3 Weeks in Indonesia: Borneo, Java, Bali, Komodo & Gili Islands (22D/21N)

Have your luggage ready, today the day has come to get to know one of the most important centers of biodiversity in the world and the third largest island on the planet. Borneo!!! After breakfast and at the indicated time you will have the transfer to the airport to take the direct flight to Pangkalan Bun, on the island of Borneo, or better known by Indonesians as Kalimantan.

Your “Orangutan & Reforestation Tour”  begins upon arrival at Pangkalan Bun Airport, on the island of Borneo, better known by the Indonesians as Kalimantan. Upon arrival at the airport, your guide will be waiting for you. You will transfer to the port of Kumai in about 15-20 minutes by car, where you will embark on a great adventure! You arrive at our traditional wooden boat, called a klotok. Our guide will reconfirm with the crew that everything is ready and start the cruise up the river in the famous Sekonyer River aboard a klotok. If your flight arrives early (before 11.30 AM), you can arrive in time to the rehabilitation center of Tanjung Harapan, where at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the rangers of the national park feed the orangutans, and you can have your first close encounters with them. The translation of Tanjung Harapan is Cape of Hope. This first camp is one of the ones with more wetlands, and in the afternoon there are more mosquitoes, so make sure you put on enough mosquito repellent. Here you also can do the reforestation, where you can be volunteers to plant a tree, and so take pride that you have contributed a grain of sand to conservation with your step over there.

After visiting this Rangers Camp, you will continue upstream, resting on the boat, while you search for animals in the vicinity of the Sekonyer River. This afternoon, it is very frequent to see groups of proboscis monkeys and monkeys in the treetops, jumping from one branch to another, or even crocodiles, and lizards in the shallow waters of the sides of the river. Prepare for sunset. The boat moored on one side of the river to spend the night. Tonight, you can do a walk into the jungle to look for night animals like snakes, tarantulas or if you are lucky luminescent mushrooms or tarsiers.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Standard Klotok Boat

After an extraordinary breakfast, you go to visit the village inside the national park, named Tanjung Harapan Village. Here you will see the activities of the locals. After the visit, you will return to the klotok cruise up to the Sekonyer River. You will see nice vegetation around the river bank, including Nipa Palm, Pandanus, and some kinds of trees that are growing up around the river. See some wildlifes such as birds, Macaques, Proboscis Monkeys and Orangutans. You will see how the coloration of the river changes, and you will have the opportunity to see crocodiles and large monitor lizards.

Arrival at Camp Leakey, the old orangutan research and rehabilitation center since 1971, when a student at UCLA Los Angeles University, Birutte Galdikas began studying the Orangutans there. The name Camp Leaky comes from Birutte’s own teacher, the Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. At least 200 orangutans had already been cured and returned to the jungles, thanks to this center. However, since 1995, the Government of Indonesia has banned the introduction of more Orangutans into this camp, so Orangutans are increasingly adapting more to freedom. To this day, this camp is used as an investigation into the behavior and feeding of Orangutans. You will take advantage of your guide to explore the interiors of the jungle a bit to look for orangutans in freedom and other animals. At 14.00, you can see the feeding time of the Orangutans. You can also visit the small museum made by the scientist Dr. Birute Galdikas.

Note: The Birate Galdikas Museum at Camp Leaky is currently closed for maintenance purposes. Regrettably, visits to this site will not be possible until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will keep you updated on the reopening of the museum.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Standard Klotok Boat

After an extraordinary breakfast, you will go in time to see the Pondok Tanggui Camp at the time of feeding (9 AM). Sooner or later, you will see how the branches of the treetops begin to move, and then you will see the silhouettes of the Orangutans arriving at the feeding platform. Pondok Tanggui was a release camp for young Orangutans that were rehabilitated, and they continue to add food every day to prevent the Orangutans from leaving because of a lack of food. They end up outside the National Park, with the following risk of falling into traps of settlers or fields of palm oil plantations. After lunch, you will have the opportunity to repeat feeding camp at Camp Leaky. It is a unique opportunity to dedicate more time to your observation and to discover more wild animals, along with the Orangutans. In the afternoon, if the circumstances permit, the boat will be docked near a firefly congregation, and you can enjoy the show of its luminescence.

