Indonesia Travel Guide: Best Things To Do in Indonesia 2025 4K

Indonesia Travel Guide: Best Things To Do in Indonesia 2025 4K

What’s going on everybody? This is Island 
Hopper TV and today we’re going to show you the best places to visit in Indonesia. We’ve 
got 15 different areas to go around plus some bonus information. If you’re looking to visit 
this beautiful country of over 10,000 islands, then this video is for you. Located here in the 
Ring of Fire. First up is Raja Ampat located in West Papua. Known as the last Eden on planet 
earth, Raja Ampat is 1,500 small islands right here in this archipilago and it’s one of the most 
biodiverse marine regions in the world known as the coral triangles. Home to 75% of the world’s 
known coral species. 1,500 fish, 10 species of manta ray, and 700 species of mullock. This place is 
amazing. They call it the Amazon of the ocean. Getting out here is a bit of a challenge, but if 
you’re up for the challenge and you want to see one of the most spectacular places in Indonesia, 
then it’s worth it. Just remember out here in West Papua, it’s not as developed as the rest of the 
country. And honestly, that’s what people love about it. You’ll have these overwater bungalows 
that are like tiki huts, not like the ones you get in Maldives. These are like real indigenous 
type tiki hut hotels that you’ll be staying at at the homestays. So, just be prepared. You fly from 
Jakarta or Bali to Sarang and then you take a boat to Wasai. Next up, here we are in Bali. One of the 
most famous destinations in Indonesia. In fact, one of the most famous in the world, especially 
with digital nomads, remote workers, and people who are looking for a unique cultural experience. 
Bali has been a victim of its own success over the years, suffering from what some would say 
is mass tourism, where a tropical island has turned into more of a city than it is a paradise 
that people have been going to for the last 50 years to enjoy surfing. Also going up to Ubud, 
enjoying the volcanoes. Last time I was in Bali, I really enjoyed my time on the north side 
of the island away from places like Legian or Kuta. I also like going down to Uluwatu, but either 
way, what a great time. Nearby Bali is the Gili Islands. You have Gileier and several different 
islands here. These are very small nearby Lumbok, which we’ll be talking about in a moment here. 
But the Gili Islands have become a popular place with tourists who are looking to go outside 
and beyond Bali. and they found places like the Gili Islands. And here it’s known for 
some of the party scene, but the the laid-back, chill vibes with the beaches. Also known for 
its marine biodiversity with the green turtles, hawkville, reef sharks. If you wanted to get out 
here, you would actually come in from Lumbok, which is a 15-minute speedboat over here. Since 
both Lombok and Bali have international airports, if you wanted to come to Lombok from Bali, 
it’s about a 1.5 to 2hour speedboat ride. Just depends on the weather conditions. But Lombok 
is becoming the new hot spot actually uh with a lot of biodiversity here. They’ve got pretty much 
everything the Bali Island has minus some of the temples. But as far as nature goes, Lombok has 
it going on. As you can see, just so many white sand beaches, beautiful volcano mountains, lush 
tropical rainforests, really a special place. If you can get over here and do Bali, Lombok, 
and the Gili Islands, you could spend 2 weeks in this area just exploring and having a 
great time. Some people even spend more than 2 weeks. They do a whole month. Since Indonesia 
actually gives you 30 days and you’re allowed to extend online if you wanted to, we actually 
made a full video talking about everything you need to know when you visit Indonesia. I’ll put a 
link down below or on the end screen at the end of this video so you can watch that. Highly recommend 
watching that if you’re coming to Indonesia. Now, we’re heading a couple islands over. This here 
is Flores Island in East Nusa Tangara here in Indonesia. It is actually west of Timour and it’s 
part of the Sunda Islands. Most famous for Komodo National Park where the Komodo dragon is. We’ll 
be talking about that in particular. But Flores Island is a place you don’t want to overlook. Even 
though most people come here for Komodo and some of those islands in that national park, Flores 
Island is quite spectacular. They’ve got volcanoes with these super colorful lakes. Actually, one 
of those is Mount Ineri. So, this one here is on Flores Island. It’s about 7,300 ft. It’s a strata 
volcano. It’s got a really symmetrical pyramid shape, making it very clearly a volcano. It’s hard 
to get up here. It’s a challenging hike. It’s not for everybody. Uh, but if you get up here, people 
come up during the sunrise. They also come up with guides. It’s recommended if you go that 
you hire a company to take you up there. Try not to go by yourself. Okay. A popular starting point 
