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transportation

How to go from Yunomine to Osaka and Kyoto

From Yunomine to Tanabe:

You can start the day early from Yunomine and catch the first bus at 6:13 that drop you at Tabane at 8:00. It costs 1980 ¥… 6:13 is quite early but if you don’t want to spend one night in Tanabe this is the cheapest option, otherwise, you must use the train, which offers more flexibility.

From Tanabe to Osaka:

From Tabane to Osaka (stopping at Namba station and Osaka Station) there are direct trains several times a day, but if you don’t you have the JP rail pass, it’s cheaper to travel by bus.

There are 9 buses during the day departing from Tabane; the trip costs 2930 ¥ and takes about 3 hours.

If your destination is Kyoto Statin, there are also direct buses from Tanabe twice a day; the trip costs 3400 ¥ and takes about 3.5 hours.

Unfortunately even taking the first bus from Yunomine, you can’t reach on time (just for a few minutes) to catch the direct bus to Kyoto (7:30 am) and you need to wait in Tanabe until 9:30… but it’s not so bad as you have time to have breakfast! There is a /eleven just in the Kii Tanabe station, where there’s also a living room where you can wait. The buses to Osaka and Kyoto departure from the bus terminal just in front.

information about schedules and prices from the buses departing from Tanabe to Kyoto and Osaka

From Osaka (Namba) to Kyoto station:

If you take the bus from Tanabe you can stop at Namba Station or at Osaka Station. From both stations, you have trains connection to Kyoto. Apparently, the trip to Kyoto is cheaper by train than by bus.

I got off at Namba as I had plenty of time… and wanted to spot again at Namba Udon, one of the most delicious meal that I had in Japan!!

Namba Udon… a informal and basic restaurant close by Namba Station (metro) that i couldn’t miss when I pass by Osaka

From the bus terminal, I walk until Namba Metro station, took the Midosuji Line (180 ¥) to Yodoyabashi and there took the Keihan Main Line to Gion-Shijo Station (420 ¥), that is a bit further from Kyoto Station, but it drops me closer from my guesthouse. Maybe it isn’t the cheapest option but was the most convenient to avoid to take the metro in Kyoto… but it all depends on where your accommodation is located.

Here is a resume of the option given by the tourist information center in Osaka (inside the metro Namba station) that, by the way, is a good source of information also about Kumano Kodo and Koyasan.

Other ways to go from Namba to Kyoto Station

How to go from Koyasan to Kumano Kodo by bus

From Koyasan to Tanabe:

Just to make it clear: Tanabe is the name of the city, but Kii-Tanabe is the name of the train station, as there is another station in Japan with the same name. Many places in this area have the “kii” prefix to identify them as being part of the Kii Peninsula.

You need to take three buses to reach Tanabe form Koyasan: once in Gomodanzan and then in Kirari-Ryujin (Ryujin Onsen). But don’t worry as all this is extremely well organized you don’t wait more than 10 minutes to get on the next bus. There is a combined ticket for the entire trip; it means that you pay only once, at the beginning of the trip to Koyasan. 

The bus departure from Koyasan station at 9:45; change at Gomodanzan that departure at 11:05, arrive at Kii-Tanabe at 13:11.

The trip costs in total 4520 ¥.

The bus from Koyasan station stops also in Senjuibashi and in Okunoin-mae.

This bus service between Koyasan and Tanabe runs only until the end of November. It’s better to reserve in advance, not because of having too many guests (at the end of November I was the only one in the last part of the trip) but for them to organize and be waiting for you every time you change buses.

bus stop at Okunoin-mae, Koyasan


from Kirari-Ryujin to Tanabe instead of a bus is a mini-van due to the reduce number of passengers… in the end of November I was the only one going to Tabane
Combine bus ticket from Koyasan to Tanabe
Gomodanzan

From Koyasan to Kumano Hongu Taisha:

The bus departure from Koyasan station at 9:45; change at Gomodanzan that departure at 11:05 to Hongu Taisha-mae at 14:22.

The trip costs in total 5590 ¥.

