Koh Larn day trip from Pattaya: the yacht day for a stag group

Why is Koh Larn the best day trip from Pattaya for a stag group?

Koh Larn is the best day trip from Pattaya because it's close, the water is clear, and on your own boat the whole day belongs to the group.

Pattaya Pointer's 2026 Koh Larn guide puts the island 7.5 km offshore, with turquoise water that looks nothing like Pattaya Bay.

It's the best swim of the trip, and the photos from it end up in the groom's speech.

The public ferry is the slow way to do it.

Pattaya Knowledge's 2026 ferry schedule lists the public crossing at about 45 minutes, a speedboat at 15 to 20, and a last public ferry back in the early evening.

Twelve men on a ferry timetable is a day spent waiting at a pier.

Going Pattaya to Koh Larn on a private boat, you skip all of it: you anchor where the crowds aren't, and you leave when the group is ready.

We plan the boat, the drinks, the lunch and the cars for the group, so the only decision on the day is which beach.

Ask Tanner for your dates, and we hold the boat before the good ones go.

Which Koh Larn beach is best for a group?

The best Koh Larn beach for a group is Nual, for the clearest water and the snorkelling, with Tawaen for jet skis and noise.

Pattaya Pointer's guide counts six beaches on the island, and each one sets a different afternoon.

The same guide rates Nual the best for snorkelling, with visibility good enough to see the rocks from the surface.

Samae is the longest, at nearly 500 metres of sand, with far fewer people.

Tawaen is the busy one, with the pier, the water sports and most of the day-trippers.

Tien is smaller and quieter, a good spot to anchor for lunch.

The guide also notes that the main crowd lands around 10am to 11am, so the boat goes where they aren't.

On land, covered trucks run between the pier and the beaches for ฿40 to ฿70 a ride, but on your own boat you simply move the boat.

The rule that works: jet skis at Tawaen, then lunch and a swim off Nual or Samae, away from the crowd.

Ask Tanner what the boys want from the day, and we pick the beaches.

Yacht, catamaran or private speedboat: which is best from Pattaya to Koh Larn?

A catamaran is best for up to twenty of you, a motor yacht for up to fifteen, and a speedboat is only a ride.

A private boat to Koh Larn means no strangers, no fixed stops, and nobody else's music.

A catamaran is the big-group boat: a wide deck, and space for everyone to lie out in the sun.

A motor yacht is the one the photos come from: gloss, speed, a sun deck up top and a swim platform at the back.

A speedboat is fast, and Pattaya Pointer lists a private speedboat charter at ฿1,500 to ฿2,500 for the crossing.

But it's a ride, not a party. Nobody wants to spend the best day of the trip soaked and holding on.

Count the group first, then choose the boat.

Twenty of you means the catamaran; twelve who want the flashiest day of the trip means the yacht.

Every boat comes with its captain and crew, and life jackets are worn on the water.

See yacht charter in Pattaya, then ask Tanner to match the boat to your number.

• Yacht day

  Group:

  Your group

  Time:

  8 hours

  Price for the group:

  ฿49,000

• Sailing catamaran

  Group:

  Up to 20

  Time:

  5 hours

  Price for the group:

  From ฿26,000

• Motor yacht

  Group:

  Up to 15

  Time:

  4 hours

  Price for the group:

  ฿45,000

• Koh Phai extension

  Group:

  Any boat

  Time:

  Extra stop

  Price for the group:

  About +฿5,000 fuel

What happens on board the Koh Larn yacht day?

On board, the boat is your own private party: music, champagne on ice, lunch on deck, and luxury models hosting the day.

The first of the boys goes off the back before anyone has finished a drink.

The hosts pour the champagne and keep the energy up from the first swim to the last song.

Lunch is served on deck, so nobody swims to a beach restaurant and queues.

Snorkel off the rocks near Nual, float in the clear water, or send the brave ones for a jet ski lap off Tawaen.

The groom gets his moment too: the best spot on the sun deck, and a toast with the island behind him.

The failure here is a boat that runs dry by 2pm, and it costs the group the best hours of the afternoon.

We stop it by stocking the boat for your group, not for a brochure.

Give us the drinks list a few days ahead, and the boat is loaded before you board.

Ask Tanner to stock the boat for your group.

What does a Koh Larn day trip from Pattaya look like, hour by hour?

A Koh Larn day trip from Pattaya runs from a 10am boarding to a late-afternoon cruise back, with the big party that evening.

Board in Pattaya with the drinks on ice, and anchor off a quiet beach by late morning.

Lunch is on deck at one, and the afternoon is jet skis, snorkelling or a run out to Koh Phai.

Koh Phai, further out, adds about ฿5,000 in fuel and puts open water around the boat.

The evening after the yacht day is the best party of the trip, so we put it there on purpose.

