Dear all!

I have been traveling east towards my goal, Bali, for about 10 months. I spent about 3 entire weeks researching what was the best way to get my motorcycle from Malaysia to Indonesia. I decided that the best way for me was to get the RoRo ferry from Port Klang to Kota Kinabalu on Borneo. Now that I am waiting for my bike to get to me (no passengers allowed on the boat, so I flew), I have some time to write things up and I got a little carried away with trying to organize as much information possible into a single map.

LINK TO MAPS Detailed information on times, schedules and routes on the map.




CONCLUSION FOR MALAYSIA >< INDONESIA CROSSING
There are 3 options for motorcycles

1. Onion boat by Mr Lim /// Penang to Medan /// US$270 per person per bike
2. Passenger Ferry, if you fit through the door /// Port Klang to Tanjung Balai /// US$280 per person per bike
3. RoRo ferry to Borneo /// Port Klang to Kota Kinabalu /// US$180 per person per bike

The passenger ferry is the only option you do not have to fly, but it is technically not legal and only works if your motorcycle will fit through the door.



CONCLUSION FERRIES INDONESIA
Between the closest western islands there are plenty of ferries daily, no need to worry there. The further you go east, the less frequent the schedules get.

There are 3 ferry companies I can find online

1. Pelni /// Slow and mostly long distance, the quality/safety of this line as been questioned
2. PDLU /// Active mainly between Sumatra, Java and Borneo
3. Prima Vista /// Not many lines to choose from

The Pelni website is the worst to find information on, but they do reply to emails if you have a very specific question.



CONCLUSION SHIPPING DILI >< DARWIN
I am not planning on shipping to Australia so I did not do a lot of research here, but just collected the information I came across while looking for Indo information.

There seem to be 4 companies operating on this route

1. SDV/Perkins
2. ANL
3. Toll
4. Bollore

Quotes range from between US$500 - US$1200




Feel free to comment & correct me if I am wrong, hope this sums it up for a lot of people. The car peeps have less choice going to/from Malaysia and if not going via Borneo will need to arrange a container shipping.

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Lots of love,


Nora