The bus from Koyasan station stops also in Senjuibashi and in Okunoin-mae.

bus to Ryujin Onsen from Gomodanzan

How to go From Kagoshima to Yakushima by ferry

There are three options to arrive in Yakushima by boat (there’s also the option to reach the island by plane):

  • Toppy & Rocket (High-speed boat)
    • One way: 9200 ¥
    • Return trip: 16600 ¥
    • Duration: 3h
    • Departure: Kagoshima High-speed boat Terminal (Kousokusen) located 700m north from the ferry terminal)
    • Arrives at Miyanoura or Anbo, depending on the schedule
    • There are 6 boats daily, each way. It’s a passenger boat.
  • Ferry Yakushima 2
    • One way: 6100 ¥
    • Return trip: 11000 ¥
    • Duration: 4h
    • Departure: Kagoshima Ferry Terminal (Minamifuto)
    • Arrives at Miyanoura Port
    • There is only one boat daily, each way.
  • Ferry Hibiscus (slow ferry)
    • One way: 3900 ¥
    • Return trip: 7800 ¥
    • Duration: 13h to Yakushima (overnight trip) but the return trip takes 6.5h (it departures from Yakushima in the morning)
    • Departure: Taniyama Port
    • Arrives at Miyanoura Port (Yakushima)
    • There is only one boat a day, each way.
    • It’s a cargo boat, very basic, no seats, with some room for passengers.
    • To Yakushima it’s an overnight trip and it stops at Tanegashima island for cargo operation);
    • During the stop at Tanegashima Island, the passengers to Yakushima can’t leave the boat… I mean, they can but can’t board again with the same ticket!!
Ferry Hibiscus

Ferry Hibiscus tickets… if you buy return ticket you must exchange the payment receipt at the Miyanoura Port before boarding into the boat

Ferry Hibiscus Schedule:

  • departure 18:00 from Kagoshima and arrives at Yakushima at 7:00
  • departure 7:00 from Yakushima and arrives at Kagoshima at 14:40

My choice was for the “super slow” Ferry Hibiscus, as it allow me to save one night in accommodation sleeping in the boat, at as it arrives early morning I could start to explore the island in the same day that I arrive, with time enough to drop my stuff at the guesthouse (I choose to stay in Miyanoura as it is more convenient in terms of accessibilities).

How to reach the Ferry Hibiscus harbor (Taniymakou):

But the Hibiscus ferry as one disadvantage as its departure from a harbor 13 km south from Kagoshima, and also far from the nearby trains line (Ibusukimakurazaki Line). But from Kagoshima-Chuo, there’s a direct bus to Taniyama Port:

  • The bus doesn’t have a number, and just make this route 3 times a day.
  • The most convenient time is the 15:48 (and also the last bus of the day), and it arrives at the harbor around 16:34… just on time for you to get the ticket and board in the ferry; the boarding start at 17:00.
  • This bus stop at the bus station nearby Kagoshima-Chuo, from the East side, at stop number 16 (East 16); it’s easy to identify the bus stop, but don’t expect to find information in western characters. When I took this bus it arrived 2 minutes later than scheduled and didn’t stop more than one minute, as there wasn’t another passenger to board.
  • The bus trip costs 380 ¥, one way; you pay on board at the end of the trip; the Taniyama Port is the last stop.
Bus stop at Kagoshima-Chuo Station
Bus stop at Taniyama Port
The bus that links Kagoshima-Chuo to Hibiscus Ferry harbor

The Hibiscus Ferry doesn’t have the usual passenger seats; instead, there are a few rooms, with a kind of carpeted platform where you can lay down. Blankets and pillows are provided. Maybe at first glance, it looks a bit basic, but the conditions are good enough for a good night of sleep… maybe disturbed by the cargo activity on the ship basement. The toilets are reasonably clean with toilet paper and soap. It’s a nice and easy trip!!!!

Passengers room at Hibiscus Ferry

Hibiscus ferry from Yakushima to Kagoshima:

  • The ferry arrives at Kagoshima at 14:40
  • The bus leaves Taniyama Port (aka Taniyamakou) at 15:16 and arrives at Kagoshima-Chuo at 16:02…. with a bit of delay due to the traffic.
Hibiscus ticket office at Taniyama Port
time table of the Bus from the harbour to Kagoshima-Chuo

At Kagoshima-Chuo (Shinkansen train station) there’s an information desk that can provide all the information and point the right way to find the bus to Taniyama Port. They can also give you pamphlets of the island with maps.

There’s no need to reserve a ticket for the Hibiscus ferry (neither for the Yakushima 2), as there are less than a dozen passengers on each trip… once I did the trip alone from Yakushima to Tanegashima!!!

Food:

Be prepared with food for the trip. Inside the boat, there only machines selling instant noodles and drinks. At Taniyama Port you fins more or less the same options.

So it’s better to buy food in Kagoshima before taking the bus. There’s a FamilyMart just outside the train station (East side) and another one crossing the road.

