Begin your journey in Jakarta, the vibrant capital of Indonesia where tradition meets modern life. Fly onward to Pangkalan Bun, gateway to the Tanjung Puting National Park, and embark on a klotok riverboat cruise along the Sekonyer River. Discover the tropical wilderness of Kumai, Tanjung Harapan, Pondok Tangguy, and Camp Leakey, home to the fascinating orangutans of Borneo.
Continue to Semarang and Yogyakarta, the cultural heart of Java. Explore the magnificent Borobudur Temple, enjoy an authentic village tour, admire the mighty Merapi Volcano, and visit the impressive Prambanan Temple, a masterpiece of Hindu architecture.
Next, fly to Makassar on Sulawesi Island and travel north to Rantepao, the spiritual center of the Toraja Highlands. Here, “The World of Spirits in Exploration” reveals an extraordinary culture where life and death intertwine through ancient funeral rituals and the iconic Tongkonan houses.
The final chapter unfolds in Bali, Indonesia’s island of the gods. Discover Ubud, the artistic and spiritual heart of the island; breathe in the fresh mountain air of Bedugul; and marvel at the sunset over Tanah Lot Temple, standing majestically on the ocean rocks.
Let Avex Vietnam Travel guide you on this unforgettable 15-day travel to Indonesia experience — a journey through rainforests, volcanoes, highlands, and sacred temples, where every moment becomes a living wonder.
Welcome to Jakarta, metropolitan city and capital of Indonesia. Arriving at the "heart" of the Indonesian Republic, you will have to pass immigration, collect your bags and meet the staff of the FM7 Hotel itself in charge of taking you to the Hotel. This Hotel is located just 15 minutes from the airport, avoiding entering the noisy city. The FM7 is a charming hotel where you will rest after the international flight. Arrival at the Hotel and check in process. Confirm with your hotel again the time when they should transfer you back to the airport the next day. Good evening and rest.
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Luggage ready, today the day has come 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 right time you will have the transfer to the airport to catch the direct flight to Pangkalan Bun, on the island of Borneo, or better known by 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 being in the afternoon has more mosquitoes, so make sure you put on enough mosquitorepellent. 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.
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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 the Orangutans begin to leave, you will return to the klotok again to go further up the river. You will see how the coloration of the river changes, and you will have the opportunity to see crocodiles and large lizards, together with Gibbon’s and proboscis monkeys.
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. When you are finished observing the orangutans in this camp, and if the weather and conditions permit, you will make a short trek through the jungle on our way back to the boat to look for wild orangutans and other animals. You will have the opportunity to learn from our local guides, some of whom were born in the jungle, how to look for animals or plants, or simply listen to their experience of life in the jungle. The jungles of Borneo have given life and have been home to the settlers for many years. The jungles, under the eyes of the grandparents, are able to give you everything you need. Food, water, medicines, etc. Yes... Never put anything in your mouth without the recommendation of your guide. 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.
Notes:
The Birute 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.
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.
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In the early morning, we 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. We 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.
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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) we 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 we will go to Kaliurang / Kalidalem to see Mount Merapi in constant activity. Here in a 4x4 jeep driven by specialized drivers, we 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.
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This tour will make us get lost in the authentic magic of Yogyakarta. You will start your day with breakfast at the hotel and then head towards the heart of the city. We will visit the Keraton known as the Sultan's Palace. The palace is a complex two-century-old building, located in the heart of the city. You will hear the song of the "freedom" of the birds in the bird market, we will visit the "Water Castle" that occupies the highest part at the northern end of the vast complex of Taman Sari, Malioboro Street, main street of Yogyakarta, with its merchants, horse carts, taxi-bikes 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 Candi Prambanan, the temple of Hindus and classified as a World Heritage Site by Unesco since 1991. This temple was completed around the year 856 to commemorate the victory of the Sanjaya descendant of Siva, Rikai Pikatan over the last Sailendra ruler 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 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.
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Today our adventure ends at the cradle of Indonesian culture. Depending on the time of your flight, we will pick you up to take you to the airport and take the flight to Makassar. Welcome to the island of Celebes, an exotic and wild island with a very particular shape. Sulawesi has an impressive variety of animal species, tropical plants, and two extravagant ethnic groups; the mountainous Toraja, and the Bugis sailors. The airport of the capital of the Celebes Islands (Makassar), is the transit center of all the airplanes that move from the East to the West of Indonesia (and vice versa). Arrive in Makassar. Transfer to your hotel for overnight.
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Breakfast at the hotel, and at the agreed time, transfer to the airport to take your flight to Rantepao. Upon arrival in Rantepao, the guide will pick you up and take you to the hotel for check-in. In the afternoon, we will visit the market and the town to get to know the local life of the Torajas.
