Cheapest€11.88
- Lake Michigan Carferry Service LM833606:083h 24m08:32LUDINGTONMANITOWOC
Door to door 4h 54mCO2 11.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ludington to Manitowoc ferry
Ferries from Ludington to Manitowoc start at €11.88 and take 4h 54m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Ludington to Manitowoc on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Ludington to Manitowoc starts at €11.88 and takes 4h 54m door to door, run by 2 operators over 102 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 4h 54mDoor to door
- 3h 24mMoving
- €11.88 to €20.14From
- 09:00 to 09:00First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 11.7 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for 17 September 2026, across 1 services on the day.
€11.88 to €20.14 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.
Sailings on 17 September 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
09:0012:003h
SS BADGER - INTERLAKE MARITIME SERVICESVessel SS BADGERDirect
LUDINGTON → MANITOWOC
from €82.32deck
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
17 September 2026
€82.32
SS BADGER - INTERLAKE MARITIME SERVICES
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The cheapest and the fastest on 21 September 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
| Lake Michigan Carferry Service | 4h 44m |
| Ss Badger - Interlake Maritime Services | 4h 42m |
The ferry gets you into Manitowoc. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Manitowoc for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Ludington to Manitowoc
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €12.4414 days
- €16.847 days
- €15.743 days
- €18.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 56 percent. The dearest point is €18.49, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €11.89Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €12.44Thu
- €11.89Fri
- €12.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Ludington
Ferry
- LUDINGTON
- Ludington
- Ludington Ferry Dock
Manitowoc
Ferry
- MANITOWOC
- Manitowoc
- S.S. Badger-Manitowoc Terminal
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 102 km against 97 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Ludington at 06:08 and the last at 06:24, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Ludington to Manitowoc
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 Ludington to Manitowoc take?
The Ferry from Ludington to Manitowoc takes 4h 54m door to door, of which 3h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 102 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 Ludington to Manitowoc cost?
The Ferry from Ludington to Manitowoc starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €12.71. 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 Ludington to Manitowoc?
2 operators run the Ferry from Ludington to Manitowoc: Lake Michigan Carferry Service, Ss Badger - Interlake Maritime Services. 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 Ludington to Manitowoc use?
The Ferry from Ludington to Manitowoc leaves from LUDINGTON and arrives at MANITOWOC. 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 Ludington to Manitowoc?
Fares for the Ferry from Ludington to Manitowoc bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 56 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Ludington to Manitowoc produce?
The Ferry from Ludington to Manitowoc produces about 11.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 102 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 Ludington to Manitowoc?
Operators on the Ferry from Ludington to Manitowoc publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 54m 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 Ludington to Manitowoc on 17 September 2026: 102 km of route against 97 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 4h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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