Section 09 · 11 guides
Day Trips.
Escaping Jakarta for a day or a weekend: Bogor, Bandung, Puncak, the Thousand Islands and the west-coast beaches, with realistic travel times.
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Anyer Beach from Jakarta: Complete Day Trip Guide
The sand at Anyer is grey-brown, the colour of wet cement, because it came out of a volcano rather than a coral reef. On a good day the water is a decent…
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Jakarta to Bandung: How to Get There & What to Do
The advertised journey time from Jakarta to Bandung is forty-six minutes. That number is true and almost entirely…
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Best Weekend Getaways Near Jakarta Within 3 Hours
Every travel-time figure you will read about escaping Jakarta was measured on an empty road, probably at ten…
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Pelabuhan Ratu: Surfing & Beaches South of Jakarta
Search Pelabuhan Ratu Jakarta and you get a hundred near-identical sunset photographs and almost nothing about the water.…
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Tanjung Lesung Beach: A Coastal Escape from Jakarta
Search Tanjung Lesung beach Jakarta and you will get twenty near-identical listicles about white sand, banana boats and…
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Pulau Bidadari Guide: Snorkeling & Beach Day from Jakarta
There is exactly one island in Kepulauan Seribu you can reach, walk around, swim off, eat lunch on…
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Thousand Islands (Kepulauan Seribu): Jakarta’s Island Paradise
The decision that traps people is not which island looks best in photographs. It is which port to…
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Puncak Highland Guide: Tea Plantations & Mountain Escapes
The difference between a lovely day in the hills and nine hours trapped in a car on the…
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Bandung Weekend Getaway from Jakarta: Complete Guide
Every Jakarta resident eventually works out the same thing: the difference between a good weekend in the hills…
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Bogor Day Trip from Jakarta: Botanical Gardens, Food & More
Bogor is called Kota Hujan — the rain city — and that nickname is not marketing. It sits…