At Kagoshima-Chuo station there are a few restaurants for several budgets.

Money:

It’s also good to get cash before the trip, as in Yakushima the only ATMs are in the post office spread along the island, but they charge 220 ¥ commission for each withdraws.

Things to know when you arrive at Yakushima:

  • The tourist information in Miyanoura, that you gonna find on the right side of the road when you leave from the harbor, has the door closed with a sign “closed today”; go around the building (along the left side), as the main door is the opposite side; the Information office is open from 9 am until 5 pm, everyday. Here you can get the maps of the trails, the bus schedule as also the Kotsu Bus Pass.
  • Kotsu Bus Pass: the bus is the only way to move around Yakushima, but this service é scarce, with several places having only two buses a day. Apart from that, the bus is expensive, as a trip around the island (from Okonotaki to Miyanoura) costs 1900 ¥. So it’s better to get the bus Kotsu Pass, that allows an unlimited number of trip, with several options:
    • 1 day: 2000 ¥
    • 3 day: 3000 ¥
    • 4 day: 4000 ¥
  • You can get the Kotsu Bus Pass at the Information office of Miyanoura, Ambo Port and the Airport; at Miyanoura, the Yakushima Visitor Center (a kind of souvenir shop located on the left side of the main road, about 100m further from the Information Center, but this shop opens earlier, at 8 am) and also at the Youth Hostel.
  • There are two big supermarkets at Miyanoura, and they are open from 9 am until 10 pm; there you can find ready-made meals for taking away.

Where to sleep in Yakushima:

I choose to stay at Miyanoura. It’s not a charming place but it very close to the harbor, which reveals convenient when arriving and departures as you don’t need to de dependent on the buses. Miyanoura, wherever you stay, it’s a walking distance from the harbor.

I stayed at Sudomari Minshuku Friend, It’s a local guesthouse, with traditional Japanese shared rooms, some with beds others with tatamis. Quiet and homy place. Laundry is for free and you can use the kitchen. The manager is very friendly but doesn’t speak much English, so you can’t count much on him to get help with how to move around. It’s continentally located just in front of one Kotsu bus stops and it’s about 1.2km from the Hibiscus Ferry port. 3300 ¥ a night.

How to go from Fes to the airport

Fes Sais International Airport is modern, organized, very quiet and clean… and conveniently located about 17 kilometers South from the medina.

HOW TO GO FROM FES TO THE AIRPORT BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT

The taxi (grand taxi) is the most popular way to reach the airport and it costs between 120 to 150 Dirham, being the best option if you are caring heavy luggage or if you have the chance of sharing the taxi with other passengers.

But there’s also a regular public bus from the city that passes by the airport… it’s not fast or comfortable but it’s very cheap!!!!… but you need to go with plenty of time as the schedules are not respected and the traffic can be a intense.

The reach the airport you must take the bus 16, that start Avenue des Almohades, very close to the train station. There isn’t a proper bus stand or any sign or indication about this service, but the place where the bus 16 stops is easy to find: if you come out from the train station, walk until you reach the big avenue with a roundabout, there walk to the right, about 2000 meters and you’ll find other people waiting for different buses to who you can confirm if you are at the right place. On your right side you’ll see a ground that works more or less as a bus terminal; the bus 16 stops at the main avenue just before the park entrance.

Bus to Fes airport

There’s a bus every 30 minutes but I talk with people that assume that sometimes can be one hour… I was lucky and didn’t wait more than 10 minutes.

The bus will drop you about 350 meters from departure entrance, close by a roundabout without much reference points, but that is very close to the car park and from where you can see the airport building.

Bus stop at Fes airport… there is no sign or stand that indicated where bus stops
parking area close by the bus stop

The bus ticket costs 4 Dirham and the trip takes around 45 minutes to 1 hour… but can be much longer depending of the traffic.

Bus to Fes airport: the ticket cost only 4 Dirham

If your accommodation is nearby the medina, the easiest is to take a shared taxi (petit taxi) from the Bab Boujloud (Blue gate) or from Batha; the trip takes about 10 minutes, depending on the traffic, but at peak hour it can take more than 20 minutes. At Fes, the petit taxis have taximeters and I end up paying just 5 Dirham from Batha to the Train station, despite the driver had picked up and dropped other passengers along the way.

