Travel to Samarinda

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

Samarinda is reachable from 7 places across 1 country by 2 modes, on services run by 5 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €35.54 and the fastest takes 4h 45m door to door. The nearest origin is 371 km away.

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

Arriving

How people reach Samarinda

Every mode that actually calls at Samarinda, 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
Flight4€91.594h 45m1,308 km3
Ferry10€35.5412h 57m884 km2
  • 7Places you can arrive from
  • 7Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 5Operators

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Samarinda is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Samarinda?

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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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 km643%Tanjung Selor, 371 km
600 to 1,500 km857%Baubau, 820 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Samarinda 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
Indonesia14100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Samarinda

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

Samarinda

Bus
  • Terminal Samarinda Seberang
  • Terminal Bayangan Bus Baru
Air
  • AAP
Ferry
  • Samarinda
  • Pelabuhan Samarinda

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

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Samarinda

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Samarinda

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Samarinda, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Tanjung Selor to Samarinda ferry€35.5412h 57m371 km
Tarakan to Samarinda ferry€40.4914h 23m426 km
Toli-Toli to Samarinda ferry€42.1417h442 km
Bau-Bau to Samarinda ferry€63.5926h 12m820 km
Manado to Samarinda ferry€67.9931h 34m884 km
Surabaya to Samarinda flight€91.594h 45m896 km
Jakarta to Samarinda flight€142.335h 20m1,308 km

A day in Samarinda hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Samarinda?

Most of the points near Terminal Samarinda Seberang open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Samarinda

Common questions about Travel to Samarinda

How can I get to Samarinda?

Samarinda is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 7 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 5 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 Samarinda?

The cheapest way into Samarinda is by ferry, from €35.54 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 7 origins we sell into Samarinda over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Samarinda?

The fastest journey into Samarinda is by flight, at 4h 45m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 371 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Samarinda have?

Samarinda has 5 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are AAP. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where else can I go from Samarinda in Indonesia?

Samarinda connects to 7 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 1,308 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

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Samarinda afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Samarinda before you go?

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Samarinda, with free cancellation on most of it.

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