INDONESIA
5-23 August 2019
- Hiking to see sunrise in Mt Bromo
- Blue flame in Ijen
- Amazing waterfalls, Tumpak Sewu and Madakaripura
- Swimming with stingless Jellyfish in Kakaban
- Swimming with whale sharks in Talisayan
- Boat Trip around Komodo Islands
- Beautiful West Nusa Penida Tour
- Gates to Heaven In Lempuyang Temple
- Blue flame in Ijen
- Amazing waterfalls, Tumpak Sewu and Madakaripura
- Swimming with stingless Jellyfish in Kakaban
- Swimming with whale sharks in Talisayan
- Boat Trip around Komodo Islands
- Beautiful West Nusa Penida Tour
- Gates to Heaven In Lempuyang Temple
Map of our roadtrip:
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Day 1 : Surabaya – Bromo
We flew Scoot from Singapore to Surabaya (SGD345.50 return fares for two), which took about 2 hours 29 mins direct flight and arrived at Surabaya Airport at around 935am local time. We joined a 5D4N tour with Go Bromo ([email protected]) for Rp 8.840,000, inclusive of accommodation and entrance fees. Out of custom and luggage claim by 1015am via APEC. Bought a 6.5GB card for 150k. Ex rate 10125 at airport on 5 Aug. 1235pm reach entrance of waterfalls. Finished by 245pm and motorcycle out to carpark for quick lunch. Left for hotel 315pm, reached hotel about 415pm and out for sunset photos of Mt Bromo. Had earlier dinner (Soto Ayam and fried chicken with rice) at Cam, 85k. Free and easy till 8pm for Milky Way about 10 mins drive. Back to hotel around 945pm. Stay at Cafe Lava |
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Day 2 : Bromo Tour - Madakaripura Waterfall - Lumajang
Pick up 320am and reaching Love Hill carpark 4am. Coffee 5k per cup. Sunrise point till 715am then drove to the crater, but still closed. So just drone around the area and took some photos. Back to hotel around 9am for breakfast and checked out 1115am and headed to Lumajang. Checked into hotel, Gajah Mada Hotel around 150pm. Free and easy Stay at GM Hotel |
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Day 3 : Lumajang - Tumpak Sewu Waterfall- Bondowoso
* check out hotel around at 6am, then driving to go to Tumpak Sewu in about 2 hours, reach parking area at 8am ==> breakfast in the meals box * accompanied by a local guide, we start to explore : 1. Tumpak Sewu Waterfall 2. The Blue Lake 3. Tetes Cave * finished at 12pm then we drive Bondowoso area in 5 hours * check in Ijen View Hotel * at 11.30pm, driving to Paltuding (Ijen starting point) in about 2 hours Picked up 720am arrived 855am. Finished 945 at Panaroma. Back to Panaroma around 130pm. Lunch here and depart 215pm 80k. Arrived Ijen hotel 650pm. Stay at Ijen View |
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Day 4 : Bondowoso - Ijen - Surabaya
* arrive Paltuding (starting point to hike up Mt ijen) around at 1.30am, then we hike up the mountain in about 2 hours (2 hours is similar as 3.1km), arrive the peak at 3.30am * Ijen Blue Fire we see from the peak, and if the weather is good, you may walk down closer to the Ijen Blue Fire * then we back Paltuding, and then drive back hotel in 2 hours to have breakfast, showering etc * check out at 12pm, then driving to Surabaya in 8 hours * arrive Surabaya Hotel around at 8pm Picked up 1210am and arrived 130am. Started climbing at 154am and arrived at the peak at 322am. Reached the blue flame at 440am as its jam packed with people. Back to carpark 7am and hotel 850am for breakfast. Check out 1205pm and arrived Surabaya hotel around 5pm. Rest and relaxed in hotel and did a in room 1-hr massage for 180k rupiah. Stay at MaxOne Tidar |
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Day 5 : Surabaya – Surabaya Airport - Berau
* transfer to Surabaya Airport to take our flight from Surabaya to Berau. We booked the flight via NusaTrip.com using Sriwijaya Air. The return ticket cost Rp7,391,297 for two. Departed Surabaya to Balikpapan at 1045am and from Balikpapan to Berau, arriving 1535 hours. Free transfer from airport to hotel. Depart hotel 805am and arrived airport 855am. Took 1045am flight out and arrived Balikpapan 115pm with 1h20 mins transit time. Landed 320pm at Berau. Left airport 350pm and reached hotel 409pm. After settling down, we walked to the ferry terminal from our hotel and had street food for dinner. The walk from our hotel to the ferry terminal is about 10-15 mins. Lots of street foods along the port areas. Tried the durian (50k rupiah), not nice as compared to the durians from Malaysia, and bought some rambutans and duku from the street stall. * Stay at Palmy Exclusive Hotel in Berau (Rp560,000) |
