Cheapest€42.69
- Pelni P671706:2419h 58m02:22Makassar PortBontang Loktuan Port
Door to door 21h 28mCO2 75.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Makassar to Bontang ferry
Ferries from Makassar to Bontang start at €49.29 and take 21h 28m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Makassar to Bontang starts at €49.29 and takes 21h 28m door to door, run by 1 operator over 657 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 21h 28mDoor to door
- 19h 58mMoving
- €49.29From
- 75.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelni | €42.69 | 20h 26m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The trip ends at Terminal Bus Bontang. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Bontang for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Makassar to Bontang
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €61.3990 days
- €37.7460 days
- €31.1445 days
- €43.2430 days
- €48.1921 days
- €77.3414 days
- €89.447 days
- €95.493 days
- €139.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 348 percent. The most expensive point is €139.49, 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.
- €61.39Sun
- €49.29Mon
- €65.24Tue
- €66.34Wed
- €66.89Thu
- €77.34Fri
- €72.39Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Makassar
Ferry
- Makassar Port
- Soekarno Hatta Makassar ferry port
Bontang
Ferry
- Bontang Loktuan Port
- Bontang
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 657 km against 626 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Baubau. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Makassar at 06:24 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.
Questions about Makassar to Bontang
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 Makassar to Bontang take?
The Ferry from Makassar to Bontang takes 21h 28m door to door, of which 19h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 657 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 Makassar to Bontang cost?
The Ferry from Makassar to Bontang starts at €49.29 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €61.67. 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 Makassar to Bontang?
1 operators run the Ferry from Makassar to Bontang: Pelni. 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 Makassar to Bontang use?
The Ferry from Makassar to Bontang leaves from Makassar Port and arrives at Bontang Loktuan Port. 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 Makassar to Bontang?
Fares for the Ferry from Makassar to Bontang bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 348 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Makassar to Bontang produce?
The Ferry from Makassar to Bontang produces about 75.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 657 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 Makassar to Bontang?
Operators on the Ferry from Makassar to Bontang publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 21h 28m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
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 Makassar to Bontang on September 11, 2026: 657 km of route against 626 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €49.29, and 21h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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