Itinerary:
- ferry boat from Bali (Gilimanuk) to Java (Ketapang)
- Banyuwangi – Ijen Volcano: 2 days
- Cemoro Lawang – Bromo volcano: 2 days
- Malang: 2 days
- Yogyakarta: 5 days
- Borobudur: 1 day
- Batukaras beach: 4 days
- Bogor: 3 days
- Jakarta: 4 days
- ferry boat from Java (Merak) to Sumatra (Bakauheni)
Costs:
14 €/day
… considering traveling solo, eating just local (vegetarian) food, no a/c rooms, sometimes dorms, travel by public transport as far as possible, no alcohol and no soft drinks, making my own laundry and walking a lot on foot… Shopping and souvenirs are also not included, as well health expenses and communications (SIM card, mobile, telephone, internet…).
Costs in Java:
- room (fan): minimum 60.000 Rp up to 125.000 Rp (one person); sometimes dorms. In Java most of the times the breakfast was not included. In Jakarta and Yogyakarta is easy to find dorms.
- meal: less than 20.000 Rp (local food, street-food, vegetarian meals). At the big cities, like Jakarta and Yogyakarta, the food is more expensive, with a meal in a low-key restaurant or eatery costing around 30.000 Rp.
- rent a scooter: 50.000 Rp/day or 60.000 Rp/day; a liter of petrol: 10.000 Rp (at the pump station is 8.000 Rp/l)
- angkot (small local bus): costs from 3.000 Rp to10.000 Rp for a trip inside a city.
- ojek: 10 km cost around 15.000 Rp (but the price of the ojek depends on your bargain skills and the needs of the driver, weather, time of the day…)… but once I need to pay 50.000 Rp for a 15 km ride!!!
- At Jakarta and Yogyakarta the GoJek, Uber, Grab companies offer moto-taxi services, that are an easy way to move around.
- Java has a good train system, that provide a comfortable way to travel by long distances. https://tiket.kereta-api.co.id/. The prices change according to the class trains (Executive, Business and Economic).
- A bus trip of 350 km costs around 100.000 Rp, in a air-con bus.
Note: this trip was made in May 2017, which still is still considered the low season, when the prices of the accommodation are lower, that can be significant at beach areas.
Java: itinerary
