Hua Hin Travel Forum

hi

can anyone enlighten us on the intra town transportation. for a four night stay in the area would it be better to base onself in one of the towns and tranvel around for day trips or stay in each town for better flavour of town activities.
regards
musaphir

I am assuming that you are considering splitting up the four days between Cha Am and Hua Hin?
Probably staying in each place is the best as I don't think it really makes any difference as far as time is concerned. Time is really the issue here. Is there a reason why you want to or have to do both places? To get from one place to the next is going to take some time. Bus transport is probably the most reasonable. Consider 3-4 hours from Hua Hin to Bangkok, transfer and then another 2-3 hours to Cha Am. Basically a whole travel day. You may do it a little faster if you took private taxis or shuttle. You may consider water transport, probably faster "if" that is an option. Years ago there used to be a hovercraft out of Pattaya, into BKK and I think Hua Hin but that was a long time ago. You'd have to go on-line and find out if that is still an option but I have not heard of it lately. Have no idea on time.
If you don't have to do both places, do one and just relax and have fun at the one place. You may find yourself scrambling to get from A to B. If you had more days, it would make a difference. That would be my advice. Otherwise, bus or private taxi are your options.
Good luck!

Cha Am and Hua Hin flow into eachother. depending where you stay in Cha Am you would be no more than 10-20 minutes maximum into the center of Hua Hin.
pranburi is different as that is a good 35-45 minutes south, again depending where you stay.
There is no point staying at different places. I would stay in Hua Hin from where you can take tours to the nearby national parks, visit the Elephant village, take the day trip to Bang Saphan and Koh Talu for snorkeling.
In both Cha Am and Hua hin there are excellent top hotels and resorts, you have not mentioned though your budget. Hyatt Regency and Sofitel are excellent, also you have Marriott, Wora Bura and Hilton ( though I am no fan of the Hilton as it is a tall high rise ). The Anantara and Alisa Suites are north of Hua hin town on the way to Cha Am, then you have the Sheraton, Dusit Thani, Holiday Inn, Courtyard by Marriott.
There are some excellent boutique hotels in Hua Hin, the Baan Bayan is classic in style.

I have never heard of any hovercraft service. from Bangkok you can travel by taxi or limousine service, those are the fastest, by train is about 4 hours. If you are on a budget frequent express buses.

Sarah is correct. I stand corrected as I was wrong. I was thinking about a place near Rayong, whcih was why I was wondering why you wanted to travel that far with so few days.
Sarah, there used to be a hovercraft years ago that transported people between Rayong, Pattaya and Bangkok, and I thought the Hua Hin area as well. Probably not used anymore, even when it was running I didn't think too many people used it. I think it was mnore of a hydra foil than a hovercraft.
Thanks
David

Many years ago there was as you said David I believe a hydo-foil route between Bangkok and Pattaya but it did not last long. It is indeed a shame that there are not ferries plying between these places. Looking at a map you woulf think there would be ferries plying routes all across the Gulf !