Belitung Indonesia 5D4N


Belitung Indonesia 5D4N



Belitung is an Indonesian island east of Sumatra and is still free from touristy crowd.The best time to go to Bangka-Belitung is during the months of February and March, as well as October and November. These months are ideal for enjoying the beaches because the wind and the waves are low during this time. Dry season(April - October) is sunnier but can be windy resulting in choppy water. 

Transport in Belitung

 We contacted Street Taxi directly (contact: +62 822-8301-5555) via whatapps few days before we reach Belitung for airport transport. It is the only licensed taxi service on the island and is much more cheaper than airport taxi.Price for 2 ways airport transport are RM50.  
* Since we do not have local sim card. We used the free wifi provided by hotel/ restaurants to call for Grab/ Street Taxi to travel around the island.

Day 1:
After checked into our hotel (La Lucia), we headed straight to Tanjung Pendam beach with grab; which is about 2 km from our hotel. It is not a poppular beach there but we had a nice walk around the area. After that we went to the town centre and strolled around till night time.
The original and first Kong Djie Coffee shop
Town Centre


Tanjung Pendam

Day 2: Island Hopping
Grab round trip to Tanjung Kelayang = 250kIDR/~Rm75
Boat rental with guide=500K IDR/~RM150
*Can search for Sahabatbelitung527(contact:+62 831-7588-3880); a warm and highly motivated guide with funny personality. He has very good photography skill too; helping us to take pretty pictures and videos.
Lunch: Seafood lunch(120K IDR/ RM35). Suggest to bring own food & buy can drinks from restaurant

 The Islands we went:
1. Pulau Lengkuas ( lighthouse) 
2. Pulau Batu Belayar ( starfish)
3. Pulau Kepayan (lunch)
4. Pulau Kelayang ( gua & turtle conservasion) 
5. Pulau pasir ( according to season)
6. Rumah Makan Belitong Timpo Duluk since 1918 (dinner)
Pulau Lengkuas
Pulau Kepayan



Pulau Kelayang
Batu Berlayar
Timbo Duluk
Day 3
Street Taxi : Cost for car rental with driver for 12 hours = IDR400k/ ~RM120
Fuel = 200k IDR/ ~Rm60
We started our day @630am. The places we went:
1) Danao Kaolin
2) Os Kong Djie (breakfast) 
3) Taman Wisata Batu Mentas (optional)
4) Sekolah Laskar Pelangi
5) Museum Kata Andrea Hirata
6) FEGA Seafood Restaurant(lunch)
7) Kepala Kampit Temple
8) Pantai Burung Mandi 
9) Tanjung Tinggi Beach 
10) Mie Atep/ Lemadang Seafood & Grill (dinner)
*Belitung was used as the shooting location for Laskar Pelangi(2008); an Indonesian film adapted from the popular Laskar Pelangi (novel) by Andrea Hirata. The film is one of the highest grossing movie in Indonesian box office history.
Danao Kaolin
Batu Mentas
Laskar Pelangi school
Burung Mandi Beach

Day 4: Day trip to Leebong Island.
Street taxi: Return transport to Tangjung Ru harbor = 400k IDR/ ~RM120.
Sharing boat will depart from harbor 10am and back from leebong @5pm.
Price/Pax = 485k IDR / RM145 (including seafood lunch). Price is cheaper with more people going. 3-9yrs old = 20% discount; < 3 yrs old = free
Leebong is a private resort island with great facilities, food and friendly staff. A hidden and must go paradise in Belitung. You can op to stay there.
https://leebongisland.com/
* starfish are everywhere🥰
Pulau Pasir Putih
Chicas Beach










Location: Belitung

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