There are 6 ways to get from Sabah to Kepulauan Riau by plane, bus, car, or ferry
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Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport
best- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH)plane BKI - BTH
5h 31mRp 2,112,006–3,626,294Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)plane BKI - SIN
- Take the ferry from Tanah Merah to Batam Centreferry
5h 25mRp 1,144,014–3,317,094Bus, drive, ferry
- Take the bus from Kota Kinabalu to Limbangbus
- Drive from Limbang to Bandar Seri Begawancar
- Take the bus from Bandar Seri Begawan to Pontianakbus
- Take the ferry from Pontianak to Pelabuhan Sri Bayintan Kijangferry
- Take the ferry from Sri Bintan Pura Ferry Terminal to Telaga Punggur Ferry Terminalferry
3d 12hRp 2,133,237–2,539,425Fly Sandakan Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH)plane SDK - BTH
7h 59mRp 1,998,878–8,238,674Fly Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport
- Fly from Tawau Airport (TWU) to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH)plane TWU - BTH
7h 34mRp 2,724,625–10,387,284Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Senai International Airport (JHB)plane BKI - JHB
- Take the ferry from Berjaya Waterfront Ferry Terminal Johor Bahru to Batam Centreferry
6h 40mRp 1,253,350–3,427,799
Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sabah to Kepulauan Riau is to fly and ferry which costs Rp1200000 - Rp3500000 and takes 6h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Sabah to Kepulauan Riau is to fly and ferry which takes 5h 25m and costs Rp1100000 - Rp3400000.
The distance between Sabah and Kepulauan Riau is 1444 km.
It takes approximately 5h 31m to get from Sabah to Kepulauan Riau, including transfers.
Kepulauan Riau is 1h behind Sabah. It is currently 11:40 AM in Sabah and 10:40 AM in Kepulauan Riau.
There are 367+ hotels available in Kepulauan Riau.
What companies run services between Sabah, Malaysia and Kepulauan Riau, Indonesia?
Malindo Airways, AirAsia, and four other airlines fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,400,000–6,500,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,800,000–13,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,400,000–11,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,500,000–10,000,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 700,000–2,000,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 700,000–2,000,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 700,000–2,500,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport via Sibu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 700,000–2,500,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 700,000–2,500,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport via Miri
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rp 700,000–2,500,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport via Kuching
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 700,000–2,500,000
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,600,000–11,000,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,700,000–13,000,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,800,000–8,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,400,000–10,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,800,000–10,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Senai International Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,400,000–10,000,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,000,000–2,700,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 750,000–3,800,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,400,000–7,000,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,100,000–5,500,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 750,000–3,000,000
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,300,000–4,200,000
- Website
- batikair.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,800,000–7,000,000
- Website
- lionair.co.id
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuching, Supadio
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,200,000–5,500,000
- Phone
- 088-751722
- sipitangexpress@yahoo.com.my
- Website
- sipitangexpress.com.my
Bus from Kota Kinabalu to Limbang
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rp 170,000–350,000
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bandar Seri Begawan to Pontianak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,341,622
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +62 811-1621-162
- infopelni162@pelni.co.id
- Website
- facebook.com
Ferry from Pontianak to Pelabuhan Sri Bayintan Kijang
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 400,000–490,000
- Book at
- pelni.co.id
- Economy Class
- Rp 400,000–490,000
Ferry from Sri Bintan Pura Ferry Terminal to Telaga Punggur Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rp 70,000–140,000
- Economy
- Rp 75,000–90,000
- VIP
- Rp 100,000–140,000
- Phone
- +65 6278 9688
- rsv@majesticfastferry.com.sg
- Website
- majesticfastferry.com.sg
Ferry from Tanah Merah to Batam Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rp 260,000–600,000
- Schedules at
- majesticfastferry.com.sg
- Phone
- +65 6270 2228
- reservations@batamfast.com
- Website
- batamfast.com
Ferry from Tanah Merah to Batam Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rp 460,000–700,000
- Schedules at
- batamfast.com
- Book at
- batamfast.com
- Phone
- +607 221 8000
- Website
- berjayawaterfront.com
Ferry from Berjaya Waterfront Ferry Terminal Johor Bahru to Batam Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rp 431,004
- Schedules at
- berjayawaterfront.com.my
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