Did you know that you can actually travel from Zamboanga City, Philippines to Sandakan, Malaysia by boat? Plus, you don’t have to pay the P1,620 travel tax since you will be traveling to a BIMP-EAGA member-country. Lovely, right?
Schedule of Ferry Trips from Zamboanga City to Sandakan and Sandakan to Zamboanga City via Aleson Shipping Lines, Inc.
Zamboanga to Sandakan
- The next scheduled trip is on 30 July 2025 at 1:00 pm
Sandakan to Zamboanga
- The next scheduled trip is on 31 July 2025
The travel time is around 16 hours. For updates, you may check out Aleson Shipping’s FB page.
You may purchase your tickets at their ticketing office located at Alejo Alvarez St., Port Area, Zamboanga City.
For those in Malaysia, proceed to Standard Marine Industries, Sdn, Bhd Block G, Lot 1, 1st Floor, Bandar, Ramai-Ramai, Jalan Leila, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Tel nos. (0060) (89) 216 996/ 217 607/ 271 998

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I and my wife are going to Sandakan from Zamboanga City on April 22. I am presenting a paper on the “Empowerment of the Sama-Bajau in Governance through Mandatory Representation in Decision-making Bodies and other Local Legislative Councils: A Continuing Advocacy” at the International Conference of the Bajau inSemporna on April 23-27, 2019. We are arriving in the morning of the 22nd. Can we buy our ticket when we arrive?
What are the documents if we enter to sandakan were from Zamboanga.
Is Zamboanga to Sandakan trip is still going on, i heard that it was stop last August when it will resume?
what are the documents needed if i travell to Sandakan from Zamboanga City, Philippines?
Myron nabang biyahing barko Zamboanga to sandakan
Ay kung myron man.
Kailan?
My biyahi na bang barko Zamboanga to sandakan
May byahe nba ang barko this month?
As of today, wala pa rin po.
Kailan kya may byahe?
We will update this post as soon as the operation resumes.
sa january may biyahe na poh ba?
Wala pa pong announcement.
May byahe n po bang barko sandakan-zambo?
Wala pa rin po.
Meron napo bang byahe pa sandakan ngayon?what po sched?
Please contact Aleson Shipping to check. Last time we checked last month, wala pa rin.
Anong schedule ng byahe barko from sandakan to zamboanga buwan ng august at magkano ang tiket? Maraming salamat po.
Pwdeng malaman kong kailan may ferry puntang zamboanga
Wala pa pong balita kung kelan babalik ang byahe for this route.
May byahe po ba Sandakan to zamboanga
Wala po.
May biyahe ba this time month of November? gusto this 20th of November. well my name is Redwan Hashim Arah.
May biyahe naba Zamboanga to sandakan by boat Feb 2022
Hello po my biyahe napo ba Zamboanga to sandakan
Ano poh mga documents needed para mka travel going sandakan from zamboanga?
My biyahi napo ba from Zamboanga to sandakan ngayon
Wala pa po
May byahe na na from Sandakan Malaysia to Zamboanga city Philippines
May byahe na po ba Zamboanga to sandakan
May biyahe naba ngayon april or may?
May biyahe naba from sandakan to zamboanga ngayon april or may kase diba open na ang boarder ng malaysia,plese po paki update kung meron na,3 years na ako di nakauwi sa pinas
may route na po ba from zamboanga to sandakan this april 15 2022
Good evening!
May sched na po ba zmbga – Sandakan? Thanks!
Wala pa po
May buahe na po ba Zamboanga to sandakan ??
Kailan kaya mau schedule??
Good noon po. May byahe na po ba sandakan to ZAMBOANGA?
Wala pa rin po
So is the boat running now? How much for foot passengers?
May biyahe napo ba Zamboanga to sandakan by ferry
May byahe naba zamboanga to Sandakan May 2022?
Maybayahe naba zamboanga to sandakan
Itong buwan na Ito may 2022?
May biyahe na po ba from Zamboanga to sandakan
When po byahe sandakan to zamboangavthis coming july,
May byahe naba Zamboanga to Sandakan this July..
Magkno pamasahi zamboanga to sandakan
My biyah n Po ba zamboanga to sandakan
Wala pa po
Hi po good day.. just want to ask po na baket po Wala pa pong schedule eh august na po tayo now…kailan po kaya sakto na makaka schedule.. Matanda na kase dady ko at nasa Malaysia cxa now gusto nya daw umuwi.. ayaw nya din mag airplane kase Hindi pa daw cxa nakasakay.. sana po may sumagot sa tanong kopo… Slmat po Ng marami..
Anu po next schedule ng zamboanga to sandakan na august 05,2022 weekly napo ba ito salamat po.
Anu po next sched ng month ng september 2022 weekly napo ba ito?
Good day maam/sir!
May bihaye po ba ngayong month june 20022 from zabunga to sandakan??