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Kuta to Gili Trawangan

Private car to Sanur, then fast boat — booked together, one confirmation.
3h 55m
Door to door
Rp 725,000
From, seat + whole car
2 legs
One booking
Times include harbour check-in.

Your journey, step by step

Every leg with real timing, and what each one costs.

Kuta → Sanur Harbour Live price
Private transfer · 12 km via the bypass · hotel pickup · 40 min
Sailtix private car Live price
One driver door to counter — collects at the hotel, carries the bags to the boat desk. Fixed price, no surge.
Rp 300,000
Grab / Gojek Estimate
The shortest hop on the strip, so the fare lands close to ours — but Kuta’s app-pickup restrictions are the strictest in Bali and you often walk to meet it.
Rp 270,000–360,000
Hotel-arranged car Estimate
Convenient, reliably dearer, and it still ends at the car park rather than the counter.
Rp 360,000–420,000
Rp 300,000
the car, up to 3 guests
Check-in at Sanur Typical range
Sanur’s harbour, opened in November 2022, boards from a floating pontoon, so you step on dry — and the operator wants you checked in before boarding starts. · 45 min
Sanur → Gili Trawangan Live price
Fast boat · south-coast crossing · 2h 30m
Rp 425,000
per person
Arrive Gili Trawangan Fixed levy
Gili entry fee for foreign visitors (Indonesian adults Rp 10,000); most boats collect it at boarding or include it in the ticket
Rp 20,000
per person
Jetty → your hotel Typical range
No cars or scooters on Gili T. It is a cidomo (pony cart) or a walk — most hotels are 5–15 minutes from the landing.
Rp 30,000–80,000
cidomo

What this journey costs

One traveller taking the whole car, on the cheapest class and crossing. A group splits the car, so it costs less each.

Private carwhole vehicle, up to 3 guests Rp 300,000
Fast boatone traveller Rp 425,000
Booked with SailtixRp 725,000
Paid on arrival, not to us
Arrive Gili Trawanganper person Rp 20,000
Jetty → your hotelcidomo Rp 30,000–80,000
Realistic total, travelling soloRp 775,000–825,000

Know before you go

The things travellers actually ask us about this route.

Landing today and sailing today

It works, but the margin is thinner than it looks. The useful Gili departures from the south leave in the morning and early afternoon, and you need to be checked in 45 minutes before. A flight on the ground by about 10:00 makes the day comfortably; land much after midday and you are looking at a night in Kuta and a morning boat, which is the better trip anyway.

If your flight is delayed

A car booked with a flight number moves with the flight; a ride hailed on landing does not, and you join the rank at the moment it is longest. If the connection is tight, book the boat for the following morning rather than the same afternoon — a missed fast boat is not re-seated for free, and the afternoon crossing is the rough one.

What time to leave Kuta

For a 09:30 Sanur departure, a pickup around 07:50 is comfortable. The bypass is fast; the slow part is getting out of the Kuta lanes, which are one-way, narrow and full of drop-offs. Agreeing a meeting point on a main road saves more time than leaving earlier does.

Padang Bai for a shorter sail

The east-coast crossing is roughly an hour shorter at sea, and from Kuta the drive is around two hours instead of forty minutes. That trade is worth it when the sea matters more than the alarm clock — travelling with small children, or with anyone who does not enjoy boats.

Serangan for the shortest drive

Serangan is the closest harbour to Kuta, about 20 minutes by car. Gili Getaway sails from it most mornings and calls at other islands on the way, so the crossing to Gili Trawangan takes nearer four hours and the trip about five door to door. Take it for the short drive and a calmer start; the results page prices it alongside Sanur and Padang Bai.

Other ways in

Routes we do not sell, named so your comparison is complete.

Fly to Lombok

The airport is on your doorstep, so this alternative is more tempting here than anywhere else on the strip: a short flight, then a road transfer to Bangsal and a fifteen-minute local boat. Dearer, but barely any open water.

Explore Gili Trawangan

The crossing, the harbour, and the island itself.

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From, seat + whole car Rp 725,000 boat is per seat, the car is yours for up to 3 — travelling together costs less each
Free cancellation up to 24h before. Driver details sent the evening before pickup.
Door to door · from Rp 725,000