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Day 6 Berau - Maratua Island
Checked out at 920am and reached the port around 930am. Waited at the port and took a local speed boat at 1020am when they filled up with 8 people. Paid 300k each. Normal rate 200k. Arrived Maratua island around 120pm (3 hours ride). The hotel staff picked us up from the port and we arrived at he hotel at around 130pm. Rest and relax for the rest of the day in the resort. Stay at Maratua Pratasaba Resort (S$125 a night) |
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Day 7 (Maratua Island)
Had breakfast around 9am and went for island hopping boat trip at around 11am for 1.5m rupiah using a small speedboat. First stop was Sangalaki island (1 hr boat ride), where we spend about 30-40 mins snorkeling. Next was Kakaban Island, about 35mins boat ride (arriving 120pm), famous for the stingless Jellyfish. Entrance is by way of donation, normally 10k per person. When we arrived, the last three people was leaving and we had the whole lagoon to ourselves for a good 1 hour before another local family came for a short 15 mins. We left the lagoon around 4pm to another lagoon (Kehe Daing) in Kakaban Island for some quick photos. Last stop is Goa Halo Tabung, a cave inland. Arrived 455pm, and went for cliff jumping:) Left the place around 530pm back to hotel. |
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Day 8 (Maratua Island)
Met at 430am and departed the resort at around 530am for Talisayan. The boat ride took about 1h30 mins and when we arrived, we were greeted with two giant whale sharks:) The cost for the boat ride is 5.5m, 350k for the guide and another 200k for the fishermen in total, shared by 7 of us. Reached the snorkeling place at 615am and stayed here till about 8 plus am before heading back to resort. Did some snorkeling near the resort and rest and relaxed for the rest of the day. |
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Day 9 (Maratua Island)
Rest and relax in the resort the whole day |
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Day 10 (Maratua Island - Surabaya)
Departed Maratua at 10am and arrived Berau 1238pm. 300k per person. Had coffee at Point Cafe till 245pm and took a Gojek car to airport 68k. Arrived 3pm and the flight took off at 410pm. Exit tax of 5k each. Landed at Balikpapan 5pm. Transit time 1h20 mins and departed at 620pm and landed 638pm in Surabaya (1 hr behind Balikpapan). Rest and relaxed in Ibis Budget Airport hotel and had one hour massage by a blind man for 125k. Dinner at the airport for 82k. |
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Day 11 Surabaya - Labuan Bajo - Kalong Island ( D )
Flew from Surabaya to LABUAN Bajo, Komodo Island and joined a 4D3N boat tour with Discovery Komodo Adventure for USD1,550 using the Superior boat. We booked the air ticket from NusaTrip.com for Rp6,682, 725 for return for two. Checked out hotel 8am and relaxed in the airport lounge for our 1110pm flight to Labuan Bajo ( Batik Air ). Boarding on time and the plane took off at 1130pm and landed 141pm (1 hour ahead of Surabaya). Picked up luggages and out by 205pm, and went to load up some beers and snacks (390k) along the way to harbour. Reached harbour 235pm. Picked up by small motor boat and transferred to our boat for 3 night stay. Once we boarded we immediately set sail to Kalong island to see the thousands of flying foxes flying to Flores for food at around 615pm. Stay overnight on boat |
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Day 12 Padar Island – Pink Beach – Komodo Village – kalong komodo (B-L-D )
Early morning rosssing to Rinca Island ,Trekking at Rinca Island to see Komodo Dragon and other wild life we will spen time for trekking aprrox 2 Hours Padar Island ,Morning trekking at Padar Island see the beauty lansdscape surrounding komodo National park from the top of padar Boat Crossing to Pink beach for Snorkeling and swimming ,Sunbathing . Boat move Komodo Village see the local people activities Stay overnight on boat near komodo island |
