The easiest day out from Ban Krut
Prachuap Khiri Khan is seventy kilometres north of Ban Krut on the same coast and the same railway line. By car it is an hour on Phetkasem Road; by train it is a little over an hour, and much prettier, but the timetable does the deciding because only three services a day stop at Ban Krut.
Most people who stay in Ban Krut do this as a day trip: up in the morning, the market and Khao Chong Krachok before it gets hot, seafood by the bay, back in the afternoon.
Transport
Tickets & connections
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Route at a glance
Ban Krut to Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Distance: about 70 km north
- Train: a little over an hour, but only three stop at Ban Krut
- Car or scooter: about an hour on Highway 4
- Worth the trip: Khao Chong Krachok, Ao Manao, the seafront market
Good to know
Good to know
- Check the three Ban Krut departures before you plan the day, not after.
- Ao Manao is inside an air force base: passport at the checkpoint, closed at sunset.
- The monkeys on Khao Chong Krachok will take anything loose from your hands.
- A hired scooter does this comfortably, but Highway 4 is fast and busy in places.