Cheapest€36.09
- Persero P886206:0716h 37m22:44BaubauLuwuk port
Door to door 18h 7mCO2 60.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bau-Bau to Luwuk ferry
Ferries from Bau-Bau to Luwuk start at €39.39 and take 18h 7m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Bau-Bau to Luwuk starts at €39.39 and takes 18h 7m door to door, run by 1 operator over 527 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 18h 7mDoor to door
- 16h 37mMoving
- €39.39From
- 60.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 2 October 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€100.99
- PT. Dharma Lautan Utama PT121707:3012h 27m19:57BaubauMakassar Port
- Lion Mentari Airlines LM365221:181h 14m22:32Makassar UPGLuwuk LUW
Changes at Makassar, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 17h 22mCO2 193.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Persero | €36.09 | 16h 40m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into Luwuk. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Bau-Bau to Luwuk
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.5490 days
- €28.3960 days
- €31.1445 days
- €33.3430 days
- €47.6421 days
- €66.3414 days
- €81.197 days
- €56.443 days
- €107.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 279 percent. The dearest point is €107.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €44.34Sun
- €44.89Mon
- €52.04Tue
- €43.24Wed
- €61.39Thu
- €47.09Fri
- €66.34Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Baubau
Ferry
- Baubau
- Pelabuhan Murhum Baubau
Luwuk
Ferry
- Luwuk port
- Luwuk ferry port
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 527 km against 502 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Makassar. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bau-Bau at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Bau-Bau to Luwuk
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk take?
The Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk takes 18h 7m door to door, of which 16h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 527 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk cost?
The Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk starts at €39.39 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €68.54. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk?
1 operators run the Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk: Persero. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk use?
The Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk leaves from Baubau and arrives at Luwuk port. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk?
Fares for the Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.39. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 279 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk produce?
The Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk produces about 60.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 527 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk?
Operators on the Ferry from Bau-Bau to Luwuk publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 18h 7m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bau-Bau to Luwuk on 12 September 2026: 527 km of route against 502 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €39.39, and 18h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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