Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun ferry

Ferries from Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun start at €57.54 and take 29h 52m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun starts at €57.54 and takes 29h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 936 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 7 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 29h 52mDoor to door
  • 28h 22mMoving
  • €71.84 to €146.09From
  • 06:19 to 06:19First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 21.5 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.

€71.84 to €146.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun 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 €121.89Mon21
  2. about €140.59Tue22
  3. about €143.89Wed23
  4. about €117.49Thu24
  5. about €136.19Fri25
  6. about €146.09Sat26
  7. about €129.04Sun27
  8. about €71.84Mon28
  9. about €71.84Tue29
  10. about €78.44Wed30
  11. about €85.04Thu1
  12. about €80.64Fri2
  13. about €82.29Sat3
  14. about €77.89Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026

Cheapest€57.54
  1. Pelni P533006:1928h 22m10:41Pelabuhan Sri Bintan Pura InternationalDermaga Indera Sari

Door to door 29h 52mCO2 21.5 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€57.5428h 8m33 km/hChangeableBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
  • Pelni

The ferry gets you into Pangkalanbuun. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Pangkalanbuun for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun

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

  1. €91.6490 days
  2. €69.6460 days
  3. €62.4945 days
  4. €62.4930 days
  5. €70.1921 days
  6. €77.8914 days
  7. €129.047 days
  8. €143.893 days
  9. €121.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €62.49.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 130 percent. The dearest point is €143.89, 3 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. €77.89Sun
  2. €71.84Mon
  3. €71.84Tue
  4. €78.44Wed
  5. €85.04Thu
  6. €80.64Fri
  7. €82.29Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Tanjung Pinang

Ferry
  • Pelabuhan Sri Bintan Pura International
  • Sri Bintan Pura Tanjung Pinang
  • TANJUNG PINANG

Pangkalanbuun

Ferry
  • Dermaga Indera Sari
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 936 km against 892 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 Jakarta. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 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 Tanjung Pinang 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 Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun

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 Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun take?

The Ferry from Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun takes 29h 52m door to door, of which 28h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 936 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 Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun cost?

The Ferry from Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun starts at €57.54 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €57.54. 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 Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun?

1 operators run the Ferry from Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun: 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 Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun use?

The Ferry from Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun leaves from Pelabuhan Sri Bintan Pura International and arrives at Dermaga Indera Sari. 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 Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun?

Fares for the Ferry from Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €62.49. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 130 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun produce?

The Ferry from Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun produces about 21.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 936 km, which works out at roughly 23 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 Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun?

Operators on the Ferry from Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 29h 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Tanjung Pinang to Pangkalanbuun on 20 September 2026: 936 km of route against 892 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €57.54, and 29h 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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