There are 5 ways to get from Kuching to Tarakan by plane, bus, ferry, taxi, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Juwata International Airport
best- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Juwata International Airport (TRK)plane KCH - TRK
10h 8mRp 2,468,648–10,200,038Bus, ferry, taxi, car ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Kuching to Pontianakbus
- Take the ferry from Pontianak to Surabaya - Tanjung Perak Portferry
- Take the ferry from Surabaya to Baubauferry
- Take the ferry from Bau-Bau to Kendariferry
- Take the taxi from Kendari to Tolitolitaxi
- Take the car ferry from Tolitoli to Tarakancarferry
6d 16hRp 1,860,678–24,246,255Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Kuching to Bintulubus
- Take the bus from Sarawak to Bandar Seri Begawanbus
- Take the bus from Bandar Seri Begawan Bus Terminal to Limbangbus
- Take the bus from Limbang to KK Sentralbus
- Take the bus from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau Terminal Bus Sri Indahbus
- Take the ferry from Tawau Ferry Terminal to Tarakanferry
46h 7mFly to Tawau Airport, Minibus, ferry
- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane KCH - TWU
- Take the bus from Tawau Airport to Sempornabus
- Take the bus from Semporna to Tawaubus
- Take the ferry from Tawau Ferry Terminal to Tarakanferry
13h 3mRp 2,014,013–1,204,039,403Fly to Sandakan Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane KCH - SDK
- Take the bus from Stesen Bas Sandakan to Stesen Bas Express Tawaubus
- Take the ferry from Tawau Ferry Terminal to Tarakanferry
15h 1mRp 1,954,648–1,204,395,038
Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Juwata International Airport (TRK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kuching to Tarakan is to fly and bus and ferry which costs Rp1900000 - Rp1200000000 and takes 15h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Kuching to Tarakan is to fly which takes 10h 8m and costs Rp2400000 - Rp11000000.
The distance between Kuching and Tarakan is 841 km.
The best way to get from Kuching to Tarakan without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 46h 7m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 8m to get from Kuching to Tarakan, including transfers.
There are six+ hotels available in Tarakan.
What companies run services between Kuching, Malaysia and Tarakan, Indonesia?
Scoot Tigerair, Super Air Jet, and six other airlines fly from Kuching International Airport (KCH) to Juwata International Airport (TRK) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Tawau Airport via Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,400,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Tawau Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,400,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Tawau Airport via Miri, Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,400,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Tawau Airport via Sibu, Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,400,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Tawau Airport via Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,400,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Tawau Airport via Singapore Changi, Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,400,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,300,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,300,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,300,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Miri, Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,300,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Singapore Changi, Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,300,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Sibu, Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000–3,300,000
- Website
- superairjet.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Juwata International Airport via Singapore Changi, Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,300,000–10,000,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Juwata International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rp 4,000,000–20,000,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Juwata International Airport via Supadio, Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 3,300,000–11,000,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Tawau Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,500,000–11,000,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,400,000–7,500,000
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Tawau Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,500,000–11,000,000
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,400,000–7,500,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Juwata International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rp 3,300,000–12,000,000
- Website
- lionair.co.id
Flights from Kuching International Airport to Juwata International Airport via Senai, Juanda International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 3,100,000–11,000,000
- Phone
- +6082 - 462200
- eva.express@yahoo.com
- Website
- evaexpress.net
Bus from Kuching to Bintulu
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rp 360,000–750,000
- Website
- https://evaexpress.net/#
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Sarawak to Bandar Seri Begawan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 088-751722
- sipitangexpress@yahoo.com.my
- Website
- sipitangexpress.com.my
Bus from Bandar Seri Begawan Bus Terminal to Limbang
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rp 41,000–310,000
- Book at
- sipitangexpress.com.my
Bus from Limbang to KK Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rp 160,000–700,000
- Book at
- sipitangexpress.com.my
- Phone
- +60 88-440 337
- Website
- transtedar.com
Bus from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau Terminal Bus Sri Indah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 390,000–550,000
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- easybook.com
- Phone
- +6 082 531 133
- bintangjayaexpress@gmail.com
- Website
- easybook.com
Bus from Kuching to Pontianak
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 160,000–220,000
- Schedules at
- easybook.com
Bus from Tawau Airport to Semporna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rp 152,425
Bus from Semporna to Tawau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 121,940
- Phone
- +60 198072570
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stesen Bas Sandakan to Stesen Bas Express Tawau
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 200,000–750,000
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Ferry from Tawau Ferry Terminal to Tarakan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 950,000,000–1,200,000,000
- Schedules at
- redbus.my
Ferry from Tawau Ferry Terminal to Tarakan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 609,700
- Phone
- +62 811-1621-162
- infopelni162@pelni.co.id
- Website
- facebook.com
Ferry from Pontianak to Surabaya - Tanjung Perak Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 350,000–430,000
- Book at
- pelni.co.id
- Economy Class
- Rp 350,000–430,000
Ferry from Surabaya to Baubau
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 420,000–550,000
- Book at
- pelni.co.id
- Economy Class
- Rp 420,000–550,000
Ferry from Bau-Bau to Kendari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 180,000–230,000
- Book at
- pelni.co.id
- Economy Class
- Rp 180,000–230,000
- Phone
- +62 811-1021-191
- cs@indonesiaferry.co.id
- Website
- asdp.id
Car ferry from Tolitoli to Tarakan
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Rp 110,000–22,000,000
- Schedules at
- asdp.id
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