Balikpapan to Denpasar runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:53 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €54.79 and €92.77, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 41m over 853 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€54.79 to €92.77
- 161%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Balikpapan
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:53First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Pelni runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Balikpapan to Denpasar 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 €109.24Tue15
- about €98.79Wed16
- about €118.59Thu17
- about €129.59Fri18
- about €105.94Sat19
- about €88.89Sun20
- about €69.64Mon21
- about €66.89Tue22
- about €61.94Wed23
- about €76.24Thu24
- about €100.99Fri25
- about €84.49Sat26
- about €68.54Sun27
- about €61.39Mon28
- about €60.29Tue29
- about €63.59Wed30
- about €66.89Thu1
- about €54.79Fri2
- about €81.19Sat3
- about €61.94Sun4
- about €64.14Mon5
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 flight gets you into Denpasar. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Denpasar for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from DFS Bus Bay and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Balikpapan to Denpasar
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €58.0990 days
- €48.1960 days
- €65.2445 days
- €45.4430 days
- €64.1421 days
- €61.3914 days
- €69.647 days
- €118.593 days
- €109.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €45.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €118.59, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Balikpapan to Denpasar and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
853 km
840 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
695,287 → 670,210
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 853 km against 840 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 Bima, Surabaya, Labuan Bajo, Makassar. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 14 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.
The fare from DPS into Denpasar is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Denpasar
Settled in advance, so the ride into Denpasar costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near DFS Bus Bay
Most of the points near DFS Bus Bay open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Balikpapan to Denpasar
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 it take to get from Balikpapan to Denpasar?
The fastest journey from Balikpapan to Denpasar takes 4h 41m door to door, of which 1h 31m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 16h 6m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Balikpapan to Denpasar?
The cheapest fare from Balikpapan to Denpasar is €54.79, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €99.89. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Balikpapan to Denpasar?
The cheapest way from Balikpapan to Denpasar is by ferry, at €61.39 for one passenger on October 2, 2026. That journey takes 28h door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Balikpapan to Denpasar?
The fastest way from Balikpapan to Denpasar is by flight, at 4h 41m door to door. Only 1h 31m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €92.77.
When should I book Balikpapan to Denpasar?
Fares from Balikpapan to Denpasar bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €45.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 161 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Balikpapan to Denpasar?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Balikpapan to Denpasar, at €63.59. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Balikpapan to Denpasar?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Balikpapan to Denpasar, at €41.04 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Balikpapan to Denpasar?
2 operators sell services from Balikpapan to Denpasar across 2 modes: Citilink Indonesia, Pelni. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Balikpapan to Denpasar?
33 percent of the services we sell from Balikpapan to Denpasar are direct. The rest connect at Bima, Surabaya, Labuan Bajo, Makassar, with about 70 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Balikpapan to Denpasar produce?
Traveling from Balikpapan to Denpasar by ferry produces about 96.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 212.8 kg, roughly 2 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Balikpapan to Denpasar use?
Services from Balikpapan to Denpasar by flight leave from Balikpapan BPN and arrive at Denpasar DPS. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Balikpapan to Denpasar?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Balikpapan to Denpasar allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Balikpapan to Denpasar on September 14, 2026: 853 km of route against 840 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €54.79, and 4h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Denpasar a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Denpasar and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Denpasar in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Balikpapan reaches 18 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 328 to 1,753 km. Denpasar reaches 51 places in 20 countries, from 313 to 10,327 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Balikpapan
- 18Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Denpasar
Leaving Denpasar
- 51Places you can leave for
- 20Countries
- 41Operators