is going to be the Watamese village about 15 km from Bajawa. But like I said, when you come to 
Flores Island, the big ticket in town is Komodo. And here you’re going to see a pink sand beach in 
the Komodo National Park. And you could see it’s a bit desert or aid type climate uh with beautiful 
colored beaches and water here. I’m surprised that it’s not as lush as some of the other islands in 
the area considering it’s still in the tropics. It almost looks like a desert, right? But Komodo 
known for the Komodo dragon. You can’t forget that. Coming out here and experiencing Komodo 
for one or two days should be enough and then doing a couple days around Flores Island and 
you’ll be pretty satisfied. As you can see, exploring around Indonesia is truly an adventure. 
Is truly an adventure, isn’t it? I mean, look at all of the things you can do here, whether it’s 
underwater world or above ground, the temples, the culture. So much to see and do. And we 
haven’t even shown you all of it. We’re about to get even deeper into this as we show you more 
of the animals that actually live in Indonesia, like the apes, the orangutans, and so much more. 
But on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra coming up next. Now we’re actually on Flores Island 
here at Kellmu. So this is the special special volcano that you’ve probably seen many pictures 
of and you were wondering where it’s at. Well, it’s on Flores Island and you could see it’s 
got these beautiful colorful lakes at the top. Absolutely spectacular up here. Indonesia sitting 
in the ring of fire has many volcanoes, but you can see it’s kind of broken down into categories 
of islands and these archipilos. It just depends on what archipelago you want to explore, just 
like another famous volcano on Java. Now, Java is obviously one of the most famous places in 
all of Indonesia, and we’re still halfway through the video. And you can see Mount Bromo definitely 
awesome. People like to come over from Bali. It’s about a 2 to three hour huck getting over here. 
You know, it’s kind of complicated cuz you got to take a ferry, but getting out to Bromo probably 
is best if you’re going to go to places like Yogyakarta Jakarta or Surabaya. When I was in Suraya, that 
was when I went to the Mount Bromo area. And so, you usually wake up around like midnight or 
2:00 in the morning and then you arrive up there for the sunrise. That’s the special time 
to be up there on Mount Bromo and staying on Java. We’re here at Yogyakarta. It looks 
like Yoga, but it’s pronounced Jogya. So, Yogya is actually home to Borobudur which 
is the world’s largest Buddhist temple. Now, before Indonesia became a Muslim country. It is 
one of the largest Muslim country populations in the world. It was actually Buddhist andor Hindu. 
And so that’s why you’ll see all across Indonesia many Hindu or Buddhist temples like Borobudur 
or Premlon temples. There is some nightlife here in Joja like Malioboro which is this area. I 
went around on one of these horsedrawn carriages. I would say the best time to come down to Malioboro is going to be in the evening. It’s just so hot in the daytime to walk around here really. But 
we’re going to now the largest city in Indonesia. This here is Jakarta. Jakarta is probably 
worth about 48 hours of your time, I would say. Anything more than that is unnecessary, but 
it just depends on what you want to see here. It’s an old Dutch colony uh that has now been turned 
into the largest mega city in Indonesia. I mean, I would say this is one of the largest cities in 
the world. It is truly huge. And because of that, it does have a lot of traffic. Uh they are known 
for traffic jams. They say in Jakarta, traffic is atrocious. But uh it’s still worth checking out 
if you wanted to see the capital. By the way, the capital of Indonesia is actually moving to 
Kalimantan in Borneo soon. I went down to the old town where the Dutch East India Company actually 
had its headquarters. it’s not one of the best preserved oldtown areas that you would find around 
the world, but uh I mean it’s still an old town. Uh the cool thing about down here is they have 
Jakarta Kota, which is the train station. And from here you can get to Bandung. You can get all the 
way to Joja. So trains in Java are quite efficient and modern. Uh so that’s a great way to get around 
Jakarta or even Java in general. Now Java isn’t really known for its beautiful beaches, but there 
is an island just north of Java called Karaman Jawa. And this is a beautiful tropical island. 
You can get out here by ferry. I would say you’d probably depart from Surabaya or somewhere around 
there and you could see beautiful tropical paradise. Uh there’s so many different islands. I 
believe there’s around 17,000 islands in Indonesia total with one of those special islands being 
Sumatra and we’re going to check out Lake Toba. So this is near Medan. That’s one of the large cities 
