How to get to Tomia

Tomia is one of the island in Wakatobi and is the most beautiful for its underwater reef. Wakatobi itself is an acronym of these islands: Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomio and Binongko. Wakatobi is a house to hundreds or colourful reefs and is regarded as the second largest barrier reef in the world after Australia Great Barrier Reef.

Getting to Tomia is not easy if you don’t want to take the diving packaged from Wakatobi Dive Resort. At the time of writing, Wakatobi Dive Resort is the only Resort in the island. The rest are homestays owned by local and theres is one Dive and Snorkeling company owned by local.

ARRIVAL ROUTE

Alternative 1 :
Departure from :
a. Jakarta/Surabaya/BaliWangi-wangi by Express Air/Merpati Air (transit Makassar)
b. Other cities/nations go to Makassar first, then go to Wangi-wangi by Express Air/Merpati Air
then continued by boat :
Option A. : Wangi-wangi – Tomia by regular boat
Option B. : Wangi-wangi – Tomia by Chartered boat

Alternative 2 :
Departure from :a. Jakarta/Surabaya/BaliBau-bau by Lion Air/Merpati air/express air (transit makassar)
b. Other cities/nations go to Makassar first, then go to Wangi-wangi by Lion Air/Express Air/Merpati Air
then continued by boat :
Bau-bauTomia by regular boat

Alternative 3 : (from Makassar)

Option A :MakassarBau-bau by Lion Air/Merpati air/express air
then continued by boat :
Bau-bauTomia by regular boat

Option B :
MakassarWangi-wangi by Express Air/Merpati Air
Wangi-wangiTomia by regular boat

Alternative 4 : (from Kendari)
a. KendariWangi-wangi by express air/merpati air
b. KendariWangi-wangi by regular boat
then continued by boat :
Wangi-wangiTomia by regular boat

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Jadwal Pesawat :

Express air :

Arrival Route :

MakassarBau-bauWangi-wangi daily flight at 9am, duration +/- 60 min

KendariWangi-wangi every monday, wednesday, thursday, friday, sunday at 12pm, duration +/- 30 min

Return Route :

Wangi-wangiKendari every monday, wednesday, thursday, friday, sunday at 11pm, duration +/- 30 min

Wangi-wangiBau-bauMakassar daily flight at 13pm, duration +/- 60 min

Merpati air :

Arrival Route :

MakassarBau-bau daily flight at 9am

MakassarWangi-wangi only Thursday & Saturday at 9am

KendariWangi-wangi Thursday & Saturday at 13:25

Return Route :

Wangi-wangiMakassar only Thursday & Saturday at 2pm

Wangi-wangiKendari only Thursday & Saturday at 12:10

Lion air :

MakassarBau-bau daily flight

Jadwal Kapal :

From Wangi-wangi :

Wangi-wangiTomia : regular boat – daily 9am | price : IDR 100.000

Wangi-wangiTomia : chartered boat | price : IDR 2.000.000 – IDR 8.000.000 | from Wanci (Wangi-Wangi) directly to Tomia only you and your group on the boat (private).

From Bau-bau :

Bau-bau Tomia : regular boat – 9pm | price : IDR 130.000/person/oneway

  • KM Wisata Indah 2, ONLY AVAILABLE every Friday night.***
  • KM Wisata Indah 1, ONLY AVAILABLE every Wednesday night.**
  • KM Azam Raya 1, ONLY AVAILABLE every Monday night.**
  • KM Permai, ONLY AVAILABLE every Tuesday night.**
  • KM Wahyu Samudra, ONLY AVAILABLE every Sunday night.*

From Kendari :

KendariWangi-wangi : regular boat – every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday 10am | price IDR 130.000/person/oneway

  • KM Agil, every Tuesday and Saturday.
  • KM Aksar Syahputra, every Monday and Thursday.
  • KM Theodora, every Sunday

Regular boat : regular domestic boat to Tomia‘s harbour using Speed fiber boat (60 pax capacity, IDR 120.000,- /person/one way).

Return Route :

a. TomiaBau-bau : regular boat – 9am | price : IDR 130.000/person/oneway

  • KM Wisata Indah 2, ONLY AVAILABLE every Tuesday morning. ***
  • KM Wisata Indah 1, ONLY AVAILABLE every Sunday morning.**
  • KM Azam Raya 1, ONLY AVAILABLE every Friday morning.**
  • KM Permai, ONLY AVAILABLE every Saturday morning.**
  • KM Wahyu Samudra, ONLY AVAILABLE every Thursday morning.*

b. TomiaWangi-wangi : regular boat – daily 8am | price : IDR 100.000

  • Tomia – Wangi-wangi : chartered boat | price : IDR 2.000.000 – IDR 8.000.000 | from directly Tomia to Wanci(Wangi-Wangi) only you and your group on the boat (private).

nb : *** –> very recommended boat, * –> recommended boat, * –> standard boat

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