Ferries in Indonesia

580 routes and 9 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

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We sell 580 Ferries routes in Indonesia, serving 81 places through 9 operators. 52 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £10.18 and the median route runs 643 km.

Priced for 25 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Ferries in Indonesia, in numbers

  • £10.18 to £61.55Fare range
  • 580Routes we sell
  • 81Places served
  • 9Operators
  • 528Domestic routes
  • 52Cross border routes
  • 643 kmMedian route
  • 1,418 kmLongest route

£10.18 to £61.55 for one passenger across the 24 routes priced below, all of them on 25 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Routes

The busiest Ferries routes in Indonesia

The routes we sell in Indonesia, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Batam to Singapore ferry£10.182h 34m25 km
Singapore to Batam ferry£10.182h 34m25 km
Batam to HarbourFront ferry£10.182h 39m26 km
HarbourFront to Batam ferry£10.182h 39m26 km
Ambon City to Namlea ferry£11.605h 53m130 km
Namlea to Ambon City ferry£11.605h 46m130 km
Bau-Bau to Makassar ferry£23.3812h 37m353 km
Makassar to Bau-Bau ferry£23.3812h 32m353 km
Labuan Bajo to Makassar ferry£26.6813h 18m376 km
Makassar to Labuan Bajo ferry£26.6813h 34m376 km
Gorontalo to Makassar ferry£46.0021h 18m750 km
Makassar to Gorontalo ferry£46.0023h 3m750 km
Kupang to Makassar ferry£52.5925h 47m723 km
Makassar to Kupang ferry£52.5925h 38m723 km
Pontianak to Semarang ferry£53.0624h 50m784 km
Semarang to Pontianak ferry£53.0627h 10m784 km
Jepara to Pontianak ferry£53.0625h 17m745 km
Pontianak to Jepara ferry£53.0626h 16m745 km
Batam to Cilegon ferry£58.7226h 13m828 km
Cilegon to Batam ferry£58.7229h 23m828 km
Balikpapan to Denpasar ferry£60.1326h 56m840 km
Denpasar to Balikpapan ferry£60.1326h 44m840 km
Cilegon to Iskandar Puteri ferry£61.5529h 44m867 km
Iskandar Puteri to Cilegon ferry£61.5527h 35m867 km
Jakarta to Surabaya ferryNoneNone662 km
Surabaya to Jakarta ferryNoneNone662 km
Jakarta to Medan ferryNoneNone1,418 km
Medan to Jakarta ferryNoneNone1,418 km
Makassar to Surabaya ferryNoneNone775 km
Surabaya to Makassar ferryNoneNone775 km
Jepara to Semarang ferryNoneNone52 km
Semarang to Jepara ferryNoneNone52 km

12Go fares in Indonesia

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

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The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Jakarta is somebody else's catalogue.

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Day trips out of Jakarta and across Indonesia

Day trips that leave Jakarta in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km11219%Gili Air, 5 km
200 to 600 km14024%Biak, 227 km
600 to 1,500 km32857%Rembangan, 603 km
Across the border

Where Indonesia connects to

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Malaysia3262%
Singapore2038%
Carriers

Ferry operators

  • Pelni
  • Persero

Ferry destinations

Common questions about Ferries in Indonesia

What Ferries routes are there in Indonesia?

We sell 580 Ferries routes in Indonesia, serving 81 places run by 9 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Ferries tickets in Indonesia cost?

The cheapest Ferries fare in Indonesia is £10.18 for one passenger, across the 580 routes we sell there. The median route runs 643 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of Indonesia by Ferries?

52 of the Ferries routes we sell touching Indonesia cross a border and 528 stay inside it, reaching 2 other countries including Malaysia, Singapore. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Ferries services in Indonesia?

9 operators run Ferries services on routes we sell in Indonesia: ASDP, Batam Fast, Dharma Indah, Ekajaya Fast Ferry, Pelni. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Ferries route in Indonesia?

The longest Ferries route we sell touching Indonesia runs from Jakarta to Medan, 1,418 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 643 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

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.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

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