Cheapest€50.94
- Pelni P547206:1926h 15m08:34Semayang Balikpapan PortBangsal
Door to door 27h 45mCO2 95.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Balikpapan to Gili Air ferry
Ferries from Balikpapan to Gili Air start at €50.94 and take 27h 45m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Balikpapan to Gili Air on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Balikpapan to Gili Air starts at €50.94 and takes 27h 45m door to door, run by 1 operator over 832 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 27h 45mDoor to door
- 26h 15mMoving
- €61.39 to €121.34From
- 06:19 to 06:19First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 95.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 7, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€61.39 to €121.34 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.
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Buying this trip
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 €105.94Sun20
- about €93.84Mon21
- about €101.54Tue22
- about €104.29Wed23
- about €104.84Thu24
- about €121.34Fri25
- about €104.29Sat26
- about €92.19Sun27
- about €64.14Mon28
- about €64.14Tue29
- about €69.64Wed30
- about €76.24Thu1
- about €71.84Fri2
- about €61.39Sat3
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 October 7, 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelni | €50.94 | 25h 26m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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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
- €61.3914 days
- €104.297 days
- €101.543 days
- €105.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €48.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €105.94, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €92.19Sun
- €64.14Mon
- €64.14Tue
- €69.64Wed
- €76.24Thu
- €71.84Fri
- €61.39Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Balikpapan
Ferry
- Semayang Balikpapan Port
- Pelabuhan ferry Kariangau
Gili Air
Ferry
- Bangsal
- GILI AIR
- Harbor Gili Air
What the journey looks like
- 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Balikpapan 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 Balikpapan to Gili Air
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Balikpapan to Gili Air take?
The Ferry from Balikpapan to Gili Air takes 27h 45m door to door, of which 26h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 832 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 Balikpapan to Gili Air cost?
The Ferry from Balikpapan to Gili Air starts at €50.94 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €50.94. 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 Balikpapan to Gili Air?
1 operators run the Ferry from Balikpapan to Gili Air: 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 Balikpapan to Gili Air use?
The Ferry from Balikpapan to Gili Air leaves from Semayang Balikpapan Port and arrives at Bangsal. 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 Balikpapan to Gili Air?
Fares for the Ferry from Balikpapan to Gili Air bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €48.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 120 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Balikpapan to Gili Air produce?
The Ferry from Balikpapan to Gili Air produces about 95.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 832 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Balikpapan to Gili Air?
Operators on the Ferry from Balikpapan to Gili Air publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 27h 45m 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 Balikpapan to Gili Air on September 19, 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 27h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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