Biak to Sentani ferry

Ferries from Biak to Sentani start at €36.64 and take 16h 58m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Biak to Sentani starts at €36.64 and takes 16h 58m door to door, run by 1 operator over 516 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 16h 58mDoor to door
  • 15h 28mMoving
  • €36.64From
  • 59.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€31.69
  1. Persero P659806:1315h 28m21:41Biak PortDermaga Patouw

Door to door 16h 58mCO2 59.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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
Persero€31.6916h 21m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Persero

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Booking window

When to book Biak to Sentani

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

  1. €41.5990 days
  2. €23.4460 days
  3. €36.0945 days
  4. €31.6930 days
  5. €48.1921 days
  6. €64.1414 days
  7. €66.897 days
  8. €81.743 days
  9. €114.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 390 percent. The most expensive point is €114.74, 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.
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. €60.84Sun
  2. €38.84Mon
  3. €36.64Tue
  4. €39.94Wed
  5. €49.29Thu
  6. €64.14Fri
  7. €64.14Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Biak

Ferry
  • Biak Port
  • Mokmer Biak

Sentani

Ferry
  • Dermaga Patouw
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 516 km against 516 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Manokwari. The gap between arriving and leaving is 92 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 Biak at 06:13 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Ferries against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 15m1h 5m3h 10m€59.14130.9 kg2
Ferry16h 58m15h 28m1h 30m€36.6459.3 kg2

Questions about Biak to Sentani

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 Biak to Sentani take?

The Ferry from Biak to Sentani takes 16h 58m door to door, of which 15h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 516 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 Biak to Sentani cost?

The Ferry from Biak to Sentani starts at €36.64 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €57.27. 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 Biak to Sentani?

1 operators run the Ferry from Biak to Sentani: Persero. Between them they file around 2 departures 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 Biak to Sentani use?

The Ferry from Biak to Sentani leaves from Biak Port and arrives at Dermaga Patouw. 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.

Is the Ferry the best way from Biak to Sentani?

Traveling from Biak to Sentani by Flight costs €59.14 and takes 4h 15m door to door, against 16h 58m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Ferry from Biak to Sentani?

Fares for the Ferry from Biak to Sentani bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.44. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 390 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Biak to Sentani produce?

The Ferry from Biak to Sentani produces about 59.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 516 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 Biak to Sentani?

Operators on the Ferry from Biak to Sentani publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 16h 58m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Biak to Sentani on September 11, 2026: 516 km of route against 516 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.64, and 16h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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