Transports
- Book at
- 12 Go
Bus from Chiang Mai to Pai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿190–370
- Website
- Prempracha Transports
- Book at
- 12 Go
Bus from Chiang Mai to Pai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿190–370
- Website
- Prempracha Transports
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Phone
- +66 980 168 181
- 168ferry@gmail.com
- Website
- tigerlinetravel
Busferry from Koh Lipe Pattaya Beach to Hat Yai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,250
- Website
- tigerlinetravel
- Phone
- +66 614655695
- booking.smartenplus@gmail.com
- Website
- Smart En Plus
Busferry from Koh Lipe Pattaya Beach to Hat Yai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,200–2,600
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Smart En Plus
- Phone
- +66 56 720 720
- info@phetprasert.com
- Website
- phetprasert.com
Bus from Phitsanulok to Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿330–460
- Schedules at
- phetprasert.com
- 13
- ฿340–400
Bus from Krabi Bus Station to Phuket Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿250
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- Green Bus Thailand
Bus from Phuket Bus Terminal 2 to Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿3,400–4,700
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Green Bus Thailand
- Phone
- 1490
- borkorsor@transport.co.th
- Website
- ฺBor Kor Sor
Bus from Hat Yai Bus Terminal to Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿800–7,500
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- ฺBor Kor Sor
Bus from Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal to Chaing Mai Arcade Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿550–5,500
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- ฺBor Kor Sor
- Phone
- +66 2 936 3256
- Website
- Sombat Tour
Bus from Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal to Chaing Mai Arcade Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿600–1,288
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Sombat Tour
- VIP
- ฿969
- Express
- ฿600–750
- Phone
- 1624
- customerservice@nakhonchaiair.com
- Website
- Nakhonchai Air
Bus from Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal to Chaing Mai Arcade Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿849–1,115
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- Nakhonchai Air
- First Class
- ฿1,115
- Gold Class
- ฿849
- Phone
- 053-244713
- Website
- 12go.asia
Bus from Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal to Chaing Mai Arcade Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿800–1,255
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Standard
- ฿980
- Super VIP
- ฿1,255
- Phone
- +66 61 023 9292
- cherdchai.korat21@gmail.com
- Website
- 12go.asia
Bus from Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal to Chaing Mai Arcade Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿700–850
- Schedules at
- cherdchaitour.com
- Phone
- +66 74 750 770
- jollytravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- jollytravel.in.th
Ferry from Bundhaya Beach Ko Lipe to Hat Yai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,000–1,200
- Book at
- 12 Go
Ferry from Bundhaya Beach Ko Lipe to Hat Yai station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,000–1,300
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Phone
- +66 614655695
- booking.smartenplus@gmail.com
- Website
- Smart En Plus
Ferry from Bundhaya Beach Ko Lipe to Hat Yai station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,200–2,800
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Smart En Plus
Ferry from Koh Lipe to Krabi Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600–3,700
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Smart En Plus
Ferry from Koh Lipe to Krabi Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600–3,700
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Smart En Plus
Ferry from Koh Lipe to Hat Yai Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,200–2,900
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Smart En Plus
- Phone
- +66 74 783 643
- info@spconlinegroup.com
- Website
- Satun Pakbara
Ferry from Koh Lipe to Rassada Pier Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,500–2,500
- Website
- Satun Pakbara
- Phone
- +66 88 616 1416
- info@bundhayaspeedboat.com
- Website
- Bundhaya Speed Boat
Ferry from Koh Lipe to Ko Kradan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,400–2,100
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- Bundhaya Speed Boat
- Phone
- +66 980 168 181
- 168ferry@gmail.com
- Website
- tigerlinetravel
Ferry from Koh Kradan to Hat Yao Pier
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿270–500
- Website
- tigerlinetravel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Estimated price
- ฿1,500–1,800
Chiang Mai Aiport
- Phone
- +66 53 201307
Grab Taxi
- Phone
- +66 061 494 6191
- Website
- grab.com
The Best Taxi Chiang Mai
- Phone
- +66 988237385
- Website
- thebesttaxichiangmai.com
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