… hitchhiking by Kangding, Tagong and Sertar

(English version from the text posted in Jun/2014)

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Because of a misunderstanding between me and the Litang taxi drivers, as a result of my poor Chinese pronunciation and the limited knowledge shown by the Tibetans about Mandarin, I ended up going to Kanding, near Garzé instead of Ganzi… instead of going North, I was on my way to Chengdu, East, forcing me to spend a night in the uninteresting city of Kanding.

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But everything happens for a reason and the disappointment brought a succession of events that become positive: in the hostel where I slept in Kanding, I met two Chinese on school vacations that were planning to travel in the western region of Sichuan.

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So, it began a pleasant three-day adventure hitchhiking through the Kangding region, which took us to the green hills of Tagong, to a sky burial near Luhuó and the incredible monastery town of Sertar.

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The Chinese generosity was evident during these days, with countless vehicles stopping to offer us a ride (with the exception of the trucks that are forbidden to carry foreigners) being available to arrange space even when the car was apparently full, offering us water and food. Along the way, our drivers stop at temples, monasteries, and viewpoints to appreciate the wide landscapes of this region, where the Tibetan presence is evident and the Buddhist religion has a strong presence, visible by the numerous stupas and prayer flags that stand out at the top of the hills.

Easy, easy hitchhike in China, but it’s necessary to speak the language or travel in the company of Chinese!

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Kangding district

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Monastry at Kangding disrict

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Luhuó

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Luhuó
Tagong

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Luhuó
Tagong

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Luhuó
Sertar

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Luhuó
Sertar

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Luhuó
Sertar

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Luhuó
Sertar

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Luhuó
Sertar

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Luhuó
Sertar

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Luhuó
Sertar

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Tibetan High-way: Estrada G318 que liga Chengdu a Lhasa e que é a rota mais popular para quem visita o Tibete, em especial entre os muitos chineses que efectuam este percurso mais de 2000 quilómetros, de carro, de bicicleta e por vezes a pé.
Tibetan High-way: Estrada G318 from Chengdu to Lhasa

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Kangding
Kangding

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Xinduqiao
Xinduqiao

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Xinduqiao
Xinduqiao

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Paragem na estrada perto de Xinduqiao, enquanto se espera por nova boleia...
Hitchhiking near Xinduqiao

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Tagong Grasslands
Sertar

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Itinerário dos possíveis percurso para chegar a Lhasa; este género de autocolantes que decoram muitos dos veículos da região fazem com que a viagem pelo Tibete se pareça com um rali, sobressaindo o espírito de aventura com que os Chineses encaram esta viagem... um pouco como a descoberta da "ultima fronteira"!
map of the tibet region with the different roads that reach Tibet

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Tagong Grasslands
Tagong Grasslands

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Muito mais que uma boleia, este ex-monge tibetano durante 17 anos, levou-nos a conhecer a região, mostrando paisagens, mosteiros, levando-nos a assistir a um sky burial, pagando refeições e alojando-nos no seu hotel... uma incrível generosidade!!
More than just a hitchhike, this tibetan, that was a monk for 17 years, took us to visit the region during two days… an amazing generosity!!

from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng…by bus

(English version from the text posted in Jun/2014)

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308 kilometers and 11 hours of bus separate these two villages near the border with the so-called Autonomous Region of Tibet: Shangri-la, in the Yunnan Province, and Dao Cheng in Sichuan Province.

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Although since the mid-eighteenth century Tibet was under the administration of the Emperor of China, it was only in 1950, when occupied by the People’s Liberation Army, that it became part of China, with the majority of its territory on Autonomous Region of Tibet. The remaining area was then divided by the nearby provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan.

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Given the difficulty of traveling in the Tibet Autonomous Region, which requires specific authorization and obliges to travel in groups, which inevitably push foreigners to travel agencies, that increase significantly the cost of the trip, it gets too expensive to visit Tibet for a backpacker budget. The best option for those who want to know what remains of Tibetan culture and to enjoy the remarkable landscapes of the Tibetan plateau is to visit the villages located nearby the Autonomous Region of Tibet border, where the easiest access is made by the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan.

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Alternatively, the region of Ladakh, in the far north of India, is also another way to get close to Tibet. In Kathmandu, Nepal, and in the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India, it is possible to have contact with this culture due to the presence of a large number of Tibetan refugees, including the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala district, precisely at McLeod Ganj village.

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The bus ride, in spite of the poor road conditions, where part of the beaten path, crossing the mountain chain of Meili Xue Shan, also called Mainri Snow Mountains, climbing high passages and descending to the valleys to cross rivers, with the road winding up the steep slopes, offers breathtaking landscapes.

