Cheapest€53.14
- Alaska Marine Highway AM411706:2629h 45m13:11Alaska Marine Highway Ketchikan Ferry TerminalHullo - Nanaimo
Door to door 31h 15mCO2 104.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ketchikan to Nanaimo ferry
Ferries from Ketchikan to Nanaimo start at €53.14 and take 31h 15m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Ketchikan to Nanaimo on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Ketchikan to Nanaimo starts at €53.14 and takes 31h 15m door to door, run by 1 operator over 906 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 31h 15mDoor to door
- 29h 45mMoving
- €72.39 to €133.44From
- 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 104.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€72.39 to €133.44 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.
Book your crossing
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Buying this journey
12Go lists departures for Ketchikan to Nanaimo on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €121.34Fri18
- about €133.44Sat19
- about €92.19Sun20
- about €105.39Mon21
- about €80.09Tue22
- about €87.24Wed23
- about €102.64Thu24
- about €86.69Fri25
- about €92.74Sat26
- about €72.39Sun27
- about €76.79Mon28
- about €75.14Tue29
- about €73.49Wed30
- about €73.49Thu1
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 7 October 2026
Fastest€65.78
- Alaska Marine Highway AM875007:3023h 55m08:25Alaska Marine Highway Ketchikan Ferry TerminalComox (Little River)
- BC Ferries BC596209:323h 18m12:50Comox (Little River)Hullo - Nanaimo
Changes at Courtenay, with 67 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 29h 50mCO2 104.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Marine Highway | €53.14 | 27h 16m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into Nanaimo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nanaimo for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Ketchikan to Nanaimo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €56.4490 days
- €43.2460 days
- €51.4945 days
- €59.7330 days
- €67.4421 days
- €73.4914 days
- €102.647 days
- €92.193 days
- €121.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 181 percent. The dearest point is €121.34, 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.
- €72.39Sun
- €76.79Mon
- €75.14Tue
- €73.49Wed
- €73.49Thu
- €86.69Fri
- €92.74Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Ketchikan
Ferry
- Alaska Marine Highway Ketchikan Ferry Terminal
- KETCHIKAN
- Ketchikan
Nanaimo
Ferry
- Hullo - Nanaimo
- Nanaimo (Duke Point)
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 906 km against 863 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 Campbell River, Courtenay, West Vancouver, Port Alberni. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 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 Ketchikan at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Ketchikan to Nanaimo
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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo take?
The Ferry from Ketchikan to Nanaimo takes 31h 15m door to door, of which 29h 45m is spent moving. The route runs 906 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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo cost?
The Ferry from Ketchikan to Nanaimo starts at €53.14 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €65.78. 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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
1 operators run the Ferry from Ketchikan to Nanaimo: Alaska Marine Highway. Between them they file around 5 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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo use?
The Ferry from Ketchikan to Nanaimo leaves from Alaska Marine Highway Ketchikan Ferry Terminal and arrives at Hullo - Nanaimo. 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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
Fares for the Ferry from Ketchikan to Nanaimo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.24. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 181 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Ketchikan to Nanaimo produce?
The Ferry from Ketchikan to Nanaimo produces about 104.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 906 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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
Operators on the Ferry from Ketchikan to Nanaimo publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 31h 15m 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.
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.
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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo on 17 September 2026: 906 km of route against 863 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €53.14, and 31h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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