Labuan Bajo to Surabaya ferry

Ferries from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya start at €76.79 and take 17h 1m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya starts at €76.79 and takes 17h 1m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,174 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 17h 1mDoor to door
  • 13h 50mMoving
  • €89.99 to €232.44From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 175.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€89.99 to €232.44 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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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €232.44Thu24
  2. about €213.74Fri25
  3. about €186.79Sat26
  4. about €191.74Sun27
  5. about €140.59Mon28
  6. about €141.14Tue29
  7. about €122.44Wed30
  8. about €154.34Thu1
  9. about €122.99Fri2
  10. about €127.39Sat3
  11. about €127.39Sun4
  12. about €109.24Mon5
  13. about €108.14Tue6
  14. about €89.99Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€76.79
  1. Persero P576907:3012h 17m19:47Labuan Bajo PortMakassar Port
  2. Garuda Indonesia GI742520:381h 33m21:11Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport UPGJuanda International Airport SUB

Changes at Makassar, with 51 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 17h 1mCO2 175.4 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

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.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Persero33 km/hChangeableBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
Garuda Indonesia740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Persero
  • Garuda Indonesia

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

A hotel room

A room in Surabaya for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Labuan Bajo to Surabaya

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

  1. €89.2390 days
  2. €88.0560 days
  3. €90.4145 days
  4. €80.9730 days
  5. €85.6921 days
  6. €82.1514 days
  7. €114.607 days
  8. €142.333 days
  9. €191.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €80.97.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 137 percent. The most expensive point is €191.89, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €121.68Sun
  2. €105.16Mon
  3. €103.39Tue
  4. €85.69Wed
  5. €142.92Thu
  6. €121.09Fri
  7. €108.11Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Labuan Bajo

Ferry
  • Labuan Bajo Port
  • Labuan Bajo ferry port

Surabaya

Ferry
  • Surabaya D1
  • Surabaya D2
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,174 km against 798 km in a straight line, a detour of 27 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Denpasar, Makassar. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Labuan Bajo at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure 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

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
Flight5h 57m1h 57m4h€79.79177.9 kg1
Ferry17h 1m13h 50m3h 11m€76.79175.4 kg1

Questions about Labuan Bajo to Surabaya

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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya take?

The Ferry from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya takes 17h 1m door to door, of which 13h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 1,174 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya cost?

The Ferry from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya starts at €76.79 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €76.79. 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?

2 operators run the Ferry from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya: Persero, Garuda Indonesia. 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya use?

The Ferry from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya leaves from Labuan Bajo Port and arrives at Juanda International Airport SUB. Allow about 2h 20m 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?

Traveling from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya by Flight costs €79.79 and takes 5h 57m door to door, against 17h 1m 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?

Fares for the Ferry from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €80.97. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 137 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya produce?

The Ferry from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya produces about 175.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1174 km, which works out at roughly 149 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya?

Operators on the Ferry from Labuan Bajo to Surabaya publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 17h 1m 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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 labeled 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 Labuan Bajo to Surabaya on September 23, 2026: 1174 km of route against 798 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €76.79, and 17h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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