Balikpapan to Gili Air runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:19 and the last around 06:19. One passenger pays €50.94, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 25h 26m over 832 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €50.94, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 7 October 2026
€50.94
- 170%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Balikpapan
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:19First departure
- 06:19Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Pelni runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Balikpapan to Gili Air 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 €122.99Sun20
- about €93.84Mon21
- about €125.19Tue22
- about €104.29Wed23
- about €104.84Thu24
- about €121.34Fri25
- about €130.14Sat26
- about €92.19Sun27
- about €64.14Mon28
- about €64.14Tue29
- about €69.64Wed30
- about €76.24Thu1
- about €71.84Fri2
- about €72.94Sat3
- about €58.09Sun4
- about €63.04Mon5
- about €62.49Tue6
- about €50.94Wed7
- about €65.79Thu8
- about €54.79Fri9
- about €55.89Sat10
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 ferry gets you into Gili Air. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Gili Air for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Bluebird taxi pickup stand and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Balikpapan to Gili Air
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €67.4490 days
- €53.6960 days
- €48.1945 days
- €50.3930 days
- €55.8921 days
- €72.9414 days
- €130.147 days
- €125.193 days
- €122.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €48.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 170 percent. The dearest point is €130.14, 7 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Balikpapan to Gili Air and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
832 km
793 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
695,287 → 1,800
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 832 km against 793 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
Gili Air is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Bluebird taxi pickup stand
Most of the points near Bluebird taxi pickup stand open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Balikpapan to Gili Air
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 it take to get from Balikpapan to Gili Air?
The fastest journey from Balikpapan to Gili Air takes 25h 26m door to door, of which 26h 15m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 27h 14m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Balikpapan to Gili Air?
The cheapest fare from Balikpapan to Gili Air is €50.94, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €71.84. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Balikpapan to Gili Air?
The cheapest way from Balikpapan to Gili Air is by ferry, at €50.94 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 27h 45m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Balikpapan to Gili Air?
Fares from Balikpapan to Gili Air bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €48.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 170 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Balikpapan to Gili Air?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Balikpapan to Gili Air, at €64.14. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Balikpapan to Gili Air?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Balikpapan to Gili Air, at €45.44 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Balikpapan to Gili Air?
No operator record names Balikpapan to Gili Air directly. Pelni publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Balikpapan to Gili Air?
Every service we sell from Balikpapan to Gili Air is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 25h 26m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Balikpapan to Gili Air use?
Services from Balikpapan to Gili Air by ferry leave from Semayang Balikpapan Port and arrive at Bangsal. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Balikpapan to Gili Air?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Balikpapan to Gili Air allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Balikpapan to Gili Air on 19 September 2026: 832 km of route against 793 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €50.94, and 25h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Gili Air a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Gili Air and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Gili Air in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Balikpapan reaches 21 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 328 to 1,753 km. Gili Air reaches 6 places in 1 countries, from 97 to 883 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Balikpapan
- 21Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Gili Air
Leaving Gili Air
- 6Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators