Ludington to Manitowoc runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 09:00 and the last around 09:00. One passenger pays between €11.88 and €13.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 42m over 102 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 21 September 2026
€11.88 to €13.54
- 37%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ludington
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for 17 September 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 09:00First departure
- 09:00Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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
Pets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €82.32 to €82.32 on 17 September 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Lake Michigan Carferry Service runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Ludington to Manitowoc on your date, and you pay on their side.
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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 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
- €11.8814 days
- €14.097 days
- €12.993 days
- €16.291 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 37 percent. The dearest point is €16.29, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ludington to Manitowoc and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
102 km
97 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
8,058 → 33,010
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
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 102 km against 97 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
Manitowoc is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Maritime Metro Transit Transfer Center
Most of the points near Maritime Metro Transit Transfer Center open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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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 it take to get from Ludington to Manitowoc?
The fastest journey from Ludington to Manitowoc takes 4h 42m door to door, of which 3h 24m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 4h 56m, 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 Ludington to Manitowoc?
The cheapest fare from Ludington to Manitowoc is €11.88, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 Ludington to Manitowoc?
The cheapest way from Ludington to Manitowoc is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on 21 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 54m 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 Ludington to Manitowoc?
Fares from Ludington to Manitowoc bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 37 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ludington to Manitowoc?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ludington to Manitowoc, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ludington to Manitowoc?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ludington to Manitowoc, at €11.88 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 Ludington to Manitowoc?
2 operators sell services from Ludington to Manitowoc across 1 mode: Lake Michigan Carferry Service, Ss Badger - Interlake Maritime Services. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Ludington to Manitowoc?
Every service we sell from Ludington to Manitowoc is direct, with around 2 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 42m 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 Ludington to Manitowoc use?
Services from Ludington to Manitowoc by ferry leave from LUDINGTON and arrive at MANITOWOC. 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 Ludington to Manitowoc?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Ludington to Manitowoc 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.
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, Distances
- 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 42m 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 Manitowoc a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Manitowoc and across United States
Day trips that leave Manitowoc in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ludington reaches 2 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 97 to 254 km. Manitowoc reaches 1 places in 1 countries, from 97 to 97 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ludington
- 2Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators