Get the most of authentic Indonesian experience in this Indonesia 20-day tour. Explore the riverside jungle in Borneo, indulge yourself with the rich culture of Yogyakarta city, and climb the mighty Mt. Bromo for a breathtaking sunrise. This trip combines these amazing destinations with Komodo National Park where you’re able to see the mighty dragons. All of this with a few days to unwind on the island of paradise, Bali. Truly an unforgettable Indonesian experience!
Welcome to the largest archipelago in the world. After arriving in Soekarno International Airport, Jakarta (capital city of Indonesia), you will directly go to the hotel. Enjoy a good rest before your trip which will start directly on the next day. The hotel’s driver will wait you at exit gate of your terminal arrival. They bring a name board with your name stated on it and will escort you to the hotel.
Meals: –
Accommodation: FM7 Resort Hotel – Superior Room
After breakfast, at the appointed time the hotel’s driver will take you to the airport to catch your flight to Pangkalan Bun, Borneo. Upon arrival in Pangkalan Bun, your guide will transfer you to the port of Kumai in about 15-20 minutes by car where you will board our traditional wooden boat called a klotok. Once everything is ready, the cruise upstream starts on the famous Sekonyer river abroad the klotok.
If your flight arrives early (before 12 PM), we can arrive on time at the Tanjung Harapan rehabilitation centre. There at 3 in the afternoon, the orangutans are fed by the rangers of the national park and you can have the first close encounters with them. The literal translation of Tanjung Harapan is Cape of Hope. This first camp has more wetlands and therefore has more mosquitoes in the afternoon. Make sure you put on enough mosquito repellent. After visiting this camp, you will continue your journey upriver resting on the boat while observing animals in the sides of Sekonyer River.
In the afternoon it is very common to see groups of proboscis monkey and macaques in the treetops, jumping from one tree branch to another. Also, see if you can find crocodiles or lizards in the shallow waters on the sides of the river. Prepare for the sunset and enjoy the exquisite food prepared by our jungle crew. The boat is moored on the side of the river to spend the night.
Optional: Tonight, we can take a walk through the jungle to look for nocturnal animals such as snakes and tarantulas. If we are lucky, we can find luminescent mushrooms or tarsier monkeys as well.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation: Klotok
Today you will wake up with the sounds and the colours of the jungle. Without a doubt, you will never forget how you woke up on the river, surrounded by the overflowing nature.
After an extraordinary breakfast on board, we will arrive on time to visit Pondok Tangguy camp at the feeding time for animals (9AM).
Little by little, you will see how the treetops begin to move and then you will see the silhouettes of the orangutans gradually reaching the feeding platform. Tangguy was a release camp for young orangutans that had been rehabilitated. It prevented them from moving away due to lack of food and ending up outside the national park, with the following risks of falling into traps of settlers or palm oil plantations. After the orangutans begin to leave the camp, you will return to the klotok to continue further upstream. You will witness how the colour of the river changes and you will have the opportunity to see crocodiles and large monitor lizards, along with Gibbons and proboscis monkeys. Of course, you will enjoy your lunch in this lovely setting.
You will arrive at Camp Leakey, the old orangutan rehabilitation centre. It was founded in 1971, when a student from UCLA University in Los Angeles named Birutte Galdikas, began studying the orangutans there. The name Camp Leakey came from Birutte’s own professor, paleo-anthropologist Louis Leakey. At least 200 orangutans have already been cured and returned to the jungle thanks to this centre. However, since 1995 the Indonesian government banned the introduction of more orangutans in this camp, so the orangutans are increasingly adapting to freedom. Today, this camp is used for behavioural and feeding research for orangutans. You can also visit the small museum built by the scientist Dr. Birutte Galdikas.
After finishing the observing of orangutans in this camp, we will do a gentle trekking through the jungle back to the boat to search for free orangutans and other animals, if the weather conditions permit. We will have the opportunity to learn a lot about the jungle from our local guides, of which some of them were born in the jungle. They’ll explain how to look for animals or plants, and you can listen to their experience of life in the jungle. The jungles of Borneo have given life and shelter to its inhabitants for million of years. They are jungles that under the watch of their ancestors are capable of fulfilling every single individual’s needs. Food, water, medicines, etc. But never throw anything in your mouth without your guide’s recommendation.
In the afternoon if it does not rain, the boat will be docked near a swarm of fireflies and you can enjoy the show of its luminescence.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation: Klotok
In the early morning, we will enjoy the last moments of the sounds of the jungle, before heading to the airport to catch the flight to Semarang. Arriving at Semarang Airport, our Javanese representative will be waiting for you to start the journey of about 4 hours to the city of 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.
