Tourist Travel advice

Preparation and the journey

Preparation

Travel documents

Buying a visum in advance is no longer necessary!  The maximum stay on a tourist visum is 60 days!

For Visa information: Visa   Indonesia Embassy The Hague

In case of a longer stay, or if you plan to travel to Irian Jaya, we advise you to contact first the Indonesian Embassy.

It is advisable to make copies of pages 1,2 and 4 of your passport and keep these stored separated from your passport. In case you lost your passport, delivering the photocopies to the Embassy of your country in Indonesia can speed up the providing of a 'laissez-passer'.

Insurances

A travel insurance is always advisable Keep the insurance policy in good custody, because in case of damage, you need this paper. It is advisable to buy a cancellation insurance, at the time you book the trip.

Vaccinations

For your own safety you are advised to become vaccinated against:

Typhus
An intestinal infection. The vaccination is given in two doses, with a timelap of a month and is active during ca. 3 years. Besides vaccination it is also possible to build immunisation by a cure of three capsules.

DTP
DTP vaccination (diphtheria, tetanus, polio). It is important to be guarded against polio, because this infection has a severe course in adulthood. Vaccination is valid for 15 years. Advised is to renew vaccination every 5 till 10 years, and after injuries (tetanus)

Hepatitis A
Gammaglobuline against infectious hepatitis. Infectious hepathitis is a virusinfect of the liver that spreads mostly by ways of infested food and water. Depending on the given amount, injection of gammaglobuline gives 3 till 6 month protection. Since a few years is available: the vaccine Havrix, that will give a 10 years protection.

Malaria
Malaria is spread by infected mosquitos. For prevention of malaria several kinds of malaria tablets are prescribed that have to be taken until 4 weeks after return from your journey. In Indonesia you can find in time treatment for a disease like malaria, especially in the tourist areas. Don't treat yourself, but let a doctor check by bloodexamination which treatment must be given. Do you travel with children or on your own to isolated territories, ask your doctor if additional measures have to been taken.

Cholera
Vaccination against cholera is not advisable, because the available vaccine gives a very low protection and because there is little risk for cholera for tourists. Nevertheless, always be carefull with food, especially shell-fish and fish. These always have to be cooked thoroughly.

Water
Never drink uncooked water from the tap!
Always drink boiled water or water in sealed bottles

Medication

In case you use medicines, bring enough with you, for example in your hand-luggage.
It is wise to take with you medicines against:

• diarrhoea
• obstipation
• fever
• insect-bites and
• perhaps travel-sickness
• further plaster, jodium,
• ORS ( oral rehydration solution) in case of excessive fluid loss ( by diarrhoea stools)
• bouillon
• sun-protection-oil
• creme for lips
• and vitamin-tablets for long journeys

Ask your pharmacist for a so called "medicine-passport" if you use medicines or medicines by injection. Ask also for the keeping qualities under the circumstances of your travel.

Information

Luggage

Airport tax

The journey

Means of payment

The monetary-unit is the rupiah (Rp.). You can collect money from the automatic bank automates (ATM) with your bankpass. Bankautomates are in the cities and major villages. In bigger hotels, restaurants and shops credit cards are accepted.

Prices

Tips

Health

You better adapt to your new day and night rhythm immediately at the beginning of the journey. It takes about a day to get accustomed to an hour time difference. To adapt your rhythm to the surroundings, it is a good guidance to follow the Indonesian habits. This means getting up early to use the coolness of the morning, to rest in the afternoon and to go to bed in the evening in time.

Stomach or intestinal disease
In case you get stomach or intestinal diseases. This can occur because of the travelling itself, the time difference, or the change of temperature, humidity and food.
To lower the chance for intestinal disease your are advised:

• never drink water from the tap
• not drink too many cold drinks the first days
• never take drinks with ice cubes, if you want cold drinks, ask bottles from the refrigerator
• drink softdrinks and mineralwater only from bottles
• not eat ice from street-carts

Sunburn
The sun radiance in the tropics is much stronger then we are used to. Very soon there is danger of sunburn. A hat, sunglasses and sunprotection-oil are no luxuries!

Clothing

Post

Letters from Indonesia by airmail take about a week. In luxury hotels you can arrange your post affairs on the hotelcounter.

Other information

Time difference

• On Java and Sumatra it is 6 hours time difference (later than) from the Netherlands and 12 hours time difference (later than) from Washington D.C.
• On Kalimantan, Sulawesi and the Small Sunda Islands it is 7 hours time difference from the Netherlands (13 hours from Washington D.C.) and
• on the Moluccas and Irian Jaya 8 hours time difference from the Netherlands and 14 from Washington D.C.

In case of summer Daylight Saving-Time at home, the time difference is an hour less.

Telephone

The entrance number towards Indonesia is 00-62-.
In Indonesia you can call automatic international in the Wartel (telephone shops) by dialling 00-, then your country number (-31 for the Netherlands, -01 for US), then the netnumber without 0 and then the phonenumber.

Aperture times

Businesses: 8.30-16.00 (mon till fri);
8.30-12.00 sat).
Shops: 8.0020.00 (mon till sat;
9.00-19.00 (sun) warehouses.
Banks: minimal from 9.00-14.30 (mon till fri), 9.00-12.00 (sat).
Government: 8.30-15.00 (mon till thu); 8.30-~2.00 (fri, sat).
Postoffices: 8.00-13.00 (mon till thu); 8.00-11.00 (fri, sat).

Voltage

Addresses

Embassy of Indonesia in The Netherlands
Tobias Asserlaan 8,
2517 CK Den Haag
Tel. 070-31 081 00
Open on workingdays from 9.00-12.00 and from 12.00-16.00 hour.

Embassy from Indonesia in Belgium
Tervuerenlaan294
1 |50 Brussel
Tel. 00-32(0)2-77120 14

Embassy from The Netherlands in Indonesia
]alan H.R. Rasuna Said
Kavel S-3, Kuningan
Jakarta I 2950
Tel. 00-62 (0)2 1 -511515 Open from monday till friday from 9.00 till 13.00 hour

Embassy from Belgium
Jalan Cicurug 4
Jakarta Pusat
Tel. 00-62(0)21-3487 19

Consulates of The Netherlands and Indonesia
- Bandung:
Panin Bank Building, 3 rd fl.
Jalan Asia Africa 166-170,
tel.00-62 (0)22-439482
Medan: Jalan A.Rifai 22,
te1.00-62(0)61-519025

Surabaya:
lalan Pemuda 54,
tel. 00-62(0)31-511612

Indonesian Tourist Promotion Office for Western Europe
Wiessenstrasse 17
D 6000 Frankfurt/Main 1
Duitsland
tel. 00-49(0)69-233677

Garuda Indonesia
Singel 540
1017 AZ Amsterdam
Tel. 020-6272626

Royal Institute for the Tropics
Resources Centre
Linnaeusstraat2,
Amsterdam
Tel. 020-5688711
After reservation one can see in the Centre diaseries and video's.
Open on workingdays from 10.00-17.00 hour.

Nusantara, City Ethnologic Museum
St. Agathaplein 4-5
2611 HR Delft
Tel. 015-2602375

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