Samarinda to Bau-Bau ferry

Ferries from Samarinda to Bau-Bau start at €63.59 and take 27h 52m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Samarinda to Bau-Bau starts at €63.59 and takes 27h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 861 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 27h 52mDoor to door
  • 26h 22mMoving
  • €63.59 to €144.44From
  • 06:24 to 06:24First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 99.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€63.59 to €144.44 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.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €144.44Mon14
  2. about €119.69Tue15
  3. about €131.79Wed16
  4. about €113.09Thu17
  5. about €116.39Fri18
  6. about €117.49Sat19
  7. about €89.44Sun20
  8. about €63.59Mon21
  9. about €84.49Tue22
  10. about €86.69Wed23
  11. about €87.24Thu24
  12. about €100.99Fri25
  13. about €107.59Sat26
  14. about €95.49Sun27

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 28 September 2026

Cheapest€55.34
  1. Pelni P423206:2426h 22m08:46SamarindaBaubau

Door to door 27h 52mCO2 99.0 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
Pelni€55.3426h 11m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
  • Pelni

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Booking window

When to book Samarinda to Bau-Bau

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

  1. €76.7990 days
  2. €56.9960 days
  3. €43.7945 days
  4. €50.3930 days
  5. €60.2921 days
  6. €95.4914 days
  7. €89.447 days
  8. €131.793 days
  9. €144.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €43.79.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 230 percent. The dearest point is €144.44, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €89.44Sun
  2. €63.59Mon
  3. €84.49Tue
  4. €86.69Wed
  5. €87.24Thu
  6. €100.99Fri
  7. €107.59Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Samarinda

Ferry
  • Samarinda
  • Pelabuhan Samarinda

Baubau

Ferry
  • Baubau
  • Pelabuhan Murhum Baubau
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 861 km against 820 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 Samarinda at 06:24 and the last at 06:24, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Samarinda to Bau-Bau

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 Samarinda to Bau-Bau take?

The Ferry from Samarinda to Bau-Bau takes 27h 52m door to door, of which 26h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 861 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 Samarinda to Bau-Bau cost?

The Ferry from Samarinda to Bau-Bau starts at €63.59 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €55.34. 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 Samarinda to Bau-Bau?

1 operators run the Ferry from Samarinda to Bau-Bau: Pelni. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Samarinda to Bau-Bau use?

The Ferry from Samarinda to Bau-Bau leaves from Samarinda and arrives at Baubau. 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 Samarinda to Bau-Bau?

Fares for the Ferry from Samarinda to Bau-Bau bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €43.79. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 230 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Samarinda to Bau-Bau produce?

The Ferry from Samarinda to Bau-Bau produces about 99.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 861 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 Samarinda to Bau-Bau?

Operators on the Ferry from Samarinda to Bau-Bau publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 27h 52m 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 Samarinda to Bau-Bau on 13 September 2026: 861 km of route against 820 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €63.59, and 27h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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