In 7th century, Yogyakarta was the center of the Mataram Buddhist kingdom, a prosperous reign, largely based on rice cultivation thanks to the region’s fertile volcanic soil. The various bas-reliefs of its temples show the daily life of that flourishing period. During this reign, the Borobudur Temple Temple was built, which was the largest Buddhist temple in the world.
Mysteriously, in the 10th century, the old Mataram Kingdom moved its central government. The old headquarters, with its palaces and magnificent temples, were abandoned and partially buried by the eruption of the Merapi volcano, and by the thicket of the jungle. Six hundred years later, the Mataram Sultanate was founded and established in the region, making Yogyakarta once again the center of government for the surrounding island.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation:
A. The Phoenix – Superior Room
B. Gallery Prawirotaman – Superior Room
C. Lynn Hotel – Superior Room
You will have your well-deserved breakfast at the hotel. Today’s tour will make you enjoy the authentic Javanese essence.
You will start your route towards the Borobudur Temple, the great Stupa. It is the largest Buddhist monument in the world and one of the seven wonders. We will tour the temple, observing the hundreds and centuries-old Buddha statues and observing how dozens of Buddhists come to preach from all over the world. Historically it was made during the relatively brief Sailendra dynasty of Central Java between 778 and 856 BC and is under constant restoration due to the breaks that the tremors of the neighboring Merapi volcano have produced during its history.
After visiting one of the most important Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia, and in a traditional Javanese horse-drawn carriage called Andong, we will visit the villages that surround this temple. They are authentic Javanese villages where culture and tradition are the protagonists. We will visit some place where they produce the Keropok, (a type of crackers) or we will see some of the local people where they meet for ceremonies and can teach us some of their musical instruments and including the Batik process, a method of dyeing fabrics unique to that area. Batik has become the Indonesian official costume. 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 it is time to learn and share the day with the villagers of Central Java.
Then we will go to Kaliurang/Kalidalem to see Mount Merapi in constant activity. Here in a 4×4 jeep driven by specialized drivers, we will climb up 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 chaired by the clock that marks the time just as the lava passed by it has been improvised. Accompanied by photos of the rescues, it will make us feel very closely the experiences of that fateful day. After this day of emotions, we will take you back to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation:
A. The Phoenix – Superior Room
B. Gallery Prawirotaman – Superior Room
C. Lynn Hotel – Superior Room
After breakfast and at the indicated time we will head towards the heart of the city. We will visit the Keraton known as the Sultan Palace. The palace is a complex building of two centuries old, located in the heart of the city. You will listen to the song of the “freedom” of the birds in the bird market, we will visit the Water Castle which occupies the highest part at the northern end of the vast complex of Taman Sari. Also, visit Malioboro Street, main street of Yogyakarta with its merchants, horse carts, bicycle taxis and markets. An incredible experience that will make the hours fly by.
Finishing the tour in the city center of Yogyakarta, we will go northeast towards Prambanan Temple, the temple of Hinduists and classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1991. This temple was completed around the year 856 to commemorate the return of Shailendra dynasty of Central Java. Take your time to enjoy each carving on the rocks and feel the spirituality that each of the perched stones gives off in this set of more than 200 Hindu temples. They are dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God as the Creator, the Preserver and the destroyer. After this day that you will never forget, we will take you to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation:
A. The Phoenix – Superior Room
B. Gallery Prawirotaman – Superior Room
C. Lynn Hotel – Superior Room
Today, we begin our adventure towards the Java volcanoes. At the indicated time, around 6.00 am, we will pick you up at your hotel for the transfer to the train station to start a long journey to Jombang/Surabaya (around 8 hours). Upon arrival, transfer to the slopes of the Bromo Volcano. Check-in at your hotel for deserved rest after so many hours traveling.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: SM Bromo or Similar
Very early, your guide and a jeep driver will be waiting for you at the hotel to attend one of the most spectacular sunrises in Indonesia. Even if you have to get up early, it will be worth it. You will go up to a high viewpoint first in the dark and, little by little, the first rays of the sun give way to a huge and indescribable caldera that makes up the entire view of the Bromo and Semeru Natural Park. Bromo with its large fumaroles and behind it, the Semeru with explosions almost every 20 minutes, will make you have one of the most rewarding experiences ever.
After enjoying sunrise from the viewpoint, we will go closer to the slopes of the volcano in a jeep where you can go up to the Bromo volcano. And after climbing some stairs you can get to the very edge of its crater and see the impressive activity it has.
