Plane
In fact that the country is a huge island nation is flying by far the best solution for long distance and for traveler who have less time to spend.
There is the state-owned carrier Garuda Indonesia and several private and low-cost airlines like Lion Air, Air Aisa, Citilink, Kalstar, Batik Air, Sriwijaya Air, Jetstar, TigerAir and so on.
For Indonesia is tiket.com the best search engine provider for airline connections within the country. They are official partner of most carriers and combined large and small airports.
Promo tickets for international flights within Southeast Asia are available as well, if departure or arrival is in Indonesia.
Bus
Buses are mostly the cheapest transportation. Intercity couch busses are in general fair enough. Urban busses need getting used to, they have small seats and less reliable condition. Express lines cross segments from Banda Aceh in the north of Sumatra to Bima in the east of Sumbawa.
Mini-busses called Bemo, runs mostly between smaller destinations, like volcanos or small villages. This is also the most widespread locomotion on Bali. The benefit is the direct transfer from guesthouse to guesthouse or stopping at some interesting waypoints.
If you book tourist tours at a local travel agent or get conveyed from the hotel, you will get small coaches with aircon, but the cost, of course, are bit pricy.
easybook.com has many popular routes on offer.
Train
The Indonesian Railway Kereta Api runs across Java and some parts of Sumatra. Java has by far the best railway network, Sumatra's network is concentrated in the north around Medan and in the south from Lampung to Palembang. It is fast and comfortable but also cost more than buses.
There is, for example, a night train from Jakarta to Surabaya, first class couchette, aircon and meal, it takes 10 hours for 700km.
No sleeping car service at all.
It is advisable to get tickets, at least, one day in advance.
Hassle free booking you can do with tiket.com
it's a popular national search engine.
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boat
Indonesia has many harbours where ferries and passenger ships operate, also on rivers are connections.
Pelni is the state-owned shiping company and has connections over 90 ports. From Singapore or Kuala Lumpur you can get to Sumatra and Java. Java is also the centre of boat connections, from here you can go to Kalimantan, Sulawesi and other islands. Private providers offering day trips.
Tickets are available at ports or travel agency’s.
car
Renting a car is cheap in indonesia compare to other country's in asia.
only on bali is renting a car and driving by yourself advisable. other parts of indonesia are crazy, lanes and traffic lights are ignored by locals. it's better to rent a car with a driver.
international driver lecence is required.
driving in indonesia is on the left side.
tiket.com is a popular local search engine and has the cheapest prices for indonesia.
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