There are 6 ways to get from Shanghai to Similan Islands by plane, taxi, ferry, bus, or train
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport, taxi, ferry
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane PVG - HKT
- Take the taxi from Family Mart to Khao Laktaxi
- Take the ferry from Khao Lak to Ko Similanferry
12h 10m฿8,367–18,416Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport, taxi, ferry
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane SHA - HKT
- Take the taxi from Family Mart to Khao Laktaxi
- Take the ferry from Khao Lak to Ko Similanferry
13h 48m฿9,527–22,175Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Krabi Airport, bus, taxi, ferry
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Krabi Airport (KBV)plane PVG - KBV
- Take the bus from กระบี่ to พังงา;Phang-Ngabus
- Take the taxi from พังงา;Phang-Nga to Khao Laktaxi
- Take the ferry from Khao Lak to Ko Similanferry
15h 36m฿11,875–24,281Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Phuket International Airport, taxi, ferry
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane WUX - HKT
- Take the taxi from Family Mart to Khao Laktaxi
- Take the ferry from Khao Lak to Ko Similanferry
16h 16m฿10,141–22,696Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Phuket International Airport, taxi, ferry
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane HGH - HKT
- Take the taxi from Family Mart to Khao Laktaxi
- Take the ferry from Khao Lak to Ko Similanferry
14h 28m฿9,577–20,871Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Surat Thani, Bus, taxi, ferry
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Surat Thani (URT)plane PVG - URT
- Take the bus from Surat Thani Airport to Krabi Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from กระบี่ to พังงา;Phang-Ngabus
- Take the taxi from พังงา;Phang-Nga to Khao Laktaxi
- Take the ferry from Khao Lak to Ko Similanferry
16h 36m
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Phuket International Airport (HKT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Similan Islands is to fly and taxi and ferry which costs ฿8000 - ฿19000 and takes 12h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Similan Islands is to fly and taxi and ferry which takes 12h 10m and costs ฿8000 - ฿19000.
The distance between Shanghai and Similan Islands is 3718 km.
It takes approximately 12h 10m to get from Shanghai to Similan Islands, including transfers.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Similan Islands, Thailand?
There is no direct connection from Shanghai to Similan Islands. However, you can take the line 2 subway to Longyang Road, walk to Longyang Road, take the train to Pudong International Airport, walk to Shanghai-Pudong-Airport-PVG airport, fly to Phuket International Airport (HKT), walk to Mai Khao, Phuket International Airport, take the bus to Family Mart, take the taxi to Khao Lak, take the ferry to Ko Similan, then walk to Similan Islands. Alternatively, you can take the line 10 subway to Hongqiao Airport T1, walk to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) airport, fly to Phuket International Airport (HKT), walk to Mai Khao, Phuket International Airport, take the bus to Family Mart, take the taxi to Khao Lak, take the ferry to Ko Similan, then walk to Similan Islands.
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–21,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–22,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–28,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–30,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–31,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–24,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–21,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–21,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–22,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–28,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–30,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–24,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–21,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–24,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–19,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–17,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–20,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–18,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–18,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Krabi Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–19,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–18,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Surat Thani via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–20,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–33,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–21,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–21,000
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–15,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Krabi Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,900–16,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–15,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Surat Thani via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–18,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,500–32,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Krabi Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿8,000–33,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Krabi Airport via Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–21,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,900–15,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–17,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–15,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–33,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Krabi Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–44,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,900–19,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,000–14,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Krabi Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–29,000
- Website
- bangkokair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Krabi Airport via Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–21,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–17,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–24,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Surat Thani via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–20,000
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿280–310
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿280–310
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿460–500
- Business Class Seat
- ฿600–900
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿350–390
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿350–390
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿570–620
- Business Class Seat
- ฿800–1,200
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- ฿220–320
- Hard Sleeper
- ฿230–370
- Soft Sleeper
- ฿600–850
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿300–550
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿300–410
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿370–550
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿340–650
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿340–470
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿440–650
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- ฿110–150
- Hard sleeper
- ฿240–340
- Soft sleeper
- ฿400–550
- 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
- ฿95–600
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/transport-co
- Website
- https://tcl99web.transport.co.th/Home
- Website
- kbi.dlt.go.th
Bus from กระบี่ to พังงา;Phang-Nga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://kbi.dlt.go.th/th
- 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
Ferry from Khao Lak to Ko Similan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ฿2,000
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Estimated price
- ฿1,900–3,100
Phuket Taxi Meter
- Phone
- +66 65 532 8995
- Website
- phuket-taxi-meter.com
Grab Taxi
- Website
- grab.com
Phuket Taxi Meter
- Phone
- +66 65 532 8995
- Website
- phuket-taxi-meter.com
Grab Taxi
- Website
- grab.com
Krabi Taxi Services
- Phone
- +66831829173
- Website
- krabitaxiservices.com
Krabi Taxi
- Phone
- +66 99 492 7829
- Website
- krabitaxi.com
Phuket Taxi Meter
- Phone
- +66 65 532 8995
- Website
- phuket-taxi-meter.com
Grab Taxi
- Website
- grab.com
Phuket Taxi Meter
- Phone
- +66 65 532 8995
- Website
- phuket-taxi-meter.com
Grab Taxi
- Website
- grab.com
Krabi Taxi Services
- Phone
- +66831829173
- Website
- krabitaxiservices.com
Krabi Taxi
- Phone
- +66 99 492 7829
- Website
- krabitaxi.com
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