You can buy cheap through tickets in share minibuses to Siem Reap, Phnom Penh or Sihanoukville, make your own way independently or take private transfers, door to door, in either direction. You can Contact Us with your questions about transfer by private car or minibus which we offer to and from the borders, as well as to and from Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville and Battambang themselves and even Bangkok direct.
Guide prices are at the bottom of this page, here. In high season, November to mid May, if you leave early morning either from Siem Reap, Phnom Penh or Sihanoukville, you will make the boat connections to all all islands. Going the other way, you will reach your Cambodian hotel by late afternoon. Shops line both sides of the street offering cheap clothes, shoes, copy watches and phones, definitely worth a browse if you have the time.
There are also a couple of simple places to eat, noodle soups, chicken over rice, that kind of thing. Using Had Lek, through-ticket minibuses run all the way from your resort on Koh Chang to Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh at a cost of around bt including the ferry ticket, with resort collection from There is a change of vehicle at the border to a big bus or minibus depending on numbers, departure If going under your own steam, a minibus shuttles back and forth every 45 minutes or when full enough from Trat Bus Station for bt, taking about 1.
You can reach Trat Bus Station from Koh Chang by using an island songthaew taxi bt from Lonely Beach , ferry 80bt per person and 2nd taxi 60bt, bt minimum charge for a total cost of bt. Still travelling under your own steam, once over the border at Cham Yeam, it is then a btbt 15 minute tuk-tuk ride or bt car to the main town of Koh Kong, with a bridge toll of riel on the way.
If coming from Koh Chang, you need to leave the island as early as possible, Bus times from the Koh Kong Bus station are at All timings are subject to change. If coming from Trat, an early start should see you safely on the lunchtime buses, though guesthouses there do sell the same through tickets as Koh Chang agencies.
