Travel to Makassar

Every way to reach Makassar: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Makassar is reachable from 29 places across 4 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 12 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €31.69 and the fastest takes 4h 6m door to door. The nearest origin is 353 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Makassar

Every mode that actually calls at Makassar, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Flight44€48.524h 6m9,215 km9
Ferry16€31.6912h 54m750 km3
  • 29Places you can arrive from
  • 29Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 12Operators

Makassar sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

A room in Makassar for the night the flight gets in

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
200 to 600 km2135%Baubau, 353 km
600 to 1,500 km2643%Denpasar, 607 km
Over 1,500 km1322%Manokwari, 1693 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Makassar that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Indonesia5592%
Malaysia23%
Singapore23%
Saudi Arabia12%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Makassar

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Makassar

Rail
  • Maros railway station
  • Mandai railway station
Bus
  • stasiun bus makassar
  • Stasiun Bus Makassar
Air
  • UPG
Ferry
  • Makassar Port
  • Soekarno Hatta Makassar ferry port

Landing at UPG after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from UPG into 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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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Makassar

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Makassar, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Bau-Bau to Makassar ferry€31.6913h 18m353 km
Labuan Bajo to Makassar ferry€36.0912h 54m376 km
Bima to Makassar ferry€36.0914h 50m376 km
Maumere to Makassar ferry€46.5418h 8m493 km
Kendari to Makassar flight€48.524h 6m366 km
Bontang to Makassar ferry€48.7423h626 km
Gorontalo to Makassar ferry€52.5922h 23m750 km
Luwuk to Makassar ferry€52.5914h 36m597 km
Poso to Makassar flight€56.784h 15m442 km
Palu to Makassar flight€57.374h 13m474 km
Balikpapan to Makassar flight€60.324h 15m519 km
Kupang to Makassar ferry€67.4424h 43m723 km
Denpasar to Makassar flight€70.354h 22m607 km
Luwuk to Makassar flight€73.304h 24m597 km
Mataram to Makassar flight€74.484h 22m529 km
Surabaya to Makassar flight€80.384h 35m775 km

We cannot promise Maros railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Makassar?

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Makassar

Common questions about Travel to Makassar

How can I get to Makassar?

Makassar is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 29 places, across 4 countries, on services run by 12 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Makassar?

The cheapest way into Makassar is by ferry, from €31.69 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 29 origins we sell into Makassar over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Makassar?

The fastest journey into Makassar is by flight, at 4h 6m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 353 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Makassar have?

Makassar has 7 named terminals on our network, including 2 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Maros railway station, Mandai railway station, UPG. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where else can I go from Makassar in Indonesia?

Makassar connects to 29 places on our network across 4 countries, the furthest of them 9,215 km away in a straight line. Indonesia routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Indonesia

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Makassar and elsewhere in Indonesia. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Makassar and across Indonesia

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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