Note: If your return flight leaves early in the morning (around 7 a.m.), tonight the klotok will sleep closer to the port in order to get you to the airport in time.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Standard Klotok Boat

In the early morning you will enjoy the last moments of the sounds of the jungle before heading to the port to, in turn, be transferred to the airport to catch the flight to Semarang. Arriving at Semarang Airport, your Java guide will be waiting for you to start exploring one of Indonesia’s most traditional islands. You will arrive at Yogyakarta, a tourist destination for its ancient palaces, temples, batik workshops, Gamelan music orchestras, court dances and Wayang puppet shows. Your guide will take you to your hotel. Check in and rest of the day for you.

Meals: Breakfast 

Accommodation: Hotel in Yogyakarta: Three options across different categories

You will have your deserved breakfast at the hotel. Today’s tour will make you enjoy the authentic Javanese essence. You will start your route in the direction of with the Borobudur Temple (Candi Borobudur), the great Stupa, the largest Buddhist monument in the world and one of the seven wonders. We will tour around the temple, observe the hundreds and centenary statues of Buddha and witness how dozens of Buddhists come to preach from all over the world. Historically it was established during the relatively brief Sailendra dynasty of Central Java between 778 and 856 BC and is in constant restoration due to the breaks that the tremors of the neighbouring Merapi volcano has been producing during its history.

After visiting one of the most important Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia, and in a horse carriage (Andong) you will visit the villages that surround this temple. These are authentic Javanese villages where culture and tradition are the protagonists. As you spend your days in this country and go around the different islands, you will realize how different Indonesians are among them in terms of clothing, food, architecture and even language. Today we will learn about and share these Javanese places.

Then you will go to Kaliurang / Kalidalem to see Mount Merapi in constant activity. Here in a 4×4 jeep driven by specialized drivers, you will climb its skirt to see the remains of the 2010 eruption such as houses buried by ashes, a multitude of objects paralyzed by lava, etc. In addition, an open-air tribute museum presided over by the clock that marks the time just when the lava passed through it has been improvised. Accompanied by photos of the rescue, it will make us feel very closely the experiences of that fateful day. After finishing this day full of emotions, we will take you back to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Yogyakarta: Three options across different categories

After breakfast and at the agreed time, your guide will pick you up at the hotel and together you will head towards the heart of the city. You will visit the Keraton, or also known as the Sultan’s Palace. The palace is a complex building two centuries old. Next, you will hear the song of the “freedom” of the birds in the bird market, you will visit the “Water Castle” that occupies the highest part at the northern end of the vast complex of Taman Sari. Then, stroll around Malioboro Street, one of the main streets of Yogyakarta, with its merchants, horse carriages, taxi-bikes and markets. An incredible experience that will make the hours fly by.

Finishing the tour in the centre of the city of Yogyakarta, you will head northeast towards Prambanan, the temple of Hinduists and classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1991. This temple was completed in 856 AD to commemorate the victory of the descendant of Sanjaya dynasty, Rikai Pikatan, against the last Shailendra sovereign of Central Java. Take your time to enjoy each carving on the rocks and feel the spirituality that each of the stones perched in this set of more than 200 Hindu temples that are dedicated to Shiva, one of the Trimurti which is an expression of God as the Creator, the Preserver and the Destroyer. After this unforgettable day, you will take you to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast 

Accommodation: Hotel in Yogyakarta: Three options across different categories

At the indicated time, transfer to the airport to catch the flight to Bali.

Arrival at Denpasar airport, Bali. Our representative will be waiting to take you to the planned hotel in Ubud. This is an area of rice fields and unspoiled nature, located in the center of the island of Bali. During the journey to Ubud you can already discover the different villages of Bali, each of them specialized in one of the many typical crafts, with woodwork, stone sculptors, silver goldsmiths or painters. During the journey you can begin to admire the thousands of temples that dot the country, and feel the aroma of incense that perfumes the whole island.

