Jolly Travel

All went smoothly with good communication from Jolly Travel. Comfortable bus and fast speedboat.

On time. Dropped off at my desired destination. Van was spacious and clean with air-con. Would use again.

Did the trip from Koh Mook to Koh Lanta and it was just perfect

We had to pay 50 THB per person to get to the speedboat. We were picked up at 1 pm by the longtail boat, the speedboat arrived at 1:40 pm. We were dropped of at 2:45 pm at Koh Lipe directly at the beach.

Tt était parfait. Rien à dire. Continuez comme ça

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Все отлично организовано. Спасибо!

Had good results with Jolly Travel. They use Baramee for their speedboat. Boat left Koh Lipe on time and arrived early to the pier. We then boarded a van which took us back to Hat Yai airport. Good timing. Would use again for sure. Had a good experience. All trips were on time.

everything perfect, except for the very long road trip, before my arrived in Aon Nang the driver left people in 2 different airports.

Direction of meeting point and ferry boarding could have been clearer. Overall, smooth and reliable

The trip in the bus was excellent. The trip in the speed boat was scary, the Weather did't help.

On time! The route by minivan could be better but the speedboat was only 1 hour

Muy buena aplicación, a pesar de que tuve un problema con el bus en Kuala Lumpur, pude contactarme con “Jolly Travel” encargada de llevarme a Koh Lipe y ella fue fantástica al solucionar el retraso. Muchas gracias!!

Everything is on time and the communication is easy. Jolly Travel accommodate our request to send us to railway station to catch a train, we manage to reach before the the scheduled train timetable.

War ok. Boot sehr überfüllt. Aber sonst alles super funktioniert.

everything went very smooth and staff were very nice as expected.

It was delayed and no information given on the extra photo opportunities of 15 minutes each on two islands on the way. No way to wander arround on the boat to see the surroundings..

Très bien organisé et à peu près à l'heure

Voyage de Ao Nang à Pak Bara Pier en minibus, et ensuite bateau ou nous sommes très serrés et 2 arrêts sur 2 Îles pas prévues. Partit à 6h30, arrivés à Koh Lipe à 15h!!

Alles hat wunderbar geklappt. Wir kamen früher an und der Taxidienst kam auch früher. Kann ich nur empfehlen. Wir waren 10 Personen

No representative waiting at the train station with a Jolly Travel sign as stated so was a bit worried and station staff were unhelpful. However, as mentioned on another review, the minibus turned up on time at 8am. Rather than waiting inside, I hung around outside to keep an eye out and spotted the minibus with Jolly Travel logo on the side. I was the only pick-up from the station. We then went to the airport for a 9am pick-up and the minibus filled up. Journey to Pakbara was fine with a good driver. Air con wasn't on too strong. Got to the pier in plenty of time and got a speedboat ticket from the Jolly Travel agency together with a coloured ribbon for my luggage. There's a 7-11 down the road if you need to stock up on anything. Went through to the pier and paid the 20 baht pier entrance fee and 200 baht Ko Tarutao National Park fee. Didn't realise I had to swap my ticket for a laminated boarding card with pier number on at one of the desks in front of the gates so unfortunately missed my 11.30 speedboat. It wasn't a problem though and I just had to wait for the next one half an hour later. Speedboat stopped at Ko Tarutao and Ko Khai for photo opportunities before arriving at Ko Lipe, Pattaya beach. All good!

Everything worked. But we had to wait about extra 45 minutes for the driver.

The boat was packed. And it stopped at 2 Islands to take pictures, when all everyone wanted was to get to Ko Lipe. It is not an Island tour thus those stops are waste of time and completely unnecesary.

You writed that the bus should be there at 2am, but i asked them at office and they told me that the buss will arrive to KL between 5-6am. I was lucky and the bus arrived at 4am so i didnt missed my flight, but do simething with that!!!

There was a lot of messing around in Hat Yai, so the service did not end up leaving until much later than it was supposed to. The bus was supposed to arrive at Terminal BS, in KL, at 2:00 am. It arrived about 5:00 am, and I was not able to get to KLIA2 in time for my 8:30 am Air Asia flight to Lombok. So I lost my money for that flight. I would not use this bus service again.

Communication about pick up en changing transport type could be better. Transport was fine.

