Central Java & Karimunjawa, Indonesia

Under €1200 all-inclusive for a 3-week trip to a secluded tropical island? Our Central Java & Karimunjawa  travel plan also included a couple of days in Rome and flights with top-rated Qatar Airways. However, things didn’t all go quite to plan… Be sure to first check out our Plan, Maps and Budget for this trip through Java.

Qatar Airways Inflight Experience

With their elitist tv commercials and tip-top rating in the World's Best Airlines, we were expecting great things from our ...
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Lion Air Inflight Experience

On arrival in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, we were heading straight out again without delay> We had booked a domestic flight with ...
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Hotel Elim & Minibus to Jepara

There are several options for getting over to Karimunjawa island from the mainland of Central Java. However, the boats run ...
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Backtracking to Semarang City by Minibus

Following our misfortunes in Jepara, we were heading back to Semarang city to try to rescue our vacation from disaster. With ...
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Hotel Quest Semarang City – Indonesia

After successfully retrieving our credit card from the BTN bank (see Honey, the ATM ate my card), we could finally ...
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Karimunjawa Fast Boat

We traveled to Jepara from Semarang in order to take the Karimunjawa fast boat north to Karimunjawa island. Since the ...
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Samsara Guesthouse Karimunjawa

Since we arrived 2 days late on the island, we spent only one night in the first of our selected ...
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Getting to Know Karimunjawa Town

Although it's quite a small place, it is possible to get temporarily lost in the similar-looking streets of Karimunjawa Town ...
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Karimunjawa Scooter Rental 🛵 Getting Around

There are 22 kms of ‘road’  between the main port of Karimunjawa and the furthest point north on the island ...
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Karimunjawa Eating Out

Since Karimun town is quite a small place, you can't expect to find a great number or variety of eating establishments ...
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Cocohuts Karimunjawa

Following our hit-and-miss fortune with guesthouses in Karimunjawa, at well over 3 times the price of a regular homestay, we ...
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Karimunjawa Snorkeling Excursions

No trip to these islands would be complete without trying one of the organized Karimunjawa snorkeling excursions. We made our ...
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Breve Azurine Karimunjawa

The Breve Azurine Karimunjawa was our last accommodation choice on the island. Due to the cost (IDR 1,410,000 per day) ...
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Karimunjawa Island Beaches & Snorkeling

For many travelers, the big attraction of the small tropical islands of Indonesia are the beaches. After travelling through the ...
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Karimunjawa Guesthouse Options

For such a small island community, there is a surprising number of Karimunjawa guesthouse options. During our stay there, we ...
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Karimunjawa Island Boat Transfer

There are variety of Karimunjawa island boat transfer options. Most boats travel to and from Jepara, but depending on the ...
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Jakarta Train from Semarang

On our return journey to Jakarta, we knew we would have very little time in Semarang to purchase tickets. We ...
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Jakarta Takes Mansion Hotel

For our short return visit to Jakarta, we opted to stay in the Jakarta Takes Mansion hotel, close to the ...
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Our Karimunjawa Travel Budget & Impressions

Our 19-day journey through Indonesia started and ended in Jakarta. From there we took our return Qatar Airways flight back ...
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Jakarta Stopover

We'd just had a lengthy 10-hour Doha airport layover on our journey to Indonesia from Rome. Getting to our hotel ...
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Honey, the ATM ate my card

What was I to do when an Indonesian ATM ate my card? We had just arrived at Semarang airport on a ...
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Our Karimunjawa Indonesia Travel Plan

Under €1200 all-inclusive for a 3-week trip to a secluded tropical island? Our Karimunjawa Indonesia travel plan also included a ...
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Jepara ATM woes – down & out in the suburbs

This marked the low-point of my trip to Indonesia 🤕. Events had spiraled relentlessly downhill from our arrival at Semarang ...
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Central Java & Karimunjawa, Indonesia

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