Cheapest€36.09
- Persero P213006:0715h 53m22:00Luwuk portBaubau
Door to door 17h 23mCO2 60.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Traveling from Luwuk to Bau-Bau costs €36.09 at the cheapest and takes 17h door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 527 km. Cheapest is by ferry, fastest is by ferry.
At a glance
- Distance
- 527 km
- Fastest
- 17h
- Average
- 18h 4m
- Services per day
- 2
- Cheapest
- €36.09
- CO2 per passenger
- 60.6 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on October 2, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | 17h 23m | 15h 53m | 1h 30m | €39.39 | 60.6 kg | 1 |
- 17h 23mFastest, by Ferry
- €39.39Cheapest, by Ferry
- 60.6 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
- 527 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on October 2, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€109.88
- Lion Mentari Airlines LM448207:301h 13m08:43Luwuk LUWMakassar UPG
- PT. Dharma Lautan Utama PT265609:3012h 8m21:38Makassar PortBaubau
Changes at Makassar, with 47 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 16h 28mCO2 193.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Checking the live timetables.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Luwuk to Bau-Bau | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 | FriSep 25 | SatSep 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | €107.59 | €73.49 | €56.44 | €60.84 | €80.09 | €61.94 | €81.19 | €44.34 | €39.39 | €52.04 | €41.59 | €61.39 | €47.09 | €66.34 |
| Flight | €258.56 | €185.40 | €141.74 | €143.51 | €196.61 | €176.55 | €167.11 | €131.71 | €128.17 | €121.68 | €123.45 | €141.74 | €145.28 | €148.82 |
Cheapest day: 2026-10-02 · €36.09
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When to book Luwuk to Bau-Bau
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.5490 days
- €28.3960 days
- €31.1445 days
- €33.3430 days
- €47.6421 days
- €66.3414 days
- €81.197 days
- €56.443 days
- €107.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 279 percent. The most expensive point is €107.59, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €44.34Sun
- €44.89Mon
- €52.04Tue
- €43.24Wed
- €61.39Thu
- €47.09Fri
- €66.34Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €56.44Sep
- €39.94Oct
- €33.34Nov
- €39.39Dec
- €36.64Jan
- €33.34Feb
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 527 km against 502 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. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Luwuk at 06:07 and the last at 06:07, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Luwuk
Air
- LUW
Ferry
- Luwuk port
- Luwuk ferry port
Baubau
Bus
- Lapangan Tembak
Ferry
- Baubau
- Pelabuhan Murhum Baubau
Who runs this route
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 | €36.09 | 17h | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €31.00 | 86% |
| Taxes | €3.10 | 9% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 6% |
| Total you pay | €36.09 | 100% |
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Somewhere to drop the bags in Bau-Bau?
Most of the points near Lapangan Tembak open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Luwuk to Bau-Bau
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 Luwuk to Bau-Bau?
The fastest journey from Luwuk to Bau-Bau takes 17h door to door, of which 15h 53m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 18h 4m, 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 Luwuk to Bau-Bau?
The cheapest fare from Luwuk to Bau-Bau is €36.09, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €47.64. 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 Luwuk to Bau-Bau?
The cheapest way from Luwuk to Bau-Bau is by ferry, at €39.39 for one passenger on October 2, 2026. That journey takes 17h 23m 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 Luwuk to Bau-Bau?
Fares from Luwuk to Bau-Bau bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €28.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 279 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Luwuk to Bau-Bau?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Luwuk to Bau-Bau, at €43.24. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Luwuk to Bau-Bau?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Luwuk to Bau-Bau, at €33.34 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 Luwuk to Bau-Bau?
1 operators sell services from Luwuk to Bau-Bau across 1 mode: Persero. 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 Luwuk to Bau-Bau?
50 percent of the services we sell from Luwuk to Bau-Bau are direct. The rest connect at Makassar, with about 47 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 Luwuk to Bau-Bau use?
Services from Luwuk to Bau-Bau by ferry leave from Luwuk port and arrive at Baubau. 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 Luwuk to Bau-Bau?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Luwuk to Bau-Bau 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
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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Luwuk to Bau-Bau on September 12, 2026: 527 km of route against 502 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.09, and 17h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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