They arrived early, with the heat outside the airport, it was appreciated

Ko Lipe is an amazing island in the beautiful Tarutao national park. Don't be put off by the mild complexity getting there. The English information along the way is not great but the staff will help you, just keep asking where to go and they will point you in the right direction. Here is some notes on our trip April 2022 you may find useful. --------------------- What to know in advance: -This route is not suitable for wheelchair users as is. Definitely make contact with the operator if you have access needs. -if you are prone to seasickness it can sometimes be rough on the boat. Def bring preparations like ginger tablets. -Do pack your own water and snacks, be prepared it's quite hot on the boat with the lifejackets on, and hot at the concrete areas of the pier. There may not be time to purchase water on the way. -Bring the smallest bag possible, moving large heavy bags in the heat of the pier and sand on the beach are not fun. It's also challenging to fit large bags in the minivans and motorcycle taxis. If this is part of a longer trip and you cannot avoid having a big bag then reccomend you either: --stay a night either side in hat yai and pay for a friendly hat yai hotel to look after your bigger bag, just take needed things in smaller bag --pay for an extra seat on transport to and from the island to ensure the minivan can fit your bags. -Ko Lipe has (open in April when we went) several pharmacies, a 7-11 and many other shops. Things like sunscreen, mosquito repellant, water, booze, masks, shampoo can all be purchased there. As well as hats, swimwear, sunglasses etc. Shops are open in the evenings. Prices are a little higher than the mainland but it's not crazy. -Many shops on Ko Lipe only take cash. There are ATMs but one night they were all broken, this happens from time to time apparently. Recommend you take 150 percent the cash you think you need and pay card in the places they do accept card to conserve your cash. -you absolutely do need to print the 12GO confirmation (just the first page). You use the paper several times on the trip. -take beach shoes and normal shoes. -your accomdoation on Ko Lipe should have a way to get you from the pier to them. If it involves calling a phone number on arrival ensure you have a way to do that. We had 4G reception with DTAC Sim on Ko Lipe and used Skype to make the call. --------------------------- Getting there: -Ignore the 3-4 hour travel times listed on 12GO. I would psychologically prepare that it's 3/4 of a day of a travel all up. But it's worth it as long as you plan to spend 4+ days on Ko Lipe. -We booked 0930 hotel pick up. The minivan will also go to several other hotels. It didn't come to ours until 0950. There is no text message with pickup time or anything but I think you could call the number on your confirmation if you were concerned. -The minivan is air conditioned and about a 2hr drive. If it's full you may have your small bag on your lap or between your feet The drive was smooth but as other reviews have noted the driver crossed the lines to overtake a lot. Oncoming traffic simply got out of our way. (Same driving with a different operator the other way, but otherwise I experienced good van drivers in Thailand so not sure what is different about this route) If this kind of driving makes you extremely anxious then it might be worth making your own way to Pakbara pier in a taxi. I would aim to get to the pier 30-45 minutes before your boat leaves. -At the pier we dropped our bags at the main pier entrance and one of us waited there. The driver took me to the office of the boat company (only 50m away) where they -wrote the pier number and desk number on my booking confirmation -gave me stickers to wear and for our bags that said 'Ko Lipe' -These transport company offices all have signs that should match the tour operator description on your 12GO confirmation. -Then back at the pier entrance went through vaccine control. We showed our euro vaccine confirmations no problem. -You then walk about 60m to the dock building. You go through a desk where you pay 220 baht each for your national park entrance tickets. Keep these tickets in your wallet the entire time on Ko Lipe you will probably need them. -Then in the building find the check in desk of your boat company. They will give you a boarding card which has a color and a number, and they should give you a boarding time. Annoucements are hard to hear so go back and check with the desk if you are confused when you should be boarding. -The building is air conditioned with a small cafe to buy water, I also bought a plastic wrapped crossiant here which was stale. Reccomend you change into your beach shoes here as when you get off the boat next few times it may be straight onto a beach. -Then when it's time to board your boat your color should be announced, also keep an eye on others holding same colour as you. -You go out to the dock, they will take your bags and then you line up roughly in the order of the numbers and board the boat. Someone may look at your national park entrance ticket already. There are passport signs but passport was not needed for us. -The boat journey is about an hour and a half with two 15 minute stops. Both stops were at amazing islands in the national park, not sure what other reviewers were complaining about. Take some photos. At the first stop is proper bathrooms, second one has no facilities. Keep an eye on which boat you are, pretty informal system of waving and running around to collect people when it's time to leave. -At Ko Lipe you will get off on a floating dock directly onto the beach. They will bring your bags onto the sand. Some resorts will have people waiting, others you will have to call for pickup or get a taxi. There are several ferry drop off points on Pattaya beach so use the name of a nearby building to inform where you want to be picked up. Congratulations you made it! Check in, take a rest and get down to a western facing beach for sunset (access sunset beach through Bayview sunset resort or North point beach next to Zodiac bar) and then head to walking st for dinner! ----------------------------- Getting back: Was very similar to getting there. -Again ensure you have water can be hot on the ferry and stifling in life jacket and mask. -The booking confirmation this time had a map of where the ferry leaves but it was innacurate (maybe they move the floating docks?). However the name of the dock was correct and the motorcycle taxi driver understood this. Def get there 15 minutes before and use the bathroom. -This time the tour operator did not match the name of the boat company, but there was only two check in desks so not a problem. Show your confirmation at the check In desk, they will point to where to drop your bags and give you coloured numbered boarding passes again. -The ferry made no stops this time. went directly to Pak Bara. -After getting to the main dock carpark we found our tour operators office on the other side. We brought our bags there and they pointed us to a van, this time we waited about half an hour for another person to join. -This person was delayed because apparently their boat broke down! So they found us another van. -Same 2 hour drive and dropped off back at our hat yai hotel. Van took a 5 minute toilet break on the way. -We stayed the night in Hat Yai to take a lunchtime flight out next day. ---- Next time: -We stayed in hat yai either side and this is definitely the low stress option if you have the time. -Next time getting there I think I will get an early flight to Hat Yai and go straight onto the Ko Lipe transport, however it will be a very long and exhausting day of travel with flight, minivan, ferry. -Getting back think it could have been stressful to try and go directly onto an afternoon flight. Given the flexible waiting time at Pak Bara for the minivan, I would not get a flight out of Hat Yai airport where I had to be at the airport before 2pm without confirmation from the operator this is possible. ------------ Sorry if the formatting makes this review hard to read! Looks like the review platform takes out the line breaks

