There are 11 ways to get from Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lak by bus, plane, train, or car
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Bus to Don Mueang International Airport, fly to Phuket International Airport, Local Bus
best- Take the bus from Nakhonratchasima Bus Terminal to Rangsit Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane DMK - HKT
- Take the bus from Phuket Bus Terminal 2 to Khao Lakbus
9h 38m฿1,545–3,730Bus via Bangkok
cheapest- Take the bus from Nakhonratchasima Bus Terminal to Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal to Takua Pa Phang Ngabus
23h 30m฿832–6,232Bus
- Take the bus from สถานีขนส่งผู้โดยสารจังหวัดนครราชสีมา;Nakhon Ratchasima Bus Terminal to กระบี่bus 836
- Take the bus from กระบี่ to พังงา;Phang-Ngabus 435
- Take the bus from พังงา;Phang-Nga to อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Parkbus 444
17h 25mTrain, Mini Van, bus via Bangkok
- Take the train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminaltrain 24
- Take the train from Bang Bamru to Surat Thani Train Stationtrain 85
- Take the bus from Surat Thani station to Khao Sokbus
- Take the bus from อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาสก;Khao Sok National Park to อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Parkbus 444
20h 10mDrive 1,018 km
- Drive from Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lakcar 1,018 km
14h 28m฿3,602–5,202Bus, Public Van to Suvarnabhumi Airport, fly to Phuket International Airport, Local Bus
- Take the bus from Nakhonratchasima Bus Terminal to Rangsit Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Rangsit to Suvarnabhumi Airportbus
- Fly from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane BKK - HKT
- Take the bus from Phuket Bus Terminal 2 to Khao Lakbus
10h 28m฿1,574–4,170Bus to Don Mueang International Airport, fly to Krabi Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Nakhonratchasima Bus Terminal to Rangsit Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) to Krabi Airport (KBV)plane DMK - KBV
- Take the bus from กระบี่ to พังงา;Phang-Ngabus
- Take the bus from พังงา;Phang-Nga to อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Parkbus
10h 31mBus, Public Van to Suvarnabhumi Airport, fly to Krabi Airport
- Take the bus from Nakhonratchasima Bus Terminal to Rangsit Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Rangsit to Suvarnabhumi Airportbus
- Fly from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Krabi Airport (KBV)plane BKK - KBV
- Take the bus from กระบี่ to พังงา;Phang-Ngabus
- Take the bus from พังงา;Phang-Nga to อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Parkbus
11h 16mBus to Don Mueang International Airport, fly to Surat Thani, Bus
- Take the bus from Nakhonratchasima Bus Terminal to Rangsit Bus Terminalbus
- Fly from Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) to Surat Thani (URT)plane DMK - URT
- Take the bus from Surat Thani Airport to Krabi Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from กระบี่ to พังงา;Phang-Ngabus
- Take the bus from พังงา;Phang-Nga to อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Parkbus
11h 24mBus, Public Van to Suvarnabhumi Airport, fly to Surat Thani
- Take the bus from Nakhonratchasima Bus Terminal to Rangsit Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Rangsit to Suvarnabhumi Airportbus
- Fly from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Surat Thani (URT)plane BKK - URT
- Take the bus from Surat Thani Airport to Krabi Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from กระบี่ to พังงา;Phang-Ngabus
- Take the bus from พังงา;Phang-Nga to อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Parkbus
12h 9mTrain, Mini Van, bus
- Take the train from Thanon Chira Junction to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminaltrain 140
- Take the train from Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal to Surat Thani Train Stationtrain 85
- Take the bus from Surat Thani station to Khao Sokbus
- Take the bus from อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาสก;Khao Sok National Park to อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Parkbus 444
22h 24m
Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) to Phuket International Airport (HKT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lak is to bus via Bangkok which costs ฿800 - ฿6500 and takes 23h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lak is to bus and fly and Local Bus which takes 9h 38m and costs ฿1500 - ฿3800.
No, there is no direct bus from Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lak. However, there are services departing from สถานีขนส่งผู้โดยสารจังหวัดนครราชสีมา;Nakhon Ratchasima Bus Terminal and arriving at อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park via กระบี่ and พังงา;Phang-Nga. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 25m.
The distance between Nakhon Ratchasima and Khao Lak is 1055 km. The road distance is 1018 km.
The best way to get from Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lak without a car is to bus which takes 17h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 38m to get from Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lak, including transfers.
Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lak bus services, operated by Provincial Land Transport Office Of Krabi, depart from สถานีขนส่งผู้โดยสารจังหวัดนครราชสีมา;Nakhon Ratchasima Bus Terminal station.
Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lak bus services, operated by Provincial Land Transport Office Of Krabi, arrive at กระบี่ station.
Yes, the driving distance between Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lak is 1018 km. It takes approximately 14h 28m to drive from Nakhon Ratchasima to Khao Lak.
There are 245+ hotels available in Khao Lak.
What companies run services between Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand and Khao Lak, Phangnga, Thailand?
You can take a bus from สถานีขนส่งผู้โดยสารจังหวัดนครราชสีมา;Nakhon Ratchasima Bus Terminal to อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park via กระบี่ and พังงา;Phang-Nga in around 17h 25m.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿900–2,900
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿900–2,900
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿900–2,800
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿900–2,900
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Surat Thani
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿800–2,500
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Surat Thani
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿850–2,400
- Website
- nokair.com
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,000–7,500
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,100–7,500
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Surat Thani
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿850–7,000
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,000–7,500
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,100–7,500
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Surat Thani
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿850–7,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,000–3,700
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,000–3,000
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Surat Thani
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿950–3,400
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿900–3,400
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿900–2,800
Flights from Don Mueang International Airport to Surat Thani
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿800–3,100
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,900–5,000
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,800–8,500
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Krabi Airport via Koh Samui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,800–4,000
- Website
- bangkokair.com
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,900–5,000
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Krabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,800–4,000
Flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Krabi Airport via Koh Samui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿1,800–4,000
- Phone
- 1690
- sarabanklang@railway.co.th
- Website
- dticket.railway.co.th
Train from Nakhon Ratchasima to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿95–1,200
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/thai-railways
- Website
- https://dticket.railway.co.th/DTicketPublicWeb/home/Home
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- ฿95–200
- 2nd Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿600–850
- 2nd Class (Air-conditioned Seat)
- ฿300–420
- 1st Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿850–1,200
Train from Bang Bamru to Surat Thani Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿190–1,500
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/thai-railways
- Website
- https://dticket.railway.co.th/DTicketPublicWeb/home/Home
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- ฿190–280
- 2nd Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿700–950
- 2nd Class (Air-conditioned Seat)
- ฿410–600
- 1st Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿1,100–1,500
Train from Thanon Chira Junction to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿100–1,200
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/thai-railways
- Website
- https://dticket.railway.co.th/DTicketPublicWeb/home/Home
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- ฿100–200
- 2nd Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿600–850
- 2nd Class (Air-conditioned Seat)
- ฿300–420
- 1st Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿850–1,200
Train from Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal to Surat Thani Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿190–1,500
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/thai-railways
- Website
- https://dticket.railway.co.th/DTicketPublicWeb/home/Home
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- ฿190–280
- 2nd Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿700–950
- 2nd Class (Air-conditioned Seat)
- ฿410–600
- 1st Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- ฿1,100–1,500
- Phone
- +66 44 230 378
- airkorat@hotmail.com
- Website
- airkorat.com
Bus from Nakhonratchasima Bus Terminal to Rangsit Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿232
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Nakhonratchasima Bus Terminal to Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿232
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Phuket Bus Terminal 2 to Khao Lak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿78
- Website
- kbi.dlt.go.th
Bus from สถานีขนส่งผู้โดยสารจังหวัดนครราชสีมา;Nakhon Ratchasima Bus Terminal to กระบี่
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://kbi.dlt.go.th/th
Bus from กระบี่ to พังงา;Phang-Nga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://kbi.dlt.go.th/th
Bus from พังงา;Phang-Nga to อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://kbi.dlt.go.th/th
Bus from อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาสก;Khao Sok National Park to อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขาหลัก-ลำรู่;Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://kbi.dlt.go.th/th
- Phone
- 1490
- borkorsor@transport.co.th
- Website
- tcl99web.transport.co.th
Bus from กระบี่ to พังงา;Phang-Nga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿95–650
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/transport-co
- Website
- https://tcl99web.transport.co.th/Home
Bus from Bangkok Mochit Bus Terminal to Takua Pa Phang Nga
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿600–6,000
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/transport-co
- Website
- https://tcl99web.transport.co.th/Home
- Phone
- +66 (0)77 272230
- info@phantiptravel.com
- Website
- phantiptravel.com
Bus from Surat Thani station to Khao Sok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿260–380
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/phantip-1970
- Website
- https://www.phantiptravel.com/
- Website
- bangkokairportonline.com
Bus from Rangsit to Suvarnabhumi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿29–40
- Schedules at
- bangkokairportonline.com
- Phone
- +66 89 873 0008
- customercare@lomprayah.com
- Website
- lomprayah.com
Bus from Surat Thani Airport to Krabi Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- lomprayah.com
- Book at
- lomprayah.com
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