Koh Phi Phi to Phuket Ferry

Patong and the west-coast beaches are 18–19 km from Rassada, over the hill, about 25 minutes without traffic and 40–45 in the late afternoon. The simplest way is a ferry ticket that includes a van drop at your hotel, about ฿600–950 depending on the operator, or Ramon's and Phantip's boat-and-coach tickets from the 09:00 and 14:00 sailings (about ฿680–830) to Patong, Kata and Karon. Otherwise the pier's taxi counter charges about ฿700 to Patong and ฿800 to Kata or Karon for a car of up to three.

Grab works, but drivers can't always come up to the terminal, so you may walk out to the road with your bags to meet them. With luggage and a group, the counter taxi is often easier.

Rassada is only about 3.5 km from the Old Town, so Phuket Town is the easiest place to stay after Phi Phi. A taxi takes about 10 minutes, and the pink songthaew runs from the pier to Ranong Road in town, past Bus Terminal 1, roughly every 20–30 minutes until about 20:00, for about ฿10–15. Ramon's boat-and-coach ticket goes to Bus Terminal 2 if you're traveling on by bus the same day.

There's no airport on Phi Phi, so every flight home starts with the boat. The airport is about 35 km from Rassada, 40 to 55 minutes by car, and the pier counter charges about ฿800. Plan on about five hours from the boat's departure to your flight time, which covers two hours on the ferry, an hour to get off and into a car, under an hour on the road, and check-in. That makes the 09:00, 10:00 and 11:00 ferries the right ones for an afternoon flight and the 14:00–14:30 boats the latest for an evening flight. A speedboat saves an hour, but it's the first thing canceled in rough weather, so don't cut it fine in the monsoon months.

If you're staying at Laem Tong, Phi Phi Logistic's 14:00 speedboat lands at Ao Po Grand Marina in the northeast, closer to the airport than Rassada.

Laem Tong has direct boats, so you don't need to go back to Tonsai. Andaman Wave Master's ferries leave at 10:00 and 13:30, call at Tonsai and reach Rassada about three hours later, for about ฿800–900 standard. The speedboats from Andaman Wave Master and Seatran leave from about 07:50 to 15:15 and take about 1.5 hours for ฿1,200–1,300. The operator asks you to confirm the pickup through your hotel reception the day before.

The ferries from Rassada leave at 08:30, 08:45, 11:00, about 13:30, 13:45 and 15:00, and speedboats run until 15:30. The Phuket to Phi Phi guide has every departure, the Laem Tong boats and getting to Rassada from the airport.