It was my second time of using 12Go, so g

Too ma y ppl on the boat - sitting in one row 5 ppl!! - 2 stops too long - arrive after 3,5 hours!!!!!

Quick and not overbooked

All as planned

The bus driver was driving crazy. It was very bad rain and he was driving way too fast and overtaking in dangerous areas. Another mini bus driver even stopped at traffic lights and come to tell him to slow down. It was dangerous.

It departed later than the scheduled time, the passengers are cramped up on the boat, and the most annoying part is the 2 stop overs on the Islands that is not necessary, its not even a drop off or pick up point...if they want the passengers to see these Islands, 10 minutes is not enough it is just a huge hassle to go off an on the boat again so better not do it. JUST A WASTE OF TIME AND ENERGY.

Good

Excellent price for ferry and mini-van combined. Courteous personel and arrived on time for both. Highly recommended.

The ride and transfers and staff were good, but none of us knew that we would be stopping at two islands on the way from Hat Yai to Koh Lipe for no apparent reason whatsoever. We were then an hour later arriving at our destination than was advertised. The reason I booked this was because of the timing. They should advise when booking that there will be two stops (they say 15 mins but it’s double that each time) made in the East and adjust the arrival time.

The boat was overcrowded. Not only was it uncomfortable but it was also dangerous for passengers. I'm giving it more starts than the other company because this one had slightly fewer people than the other.

Perfectly on time and comfortable journey. Stopped at 2 islands and we had 15 minutes to enjoy and take pictures, making it seem like a touristic journey instead of just a transfer.

Good overall, Driver was 30 minutes late

Overall, we were very pleased with the service we got from Jolly Travel. The boat from Koh Lipe to Pakbara Pier was quite cramped but was okay. The transfer at the pier was very quick and easy to navigate. The van from Pakbara to Krabi was very comfortable. Both drivers of the boat and van were exceptional and we thank you for making this trip a pleasure!

VAN almost crashed. The driver drove very reckless and overspeed.

The booking experience with Jolly Travel was okay and the driver was at the airport on time wiating for us. He waited quite a long time before he left the airport which meant we left a bit late. He then drove like a madman to Pakbara Pier. I had my 2 children with me in the van and I honestly didn't think we would make it alive. He drove so fast, nearly crashing into several vehicles. I was not very happy at all & will not use this service again. The speedboat stopped at 2 islands which meant we arrived at Koh Lipe very late. We even had to wait a very long time on one small island as the customers just took off and walked around the island The staff need to be precise about how long people have on the islands if they are going to stop. The journey was quite brutal as we were very packed in and my daughter really suffered as a result. Overall it was not a very nice experience.

No sufficient seats on speedboat

All went well.

3rd trip with 12go Asia, 3rd five star trip. Departure and Arrival Time was perfect. The trip was really good. Really impressive work, congrats.

All was fine. I recommend.

Perfect service

Well organized, arrived before schedule

Tres bien .on nous a bien dirigé et malgré le retard de l avion on nous a attendu. Personnel très sympathique.