Arrival at the hotel, distribution of the rooms and rest of the afternoon free at disposal.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Ubud: Three options across different categories

After breakfast, your guide will pick you up and we will visit the places on the fantastic come2indonesia route. The first site will be the Taman Ayun Temple (it was founded in the seventeenth century), located in the village of Mengwi that until 1891 was the seat of a powerful dating back to the Gellel Dynasty, which is surrounded by a moat that looks like a garden shrine, which explains the term taman, or garden. The temple is a penyawangan or place to worship other sacred sites.

From Taman Ayun, the compass heads towards Jatiluwih, where we will undoubtedly admire and enjoy a beautiful view of rice terraces that cover the entire landscape of South Bali. The name Jatiluwih is composed of two words, Jati which really means and Luwih which means beautiful, good, special, beautiful. Without a doubt, this place not only has a beautiful name but that beauty is really reflected in its landscape.

From Jatiluwih, we will go to Bedugul where we will visit the Ulun Danu Bratan Temple, the famous temple that stands in a small promoter located on the shore of Lake Beratan and has the beautiful landscape with the lake and the mountain as a backdrop. It is without a doubt, one of the most photogenic temples in all of Indonesia. This temple is dedicated to Dewi Danu, goddess of waters. We will close the visit on this fantastic route and end the day watching the sunset at the most famous and photographed temple in Bali, the Pura Tanah Lot. Torn off from the earth on a stone pedestal sculpted by incoming tides, the lonely black towers of the Tanah Lot and the plumes of foliage spilled from the cliffs recall the delicacy of Chinese painting. The Pura Tanah Lot or the Temple of Earth in the Middle of the Sea was built in the sixteenth century. Then we return hotel.

Meals: Breakfast 

Accommodation: Hotel in Ubud: Three options across different categories

At the indicated time, we will pick you up at your hotel to start this tour on the island of Bali.

Today we will visit the most important temple on the entire island, Besakih Mother Temple and its surroundings.

We will set off along the coast to reach Kusamba, a fishing village, where colorful prahu batangas dot the black sand beaches. You’ll also learn about the process of making salt by the traditional method.

We continue our journey on the east coast to reach the Goa Lawah, a cave “guarded” by thousands of bats where their bodies are concentrated in such a small space that the surface of the upper wall looks like an irregular muddy matter. Goa Lawah is a sacred temple and is surrounded by altars guarding its entrance.

In the course of the journey to the Besakih Mother Temple, we will enjoy a magnificent scenery in Bukit Jambul, “the ridge hill“, with a breathtaking view replete with rice fields and tropical plants. We go down the hill and set off to reach the mother temple, Besakih. This temple is located on the slopes of the Agung Volcano, which last explosion was in 1963, just on the day when thousands of Balinese celebrated one of the most important days of the Hindu calendar and which was a tragedy for the people and inhabitants of the area. Founded in the 8th century as a shrine honoring the gods of the Gunung Agung, today it comprises 22 main complexes with more than eighty small temples.

We end our excursion with a visit to the Court of Justice in the Old Kerta Gosa. The Kertha Gosa Pavilion is a beautiful example of Balinese architecture that was built in the early 18th century by Dewa Agung Gusti Sideman. Kertha Gosa means “the place where the king meets with his ministers to settle matters of justice”

After this excursion full of culture and nature, we’ll take you back to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast 

Accommodation: Hotel in Ubud: Three options across different categories

Today you will quietly enjoy your breakfast at the hotel and the rest of the day will be for you. You can take advantage of the day for what you want, you can hire a massage, enjoy a spa, walk and go shopping or simply relax and enjoy the hotel facilities. You are in Ubud, here you can stroll through the local market, visit the hundreds of craft design workshops, sculptures, paintings in the shops that are on each side of the street. It is a perfect day to learn more about the daily activities of the locals, find a coffee overlooking the jungle or cross paths with a naughty monkey on Monkey Forest Street. At night there are performances of Balinese Dances, you can contact the hotel reception and request information to attend any of them.  If you need recommendations of places to visit this day, do not hesitate to call us and we will advise you the best ones!

