Visit Bawean Island for 3 Days Under 107 $
You wanna
see the best spot for underwater tourism in Indonesia ?
You will be
also the first to go there. So, no longer need to make excuses such as “only
Bali is the island of the Gods”. Hey ! Let’s prove it !
Gili Nokoh Beach in Bawean Island |
I’ve come
up with a guide on how you can go there with low cost.
1. Planning your trip
a. Take
note of rainy or dry season
Deciding
when to go can have significant impact on boat schedule and underwater tourism.
Rainy season in Indonesia is from October until April when boats can’t move to
Bawean island because of big wave happen. And then there’s the dry season, it
is good timing for underwater activities around April until October.
Opting to
go during rainy or dry season help you to enjoy the beautiful island.
b. Take
adventage of long weekends
When you
come on long weekends or public holidays, it helps you to save more than you
can imagine, especially for a single traveller.
For
example, you can rent a boat 70 $ for a day. If you come on peak season, you
can share the cost with the others you will meet. Twelve until twenty people is
a boat capacity. If you are lucky, you just pay under 5 $ for 12 hours on boat.
For more,
you should know Indonesia Long Weekend
in 2016.
2. Booking Accommodations Smartly 7 Days Before
There’s 3
boats type offers us from economy class to express class. Taking a long time on
boat make you should spend much money for eat and sometimes not on time also.
Choose express class is smart solution to cut the time and make sure your schedule
is working with booking by phone.
For more,
you can see Bawean Boat Schedule and
make reservation carefuly because the boats is not always operate.
And about
hotel, there is no exclusive hotel like in Bali island. Just a simple room they
can offer to us with different facilities. Please choose a room that you want. For
more, list of hotel in Bawean Island.
3. Getting around Bawean
a. A local guide is needed
Bawean
island has some little islands and beautiful landscape. Exploring this island
is a must but you need a local guide because a few and almost nothing sign can
guide us to reach many object tourisms by yourself. I mean there is some hidden
paradise which you should to visit overthere such as beautiful waterfall, lake
and some historical places. Trust me, you will not regret at all.
About local
guide, hotel always give you recommendation for an experience local guide. You
just explain about that when make a reservation. So, they can prepare all
facilities which you want.
And about
local guide fee is depent on you. I think 30 $ is a normal price for 12-hour guide,
a motorcycle + fuel and parking on object tourism. Exclude guide’s breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
b. Using the share boat
There are
some ways to get share boat :
- Make
communication with the other tourist that you meet when on a boat before arriving
Bawean or when in a hotel.
- Make
communication with a hotel staff. They can help you. Just explain that you are
a single traveller.
*Important
thing is get friendly with a locals. They ablsolutely help you.
c. Bring your underwater equipment
If you
wanna rent a snorkeling equipment, they offer 5$ for a day. But if you are
prepare it, it will be save more, clean and comfort absolutely.
4. Final Cost Breakdown
Here is a
quick overall cost breakdown if you travel as a single traveller for 3 days
(3D/2N), assuming a day marine tour and a day bawean island tour :
Boat return
ticket = 2 x 14$ = 28 $
Hotel 3
days = 3 x 7$ = 21 $
Food = 9 x 2 $ = 18 $
Other
expenses (guide, rent motorbike, fuel, share boat, entrance fee etc) = 45 $
Total
(excluding flight tickets) = 107$/pax
So what are
you waiting for ? Book your next holiday to Bawean now !
Are there
any other budget tips I’ve missed? Share it with me J
Welcome to Bawean
Source : www.ngadem.com (Tanjung Cina) |
Kastoba Lake |
Bawean Airport |
Welcome to Gili Nokoh Beach |
Waterfall, forgot about name. Hehe |
Tambak village. Close to Tanjung Cina |
Tambak village |
Bawean Island |
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