Kupang to Makassar ferry

Ferries from Kupang to Makassar start at €43.79 and take 26h 34m at their fastest.

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Capture of Makassar's Floating Mosque at sunset reflecting over calm waters.

The Ferries from Kupang to Makassar starts at €43.79 and takes 26h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 760 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 26h 34mDoor to door
  • 25h 4mMoving
  • €54.24 to €142.79From
  • 06:31 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 87.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€54.24 to €142.79 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.

Persero runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Kupang to Makassar 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

  1. about €108.69Fri18
  2. about €142.79Sat19
  3. about €77.89Sun20
  4. about €69.09Mon21
  5. about €92.19Tue22
  6. about €73.49Wed23
  7. about €87.24Thu24
  8. about €66.89Fri25
  9. about €94.39Sat26
  10. about €65.24Sun27
  11. about €76.24Mon28
  12. about €76.24Tue29
  13. about €73.49Wed30
  14. about €54.24Thu1

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€43.79
  1. Persero P706706:3125h 4m07:35Tenau Kupang PortMakassar Port

Door to door 26h 34mCO2 87.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Persero€43.7923h 11m33 km/hChangeableBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
  • Persero

The ferry gets you into Makassar. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Makassar for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Kupang to Makassar

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €50.3990 days
  2. €34.4460 days
  3. €49.8445 days
  4. €57.5430 days
  5. €60.2921 days
  6. €54.2414 days
  7. €87.247 days
  8. €77.893 days
  9. €108.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 216 percent. The dearest point is €108.69, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €65.24Sun
  2. €69.09Mon
  3. €76.24Tue
  4. €73.49Wed
  5. €60.29Thu
  6. €66.89Fri
  7. €94.39Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kupang

Ferry
  • Tenau Kupang Port
  • Tenau Kupang ferry terminal

Makassar

Ferry
  • Makassar Port
  • Soekarno Hatta Makassar ferry port
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 760 km against 723 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 Maumere, Mataram, Kendari. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Kupang at 06:31 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 Kupang to Makassar

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 Kupang to Makassar take?

The Ferry from Kupang to Makassar takes 26h 34m door to door, of which 25h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 760 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 Kupang to Makassar cost?

The Ferry from Kupang to Makassar starts at €43.79 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €65.24. 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 Kupang to Makassar?

1 operators run the Ferry from Kupang to Makassar: 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 Kupang to Makassar use?

The Ferry from Kupang to Makassar leaves from Tenau Kupang Port and arrives at Makassar 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 Kupang to Makassar?

Fares for the Ferry from Kupang to Makassar bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.44. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 216 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Kupang to Makassar produce?

The Ferry from Kupang to Makassar produces about 87.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 760 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 Kupang to Makassar?

Operators on the Ferry from Kupang to Makassar publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 26h 34m 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 Kupang to Makassar on 17 September 2026: 760 km of route against 723 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €43.79, and 26h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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