Island Hopping Indonesia - Audley Travel

Borobudur, JavaAn introduction to our Island HoppingIndonesia group tourWith years of experience operating in Indonesia, wehave designed this tour to take in some of our favouriteplaces from over the years. Indonesia is so vast that evenvisiting the four main places this tour takes in, you willstill travel some 1,200+ miles once in the country!You will start with a visit to Yogyakarta in central Java,the cultural heart of the island. Visit the Sultan'sPalace before escaping the city with a gentle cycle ridedown through small villages surrounded by paddy fieldsand arrive at the gates of the ancient Hindu templecomplex of Prambanan on your bike. Move on toBorobudur, the largest Buddhist relic in the word, whereyou will see the sunrise from this 8 th century monument.Sure to be a highlight is Tanjung Puting National Park insouthern Kalimantan, home to over 5,000 wild orangutanand numerous other animals. You will spend threedays exploring here, making your way through thenarrow backwaters under the rainforest canopy.Moving on to eastern Java you will visit the spice marketsand mosques of Surabaya, wide leafy boulevards andDutch architecture of Malang and the awe-inspiring vistaof Mount Bromo's smoking volcanic crater at dawn.Flying on to Bali you will end the trip in the beautifultown of Ubud, known for art, music, architecture anddance. Explore the quieter north of the island from here,including the stunning Lake Bratan.Our Indonesia group tour specialistsSarah Howard01993 838 119sarah.howard:@audleytravel.comJack Tydeman01993 838 118jack.tydeman@audleytravel.comSarah and Jack have both been with Audley for over fiveyears and are incredibly knowledgeable about travel inIndonesia. They have both encountered orang-utan inKalimantan, visited Borobudur and Mount Bromo atsunrise; and travelled through the island of Bali onnumerous occasions.For anyone keen to add on more time in Indonesia posttour, you are in very good hands as they have also beento more far flung islands including the jungles of Sumatra,funeral ceremonies and diving in Sulawesi, and trackingdown the prehistoric Komodo Dragon on Flores.ClimateIndonesia straddles the equator and thus has the benefitof warm weather year round. October is the tail end ofthe dry season and you will hopefully only see a fewshowers in the day and hear the odd thunderstorm atnight. As a topical rainforest, Tanjung Puting doesgenerally see a little more rainfall and generally speakingin Indonesia, the further east you go the longer the dryseason lasts.4 Meet our specialists