Cheapest€36.64
- Persero P771406:1318h 42m00:55Makassar PortLuwuk port
Door to door 20h 12mCO2 68.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Makassar to Luwuk ferry
Ferries from Makassar to Luwuk start at €42.14 and take 20h 12m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Makassar to Luwuk starts at €42.14 and takes 20h 12m door to door, run by 1 operator over 597 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 20h 12mDoor to door
- 18h 42mMoving
- €42.14From
- 68.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Persero | €36.64 | 18h 42m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Luwuk. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Makassar to Luwuk
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €52.0490 days
- €36.0960 days
- €39.9445 days
- €39.3930 days
- €52.5921 days
- €52.0414 days
- €74.047 days
- €63.593 days
- €92.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 155 percent. The most expensive point is €92.19, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €70.19Sun
- €44.34Mon
- €42.14Tue
- €45.99Wed
- €56.44Thu
- €74.04Fri
- €52.59Sat
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
Luwuk
Ferry
- Luwuk port
- Luwuk ferry port
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 597 km against 597 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 Kendari, Baubau. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 06:13 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.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 23m | 1h 13m | 3h 10m | €66.81 | 151.3 kg | 3 |
| Ferry | 20h 12m | 18h 42m | 1h 30m | €42.14 | 68.7 kg | 2 |
Questions about Makassar to Luwuk
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 Luwuk take?
The Ferry from Makassar to Luwuk takes 20h 12m door to door, of which 18h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 597 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 Luwuk cost?
The Ferry from Makassar to Luwuk starts at €42.14 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €51.49. 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 Luwuk?
1 operators run the Ferry from Makassar to Luwuk: 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 Makassar to Luwuk use?
The Ferry from Makassar to Luwuk leaves from Makassar Port and arrives at Luwuk 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.
Is the Ferry the best way from Makassar to Luwuk?
Traveling from Makassar to Luwuk by Flight costs €66.81 and takes 4h 23m door to door, against 20h 12m 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 Makassar to Luwuk?
Fares for the Ferry from Makassar to Luwuk bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Makassar to Luwuk produce?
The Ferry from Makassar to Luwuk produces about 68.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 597 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 Luwuk?
Operators on the Ferry from Makassar to Luwuk publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 20h 12m 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 Makassar to Luwuk on September 12, 2026: 597 km of route against 597 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €42.14, and 20h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Being on the water gives Luwuk a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Anything to book in Luwuk before you go?
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Luwuk, with free cancellation on most of it.
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