Hi everyone! My name is Rendra and located in Jakarta, Indonesia. Am a newbie in this forum and wish could contribute useful info and share stories to all of you. I travels using motorcycle as well as expedition 4x4.

I've browsed through this forum pages and haven't found any title describing details about Indonesia. So let me share some information that might be useful for you. If this appeared to have been posted somewhere else by other travelers please apologize.

TRAVELING TO INDONESIA (source: indonesia.travel)

VISAS

All travelers to Indonesia must be in possession of a passport that is valid for at least six months from the date of arrival, and have proof (tickets) of onward or return passage.

Visa-on-Arrival:

The Indonesian Government extends Visa on Arrival (VoA) to nationals of 63 countries which can be obtained at designated entry airports and sea ports. Visa-on-Arrival are valid for 30 days and are extendable with another 30 days to be applied at Immigration offices in Indonesia.

Please note that starting 26 January 2010, the 7-day Visa-on-Arrival has been discontinued.

Countries extended Visa-on-Arrival facility are:

1. Algeria, 2. Australia, 3.Argentina, 4. Austria, 5. Bahrain, 6. Belgium, 7. Brazil, 8. Bulgaria, 9. Cambodia, 10. Canada, 11. Cyprus, 12. Denmark, 13. Egypt, 14. Estonia, 15.Fiji, 16. Finland, 17.France, 18. Germany, 19.Greece 20.Hungary, 21.Iceland, 22.India, 23.Iran, 24. Ireland, 25.Italy, 26. Japan, 27.Kuwait, 28. Laos PDR, 29.Latvia, 30.Libya, 31. Lithuania, 32.Liechtenstein, 33. Luxemburg, 34. Malta, 35. Maldives, 36.Monaco, 37. Mexico, 38. New Zealand, 39. the Netherlands, 40. Norway, 41. Oman, 42. Panama, 43. The People’s Republic of China, 44.Poland, 45. Portugal, 46.Qatar, 47.Rumania, 48.Russia, 49.South Africa, 50.South Korea, 51.Switzerland, 52.Saudi Arabia, 53. South Africa, 54.Spain, 55.Suriname, 56.Sweden, 57.Slovakia, 58.Slovenia, 59.Taiwan, 60. Tunisia. 61.the United Arab Emirates, 62. the United Kingdom, 63. The United States of America.

Entry Ports Where Visa-on-Arrival May Be Issued are:

Airports:

Soekarno-Hatta in Jakarta
Ngurah Rai in Bali
Sultan Syarif Hasim in Pekanbaru
Minangkabau in Padang
Juanda in Surabaya and
Sam Ratulangi in Manado
Polonia in Medan
Hang Nadim in Batam
Halim Perdana Kusuma in Jakarta
Adi Sucipto in Jogjakarta
Adi Sumarmo in Surakarta
Husein Sastranegara in Bandung
Ahmad Yani in Semarang
Selaparang in Mataram
Ei-Tari in Kupang
Hasanuddin in Makassar
Sam Ratulangi in Manado
Sepinggan in Balikpapan
Supadio in Pontianak

Authorized seaports are at Batam: Sekupang, Batuampar, Nongsa, Marina, and Teluk Senimba, Bandar Bintan, Talani Lagoi, Tanjung Balai Karimun, and Bandar Sri Udana Labon in the Riau archipelago, Sri Bintan Pura in Tanjung Pinang; Belawan port and Sibolga in North Sumatra, Yos Sudarso Tanjung Perak in Surabaya; Teluk Bayur of Padang; Tanjung Priok harbor at Jakarta; Padang Bai and Benoa ports in Bali; the port of Jayapura; Bitung; Tanjung Mas in Semarang, Central Java; Tenua and Maumere in East Nusa Tenggara, Pare-Pare and Soekarno Hatta port in South Sulawesi.

Free Tourist Visa

Free Tourist short stay visas for 30 days are extended to tourists from 12 countries, namely from Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, Chile, Equador, Morocco and Peru,

VISA Application at Indonesia Embassies or Consulates

Visitors from other countries must apply for visa at Indonesia Embassies or Consulates in their home country. In addition, the visa cannot be replaced with any other immigration letters. The visa shall then be administered by Visa Officer in the presence of the applicant concerned.

You may find information on Indonesia embassies and consulates contact details at the Ministry of Foreign Affair website on the following direct link: www.deplu.go.id

For further information on applying for visa to Indonesia, you may browse our FAQs.

Free entry visa is also provided to delegates registered in a conference that is officially convened. In addition, tourist visa can be obtained from every Indonesian Embassy or Consulate. You can visit Indonesia through certain means and gates, by air via Jakarta, Bali, Medan, Manado, Biak, Ambon, Surabaya and Batam; by sea via Semarang, Jakarta, Bali, Pontianak, Balikpapan, Tanjung Pinang and Kupang. Maximum stay in Indonesia is two months.

