Labuhan Lombok to Poto Tano, how to?

Question

I am in Indonesia & I want to go from Labuhan Lombok (east Lombok) to Poto Tano (west Sumbawa).

I'd like to know:

1. Type of transportation
2. Departure times
3. Length of journey
4. Price
5. Any usual/possible delays

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Answer 1

By ferry

The info below is from 2015.

1. Type of transportation: ferry
2. Departure times: every hour, 24 hours a day.
3. Length of journey: 2h
4. Price: 20'000 IDR
5. Any usual/possible delays: not that I read nor heard about, when I did it, it was around noon & I jumped in a ferry that left 10 minutes later.

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Resources

lonelyplanet.com/indonesia/poto-tano

wikitravel.org/en/Labuhan_Lombok

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Price list

This is a picture of the price list for the ferry from Labuhan Lombok to Poto Tano. I took this photo in July 2015 at the Labuhan Lombok harbour.

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Ferry type

I'm no ferry expert but it looked pretty standard to me. It welcomes "walking passengers", motorbikes, cars, buses, trucks, anything that fits in really. I took this photo in July 2015 at the Labuhan Lombok harbour.