Phuket Smart Bus and Local Blue Bus

There are several ways to use the many Phuket local bus services. All are cheap and slow, but if you are visiting Phuket with a small budget and if time is not an issue, you can save quite a bit of money by taking advantage of these bus options.

Phuket Smart Bus

The Phuket Smart Bus, the most interesting one for you, will take you from beach to beach, ride from Phuket airport to Rawai beach, and return. The bus goes from Phuket International Airport to Rawai beach and stops at 15 stations along the way, almost every beach on the west coast: Bangtao Beach, Surin Beach, Kamala, Patong Beach, Karon and Kata Beach and finally Rawai.
Phuket Smart Price

The rate is now fixed at 100 baht for any destinations.

If you stay in Phuket for a long holiday, you might consider,
3 days pass: 499 THB (can be purchased directly from the driver)
10 days pass: 1,000 THB, 15 days pass: 1,500 THB, 30 days pass: 2,600 THB (can be purchased on Phuket Smart Bus website)

Buy a refillable Smart Card onboard to pay the fare (fare cannot be paid directly in cash). Refill is available in designated shops or restaurants around the island.

NOTE: the bus is free for kids under seven years old! Please show a passport and inform the staff at the airport or the driver.

Phuket Smart Bus Itinerary

The list and map below list all the stops of the bus, but to give you a couple of essential hints:

Bangtao: at Boat Avenue
Patong: on the way FROM the airport, the bus stops at Jungceylon shopping mall. On the way TO the airport, it stops on the beach at the start of Bangla road.
Kamala: at BIG C and Phuket Fantasea
Karon: at the famous Karon Circle and Karon Old Stadium
Kata: Kata Night PLaza behind Club Med

Phuket Smart Bus Time Table

Where to catch the Smart Bus at Phuket Airport