Koh Lanta Diving
What Are My Diving Options For Koh Lanta?
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Liveaboards
- 2 Day Liveaboard – Hin Daeng and Koh Haa
- 4 Day Liveaboard – all Southern Thailand sites
- 5 Day Liveaboard – Southern Thailand sites and Similan Islands
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Daytrips to
- Koh Haa
- Koh Bida
- Hin Daeng / Hin Muang
Koh Lanta is Koh Phi Phi’s not so famous, more sleepy neighbour. Despite there being a lot of development on the island in the last few years, Koh Lanta remains a beautiful island with uncrowded, pristine beaches, a laidback pace of life and options to suit all budgets. For scuba diving, Lanta has access by regular dayboat to three of the major dive sites in Southern Thailand – Hin Daeng / Hin Muang, Koh Haa and Koh Bida.
There is only one liveaboard based on Koh Lanta, the MV Flying Seahorse. This runs a variety of itineraries exploring the Southern Thailand sites and also combining Southern Thailand with the Similan Islands.
How To Get To Koh Lanta
There is no airport on Koh Lanta. The nearest airport is Krabi Airport.
From there, minibus taxis run to the island – it takes 2 – 3 hours as there are two car ferry crossings onto Koh Lanta and there can be long queues
The quicker way to get to Koh Lanta is the fast speedboat transfer. This is a one hour drive direct from Krabi Airport to the speedboat pier, and then a 15 minute speedboat ride direct into Koh Lanta. Customers are then transferred by pickup to their hotel.
Ferry
From Phuket – the Koh Phi Phi ferry departing from Rassada Pier in Phuket continues onto Koh Lanta after stopping at Phi Phi, The ferry leaves early morning and early afternoon.
From Phi Phi – the ferry departs from Koh Phi Phi to Lanta around 10.30 am
From Krabi – the ferry departs early morning and early afternoon from Krabi pier to Koh Lanta.