on Sumatra. Sumatra is a very unique island. It’s actually parallel to the Malaysian Peninsula. 
The difference between Sumatra and the Malaysian Peninsula, lots of biodiversity still on Sumatra. 
And Lake Toba is just absolutely spectacular. This is one of the best places to go in all of 
Sumatra. And remember, Sumatra is where they have orangutangs, which we’re about to start talking 
about a little bit more. But here in the Lake Toba area, it sits on a super volcano caldera formed 
from a massive eruption 74,000 years ago. And the eruption is said to have caused global cooling, 
ashfall across Asia, and a volcanic winter that lasted years. So again, another super volcano here 
in Indonesia. But staying out here in Sumatra, we’re actually going to Buket Luong. This is the 
best place to find sumatran orangutang. That’s why people come out here to do trekking is to see 
these orangutang. And there’s also other types of animals you’ll see out in these jungles. 
But orangutangs in the wild are so unique. There’s actually two species in Indonesia. One 
called the Sumatran orangutang and the other one called the Borneo orangutang. You can tell the 
difference. You can tell the difference because of their face. Actually, the Borneo orangutang has 
a more round circular phase and is a bit bigger, but they’re both endangered species, and 
there are conservation efforts being taken to uh help these apes stay wild. All right, from 
Sumatra, we’re actually headed to another one of the major islands. This one here is Suluesi. Now, 
there are five major islands in Indonesia. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and obviously Suluesi. We’ve 
shown you those, but this one here is amazing. This one is a wild adventure. I mean, you’ve got 
north Suluesi, you’ve got central Suluesi, West Suluesie. So many areas of Suluesi to explore. 
It’s rugged landscapes with mountains, rainforest, coral reefs, deep bays, beautiful beaches. I 
mean, this place is amazing. There’s also 40 plus different ethnic groups here. So, very diverse in 
people as well as in terrain. So very amazing to explore here and you can explore Taja or one of 
Indonesia’s most fascinating cultures famous for its villages where they build these tonin houses 
that are shaped like a boat on the roofs. And this is actually one of the top cultural attractions. 
Also known for their funeral ceremonies. They do buffalo sacrifices, cliff burials. This is the 
island that attracts people far and wide just to see what it is they’re up to with the way that 
they’re doing the funeral process. And now here we are in Borneo. So Borneo is one of the largest 
islands in the world. I think it’s either number two or number three. Another large island in 
the region is Papawa New Guinea. That’s West Papua and Papawa New Guinea. Uh but Borneo is 
a huge island. And the south part of Borneo is Cali Montan. That’s where they’re building the new 
capital, New Santara. And Cali Montan is Borneo, Indonesia side. Lots of things to see and do 
here. I mean, this is an impressive island. If you go to the north, that’s Malaysia. Along with 
the orangutangs, they also have probiscus monkeys and they have the hawk bill bird. I’ve seen 
the hawk bill bird all across Southeast Asia, actually. But Borneo, in my opinion, is definitely 
up and coming. This is the place to keep an eye on, I would say, because they’re building the 
capital here. You can see Indonesia’s got big plans for Borneo. You have to realize Indonesia 
has the largest economy in all of Southeast Asia. And Southeast Asia is rising quickly. So, with 
Indonesia being the economic powerhouse and the capital moving to Borneo here in Cali, expect big 
things. And we’ll see you on the next one with everything you need to know about visiting 
Indonesia. Click right here on this video.

In this Indonesia travel guide we assist you in planning your vacation to Indonesia In this best places in Indonesia travel video we show you the top attractions. We show you the things to do in Indonesia. This Indonesia travel vlog goes from the Sunda Islands to West Papua and Sumatra then to the Borneo. We visit Jakarta, Bali, Komodo, Yogyakarta, Sulawesi and much more. If you plan to visit Indonesia in 2025 then this is the most up to date list you will find for when you visit Indonesia. If you want to watch our other Indonesia travel vlogs you can check our Bali travel video and Jakarta video where we show you around those cities in detail. This Indonesia travel documentary is for people who plan to visit Indonesia for 30 days or more.

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Indonesia Travel Guide
(Timestamps)
0:00 Indonesia Intro
0:20 Raja Ampat
1:24 Bali
2:13 Gili Islands
2:49 Lombok
3:59 Flores Island
4:34 Ineri
5:13 Komodo
6:29 Kelimutu
7:00 Mount Bromo
7:42 Yogyakarta
8:34 Jakarta
9:44 Karimun Jawa
10:12 Lake Toba
11:08 Bukit Luwang
11:53 Sulawesi
13:12 Borneo
14:22 Outro

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