Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:19 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €56.44, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 27h 42m over 916 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €56.44, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026
€56.44
- 130%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Labuan Bajo
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.
- 06:19First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Pelni runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan 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 €116.94Sun20
- about €103.19Mon21
- about €111.99Tue22
- about €114.19Wed23
- about €115.29Thu24
- about €132.89Fri25
- about €114.74Sat26
- about €101.54Sun27
- about €70.19Mon28
- about €70.19Tue29
- about €76.79Wed30
- about €83.39Thu1
- about €78.99Fri2
- about €67.44Sat3
- about €64.14Sun4
- about €69.09Mon5
- about €68.54Tue6
- about €56.44Wed7
- about €72.39Thu8
- about €60.29Fri9
- about €61.39Sat10
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 Balikpapan. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Balikpapan for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal Luar/Bayangan Batu Ampar, Balikpapan and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €74.0490 days
- €54.7960 days
- €50.9445 days
- €55.3430 days
- €61.3921 days
- €67.4414 days
- €114.747 days
- €111.993 days
- €116.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €50.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 130 percent. The most expensive point is €116.94, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan 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
916 km
872 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
188,724 → 695,287
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
- 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 916 km against 872 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 Makassar, Denpasar. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 BPN into Balikpapan is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Balikpapan
Settled in advance, so the ride into Balikpapan costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Terminal Luar/Bayangan Batu Ampar, Balikpapan
Most of the points near Terminal Luar/Bayangan Batu Ampar, Balikpapan open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan
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 Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan?
The fastest journey from Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan takes 27h 42m door to door, of which 27h 2m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 29h 27m, 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 Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan?
The cheapest fare from Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan is €56.44, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €76.79. 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 Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan?
The cheapest way from Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan is by ferry, at €56.44 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 28h 32m 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 Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan?
Fares from Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €50.94. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 130 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan?
Saturday is the cheapest day to depart from Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan, at €67.44. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan, at €49.84 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 Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan?
No operator record names Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan directly. Pelni 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 Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan?
33 percent of the services we sell from Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan are direct. The rest connect at Makassar, Denpasar, with about 80 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 Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan use?
Services from Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan by ferry leave from Labuan Bajo Port and arrive at Semayang Balikpapan Port. 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 Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan 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 Labuan Bajo to Balikpapan on September 19, 2026: 916 km of route against 872 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €56.44, and 27h 42m 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 Balikpapan a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Balikpapan and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Balikpapan in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Labuan Bajo reaches 9 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 199 to 2,397 km. Balikpapan reaches 21 places in 3 countries, from 328 to 1,753 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Labuan Bajo
- 9Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Balikpapan
Leaving Balikpapan
- 21Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 10Operators