Ketchikan to Nanaimo runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €53.14, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 27h 16m over 906 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €53.14, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026
€53.14
- 181%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ketchikan
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.
- 06:26First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Alaska Marine Highway runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.
Buying this trip
12Go lists departures for Ketchikan to Nanaimo 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 €121.34Fri18
- about €133.44Sat19
- about €92.19Sun20
- about €105.39Mon21
- about €80.09Tue22
- about €87.24Wed23
- about €102.64Thu24
- about €86.69Fri25
- about €92.74Sat26
- about €72.39Sun27
- about €76.79Mon28
- about €75.14Tue29
- about €73.49Wed30
- about €73.49Thu1
- about €78.99Fri2
- about €67.99Sat3
- about €69.09Sun4
- about €54.78Mon5
- about €54.23Tue6
- about €53.14Wed7
- about €67.44Thu8
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 ferry gets you into Nanaimo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nanaimo for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Nanaimo railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Ketchikan to Nanaimo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €56.4490 days
- €43.2460 days
- €51.4945 days
- €59.7330 days
- €67.4421 days
- €73.4914 days
- €102.647 days
- €92.193 days
- €121.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 181 percent. The most expensive point is €121.34, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ketchikan to Nanaimo and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
906 km
863 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
8,197 → 90,504
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 906 km against 863 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 Campbell River, Courtenay, West Vancouver, Port Alberni. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 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.
Who runs this route
Nanaimo is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Nanaimo railway station
Most of the points near Nanaimo railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ketchikan to Nanaimo
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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
The fastest journey from Ketchikan to Nanaimo takes 27h 16m door to door, of which 29h 45m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 29h 18m, 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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
The cheapest fare from Ketchikan to Nanaimo is €53.14, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €91.64. 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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
The cheapest way from Ketchikan to Nanaimo is by ferry, at €53.14 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 31h 15m 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.
When should I book Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
Fares from Ketchikan to Nanaimo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €43.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 181 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Ketchikan to Nanaimo, at €72.39. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ketchikan to Nanaimo, at €49.29 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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
No operator record names Ketchikan to Nanaimo directly. Alaska Marine Highway publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
20 percent of the services we sell from Ketchikan to Nanaimo are direct. The rest connect at Campbell River, Courtenay, West Vancouver, Port Alberni, with about 62 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Ketchikan to Nanaimo use?
Services from Ketchikan to Nanaimo by ferry leave from Alaska Marine Highway Ketchikan Ferry Terminal and arrive at Hullo - Nanaimo. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Ketchikan to Nanaimo 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.
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.
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 Ketchikan to Nanaimo on September 17, 2026: 906 km of route against 863 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €53.14, and 27h 16m 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 Nanaimo a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Nanaimo and across Canada
Day trips that leave Nanaimo in the morning and cover a good part of Canada by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ketchikan reaches 8 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 370 to 1,073 km. Nanaimo reaches 11 places in 2 countries, from 41 to 874 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ketchikan
- 8Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Nanaimo
Leaving Nanaimo
- 11Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 4Operators