To get to the most picturesque islands you cannot avoid taking a ferry. Some destinations are served by larger and more stable car ferries, others are connected by smaller but faster high speedboats or catamarans. If you easily get seasick, avoid travelling by catamaran which rides the waves when the sea is rough – rather opt for a high speed boat as it cuts the water what results in a less rock-and-rolling trip. Also, taking a seat on an upper open-air deck may help weather high waves. Golden Queen Fast Boat offers online tickets for ferry trips – it is not even necessary to pop in at their office to buy one.
What are the Main Stations of Golden Queen Fast Boat?
Golden Queen Fast Boat ferries travel to a number of popular destinations. The list of the stations serviced by Golden Queen Fast Boat includes but is not limited to:
Gili Trawangan Harbour
Padang Bai Pier
Banjar Nyuh Harbour
Bangsal Pier
Gili Air
Sanur Matahari Terbit Port
Cocomart Ubud
Central Park Kuta
KFC Sanur
Bintang Supermarket
Sanur Harbor
Padang Bai Port
Maruti Port
Nusa Penida Pier
Gili Trawangan Ocean 2
Banjar Nyuh Pier
Gili Trawangan Port
Sanur Beach Port
Serangan Pier
Mc Donald Restaurant
Bangsal Golden Queen
What are the Most Popular Routes of Golden Queen Fast Boat?
Here are some of the most popular piers covered by Golden Queen Fast Boat’s schedule:
What are the Ferry Classes & Prices of Golden Queen Fast Boat?
The rule of thumb is the faster the boat, the higher the price is. Before booking, decide whether you need an express service or slower options are also acceptable. The rates for the latter are much more affordable. Yet the difference in the travel time may be really huge, so always check how long the ferry trip takes before you book your ticket. Also, the availability of some classes can be limited and always requires advanced booking. Always remember to check the pier your boat leaves from and docks at to choose the most convenient one for your onward trip and read other travellers' reviews.
Pros & Cons of Ferry Travel
Pros of Ferry Travel
To take a ship is the only way to reach some of the islands. And in many cases – some of the most beautiful, postcard and paradise islands you have always wished to go!
Different ticket classes are often available so you will be able to choose the fare, level of comfort, travel time, and schedule which suits you best.
Book online to save time – on many routes, booking in advance is an absolute must. In the first place, it concerns longer trips, trips on busy periods like national holidays, long weekends or high season. It is a good idea to book at least several days prior to your travel date if your route is served by a limited number of trips per day, too.
Travelling by ferry is fun. It is always nice to have a look at the places you have visited from another angle – well, in this case – from water. Almost any destination looks terrific from water and you will have a great opportunity to take brilliant pictures.
Cons of Ferry Travel
Getting seasick is the major concern for ferry travellers. The longer is the trip and the rougher the sea is, the more chances to feel your stomach protesting. To make your trip more enjoyable, take the medicine half an hour before your trip and follow our recommendations from above.
Ferry trips are highly weather dependent. It means that on rainy days departures can be delayed or even cancelled. It is not an uncommon thing to close the ferry connections even with bigger islands during stormy weather for several days. It means you should keep this possibility in mind if your ferry trip connects with a flight – chances to get to the mainland later than expected can be high during certain periods.
Serangan PierSanur HarborPadang Bai PortBangsal Golden QueenMaruti PortGili Trawangan HarbourNusa Penida PierPadang Bai PierGili Trawangan Ocean 2Banjar Nyuh PierGili Trawangan PortBanjar Nyuh HarbourBangsal PierSanur Beach PortGili AirSanur Matahari Terbit PortCocomart UbudMc Donald RestaurantCentral Park KutaKFC SanurBintang Supermarket
Golden Queen Fast Boat Company Reviews
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Blanca I
Different people book different hours but the driver said us to meet in between so it was easier for him
Ferry Fast Ferry + Van, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Sep 8, 2026
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David H
We bought a ticket through 12go on the Golden Queen Fast Ferry from Gili Trawangan to Bangsal Pier. When we got to the Golden Queen ticket booth to check in we were told by the Golden Queen employees that there is a North Lombok Regency Government mandating local transfer rule saying that tourists can't depart from Gili Trawangan to Bangsal Harbor on fast boats but must instead take the public ferry. They said 12go shouldn't be selling these tickets from Gili Trawangan to Bangsal on their ferry (or any other non-public ferry). We were not allowed to board and had to take the public ferry instead. The Golden Queen employees also told us that 12go had charged us the much higher price of a ticket from Padang Bai to Bangsal, rather than the cost of a much shorter Bangsal to Gili T trip. A big waste of everyone's time, and we still don't know if 12go will be refunding our money (they say there policy is no refunds, but they are looking into it). If you see any tickets being sold by 12go for ferries from Gili T to Bangsal--DON'T BUY THEM! You'll have to take the public ferry anyway, so just start there.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Sep 7, 2026
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maryam J
The boat was rocking quite a lot, and we had to turn back because one of the passengers went missing. The crew was understandably very concerned and did everything they could to reassure and calm the passengers.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Aug 19, 2026
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Antonio S
On the website, I had chosen the Bangsal-Serangan ferry route.