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On the way out of Shangri-la, the landscape is dominated by the green of the pines covering almost every slope of the mountains, except for the highest peaks where the rigor of winter still leaves traces of snow covering these landscapes. In the valleys run streams and rivers whose low level of water reveals a rug formed by stones, rounded by the passages of the icy waters.

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Leaving behind small settlements surrounded by modest agricultural fields, arranged along the fertile banks of water lines, where yaks and wild horses graze, we start to go up the steep slopes. Increasingly the landscape gets more desert, with the human presence disappearing almost completely. The abrupt gray cliffs seem to touch the white of the clouds that decorate the blue sky.

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The settlements lying along the road, which are no more than a few houses scattered along the road, feature a characteristic Tibetan architecture, with buildings consisting of three thick stone walls forming a rectangle, within which are built With aid of robust wooden trunks the habitation, almost always of two floors; Whose main facade is entirely wood; The doors and windows are framed by elaborate and colorful designs painted in wood carved in intricate geometric shapes that stand out in the white of the walls.

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As you enter Sichuan Province, the houses acquire other characteristics, the outer walls being entirely built of stone, with the door and window decorations giving way to a black trapeze frame, making these dwellings more solid and Dark, feeling enhanced by the gray stone walls that at cost stand out from the dry, dusty landscape.

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Crossing the highest points, and moving North, the landscape grows more and more arid, with the forest giving way to sandy and rocky slopes of gray and brownish colors, giving the landscape a wild and inhospitable tone… the typical Tibetan plateau landscape!

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...de Shangri-lá a Dao Cheng
… from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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...de Shangri-lá a Dao Cheng
… from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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paragem para almoço... de Shangri-lá a Dao Cheng
lunch break

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...de Shangri-lá a Dao Cheng
… from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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… from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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… from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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bus ... de Shangri-lá a Dao Cheng
bus … from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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...de Shangri-lá a Dao Cheng
… from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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...de Shangri-lá a Dao Cheng
… from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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… from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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...de Shangri-lá a Dao Cheng
… from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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...de Shangri-lá a Dao Cheng
… from Shangri-lá to Dao Cheng

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Note: photos taken from inside the bus

How to go from Java to Sumatra by public transport

How to go from Jakarta to Bandar Lampung by DAMRI bus:

Jakarta is big, very big… there are many bus terminal for long distance buses… and they are very far from each other. So is better that you plan your trip from Jakarta in order to avoid last minute stress, special if you travel around long weekends or national/religious holidays.

You can make the trip from Jakarta to Bandar Lampung, step by step by yourself, which means, taking a bus to Merak, from there a ferryboat to Bakauheni, and then another bus to Bandar Lampung or any other destination in Sumatra.

From Jakarta, you can take a bus to Merak at this bus terminal: Kampung Rambutan, Pulo Gadung and from Kalideres. The trip takes about 3 hours and the tickets cost less than 30.000 Rp (air-con). The ferries run 24 hours per day and cost about 15.000 Rp.

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The DAMRI (Indonesian state-owned public transit bus company) operate buses directly from Jakarta to Bandar Lampung
The DAMRI (Indonesian state-owned public transit bus company) operate buses directly from Jakarta to Bandar Lampung

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The DAMRI (Indonesian state-owned public transit bus company) operate buses directly from Jakarta to Bandar Lampung. The buses departure from Gambir station just next to Gambir Terminal (train station). There are three classes of buses: economic, business and executive, according to the number of seats and the comfort but all with air-con.

There are buses in the morning and in the evening (see images below) and stop in have different in Lampung. The prices include the ferry ticket.

All trip takes about 8 hours!!! The first part of the trip is smooth along a good road and takes around 3 hours. Then are 2 more hours on the ferry and then more 3 hours again on the same bus, along with a less confortable road until Bandar Lampung.

As the bus arrives at the city it starts to drop the passengers along the way to the terminal Tanjung Karang. The bus passes by the Tugu Adipura roundabout (crossroad of Jl Sudirman e Jl Diponegoro)… if you are going to stay at Guest House Palapa, you must get out here, and then just need a 300 meters walk!!! We alert as the bus helper will shout “Tugu, tugu”!

