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 Traveller's Tales: Things to do in Indonesia
Learn about leisure and recreation in Indonesia. You may read about their travel activities and adventures. Find out their travel tips and guides and discover fun things to do in Indonesia.Also, you might want to read our
Bali city guide,
and Lombok city guide.
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| L Sahlin |
06 April 2001 |
Stayed at Le Meridien Nirwana Golf and Spa Resort - Bali, Indonesia.
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We stayed in Bali for two weeks and had a wonderful time travelling throughout the island. I would warmly recommend dividing your time between different locations in Bali, as there is so much to see! The best beach is around Kuta and Legian, lovely clean sand beach with clean water and massive waves. Perfect for anyone who enjoys swimming and/or surfing. Be prepared for hawkers, especially around the Kuta area, which is quite commercialised and very busy. Legian is bustling but still a little quieter than Kuta.
Travelling trough the mountains and volcanoes is a must, beautiful scenery covering everything from the famous rice terraces and small country villages to mountains covered with rain forest, lakes and craters. The air is much cooler in the mountain areas, and you may experience some tropical rain- so bring something long-sleeved just in case!
On the north coast we stayed in Lovina, a quiet area but simply breathtakingly beautiful. Try one of their early morning boat trips to see the dolphins or to go snorkelling. The coral reef contains plenty of tropical and colourful fish- bring some bread along and they’ll feed more or less from your hand!
Ubud and neighbouring villages is where you find the best craftwork in Bali, everything from woodwork to stone carving, batik fabrics and silver & gold. Worth your while to shop around for the best prices, and make sure to haggle!
Sanur is quite a busy place. The beach is beautiful to look at, but I have to say that the sea isn’t as clean as you’d like it to be… Mainly because of the coral reef blocking off the beach area- you can see the reef from where the waves break. Still a very nice place with some great restaurants- but make sure you have a hotel with a swimming pool or go on boat trips to find clearer water. Best restaurant in Sanur is the Jazz Bar & Grill where they have great food, brilliant service and live music at 9pm every night. Warmly recommended!
Nusa Dua is a luxurious place with mainly 4 and 5 star hotels and a super shopping mall (shop around for best bargains). The beach is nice and clean, however up towards Benoa, where they have all the water sports, the beach isn’t cleaned regularly and may seem a bit dirty. The water is quite clean apart from some sea grass.
If you stay around this area, make sure to try the seafood restaurant Nelayan in Benoa. Great value for money, very good food and friendly service. We had a 3-course meal for two, including drinks, at $10!
Overall I can recommend Bali as a wonderful holiday destination. Beautiful scenery and sights, the Balinese people are very friendly and pleasant, and it’s incredibly cheap! Shop around for best prices as it can vary a lot, and remember to haggle!
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| N Reis |
05 April 2001 |
Stayed at Aneka Kuta - Bali, Indonesia.
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We traveled to Nusa Dua beach to do water sports and it was seaweed infested so I recommend before booking a hotel in a certain area to find out where the best beach is to go when you go. It all depends on the wind. We also went up to Ubud area and farther north to see the rice terraces and it was well worth it!
Renting motorbikes and cars is extrememly simple and cheap so I recommend bringing an int'l driver's license.
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| T Purvis |
21 March 2001 |
Stayed at Novotel Solo - Solo, Indonesia.
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Solo is a busy town with lots of activities and interest points. Good shopping for Batik too.
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| A Yngve |
06 March 2001 |
Stayed at La Taverna Bali Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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We also found tours, boat trips etc quite overprized on Bali. You have to bargain on everything, even post cards. I would not come back to Bali for the beaches or the food, but for the beautiful architecture, the culture and the nature.
We stayed two nights at Ubud that we recommend.
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| H Ten klooster |
13 January 2001 |
Stayed at Ibis Hotel Slipi - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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On the stay mentioned I used Ibis Slipi as a staging place for my through trip to Banjarmasin the next day.
One week later I stayed again, this time for one week and used the hotel to reconnoitre Jakarta again. I can recommend Ancol Seaworld to everybody.
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| S Ophelia daug |
27 December 2000 |
Stayed at Santika Beach Hotel Bali - Bali, Indonesia.
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Very hot and humid. Lots of tours and lots of Aussies!
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| A Pearce |
26 December 2000 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Resort Lombok - Lombok, Indonesia.
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There is little tourism (ie it is not commercialised - yet) & therefor little to do, but that was the appeal for us.
The 1/2 day 'city' tour (US$22 pp) of a temple, palace, market & the inevitable visit to a 'typical' village which just so happened to have a basket seller, was not good value. Seeing the countryside with the fruit trees, nuts etc made up for it.
Other trips to basket makers & weavers are also available, as is a 3 day trip to the mountain.
A trip to the Gili islands made a pleasant day out but the reef is in poor condition.
Mountain bikes were available & appeared to be in reasonable condition.
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| R Hagan |
22 November 2000 |
Stayed at Poppies Bali - Kuta, Indonesia.
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Internet at the hotel was too slow. At the Monkey Park, my travel companion did not follow the advice of leaving sunglasses behind and set them on a rock while looking for his camera. Luckily, the monkey was hungry and swiped the peanuts instead. The drive up and back was better than the monkeys, and our guide had so many recommendations for places to see that we should have schduled more time to make some other stops.
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| S Suissa |
18 September 2000 |
Stayed at Bali Holiday Resort - Bali, Indonesia.
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The problem with Bali, is that you get continuously harrassed (politely) by all the merchants,peddlers who want to sell you something. So learn these words: NO, THANK YOU because you will be using them a lot. You cannot walk 5 meters without being offered something to buy.
The place I enjoyed the most was Jimbaran Bay, for the quiet and relaxing beach and for the excellent seafood served in the many restaurants located right there on the beach. You must have dinner there (at sunset) it is magical.
A placed I liked particularly for the panoramas are PURI THANAT LOT and PURI ULUWATU. The view of the volcano and the lake at KILIMANTAN is impressive.
Nothing is expensive in Bali. Great dinner and drink for about Rp 37000. I used taxis (very cheap) to get around all those places.
Woodcrafting is incredible and I wish I could have brought back a lot more things with me (I could hardly close my suitcase).
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| M Mcmullen |
16 September 2000 |
Stayed at Padma Bali, Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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The purpose of our holiday was to relax and do nothing. We've been to Bali before so we didn't feel the need to sight-see. We walked everywhere. I loved not getting in a car for a whole week. The most interesting restaurant was Carusos. Its on the beach just up from Legian - its built to look like a tree-house - the food was inexpensive and good. The hawkers on the beach were quite well behaved. Much less hassling than in the past.
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