Indonesia Travel Itinerary – Tours, Ideas and Routes
We spent 6 weeks travelling though Indonesia, this is the route we took.
Bali to Labuhanbajo
We landed in Denpasar in Bali spending a couple of nights in the touristy Kuta from New Zealand, we then headed to Gili Air of the coast of Lombok for a relaxing week stay on the beautiful island. From Gili Air we had quite an eventful journey travelling for 2 days on 2 ferry’s and 2 buses through Lombok and Sumbawa to Labuhanbajo on the island of Flores. From Labuhanbajo we took a boat out to the islands of Rinca and Komodo to see the famous Komodo Dragons.
Labuhanbajo to Moni
From Labuhanbajo we took the local bus to Bajawa where we visited the Ngada villages and Hot Springs at Soa. From Bajawa we got a bus to Ende through beautiful mountain and forest scenery. From Ende we took a second, smaller bus to Moni. In a rainstorm through dramatic winding forest roads and cascading roadside waterfalls, the small bus kept filling up until an incredible number of passengers, surprisingly the locals didn’t enjoy the winding roads and we had to avoid passengers being sick out the bus window as we paid! From Moni we rode on the back of a couple of motorbikes to visit the incredible coloured lakes of Kelimutu.
Moni to Jakarta
From Moni we travelled by bus back to Ende where we took a flight back to Denpasar, avoiding the exhausting 2 day overland journey. After a night back in Kuta we got a bus to Ubung ferry terminal, a ferry across to the main island of Java where we got a bus to Probolinggo to take a jeep to see the sunrise at Mount Bromo. From Probolinggo we headed to Jakarta, being unable to visit Yogjakarta as a result of the terrible earth quake that had just hit. This was probably the second worst journey and involved about 3 buses, one over night, and on an improvised row of seats, a plank between rows for about 6 hours. We spent 2 nights in Jakarta where struggled to find things to do, probably the highlight being kite flying with the local kids.
May 17th, 2008 at 8:43 am
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July 2nd, 2008 at 4:48 am
Backpacking in Yogyakarta, Indonesia could be really fun too.The food there are amazingly delicious. The night food stall there started at 9pm. There sell lots of their local food, mee bandung is nice. I also like the local fruits especially the durian. I stayed in Meliya Pourasani hotel, the service there is marvellous and the price is not expensive. A backpacker should dp some preparation before the journey, you could go to http://www.a4trip.com to find some informations on this places. Besides, I also bought its guidebook. The guidebook is handy and simply what a good guidebook should be. Hope that it will help you guys too.
September 1st, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Has anyone ever backpacked to Solo (also known as Sala and Surakarta)? It is also on Java, like Yogyakarta. It sounds like Solo is similar to Yogykarta (culture, food, art, etc.) but the tourist crouds of Yogyakarta are not found in Solo.
Been to Solo? Going to Solo? Know someone who has been?
My husband and I leave on September 30th for Rome, my brother is getting married in Italy during October. Then Justin and I are going to backpack and budget travel around to various countries for a year or so. http://www.nomadbackpackers.com
We would love advice, encouragement, ideas, opinions, anything!
September 11th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Hi Natalie,
Situation in Solo is similar with Yogyakarta. You are totally right that the tourist crouds are not as bad as Yogyakarta. Solo is more quite and traditional.
AirAsia can be your option to fly low cost. AisAsia flies from Kuala Lumpur to Solo directly.
In Solo you can visit the Sultan Palace and Pasar Klewer (traditional batik market).
Food you have to eat : Nasi Liwet and Serabi Solo.
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:16 am
Visit Bandung alots amazing place here..!!