Luwuk to Labuan Bajo runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €65.79 and €72.39, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 28h 21m over 943 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€65.79 to €72.39
- 163%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Luwuk
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.
- 06:01First 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 Luwuk to Labuan Bajo 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 €167.54Wed16
- about €152.14Thu17
- about €156.54Fri18
- about €128.49Sat19
- about €97.69Sun20
- about €86.69Mon21
- about €111.44Tue22
- about €94.39Wed23
- about €94.94Thu24
- about €110.34Fri25
- about €118.04Sat26
- about €104.29Sun27
- about €72.39Mon28
- about €72.39Tue29
- about €65.79Wed30
- about €71.84Thu1
- about €67.99Fri2
- about €69.09Sat3
- about €65.79Sun4
- about €71.29Mon5
- about €70.74Tue6
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 Labuan Bajo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Labuan Bajo for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal Nggorang and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Luwuk to Labuan Bajo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €71.8490 days
- €63.5960 days
- €74.0445 days
- €69.0930 days
- €70.7421 days
- €72.3914 days
- €111.447 days
- €156.543 days
- €167.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €63.59.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 163 percent. The most expensive point is €167.54, 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 Luwuk to Labuan Bajo 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
943 km
898 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
47,778 → 188,724
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 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 943 km against 898 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 Ende, Makassar. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 LBJ into Labuan Bajo is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Labuan Bajo
Settled in advance, so the ride into Labuan Bajo 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 Nggorang
Most of the points near Terminal Nggorang open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Luwuk to Labuan Bajo
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 Labuan Bajo?
The fastest journey from Luwuk to Labuan Bajo takes 28h 21m door to door, of which 30h 30m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 30h 44m, 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 Labuan Bajo?
The cheapest fare from Luwuk to Labuan Bajo is €65.79, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €94.39. 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 Labuan Bajo?
The cheapest way from Luwuk to Labuan Bajo is by ferry, at €72.39 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 32h 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 Labuan Bajo?
Fares from Luwuk to Labuan Bajo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €63.59. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 163 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Luwuk to Labuan Bajo?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Luwuk to Labuan Bajo, at €72.39. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 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 Labuan Bajo?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Luwuk to Labuan Bajo, at €50.94 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 Labuan Bajo?
1 operators sell services from Luwuk to Labuan Bajo across 1 mode: 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 Luwuk to Labuan Bajo?
33 percent of the services we sell from Luwuk to Labuan Bajo are direct. The rest connect at Ende, Makassar, with about 52 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 Labuan Bajo use?
Services from Luwuk to Labuan Bajo by ferry leave from Luwuk port and arrive at Labuan Bajo 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 Luwuk to Labuan Bajo?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Luwuk to Labuan Bajo 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 Luwuk to Labuan Bajo on September 15, 2026: 943 km of route against 898 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €65.79, and 28h 21m 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 Labuan Bajo a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Labuan Bajo and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Labuan Bajo in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Luwuk reaches 9 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 338 to 898 km. Labuan Bajo reaches 8 places in 2 countries, from 199 to 2,397 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Luwuk
- 9Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Labuan Bajo
Leaving Labuan Bajo
- 8Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 6Operators