Thai Airways and Air Asia serve Narathiwat Airport, located about 15 km north of the City near the Chulabhorn Military Installation from Bangkok.
Su-Ngai Kolok in the Province of Narathiwat near the Malaysian Border with the State of Kelantan (Kota Bharu) is the southern Terminal station for the Bangkok - Su-Ngai Kolok route. Several trains run daily. Visitors to Narathiwat City may disembark prior to this station but lack of public transport may make travel from the smaller stations to the Province's capital awkward. Plans to connect the missing link (21 km of track) between Su-Ngai Kolok and Pasir Mas in Malaysia are on the tables but executing construction hasn't begun yet. Pasir Mas lies on the northern leg of the socalled "Jungletrain", connecting the northern Malaysian Gulfregion with the rest of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.
Recent Terrorist activities in the Province lead quite frequently to a cancellation of trains proceeding further south than Hat Yai. Derailments of passenger trains by means of sabotaged tracks and the recent killings of Railway staff within the train have again lead to temporary halts of all services. Trains full of passengers have also be prone to wildly fired bullets by insurgents. Presently the services have resumed, please inquire before departure on current situations there.
'''To/from Bangkok:''' Air-con buses by [http://www.transport.co.th The Transport Co. Ltd] (?????? ????? ????? (???.), ''bor-kor-sor'') run between Bangkok southern bus terminal (??????, ''sai-tai'') and Narathiwat bus terminal daily. The distance is ~1161km and normally takes 14 hours. 24 seats VIP bus (?????, ''piset'') costs 1295 baht, departs from Bangkok at 17:15. On the reverse, the departure is at 12:30. 47 seats Class 2 bus (?2) costs 669 baht, departs from Bangkok at 15:30 and Narathiwat at 12:45.
Scheduled minivan services ply the routes between Su-Ngai-Kolok / Hat Yai / Yala / Pattani and the new Narathiwat bus terminal on the outskirts of town, roughly 500m past the Provincial Hospital on the left hand side of the road to Ranggae. Ticket prices are 80 baht for Su-Ngai-Kolok and 170 baht to Hat Yai.
Take motorcycle taxi around the city area at about 10-20 baht. Alternatively, a bicycle can be rented at a rate of 50 baht/day to explore the city area. Motorcycle rentals are not available in town. Songtheauws ply the scenic route to Taba (Tak Bai) and take passengers from the Monument square to either Ratchanivet Palace or near Ao Manao National Park. A new airconditioned busline connects the bus terminal with the beach at Hat Narathat, fare is a flat 9 baht.
thumb|Ao Manao southern segment
Miniature Korlae boats, colorful headcaps and headscarves
Restaurants are plenty but be aware that these serve local muslim oriented dishes only!
No bars like in most other Thai towns due to the predominantly muslim population. Alcohol / beer can however be bought at most grocery stores and at the 7-elevens in town.