There are 6 ways to get from Sabah to Kepulauan Riau by plane, bus, car, ferry, 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 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 23mRp 2,117,849–6,845,256Fly 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 32mRp 2,021,633–4,795,331Bus, drive, ferry, car 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
- Drive from Pelabuhan Sri Bayintan Kijang to Tanjung Ubancar
- Take the carferry from Tanjung Uban to Telaga Punggurcarferry
3d 13hRp 2,234,494–2,884,988Fly Sandakan Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH)plane SDK - BTH
9h 17mRp 2,302,151–7,742,542Fly Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport
- Fly from Tawau Airport (TWU) to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH)plane TWU - BTH
13h 12mRp 3,131,679–9,895,621Fly 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 39mRp 2,044,459–4,109,050
Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sabah to Kepulauan Riau is to bus and drive and ferry and car ferry which costs Rp2200000 - Rp2900000 and takes 3 days 13h.
The fastest way to get from Sabah to Kepulauan Riau is to fly which takes 5h 23m and costs Rp2100000 - Rp7000000.
The distance between Sabah and Kepulauan Riau is 1443 km.
It takes approximately 5h 23m to get from Sabah to Kepulauan Riau, including transfers.
Kepulauan Riau is 1h behind Sabah. It is currently 1:48 AM in Sabah and 12:48 AM in Kepulauan Riau.
There are 1065+ hotels available in Kepulauan Riau.
What companies run services between Sabah, Malaysia and Kepulauan Riau, Indonesia?
AirAsia, Malindo Airways, and three other airlines fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH) 3 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,000,000–10,000,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,100,000–11,000,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,100,000–7,500,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,800,000–11,000,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,900,000–9,500,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Senai International Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,800,000–9,500,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,200,000–4,000,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,200,000–4,000,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,500,000–3,600,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,500,000–3,600,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport via Kuching
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,500,000–3,600,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,400,000–8,500,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,800,000–6,500,000
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,000,000–7,000,000
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,100,000–7,500,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 3,000,000–9,500,000
Flights from Tawau Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 3,100,000–10,000,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,600,000–4,100,000
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Senai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,800,000–5,500,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,500,000–4,200,000
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Singapore Changi Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,800,000–2,800,000
- Website
- citilink.co.id
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,700,000–9,000,000
- Website
- lionair.co.id
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Hang Nadim International Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Sultan Syarif Kasim II
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 2,300,000–7,500,000
Bus operators
- Phone
- 088-751722
- [email protected]
- Website
- easybook.com
Bus from Kota Kinabalu to Limbang
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rp 170,000–360,000
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
Bus from Bandar Seri Begawan to Pontianak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,416,819
- Schedules at
- DAMRI Angkutan Antar Lintas Batas Negara (ALBN)
Ferry operators
- Phone
- +62 811-1621-162
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Ferry from Pontianak to Pelabuhan Sri Bayintan Kijang
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 410,000–490,000
- Book at
- pelni.co.id
- Economy Class
- Rp 410,000–490,000
- Phone
- +62 811-1021-191
- [email protected]
- Website
- asdp.id
Car ferry from Tanjung Uban to Telaga Punggur
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rp 7,000–270,000
- Schedules at
- asdp.id
- Phone
- +65 6278 9688
- [email protected]
- Website
- majesticfastferry.com.sg
Ferry from Tanah Merah to Batam Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rp 430,000–650,000
- Schedules at
- majesticfastferry.com.sg
- Phone
- +65 6270 2228
- [email protected]
- Website
- batamfast.com
Ferry from Tanah Merah to Batam Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rp 420,000–650,000
- 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 443,961
- Schedules at
- berjayawaterfront.com.my
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