Cheapest€53.69
- Pelni P442106:1928h 51m11:10NUSA PENIDA (ALL PORTS)Semayang Balikpapan Port
Door to door 30h 21mCO2 100.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Sampalan to Balikpapan ferry
Ferries from Sampalan to Balikpapan start at €53.69 and take 30h 21m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Sampalan to Balikpapan on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Sampalan to Balikpapan starts at €53.69 and takes 30h 21m door to door, run by 1 operator over 877 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 30h 21mDoor to door
- 28h 51mMoving
- €66.89 to €147.19From
- 06:19 to 06:19First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 100.9 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.
€66.89 to €147.19 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
Pelni runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Sampalan to Balikpapan 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 €146.09Fri18
- about €147.19Sat19
- about €91.09Sun20
- about €80.64Mon21
- about €107.04Tue22
- about €109.79Wed23
- about €88.89Thu24
- about €102.64Fri25
- about €109.79Sat26
- about €97.14Sun27
- about €67.44Mon28
- about €67.44Tue29
- about €73.49Wed30
- about €66.89Thu1
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
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelni | €53.69 | 26h 47m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into Balikpapan. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Balikpapan for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Sampalan to Balikpapan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €52.5990 days
- €50.3960 days
- €56.4445 days
- €70.1930 days
- €69.0921 days
- €66.8914 days
- €88.897 days
- €91.093 days
- €146.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €50.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 190 percent. The dearest point is €146.09, 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.
- €91.09Sun
- €67.44Mon
- €67.44Tue
- €73.49Wed
- €69.09Thu
- €102.64Fri
- €109.79Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Sampalan
Ferry
- NUSA PENIDA (ALL PORTS)
- Nusa Penida
- Nusa Penida (Sampalan) ferry port
- SAMPALAN
Balikpapan
Ferry
- Semayang Balikpapan Port
- Pelabuhan ferry Kariangau
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 877 km against 835 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 Sampalan at 06:19 and the last at 06:19, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Sampalan to Balikpapan
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 Sampalan to Balikpapan take?
The Ferry from Sampalan to Balikpapan takes 30h 21m door to door, of which 28h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 877 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 Sampalan to Balikpapan cost?
The Ferry from Sampalan to Balikpapan starts at €53.69 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €53.69. 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 Sampalan to Balikpapan?
1 operators run the Ferry from Sampalan to Balikpapan: 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 Sampalan to Balikpapan use?
The Ferry from Sampalan to Balikpapan leaves from NUSA PENIDA (ALL PORTS) and arrives at Semayang Balikpapan 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 Sampalan to Balikpapan?
Fares for the Ferry from Sampalan to Balikpapan bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €50.39. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 190 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Sampalan to Balikpapan produce?
The Ferry from Sampalan to Balikpapan produces about 100.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 877 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 Sampalan to Balikpapan?
Operators on the Ferry from Sampalan to Balikpapan publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 30h 21m 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 Sampalan to Balikpapan on 17 September 2026: 877 km of route against 835 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €53.69, and 30h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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