Airport Tax

An airport tax of Rp150,000 is levied by airports on departing passengers on international flights and Rp.25,000 for those on domestic routes.

Tipping

Most hotels add a 10% service charge to the bill on top of the 10% tax. In restaurants where service charge is not added, a tip of 5 to 10% on the bill will be appropriate depending on the service and type of establishment.

Customs

Maximum items allowed by customs when you visit Indonesia:

1 liter of alcoholic beverages
200 cigarettes OR 50 cigars OR 100 grams of tobacco
Reasonable amount of perfume per adult, meaning if you arrive drenched in perfume the customs probably will not mind you carrying loads of bottles.
Cameras, video cameras, portable radios, cassette recorders, binoculars and sport equipments are admitted provided they are taken out on departure. They must be declared to Customs.
You are prohibited to carry:
Firearms
Narcotics drugs
Pornography materials
Chinese printing and medicines
Transceivers and cordless telephone
Films, pre-recorded video tapes, laser discs, VCDs, DVDs must be screened by Censor Board.

Import or export of foreign currencies and travelers’ checks are allowed. However, the import and export of Indonesia currency, exceeding 100 million Rupiah is prohibited.

Further information on customs and taxes in Indonesia, log into www.beacukai.go.id

CLIMATE

Being a tropical country, Indonesia is blessed with two seasons, namely dry and rainy. Dry usually occurs from June to September and the rest is rainy season. Sunshine is abundant except in rainy season when the sky tends to be cloudy. It is advisable to visit Indonesia during dry season.

Make sure that your visit does not coincide with holiday festivities such as Muslim holiday Eid (or Lebaran, like Indonesians are fond to say), because the traffic tends to be heavy especially in Java island. Unless you are interested in seeing the festivals up close and experiencing them, of course. *heavy traffic in Java during Eid means really really heavy, even tolls could be congested for hours*

Indonesia’s climate can be hot and humid, so bringing along sunblocks and moisturizers during dry season is recommended. No need to bring umbrellas during rainy season because they are abundant and can easily be bought even in small shops. You might need extra clothing though, and you can purchase them almost anywhere.

Carnet de Passage

CDP arrangement is done by IMI (Ikatan Motor Indonesia - Indonesian Motor Association). On The website it described CPD process is done online, however the last time I checked (which was just now), the online system is not yet available. The best way is to contact IMI by email to imi@imi.co.id for inquiries re carnet. Expect slow response and allow about a week for response.

This is for now, feel free to get in touch with me for assistance in visiting Indonesia.

Safe rides!
Rendra


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Thank you very much for all that info, we are hoping to come to Indonesia with our car. Please can you tell me if there are car ferries between each of the major Islands? Will we be able to get ferries all through from Jakarta to Dili which will take the car?
Thanks again
Sue

There are car ferries between all major islands and certainly from Java-Bali, Bali-Lombok, Lombok-Sumbawa, Sumbawa-Flores, Flores-Timor.

I travelled this stretch on a motorbike june-september 2015. The ferries will be more primitive and leave less often the further south-east you come. But thats a part of the adventure, isnt it? ;-)

Sumbawa-Flores 6-7 hours crossing, 2 times pr day. Flores-Timor 2 times pr week from Larantuka to Kupang, 16-18 hours crossing and terrible crossing and extremely overloaded ship. Left friday and monday in 2015. But theres also a ferry from Aimere once pr week to Kupang. Just ask around when you get closer to find out exactly when the ferries leave. And remember - they wont leave exactly as this is Indonesia.....;-)

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Thank you very much, that's exactly what we wanted to know. We don't think we will get a permit for Thailand, so are thinking to ship the car on a container ship from Cambodia to Jakarta, and didn't want to find we had to then ship again to get through Indonesia. We backpacked there 3 years ago and really enjoyed it and wanted to come back with a vehicle, but didn't check about car ferries as it was the wet season and some weren't running.
Many thanks
Sue

Hi
Has anyone got a letter of introduction recently to support applying for a visa in advance, for Indonesian. If so please tell us where you got it. We would like to stay for 3 months so visa on arrival does not give us long enough.
Thanks
Sue

I dont know if this help but but I sharethe info - I applied for an indonesian visa in Penang Malaysia - and I was automatically given a 60 day visa which could be extended 4 times of 30 days. It only had a number code but I think they called it a social visa. This was in june 2015.

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Snakeboy Thank you that's really helpful, can you remember how long it took to get it please?
Thanks
Sue

It took one day only. Was there with the application, photos, copies of flightbookings (you need both an inbound and an outbound flightbooking) I bought a airticket at a travelagency in Penang and got him to print a fake outbound booking as well...) one day.
And picked up the visa the next day.

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Suede, I'm pretty interested in your shipping from Cambodia to Jakarta since I'm also forced to avoid Thailand.
Could you, please, share the information you have concerning that shipping: company name, contact, travel lasting, price...
Thank you very much in advance.
Regards.