Singapore-Desaru ferry services are finally open: prices, timings and more

Hopping over to the idyllic Desaru Coast is now a mere 90 minutes by ferry.

Singapore’s very personal Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal has commenced its inaugural companies to Desaru Coast Ferry Terminal on 7 July 2022.

The ferry is very anticipated by holidaymakers from Singapore — earlier than this, travellers might solely entry the vacation spot through a 90 to 120 minute drive on their very own, or a (close-to) four-hour bus trip from Woodlands Checkpoint.

“The launch of the ferry service is an thrilling and pivotal second for Desaru Coast,” stated Roslina Arbak, Managing Director and Chief Govt Officer of Desaru Growth Holdings One Sdn. Bhd. “By means of this scheduled, quick and handy cross-border connectivity between Singapore and Johor, we stay up for welcoming extra worldwide travellers to Johor and driving tourism for the state.”

In keeping with the press launch, there might be one spherical journey service from Thursday to Sunday for the preliminary months, and there are plans to scale ferry companies as demand will increase. The time for departure from Singapore is 8.30am and the departing time from Desaru Coast is 5.30pm.

All visitors are entitled to 10kg of hand-carry baggage and 20kg of check-in baggage per pax, however bicycle and different odd-sized gadgets will set you again an additional S$10 (one-way).

As for costs, the two-way (return) tickets for the Desaru Coast ferry will value S$118, whereas one-way tickets are S$70 per individual. Ticket costs stay the identical throughout all age teams and are inclusive of third-party expenses. From now until 6 October 2022, travellers can get pleasure from a particular discounted fee of S$98 for return tickets, so long as you key within the promo code that may be discovered on their web site and social media accounts. (To avoid wasting you the trouble, the promo code is DESARU0707)

Ferry tickets and companies schedules can be found on-line at desarucoast.com and batamfast.com.

This story was first printed on Lifestyle Asia Singapore

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