The evening before the boat stays quiet: a group that went hard the evening before spends the yacht day asleep below deck.

Never book it on the day you land either. Tired, jet-lagged men in full sun waste the most expensive day of the trip.

Back ashore by late afternoon, there's time to shower at the villa before the car takes you out.

Read why the boat day never goes on arrival, then ask Tanner for your dates.

• 10am

  What happens:

  Board in Pattaya, drinks on ice, music on

• 11am

  What happens:

  Anchor off Nual or Samae, first swim off the back

• 1pm

  What happens:

  Lunch on deck

• 2pm

  What happens:

  Jet skis off Tawaen, or on to Koh Phai

• 4pm

  What happens:

  Cruise back to Pattaya

• 6pm

  What happens:

  Shower, change, dinner

• 10pm

  What happens:

  The big party

When is the best time for a Koh Larn day trip?

The best time for a Koh Larn day trip is November to April, when the sea is calmest and the water clearest.

Pattaya Pointer puts November to March as the best conditions, with July to October bringing afternoon squalls.

Pattaya Knowledge's schedule warns that rough seas cancel individual ferry runs from May to October.

That's why the captain decides on the weather, not the group.

We hold a spare day, and you hear the evening before, not at the pier.

Weekdays are quieter than weekends, and Thai public holidays fill the island's beaches.

Book the boat early for the dry months, because the good boats go first.

Staying in Bangkok first? Do the city, then the coast, and let the yacht day land in the middle of your time in Pattaya.

Bangkok to Pattaya is about two hours by road, with cars matched to your plan.

See Bangkok then Pattaya, then ask Tanner which dates work.

What does a Koh Larn yacht day cost for twelve?

A Koh Larn yacht day for twelve is ฿49,000 for the group for eight hours, which is about ฿4,080 each.

A sailing catamaran for up to twenty is from ฿26,000 for five hours, about ฿2,170 each for twelve.

A motor yacht for up to fifteen is ฿45,000 for four hours.

The Koh Phai extension adds about ฿5,000 in fuel for the group.

Put it together with the rest of the coast: a Pattaya pool villa is from ฿12,500 a day.

The cars between Bangkok, the villa and the pier are matched to your plan, so the group travels together.

One figure for the group means nobody chases money on the swim platform, and the groom never sees a bill.

Book the boat and the villa together, and the coast days cost less in planning time.

Every price here is for the whole group, with VAT inside.

Here is what the boat day comes to for twelve of you.

See the Pattaya pool villa party, then plan it with Tanner.

• Yacht day, 8 hours

  Price for the group:

  ฿49,000

  Each, split by 12:

  About ฿4,080

• Sailing catamaran, 5 hours

  Price for the group:

  From ฿26,000

  Each, split by 12:

  From about ฿2,170

• Motor yacht, 4 hours

  Price for the group:

  ฿45,000

  Each, split by 12:

  About ฿3,750

• Koh Phai extension

  Price for the group:

  About +฿5,000

  Each, split by 12:

  About ฿420

• Pattaya pool villa, per day

  Price for the group:

  From ฿12,500

  Each, split by 12:

  From about ฿1,040

Koh Larn or Koh Samet: which island is better from Pattaya?

Koh Larn is better for a day trip from Pattaya, because it's right offshore and the whole day goes on the water.

Pattaya Pointer calls Koh Samet's beaches arguably better, but puts it a 2.5 to 3 hour drive from Pattaya.

That's a drive, a ferry and the same back, for one swim.

Koh Samet makes sense as a multi-day escape, not as the boat day in the middle of a stag trip.

Koh Larn gives you the island, the clear water and the yacht, with the big party in Pattaya the same evening.

For the open-water feeling of a further island, add Koh Phai to the Koh Larn day instead.

It costs about ฿5,000 in fuel and keeps everyone on the same boat.

If the group wants a full island week, Phuket is the better trip, with its own yacht day.

See the Phuket bachelor party, then ask Tanner which coast fits your days.

Koh Larn day trip: the short version

A Koh Larn day trip from Pattaya on your own boat is the best day on the coast.

Distance: about 7.5 km offshore, with six beaches and clear water.

Boat: a yacht day is ฿49,000 for the group for eight hours; a catamaran for up to twenty is from ฿26,000 for five.

Beaches: Nual and Samae for a quiet swim, Tawaen for jet skis.

Timing: board around 10am, back by late afternoon, the big party that evening.

Season: November to April for the calmest sea.

The order: a quiet evening before, never on the day you land, and the big party after.

Weather: the captain decides on the morning, and we hold a spare day so a rough sea moves the boat rather than cancelling it.

Getting there: about two hours by road from Bangkok, with cars matched to your plan.

On board: champagne on ice, lunch on deck, and the swim platform down from the first anchor.

Every figure is for the group, with VAT inside.

Give us the number and the dates, and plan it with Tanner.