Entry requirements | Organizing your trip | Visiting | Eating | Paying | Speaking |

Entry requirements

Passport and visa service

Visa Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Diplomatic representations

List of Indonesian embassies and diplomatic representation abroad

For more information

Embassy of Indonesia in Tunisia
Les Berges du lac
Tunis
Phone: 71 860 377
71 861 758

Organizing your trip

Means of transport recommended in town

Recommendation

To travel around Jakarta, taxis give the most comfortable service. The Blue Bird and Silver Bird companies are the most recommended ones.

Maps of urban networks

Maporama
UT Library on line
Mapblast

Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country

Recommendation

Indonesia is well served by airlines. Buses, and in Java the train, are also practical.

Rail companies

Website of PT Kereta Api

Flight from Tunisia

Distance between capital cities in km: 11 007
Flight duration between capital cities: 20h05 (via Doha)

Airlines offering direct flights from/to Tunisia

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Traveling by yourself

Recommendation

The roads and highways are jammed but they are generally in good condition.  In the event of an accident with corporal damage, the police must be called. A car insurance is not compulsory, but it is better to subscribe to an insurance policy covering your liability as much as someone else's. It is strongly recommended that you hire a car with driver.

Road maps

Maps of the main cities

Find an itinerary

Link to detailed maps of the Indonesian provinces

Visiting

Different forms of tourism

Historical

Old Batavia (Kota), Taman Fatahillah, and the chicken market bridge, the old port of Sunda Kelapa; Glodok, the district given to the Chinese in 1741; Lapangan Banteng Square and its superb colonial architecture; the Wayang Museum.
The Daerah Istimewa of Jogjakarta and the sultan's palace.

Cultural

The temples, the National Museum, the cultural and artistic communities of Yogyakarta and Ubud, the shadow theater wayang, the traditional gamelan orchestra, the Balinese dances.

Nature

Terraced rice fields (Bali), volcanoes (Java, Lombok), beaches (Bali, Nusa Tenggara), forest (Kalimantan),  the flora and fauna of Sumatra.

Religious

Hindu temples (Prambanan, and many temples in Bali), Buddhist temples (Borobudur)

Thermal

Hot springs at Ciater (Java)

Beach

As Indonesia is an archipelago, there are very many beaches. In Bali we can mention Lovina Beach, Jimbaran, Kuta.

Winter sports

no

Outdoor activities

Jet ski, diving, windsurfing, surfing, hiking

Shopping

Among others, the factory outlets of Bandung, and the crafts of Bali

Tourism organizations

Indonesian Tourism Board

Eating

Food specialties

Pork and buffalo grilled in bamboo pipes and basted with tuak (palm alcohol) in Sulawesi. Kalimantan shrimp, ayam goreng (fried rice and chicken), bakmi (rice noodles), babur ayam (a usually sweet porridge, made of chicken, sticky black rice or mung beans), gado-gado (steamed bean sprouts with vegetables and a spicy peanut sauce), krupuk (a preparation based on shrimp and manioc flour, sliced and fried), nasi goreng (fried rice with vegetables or meat), satay (meat on skewers with peanut sauce).

Drinks

Beers brewed locally (Angker and Bintang), rice wine brem, lassi, a drink of Indian origin based on yoghurt, coffee prepared "Turkish style", tea (with jasmine, ginger...), fresh fruit juice, and green sands, a very refreshing fizzy drink made with apple and lemon.

Paying

Domestic currency

Indonesian Rupiah

ISO Code

IDR

To obtain domestic currency

The local currency is the Indonesian rupee (IDR).

Possible means of payment

You can pay in cash (the most usual method of payment), and by debit card (the existing interbank networks are: ALTO, BERSAMA, CAKRA, PRIMA, LINK, CIRRUS, PLUS, VISA, and MASTERCARD).
Cheques and bills of exchange are little used.
Transfers between accounts at the same bank or at different banks are used a lot. For a transfer or international transfer, payment by SWIFT is usually used.

Exchange rate on

Automatic Teller Machines (ATM)

To find out the locations of ATMs in in Indonesia, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

Speaking

Official language

Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia)

Other languages spoken

There are more than 660 languages. The most important ones are Javanese (70 million), Sundanese (20 million), Madurese (9 million) and Malay (15 million). English is also spoken.

Business language

English

Getting some knowledge

Different websites which give an introduction to Indonesian are listed on the website Living in Indonesia.

Free translation tools

Freedict.com - Free English-Indonesian dictionary
Indonesian Language Resources - Useful links for Indonesian-English translations
Translated - Free translation arabic-indonesian-arabic
lexicool - Free dictionary arabic-indonesian-arabic
ferdosi - Not free translation arabic-indonesian-arabic

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Last updates: May 2012