Instead, I discovered that the route goes to Padang Bay and then via shuttle to Kuta. Given the traffic, instead of the 3.5 hours indicated on the website, it took us 7 hours between the ferry and the minibus.
Poor information and poor service.
Furthermore, the ferry left more than an hour late and no one warned us of anything.
Ferry Fast Ferry + Van, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Aug 18, 2026
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Tommaso G
I bought a ticket for a company for a trip duration of about 1.40h but they changed the company and the duration was about 3h. The boat was quite bad, with a lot a noise anche they also didn’t drop off my bag in the right place.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Aug 17, 2026
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Catherine K
Overall we got to where we needed to get to and only shortly after our expected arrival. However, we woke up at 7am in Ubud, to a text from the ferry company telling us we needed to check in at 11am rather than the 12.30am we had been told was the check in time when we booked the ticket. Apparently the weather meant the boat had to leave early. So we woke the children up early, panic packed, changed our taxi booking and left m early to ensure we arrived to check in for our ferry at 11am. We were then checked in and told the boat would actually be leaving at 11.30am so please rush to the pier to be ready. We did so and then were left sitting there with hundreds of other passengers waiting. In the end we sat there for more than 90minutes until eventually our ferry was boarded. We eventually left the harbour at 13.15, just a few minutes before our scheduled departure time. All that stress for nothing.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Aug 12, 2026
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Ingrid M
It was said that the tripp should take 3,5 h. But it took 7 h.
Ferry Fast Ferry + Van, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jul 14, 2026
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Harsheel G
Golden queen is fantastic. On time service with great comfort. I would go for it again
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jul 4, 2026
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Nadezhda K
Overall great, but awful smell of petrol in cabine.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Aug 10, 2025
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LORENZO D
Smell of gasoline very high
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jul 29, 2025
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Laurent M
Great trip. Crew members ok. Fast boat ok. The company mailed us 2 days before departure to inform us that we should take another earlier boat, but we adapted... Ok. Gili Air is a wonderful island!
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jul 17, 2025
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Martin H
Check-in process good. Arrival and Departure times good. Ferry boat had issues with water tightness, the sea was rough and the front windows in the passenger seating area leaked water.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jun 10, 2025
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Juliana J
The boat was clean, ac worked and everything was on time. Good experience:)
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, May 8, 2025
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Sorela K
The service from check-in to arrival in Gili Air was very professional.
The staff appears professional and it is easy to recognize them with the company t-shirts.
The stuff was friendly, the boat departed on-time and arrived on-time! As a note, the weather was good.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Oct 15, 2024
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Filipa I
The boat trip was OK, but the onboarding experience and the wait at the pier in Pandang Bai were one of the worst travelling experiences ever. The pier has no waiting room, is completely overcrowded, People arriving and leaving squeezing in the very narrow pathway that leads to where the boats dock, few indications to none, we left with one hour delay simply because there was no space in the pear for the boat to dock. Other than that the trip was fine and we arrived in Lombok 30 min delayed,in spite of having left one hour later. We would suggest that operators get together and find ways to make this process more organized, we have to pay 5 K to enter the port area + we paid 10 K per person as village contribution to Pandang Bai, I hope this funds are being used to improve the local community situation and the chaotic pier organisation.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Aug 20, 2024
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Belizia B
Fast and smooth
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jul 26, 2024
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Anna V
Very good! At first it seems a bit busy on the boat, but on the top it was very nice in the sun and the air. You can not buy drinks on the boat only beer… but we arrived within 2 hours so it was fine.
Boat also arrived on schedule so very nice.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Apr 29, 2024
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Nathan H
Changed pier! my 15 min travel time changed to 2 hours and had to be up for 5:30am
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jan 13, 2024
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Stefan D
We sat on deck and fell asleep! The ride was super comfortable and the check in was easy. However, the staff was a little bit rude to all customers. After our bad experience with Maruti group I definitely recommend Golden Queen!!!
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Oct 1, 2023
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Ricardo M
Although the AC was on, the temperature inside was a little high. Other than that no complaints here!
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Sep 27, 2023
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Dmitrii G
Goldeb queen changed the route without any questions and suggestions. Instead of Seragan bay we came to Padang bay.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Sep 4, 2023
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Stefanie S
There was a strong smell of gasoline in the boat. But Aircon was working.