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Day 13 Komodo Island – Manta Point – Kanawa B-L-D )
After breakfast pur boat move to komodo island Morning trekking on Komodo Island to see Komodo Dragon and other kind of annimals Boat crossing to Manta Point for snorkeling with Manta Boat crossing to Kanawa Stay overnight on board |
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Day 14 Kanawa Island – Bidadari Island /angel island – Labuan Bajo (B-L )
Before breakfast ,on Boat Kanawa Island for snorkeling and swimming Last spot we will stop at Bidadari Island for snorkeling and swimming Boat direct to Labuan Bajo drop Airport to Denpasar. Landed in Denpasar around 7pm and got a free airport pick from hotel. We stayed in between Nusa Dua and Jimbaran in a one bedroom villa, which cost about SGD88 a night inclusive of breakfast. Stay: Alindra Villa Resort |
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Day 15 - Bali
Had breakfast in our villa 830am and walked out to consult doctor in clinic about 20-25 mins away from our hotel. After the clinic (800k, consultation 500k, drugs 300k), we walked further down about 5 mins for a simple Nasi Goreng for lunch (15k) at Warung Utami and crosses the road to Zen Family Spa for 90 mins massage (598k each). Started our spa at 206pm and left the spa around 445pm |
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Day 16 - Bali - Nusa Penida
Hotel picked up at 630am and arrived Sanur port 7am. Waited outside the speedboat counter till 8am, which is a gathering place for all other passengers who signed up the full day West Nusa Penida tour ( we booked through Klook @SGD75 each). There’s a convenient shop just beside the speedboat counter as well as restaurant nearby for breakfast. Waited till 820am to start boarding the speedboat and left at 835am and arrived Penida 911am. Reached 1st stop 1015am. Departed beach 11am and arrived 1140pm in second and third spots. Left for lunch at 1240pm (10-15 mins drive away) and after lunch we headed for Crystal Beach at 305pm. Stayed till 4pm and left for the ferry terminal, arriving 422pm and boarded the speedboat 430pm. Boat left at 5pm. Boarded our car 552pm and back in hotel 645pm. Klook ties up with www.thenusapenidatours.com |
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Day 17 - Bali - Ubud
Booked a driver for 450k rupiah for 10-hour. The drive picked us up at 9am. The first stop was a coffee break in Ubud, where we get free tasting different kind of coffee and tea. Next stop was Batur area. Entrance fee to Batur area 65k. Buffet Lunch 185k each. Entrance fee to temple 35k, rental of salong and sari 25k, sari 10k. Departed Batur area 315pm and headed to Tegallalang Rice Terrace, entrance fee 10k rupiah each. We left the rice field 515pm and headed back to hotel, arriving around 930pm and had to pay additional 45k rupiah. |
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Day 18 - Bali - Lempuyang
Booked the driver for 10-hour again today to go Lempuyang area. Cost 700k rupiah. Picked up 5am and arrived Lempuyang Temple around 715am. We spend about 4 hours, of which three hours was to queue for our turn to take photos at the Gate to Heaven. Left Lempuyang temple around 1045am. The entrance fee to the Temple was by donation. Rental of sarong here is 10k. The queue to take Gate To Heaven took about 3 hours ! Next stop is the water palace entrance fee 40k each. Along the way, we stopped at the roadside to take photos of the beautiful and quiet rice terrace. Left the water palace around noon and headed back to hotel arriving around 230pm. Had lunch at Rena’s cafe and did a 45-min foot massage for 70k rupiah before going back to hotel rest and relax. |
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Day 19 - Bali - Singapore
Checked our hotel around 930am and free transfer to airport. Our SQ flight took off on time at 1155am and landed in Singapore at 235pm. |
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