There are 4 ways to get from Ipoh to Lahad Datu by plane, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Ipoh to Tawau Airport, Minibus, bus
best- Fly from Ipoh (IPH) to Tawau Airport (TWU)plane IPH - TWU
- Take the bus from Tawau Airport to Sempornabus
- Take the bus from Semporna to Lahad Datubus
15h 21mRM 669–2,006Train, train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, fly to Sandakan Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Ipoh to Kl Sentraltrain
- Take the train from KL Sentral to Klia T2train
- Fly from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to Sandakan Airport (SDK)plane KUL - SDK
- Take the bus from Sandakan Central to Lahad Datubus
12h 29mRM 373–1,066Fly Ipoh to Lahad Datu Airport
- Fly from Ipoh (IPH) to Lahad Datu Airport (LDU)plane IPH - LDU
7h 40mRM 550–1,900Train to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, fly to Lahad Datu Airport
- Take the train from Ipoh to Sungai Buloh Stationtrain
- Fly from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) to Lahad Datu Airport (LDU)plane SZB - LDU
9h 17mRM 427–1,039
Ipoh (IPH) to Tawau Airport (TWU) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ipoh to Lahad Datu is to train and fly and bus which costs RM 370 - RM 1100 and takes 12h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Ipoh to Lahad Datu is to fly which takes 7h 40m and costs RM 550 - RM 1900.
The distance between Ipoh and Lahad Datu is 2104 km.
It takes approximately 15h 21m to get from Ipoh to Lahad Datu, including transfers.
There is no direct flight from Ipoh Airport to Lahad Datu Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 13h 40m and has two stopovers.
Scoot Tigerair, AirAsia and MASwings offer flights from Ipoh Airport to Lahad Datu Airport Airport.
There are 55+ hotels available in Lahad Datu.
What companies run services between Ipoh, Malaysia and Lahad Datu, Malaysia?
Scoot Tigerair, AirAsia, and MASwings fly from Ipoh (IPH) to Lahad Datu Airport (LDU) twice a week.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Ipoh to Tawau Airport via Senai
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 600–2,000
Flights from Ipoh to Tawau Airport via Senai, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 700–2,200
Flights from Ipoh to Tawau Airport via Senai, Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 600–2,100
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Sandakan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 320–1,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Sandakan Airport via Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 320–1,000
- Website
- maswings.com.my
Flights from Ipoh to Lahad Datu Airport via Singapore Changi, Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 550–1,900
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Lahad Datu Airport via Kota Kinabalu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 390–1,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Sandakan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 300–750
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTMB
Train from Ipoh to Kl Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 5–35
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- RM 5–8
- Express
- RM 22–35
- Phone
- +603 2267 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from KL Sentral to Klia T2
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 5–75
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
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- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTM
Train from Ipoh to Sungai Buloh Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 34
- Website
- KTM
- Silver
- RM 23–25
- Gold
- RM 34
- Platinum
- RM 43–45
Bus from Tawau Airport to Semporna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- RM 35
- Phone
- +60 10-785 5532
- Website
- easybook.com
Bus from Semporna to Lahad Datu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- RM 28–40
- Book at
- easybook.com
- Phone
- +60 89-784 494
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Semporna to Lahad Datu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RM 29
- Book at
- easybook.com
- Phone
- +60 198072570
- Website
- redbus.my
Bus from Sandakan Central to Lahad Datu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RM 34
- Schedules at
- redbus.my
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