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Ticket counter of DAMRI buses at Gambir Terminal
Ticket counter of DAMRI buses at Gambir Terminal

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DAMRI ticket counter schedule at Gambri terminal
DAMRI ticket counter schedule at Gambir terminal

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DAMRI buses from Jakarta to Sumatra. Prices and schedule. Bussines class
DAMRI buses from Jakarta to Sumatra. Prices and schedule. Bussines class

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DAMRI buses from Jakarta to Sumatra. Prices and schedule. Executive class
DAMRI buses from Jakarta to Sumatra. Prices and schedule. Executive class

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DAMRI buses from Jakarta to Sumatra. Prices and schedule. Royal class
DAMRI buses from Jakarta to Sumatra. Prices and schedule. Royal class

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The buses departure from Gambir station just next to Gambir Terminal (train station)
The buses departure from Gambir station just next to Gambir Terminal (train station)

 

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My personal experience with the DAMRI bus from Jakarta to Bandar Lampung:

  • I choose to make the trip during the night to save one night on the trip schedule and to save one night of accommodation. So to get a good sleep I choose the executive class.
  • There’s no point to get a more expensive ticket, like Royal or Executive, as you can’t really have a good sleep anyway…
  • From Jakarta to Merak the bus has very loud music.
  • As the bus gets inside the ferry you must get out… otherwise, you’ll die intoxicated with the gases of the vehicles and from the boat’s engine.
  • Inside the ferry, there are cabins where you can sleep, but I just found them at the end of the trip, so I stayed outside, sitting on the floor… in the middle of the crossing it gets chilly and windy… also not much sleep!
  • When the ferry arrives at Bakauheni you need to get back to the bus… from here there’s no more music until you reach Bandar Lampung, where the cheesy techno music is played loud to wake up the passengers before the bus reaches the terminal.
  • … so I think I could have saved 45.000 Rp choosing the business class… as it was almost impossible to sleep during the trip.

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interior of the "executif" DAMRI bus from Jakarta to Bandar Lamoung
interior of the “executive” DAMRI bus from Jakarta to Bandar Lampung

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cabins to sleep during the ferry crossing... I just saw them on the end of the ferry trip but thibk that's hard to get a free space here as there were many people sleeping on the outside deck of the boat.
cabins to sleep during the ferry crossing… I just saw them on the end of the ferry trip but think that’s hard to get a free space here as there were many people sleeping on the outside deck of the boat.

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cabins to sleep during the ferry crossing... I just saw them on the end of the ferry trip but thibk that's hard to get a free space here as there were many people sleeping on the outside deck of the boat.
cabins to sleep during the ferry crossing… there are also a cafeteria with food and instante noodles, as well a big room with TV and air-com on the ferry boat

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inside the ferry where the vehicles travel
inside the ferry where the vehicles travel

 

Jakarta: How to go from the city to the airport

How to get from Jakarta city center to Jakarta International airport by public transport

If you are alone or traveling with a tight budget, the bus is the best way to reach the airport! The DAMRI (Indonesian state-owned public transit bus company) operate buses from Gambir to Soekarno–Hatta International Airport.

The DAMRI bus terminal is located nearby a train station – Stasiun Gambir – on the right side if you are looking side, nearby a huge square with the National Monument (Manunen Nasional).

The buses leave from Gambir terminal every 15 minutes from 3 a.m. to 9 p.m., except the two first buses early morning

The ticket cost 40.000 Rp.

The trip takes around one hour, but watch out that Jakarta has intense traffic that can extend this journey for three hours… so go with time if you are traveling during the rush hours or on long weekends.

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How to get from Jakarta city center to Jakarta International airport by public transport. DAMRI bus ticket
How to get from Jakarta city center to Jakarta International airport by public transport. DAMRI bus ticket

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How to get from Jakarta city center to Jakarta International airport by public transport. DAMRI bus schedule
How to get from Jakarta city center to Jakarta International airport by public transport. DAMRI bus schedule

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The buses departure from Gambir station just next to Gambir Terminal (train station)
The buses departure from Gambir station just next to Gambir Terminal (train station)

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How to reach Terminal Gambir :

Yes, Jakarta is huge and probably you will not stay close by Gambir… if you accommodation is nearby Jalan Jaksa (the most popular backpackers area of Jakarta) you can reach Gambir on foot, as the distance is around 1.5 km.

But from others areas in the city, like Cikini where i stayed, the easiest and option is to get a GoJek, Grab or Uber moto-taxi service, as it will cost around 10.000 Rp, and you can avoid to be stuck in the traffic jams. This is good if you travel alone and with not much luggage, as your backpack must be on your shoulders, but think that for two people the tuk-tuk or a taxi will be better, but go with plenty of time if you are traveling around rush hours.

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See also: Jakarta: how to go from the airport to the city

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