By car
Drive along Highway No. 35 (Thon Buri-Pak Tho) passing Samut
Sakhon and Samut Songkhram Provinces and then take Highway No.
4 to Hua Hin Total distance is 123 kilometers. Alternatively,
it is possible to travel via Nakhon Pathom and Ratchaburi Provinces.
By Air
Bangkok Airways operates flights from Bangkok to Hua Hin
four times a week, and also from Hua Hin to Ko Samui. In addition,
daily flights to Phuket are available. Call 032 522305 for more
details.
By Bus
Buses from Bangkok's Southern Bus Terminal cost 110 bahts
for 1st class (air-conditioned), 85 bahts for 2nd class (air-conditioned)
and 61 bahts (ordinary). The trip takes about 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
Various agencies on Khao San Road in Bangkok operate minivans
to Hua Hin for 150 baht per person. The bus leaves for Bangkok
from a station next to Siripetchkasem Hotel. In addition, there
are air-conditioned buses leaving for Chumpon Province (125 baht,
4 hours), Surat Thani Province (210 baht, 7hours), Phuket Province
(305 baht, 10 hours) and Krabi Province (280 baht, 9 hours)
By Train
The trip takes about 3-3/4 hours from Bangkok; 1st class
fare is 202 baht (rapid and express only), 2nd class is 102 baht
(rapid and express only) and 3rd class is 44 baht. Call 1690 for
more details.
Getting Around
Local buses/songthaews from Hua Hin to the Hat (beach) of
Khao Takiap, Khao Tam and Suan Son cost 7-10 baht / person. These
buses run from around 6 a.m. until 5.50 p.m.
Buses to Pranburi are 10 baht and leave from the same area of
Chomsin Road.
Samlors may cost 40 baht / trip in to town.
Motorcycles and bicycles can be rented from a couple of places
on Damnoen Kasem Road near the Jed Pee Nong Hotel. Motorcycle
rates are from 150 baht to 200 baht per day for 100cc and 250
baht to 300 baht for 125cc. Occasionally larger bikes - 400 to
750cc - are available for 500 baht to 600 baht a day. Bicycles
are 30 baht to 70 baht per day.
At the fishing pier visitors can charter boats to Ko Singtoh
for 800 baht a day. On Hat Takiap it is possible to get cheaper
fares for 700 baht.