Cheapest€46.54
- 2GO Travel GO427306:0823h 25m05:33BUTUANMANILA
Door to door 24h 55mCO2 92.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Butuan to Manila ferry
Ferries from Butuan to Manila start at €56.44 and take 24h 35m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Butuan to Manila on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Butuan to Manila starts at €56.44 and takes 24h 35m door to door, run by 1 operator over 801 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 24h 35mDoor to door
- 23h 5mMoving
- €56.44 to €101.54From
- 06:08 to 20:13First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 92.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€56.44 to €101.54 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €101.54Mon14
- about €93.29Tue15
- about €96.59Wed16
- about €92.74Thu17
- about €87.79Fri18
- about €86.14Sat19
- about €86.14Sun20
- about €60.29Mon21
- about €56.44Tue22
- about €61.39Wed23
- about €80.64Thu24
- about €77.34Fri25
- about €85.04Sat26
- about €66.89Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2GO Travel | €46.54 | 24h 19m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
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When to book Butuan to Manila
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €61.3990 days
- €47.6460 days
- €42.1445 days
- €39.3930 days
- €53.6921 days
- €66.8914 days
- €86.147 days
- €96.593 days
- €101.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €39.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 158 percent. The dearest point is €101.54, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €66.89Sun
- €60.29Mon
- €56.44Tue
- €61.39Wed
- €80.64Thu
- €77.34Fri
- €85.04Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Butuan
Ferry
- BUTUAN
- Butuan
- Lumbocan
Manila
Ferry
- MANILA
- Manila Pier 3
- Manila Pier 4
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 801 km against 801 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Lapu-Lapu City, Tagbilaran City, Cagayan de Oro, Surigao. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Butuan at 06:08 and the last at 20:13, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 39m | 1h 29m | 3h 10m | €82.74 | 202.9 kg | 9 |
| Ferry | 24h 35m | 23h 5m | 1h 30m | €56.44 | 92.1 kg | 6 |
Questions about Butuan to Manila
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 Butuan to Manila take?
The Ferry from Butuan to Manila takes 24h 35m door to door, of which 23h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 801 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 Butuan to Manila cost?
The Ferry from Butuan to Manila starts at €56.44 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €48.47. 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 Butuan to Manila?
1 operators run the Ferry from Butuan to Manila: 2GO Travel. Between them they file around 6 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 Butuan to Manila use?
The Ferry from Butuan to Manila leaves from BUTUAN and arrives at MANILA. 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.
Is the Ferry the best way from Butuan to Manila?
Travelling from Butuan to Manila by Flight costs €82.74 and takes 4h 39m door to door, against 24h 35m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Butuan to Manila?
Fares for the Ferry from Butuan to Manila bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €39.39. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 158 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Butuan to Manila produce?
The Ferry from Butuan to Manila produces about 92.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 801 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 Butuan to Manila?
Operators on the Ferry from Butuan to Manila publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 24h 35m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Butuan to Manila on 13 September 2026: 801 km of route against 801 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €56.44, and 24h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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