Labuan Bajo to Makassar runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:31 and the last around 06:31. One passenger pays €23.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 12h 54m over 394 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €23.99, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€23.99
- 120%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.
- 06:31First departure
- 06:31Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Persero runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Labuan Bajo to Makassar 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 €50.39Sun20
- about €44.89Mon21
- about €48.74Tue22
- about €38.84Wed23
- about €57.54Thu24
- about €44.34Fri25
- about €49.84Sat26
- about €34.44Sun27
- about €40.49Mon28
- about €40.49Tue29
- about €38.84Wed30
- about €34.44Thu1
- about €32.79Fri2
- about €36.09Sat3
- about €26.74Sun4
- about €23.99Mon5
- about €31.14Tue6
- about €31.69Wed7
- about €32.24Thu8
- about €37.19Fri9
- about €33.34Sat10
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 Makassar. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Makassar for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Maros railway station 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 Makassar
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.7490 days
- €23.9960 days
- €25.0945 days
- €22.8930 days
- €33.3421 days
- €36.0914 days
- €49.847 days
- €48.743 days
- €50.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €50.39, 1 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 Labuan Bajo to Makassar 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
394 km
376 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
188,724 → 1,474,393
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 394 km against 376 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Makassar is large, and the road in from UPG can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Makassar
Settled in advance, so the ride into Makassar 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 Maros railway station
Most of the points near Maros railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Labuan Bajo to Makassar
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 Makassar?
The fastest journey from Labuan Bajo to Makassar takes 12h 54m door to door, of which 11h 46m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 13h 38m, 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 Makassar?
The cheapest fare from Labuan Bajo to Makassar is €23.99, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €37.19. 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 Makassar?
The cheapest way from Labuan Bajo to Makassar is by ferry, at €23.99 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 13h 16m 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 Makassar?
Fares from Labuan Bajo to Makassar bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €22.89. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 120 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 Makassar?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Labuan Bajo to Makassar, at €34.44. 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 Makassar?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Labuan Bajo to Makassar, at €23.99 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 Makassar?
No operator record names Labuan Bajo to Makassar directly. Persero 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 Makassar?
Every service we sell from Labuan Bajo to Makassar is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 12h 54m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Labuan Bajo to Makassar use?
Services from Labuan Bajo to Makassar by ferry leave from Labuan Bajo Port and arrive at Makassar 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 Makassar?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Labuan Bajo to Makassar 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 Makassar on September 19, 2026: 394 km of route against 376 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 12h 54m 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 Makassar a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Makassar and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Makassar 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. Makassar reaches 29 places in 4 countries, from 353 to 9,215 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Labuan Bajo
- 9Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Makassar
Leaving Makassar
- 29Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 12Operators