We return to the hotel to refresh and enjoy your breakfast. At the agreed time, your guide and driver will take you back to the Surabaya airport to take your flight to Bali. On arrival in Bali, our driver will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel. And free afternoon for you. Welcome to the island of the gods.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Solaris Hotel – Deluxe Room
Your adventure continues today. You will enjoy your well-deserved breakfast at the hotel. At the indicated time, you will have the transfer to the Denpasar airport and then you will fly to the City of Labuan Bajo, the very interesting point due to its proximity to the Komodo National Park. Arriving at Labuan Bajo airport, our agent will be waiting for you who will help you transfer to the port of Labuan Bajo, to navigate to Bidadari Island. We will sail back to the port and then to the hotel to spend the night.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation:
A. Bintang Flores – Deluxe Room
B. Puri Sari Hotel – Superior Room
C. Puri Sari Hotel – Superior Room
Enjoy your breakfast, then at the appointed time we will transfer you to the port to board the boat that will take you to the Komodo National Park. We will go to see the Komodo dragons and for that we go first to Rinca Island. In addition to Komodo in their natural environment, we will be able to see Water buffalo, macaque monkeys, cockatoos, wild horses, etc. Enjoy the trekking around the park accompanied by a ranger.
Afterwards, we return to boat will have lunch. Then in the afternoon the boat is anchored next to some mangroves, to see how hundreds of bats take flight at sunset. You will have dinner and spend the night on a traditional wooden boat in the Rinca Sea.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation:
A. Traditional Boat (Cabin AC)
B. Traditional Boat (Cabin No AC)
C. Traditional Boat (Cabin No AC)
Today, we will sail to Loh Liang that is the ranger’s station on Komodo Island. During the 3 and a half hours of navigation, you will realize that the sea is like a great lake dotted with hundreds of tiny islands, most of them uninhabited, or with only a few fishermen, who moor in them to rest or spend the night. Once on the island, we have to enter the office of the rangers to register and pay the national park fee. There we will be assigned a ranger who will accompany us at all times while we are inside the island.
Rangers always carry a long pole with a V-shaped tip, to make dragons keep their distance from us. They will give us a brief explanation of behavior in the park and what we can see. The dragons may sometimes make sudden moves so opening your eyes and keeping silent will always be the best advice. Watch your back as there might be also one behind you or up on the trees. The Ranger will always be leading the group, showing us all the species that he sees during the trekking.
In addition to the Komodo dragons, we can see Timor Deer, wild pigs and various types of running hens as well as sulfur cockatoos, snakes, etc.
At the end of the trek, we head back to the port and continue the cruise. After a short while, we will reach Pantai Merah (Pink Beach) where we can do snorkeling in the middle of coral reefs full of life. Did you know that Indonesia is the most important center of marine biodiversity in the world? It is where the species of the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean come together with the endemic species of Indonesia. It makes Indonesia have the largest number of underwater species in the world. Well, you will be swimming in the middle of all that.
Afterwards, we will navigate to another beautiful place, Manta Point where we will enjoy the huge “fish blankets” in our snorkel. Even sometimes we can see them from the boat during our trip. Lunch on board.
In the afternoon we go to the port of Labuan Bajo, and from there to the hotel, to rest from both sea and mountains.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Accommodation:
A. Bintang Flores – Deluxe Room
B. Puri Sari Hotel – Superior Room
C. Puri Sari Hotel – Superior Room
Your adventure continues for a little longer on this last day of the trip, but only if you still have time prior to your flight (situational). After breakfast, we will go to see Batu Cermin or the cave of mirrors. Then at around noon we continue to Labuan Bajo airport to take the direct flight to Denpasar. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel in Ubud then have your free time. Take the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the hotel facilities or stroll around the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation:
A. Maya Ubud – Superior Room
B. Alaya Resort Ubud – Deluxe Room
C. Tetirah Suweta – Deluxe Room
After breakfast, your guide will pick you up and we will visit the places on the fantastic route of Come2Indonesia.
