Virtual Travel & Island Guide with Info about Communication,
Post, Banks, Money, Exchange & Internet
on Ko Chang.
www.KoChangVR.com
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Post, Communication,
Money & Exchange on Ko Chang
- Ko Chang Information
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(River estuary east of Baan
Bang Bao on Ko Chang in Thailand)
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Post office
There is one official post office at the west coast of Ko
Chang. You will find it at the road at
the village of Pearl Beach,
between the southern end of White
Sand Beach and the northern part Klong
Prao Beach, around 1.7 kilometres off
the southern end of White
Sand Beach, directly at the road on the
sea side. Address and business hours: "Post Office Koh
Chang, Trat 23170, Thailand"; Mon
- Fri: 8.30 am - 12 am and 1 pm - 3.30 pm.
Another licensed post office on Ko Chang is located in Salak
Phet in the south of Ko Chang.
In all villages there are mailboxes and at some of the hotels
and bungalow resorts
it is also possible to post letters.
The addresses and opening-hours of the post offices on the
mainland in Laem Ngop and Trat you will find here: Ko
Chang Information, Useful
Addresses & Telephone-Numbers for Ko Chang.
Postcards to any country is 12 Baht and air-mail-letters start
from 14 Baht depending to which country and size.
Money, Exchange
There are some banks on Ko
Chang, mainly located at White Sands Beach, and in all villages of the
island
you will find ATMs (automatic teller machines) to withdraw Thai-Baht with your bank card from your home country. Also some
exchange bureaus from the banks are located on Ko
Chang. Business hours of the banks on
Ko Chang: Mon - Fri 8.30 am - 3.30 pm, business hours of the
exchange bureaus / minibuses: daily 10 am- 6 pm.
In many hotels and bungalow
resorts cash and travellers cheques can
be exchanged, but the exchange rates offered are lower than
at the banks.
Also it is possible to obtain money and to pay with credit
cards (Visa, American Express) at some resorts.
There are several banks located in Trat and also in Laem Ngop.
Business hours are Mon - Fri 8.30 am - 3.30 pm, except on
holidays.
For changing travellers cheques don't forget your passport!
Rate of exchange
Best to check directly in the internet with a Currency-Converter. You can expect roughly 45 Baht for a English Pound, 30 Baht for a
US-Dollar and 40 Baht for a Euro.
Communication:
Telephone, Internet
You can find many Internet-cafés
at all villages of the 6 beaches on Ko
Chang's west coast (White
Sand Beach, Pearl Beach, Khlong Prao Beach, Kai Bae Beach,
Lonely Beach and Bai Lan Beach) and at
Baan Bang Bao. Also some hotels
and bungalow resorts have computers with
internet connection. Meanwhile most of them have fast DLS
connections but still some are made by satellites. The fee
is usually 1 Baht per minute.
In most of the Internet-cafés, the post office, in
some shops in the villages and in some hotels and bungalow
resorts, overseas and mainland telephone calls can be made.
In some villages on Ko Chang there are telephone boxes to
make overseas calls, which work with Pre Paid cards. These
however are frequently broken.
At all beaches
on the west coast, mobile reception is ensured, as well as
in many other locations around Ko
Chang.
Telephone area codes and Postal zip codes 
Telephone area codes of Ko
Chang/Laem Ngop/Trat: |
039 |

Postal zip code Trat: |
23000 |
Postal zip code Ko Chang and Laem Ngop:
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23120 |
(Specifications: 2007) |
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