Meals: Breakfast 

Accommodation: Hotel in Ubud: Three options across different categories

Have you’re suitcase ready, because your adventure continues. You will enjoy your well-deserved breakfast at the hotel. At the right time, depending on the time of your flight, you will have the transfer to Bali airport, and then you will fly to the City of Labuan Bajo, the very interesting point for its proximity to the Komodo National Park.

Arrival at Komodo Airport in Labuan Bajo in the West of Flores Island. Our guide will be waiting for you at the airport to transfer you to the Labuan Bajo pier. During this first day aboard a traditional boat, we will visit the Menjarite Islands, and Kalong.

We will sail for about 3 hours until we reach our first stop, Menjarite Island, where we can snorkel and relax. Then we will sail to Kelor Island, where in addition to swimming in its beautiful waters, we can take a small hike to the top of the hill to enjoy its breathtaking views. In the afternoon, we will head to Kalong Island (Flying Fox Island). Here you can see the amazing thousands of flying foxes that come out of the mangroves at sunset time 18:00 – 19:00, the beautiful sunset is really nice and can be seen from the boat. This is truly a spectacle of nature. We will end the day enjoying a delicious dinner.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Traditional Boat: Three options across different categories

After breakfast on the boat, then we will sail to PADAR Island to do the trekking that takes us directly to the famous view of the three bays. We continue directly to Loh Liang, the Ranger station on Komodo Island. We will pass around many small islands and in 2 and a half hours we will arrive at the pier of Komodo Island.

After registering, we will do a gentle trekking to see the giant komodo curler/dragon and other wild animals such as: Timor deer, wild boar, wild chicken and many species of tropical birds. A local ranger will guide you during the hike. You will return to the boat to head to a pink sand beach (Pink beach) for snorkeling, swimming and relaxing. It is truly spectacular as well as the pristine coral reef with many colorful fish. This is one of the best places for snorkeling. Then you will sail to the Manta Point to explore giant manta rays by snorkeling, even watching them from the boat (it can not be guaranteed if the weather is not good, or there are strong waves and currents). Lunch will be provided on board. In the afternoon we go to the port of Labuan Bajo, and from there to the hotel, to rest from so much sea and mountains.

Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Labuan Bajo: Three options across different categories

At the indicated time, transfer to Labuan Bajo airport to take the flight to Lombok (via Denpasar).
Upon arrival at Lombok airport, you will be transferred at the indicated time to the port, from where you will take the boat to cross to Gili Island. Upon arrival, check in at the hotel. Rest of the day at leisure.

Meals: Breakfast 

Accommodation: Hotel in Gili Air: Three options across different categories

These days, time and space will be yours. We advise you to take walks around the island or rent one bike or snorkel equipment and discover the wonderful seabed of these islands. Look well because these islands are home to many species of turtles and it’s wonderful to be able to swim with them. Always remember that the sea is their space and we must respect it. Also, you can hire a massage and go to dinner on a terrace on the beach with live music and taste the local cuisine Indonesia.

Meals: Breakfast 

Accommodation: Hotel in Gili Air: Three options across different categories

Enjoy your breakfast, Depending on the departure time of your boat, you’ll have to go to the port to check in at the jetty. This transfer from the hotel to the port is not included, so if you come with suitcases and you don’t want to walk with them, the best thing to do is to take a Cidomo (horse-drawn cart) that you can hire through the hotel and they are always walking around the island.

They are like taxis on the Gilis Islands. Upon your arrival at the Port of Padangbai, we will be waiting for you to transfer to your hotel in Nusa Dua.

Meals: Breakfast 

Accommodation: Hotel in Nusa Dua: Three options across different categories

These days, will be free for you. You will have your breakfast at the hotel. You can use the time for your personal things, shopping, strolling on the beach, or enjoying the hotel services.

Meals: Breakfast 

Accommodation: Hotel in Nusa Dua: Three options across different categories

Today is the last day of your trip in Indonesia. After having breakfast at the hotel and depending on the time of your flight, we will pick you up to take you to Denpasar airport to take the plane that will take you back to Jakarta. Upon arrival, you will have to check-in, pass immigration and board your regular flight to Spain. We wish you a good trip and thank you for marking your footprints in this land by the hand of Come2indonesia. Sampai jumpa!

Meals: Breakfast 

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