Everything worked but we had better experience in Indonesia than with golden queen.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Aug 6, 2023
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Svea S
I already took boats with several companies in Bali and the boat from Golden Queen was the best and the crew is amazing.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jul 1, 2023
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Ivan A
The boat left more than 1 hour late and no one could tell us when we would board. Logically we arrived at our destination 1 hour later. I'm not giving it just one star because they let us go on top of the boat and they entertained the trip with music and selling beers all the way.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, May 7, 2023
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Jessica M
We were really scared of the harbour because of all the scammer at Padang Bai, because we had a really really bad and rude experience last year arriving there. But the trip going from Padang Bai was well organised. The Golden Queen had A/C and it was in time. It smelled a little to much like petrol. But all in all a hood trip to Gili T.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Apr 29, 2023
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Thomas F
Comfortable seats, air conditioning and access to the roof for seating and drinks.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Apr 29, 2023
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Ilaria D
Unfortunately not the best experience. We left more than one hour late (but that's very much something to expect given the dependency on sea conditions), but i especially didn't like the boat, which was pretty old and didn't feel the safest on choppy sea.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Apr 27, 2023
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Jerine T
Official time of departure was half hour after the one we booked at 12go Asia. Left actually more than one hour too late. We were not in their list during check in so took them 15 minutes to add us. Boat stoped in the middle of the ocean and the engines were of for five minutes. Arrived at 6 pm instead of 3.30 pm. But the boat was spacious and good AC.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Apr 23, 2023
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Melissa S
The staff were helpful from start to finish. The boat left on time from Bangsal pier to Padang Bai and the journey was smooth. We were able to sit on the sun in the roof and the staff were selling beers and drinks too. There was a few waves and bumpy patches for around 5 mins but apart from that the boat was so smooth.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Apr 22, 2023
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Anine F
Overall this was good value for the money. The people from Golden Queen did a good job telling you were to go and told us where to pay the harbor fee that was not included in the ticket. Everything was on time, even arrived 15 minutes earlier to Bangsal Pier. No air condition in the boat, so it was a bit warm. The boat was full, but the seats were quite big so no problem.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Apr 17, 2023
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Niklas R
It was a great ride! The staff was friendly and helpful, the captain took it very chill. And there was enough space on the boat. The staff made sure everyone was happy and had a good time. Would recommend!
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Apr 11, 2023
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Aleksei S
There were not enough seats inside for all passengers, there were some “seats” outside, under the sun. Thankfully there was no rain that day.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Apr 3, 2023
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Josefine H
Poor service, treated us more like cattles. No correct prices from Gili Air to Gili Meno.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Mar 29, 2023
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Jake J
Good enough! The bar seems to be pretty low for a lot of these fast boat companies. But I thought Golden Queen was pretty good. The ocean was pretty calm, so that helped. The boat was timely and comfortable enough. AC was running, not truly cold, but mostly just keeping the cabin from being too hot.
People can sit up top, which helps spread people out so the cabin doesn't feel over-packed.
Some people get upset about the additional 10,000k harbor fee (so cheap that I can't imagine being upset about that).
However, paying the tax was a little unclear. From the Golden Queen check-in office, a Golden Queen employee told us to follow him to the dock, and then turns around and is like "do you have your receipt for the harbor fee?". And everyone is like no, wtf is that, I just followed you here. He then points in a general direction to go pay the fee. Making everyone feel stupid and confused. So that part was a little misstep in the process that could be fixed easily.
Only complaint of the boat would be the gasoline smell in the cabin, but it got better once the boat was moving. And maybe turn the AC colder by a little bit.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Mar 26, 2023
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Seyed M
Thanks
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jan 3, 2023
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Sam H
All in all a very good trip, very friendly and helpful employees.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Dec 23, 2022
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Leandro
No air conditioning in the boat working properly.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Oct 31, 2019
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Bianca
No departure from Senggigi but from Bangsal, so requiered a car trip with Friendly driver. Boattrip was awful. Extreme loud, pounding low quality music that caused all passengers ear damage. We asked the staff to turned the volume a bit down and they arrogantly answered that this wasnt a sleeping boat and continued smoking their sigarettes. I recommend you to travel by boat with Gili Getaway. They are friendly, calm, comfortable seats, and serve cold water and linen cold refreshment towels before arriving. Golden Queen serves drunk young touristst better.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Oct 26, 2019
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Kok
Suppose to depart from Senggigi pier but the staff from Golden Queen Boat sent an whatsapp to inform us that the depart location has changed to Bangsal port instead with a free pickup transport from our hotel.
After reaching Padang Bai Port, together with 2 guys from Germany, we set off in a van to our respective drop off locations(hotels). Our tickets clearly stated that we will have a free transport to our hotel, but the driver insisted on collecting 100,000 rupiah from us if we want to be drop off at our hotel. We rejected and he dropped us at central ubud in the end.
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Oct 18, 2019
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Bernhard W
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Natacha M
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Sep 2, 2026
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Sam S
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Aug 10, 2026
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CLARISSE P
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Aug 2, 2026
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Kevin R
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jul 15, 2026
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PABLO S
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jul 9, 2026
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Olivier V
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jul 8, 2026
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Amit W
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Jun 22, 2026
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ILARIA E
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, May 27, 2026
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Andrew S
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Feb 21, 2026
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Kaitlyn B
Ferry Speedboat, Golden Queen Fast Boat, Oct 2, 2025
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85.8% of 113 travelers were presumably happy with Golden Queen Fast Boat as they left good or no review