Bakauheni is a town in the southern part of the province of

Lampung Lampung, officially the Province of Lampung (; ), is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra. It has a short border with the province of Bengkulu to the northwest, and a longer border with the provi ...

, Indonesia, and is the largest and busiest port in the province, and also one of the busiest ports in Indonesia. Ferries carrying passengers and vehicles, particularly large trucks, connect Bakauheni with

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in Java across the

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. There are plans for a

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to connect the Bakauheni district with Java. The harbour is managed by the national ferry company

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. The Merak-Bakauheni ferry route is operated 24 hours per day, with on average one ferry departure per 12 minutes. The average duration of trips required between Bakauheni - Merak or otherwise by

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is about 2 hours. Public transportation users can also use small boats to speed up the trip, reducing travel time to about an hour. However, this option is also more expensive, and ships are only available from morning until the late afternoon, when the water is not too rough. The port is busier during

mudik (sometimes also known as ) is an Indonesian language, Indonesian term for the activity where migrants or migrant workers return to their hometown or village during or before major holidays, especially Lebaran (Eid al-Fitr). Although the homecom ...

tradition, especially in new year and Ied Mubarak days.

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