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We will have two days of adventure in the Toraja Lands. It will be two days to explore not only its incredible landscapes but also its remarkable culture. And it is time to discover it during our stay in this magical land. The local people, mostly Christians, still practice animism according to their original religion called Aluk Todolo. Are you ready to soak up the Toraja culture? We will visit Lemo with the cemetery on the rock walls and all the wooden statues called Tau-Tau that represent their deceased. The town of Ke’te Kesu, one of the oldest in Toraja where you will see the typical houses called “Tongkonan”. You will also see other hanging tombs in one of its caves. And in the towns of Bori, Nanggala, Suaya, are the baby graves in the trees. We may find it strange, but it is something that is part of this millenary culture. During your stay in this land of spirits, with “luck”, we can see their funeral rites up close. These picturesque funerals are frequent, but not every day, so we can’t assure you will see them. When we attend them, as an offering to the family, tourists are asked to donate about 100,000 Rupiah.
In addition to these visits, we will visit its attractive markets where the local people carry out their daily transactions. Every week there is a bigger market, so if you are here as it takes place, we will also take the opportunity to visit it.
Afterwards we will return to the hotel to rest.
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We will have two days of adventure in the Toraja Lands. It will be two days to explore not only its incredible landscapes but also its remarkable culture. And it is time to discover it during our stay in this magical land. The local people, mostly Christians, still practice animism according to their original religion called Aluk Todolo. Are you ready to soak up the Toraja culture? We will visit Lemo with the cemetery on the rock walls and all the wooden statues called Tau-Tau that represent their deceased. The town of Ke’te Kesu, one of the oldest in Toraja where you will see the typical houses called “Tongkonan”. You will also see other hanging tombs in one of its caves. And in the towns of Bori, Nanggala, Suaya, are the baby graves in the trees. We may find it strange, but it is something that is part of this millenary culture. During your stay in this land of spirits, with “luck”, we can see their funeral rites up close. These picturesque funerals are frequent, but not every day, so we can’t assure you will see them. When we attend them, as an offering to the family, tourists are asked to donate about 100,000 Rupiah.
In addition to these visits, we will visit its attractive markets where the local people carry out their daily transactions. Every week there is a bigger market, so if you are here as it takes place, we will also take the opportunity to visit it.
Afterwards we will return to the hotel to rest.
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We leave our nostalgia in this land and head to another destination. After breakfast, we head south towards the capital of Sulawesi and then take the flight to Denpasar via Makassar.
Upon arrival at Denpasar airport, we will be waiting for you with a sign with your name to take you to your transit hotel in the Ubud area. Welcome to the Island of the Gods.
We will drop you off at your hotel where you will check in and have the rest of the day for you.
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Today you will begin to trace your footprints in this “home” of the gods. 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 that until 1891 was the seat of a powerful man who dates back to the Gelgel Dynasty, which is surrounding by a moat that looks like a landscaped sanctuary, 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. The name of Jatiluwih is made up of two words, Jati which means truly and Luwih which means beautiful, good, special, beautiful.
After Jatiluwih, we will go to Bedugul where we will visit the Ulun Danu Bratan Temple, the famous temple that stands in a small foundation located on the shore of Lake Beratan and has the beautiful landscape with the said lake and the mountain as the backdrop for the view. It is without a doubt, it is 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 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 Chinesepainting. 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.
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Free days in Ubud that you can use for different activities, whatever you want. You can hire the service of 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 café overlooking the jungle or cross paths with a mischievous 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 these days, do not hesitate to call us and we will advise you the best!
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Free days in Ubud that you can use for different activities, whatever you want. You can hire the service of 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 café overlooking the jungle or cross paths with a mischievous 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 these days, do not hesitate to call us and we will advise you the best!
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Breakfast at the hotel. At the agreed time, depending on the schedule for the international flight, pick up and transfer to Denpasar Airport to catch your flight to Jakarta. We wish you a happy and good trip. Thank you for leaving your footprints on this earth through Come2Indonesia. We will wait for you on other excursions with more experiences. Sampai jumpa !
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1 Noches
FM7 Resort Hotel Jakarta Airport
Jakarta, Indonesia
https://www.fm7hotel.com/
2 Noches
Standard Klotok Boat
Kumai, Indonesia
3 Noches
Gallery Prawirotaman Hotel
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
https://galleryprawirotamanhotel.com/
1 Noches
Meliá Makassar Hotel
Makassar, Indonesia
https://www.melia.com/en/hotels/indonesia/makassar/melia-makassar
3 Noches
Santai Hotel Toraja
Rantepao, Indonesia
https://santaitoraja.com/
4 Noches
The Artini Dijiwa Ubud
Ubud, Indonesia
https://dijiwasanctuaries.com/at/theartiniubud
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Batik Air Economy |
Jakarta |
ID 6204 1h25 |
Pangkalan Bun | Available |
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Batik Air Economy |
Pangkalan Bun |
ID 6303 1h5 |
Semarang | Available |
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Lion Air Economy |
Yogyakarta |
JT 644 1h55 |
Makassar | Available |
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Wings Air Economy |
Makassar |
IW1330 55m |
Tana Toraja | Available |
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Wings Air, Lion Air Economy |
Tana Toraja |
IW1331, JT745 3h30 |
Bali | Available |
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Batik Air Economy |
Bali |
ID 7310 1h50 |
Jakarta | Available |
| Pax | Price per person in USD |