The first site will be the Taman Ayun Temple (it was founded in the 17th century), located in the Mengwi Village. Until 1891, it was the seat of a powerful man who dates back to the Gelgel Dynasty, which is surrounded by a moat that looks like a sanctuary landscaped, 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 without a doubt we will admire and enjoy a beautiful view of rice terraces that cover the entire landscape of South Bali. The name of Jatiluwih is made up of two words, Jati which means truly and Luwih which means beautiful, good, special. 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 development 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 from the ground on a stone pedestal sculpted by the incoming tides, the lonely black towers of the Tanah Lot and the plumes of foliage shed by 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 16th century. Then we return to the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation:
A. Maya Ubud – Superior Room
B. Alaya Resort Ubud – Deluxe Room
C. Tetirah Suweta – Deluxe Room
After breakfast, we start the tour with a visit to the Tenganan Village, located in the northwest of Candidasa. Tenganan is a symmetrical Bali Aga village with wall houses and unique crafts. Here we can see the way in which the true Balinese society lives its daily life through the traditions they have maintained, regardless of external cultural influences. The next visit will be Virgin Beach, a hard to find beach and the only white sandy beach in this area of eastern Bali. Locals call it White Sand Beach. There we can relax, eat fresh fish in the beach bars on the shore or sunbathe.
Finally, we will visit the Lempuyang temple. Upon arrival, the temple will greet you with its gratifying panorama that stretches towards infinity. On a clear and sunny day, you will be able to contemplate the mountains, the city of Amlapura and Mount Agung, an incredibly beautiful view. This temple is called the gates of heaven because it is on a hill. With the door and the volcano in the background, this photo has become famous for its beauty. Then we return hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation:
A. Maya Ubud – Superior Room
B. Alaya Resort Ubud – Deluxe Room
C. Tetirah Suweta – Deluxe Room
Today you will 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 most, you can hire a massage service, enjoy a spa, go for a walk and go shopping or just relax and enjoy the hotel facilities.
You are in Ubud, here you can stroll through the local market, visit the hundreds of artisan 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 some coffee with views of the jungle or cross a naughty monkey on Monkey Forest Street. At night there are Balinese Dance performances, you can contact the hotel reception and request information to attend one of them. If you need recommendations for places to visit this day, do not hesitate to call us and we will advise you on the best ones!
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation:
A. Maya Ubud – Superior Room
B. Alaya Resort Ubud – Deluxe Room
C. Tetirah Suweta – Deluxe Room
You will enjoy your well-deserved breakfast at the hotel. Then they will come looking for you to explore the highlands of this land. In a car equipped with air conditioning, the driver along with your tour guide will take you to Kintamani to enjoy a second breakfast in the restaurant. You will have breakfast outdoors with a view of the Batur Volcano, about 1,717 meters high, and the volcanic lake, Lake Batur. Finishing your breakfast, we begin our exploration.
A gentle cycling down for the next two and a half hours after breakfast. Do not forget to take memories with your camera. We will pass through coffee plantations (Luwak coffee) in addition to some magical plants such as cloves, cocoa, vanilla, cassava and taro, among others. You will breathe the fresh mountain air.
Further in, we will do a short and gentle trekking in the rice fields where you will be able to experience first hand what it is to grow with the detailed explanation about agriculture and everything that is related to it. You will have the explanations about the spiritual beliefs of the Balinese, the lifestyle, the distribution system. You will feel as if you are in the spiritual world.
At the end of the trip, we transfer you to your hotel in Seminyak.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation:
A. Indigo Hotel Seminyak – Classic Room
B. Bali Nixoma – Deluxe Room
C. Maison C Boutique – Deluxe Room
Breakfast at the hotel and free time for you to enjoy at your own leisure. You can take advantage to continue with visits or personal activities according to your preferences, such as hiring a relaxing massage service, spa, enjoying the sun and the beach, going shopping or simply resting and enjoying of the facilities provided by the hotel.
Seminyak and Legian are north of the tourist Kuta, this is a place full of all kinds of restaurants, where you can taste all kinds of food, with typical Indonesian cuisine, Italian, Indian, Greek cuisine, even some with Spanish food. Legian and Seminak streets are just the continuation of each other and run parallel to the Arena Rubia beach, which stretches for several kilometers and where hundreds of people take advantage to enjoy with the family, relax in hammocks. Do not hesitate to choose one of the bars or restaurants next to the beach to enjoy an aperitif, refreshment or dinner while enjoying the view of the sunset over the Indian Ocean. Every day with a different color, and without a doubt, this is a beautiful image for the cover of the photo album!
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation:
A. Indigo Hotel Seminyak – Classic Room
B. Bali Nixoma – Deluxe Room
C. Maison C Boutique – Deluxe Room
Today is the last day of your trip in Indonesia. After having breakfast at the hotel and according to 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 home. We wish you a safe journey and thank you for marking your footprints in this land with Come2indonesia. Sampai jumpa!
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: –
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