Java Island Trip Expenses [19~25 July 2007]
Overall I spent about RM1050 for the trip, including everything and airfare (more on the airfare later). This is considered cheap if compared to some of my other trips.
Some breakdown:
Airfare
- Our original plan is to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Solo and back. The round-trip ticket costs RM170 including taxes and fuel surcharges. But later when we were doing some research, we noticed that it is wasting time to travel back from Solo to Kuala Lumpur, as some of the locations that we’ve planned, like Mt. Bromo, is ~8hr bus trip from Solo. We later bought another one-way ticket from Surabaya to Kuala Lumpur, which costs RM170 too. So total airfare is RM340.
Entrance Fees
- Borobudur: USD 11
- Chandi Prambananl: USD10
- Mt. Bromo Entrance: Rp 25k
- Kawah Ijen: entrance fee is already included in the transportation package that we bought in Probolinggo (see below).
Hotel Rates (total 6 nights, another night in bus)
- Hotel Indonesia, Yogja (just off Malioboro): Rp45k, twin sharing, fan, double beds, cold showers, so so condition. Put up here 3 nights.
- Hotel Tampriato, Probolinggo – Rp 242k, quad sharing, A/C, has swimming pool but not properly maintained, and with breakfast too.
- Homestay, Sempol – Rp 50k per person, with breakfast.
- Hotel Padang, Surabaya – Rp 35k, twin sharing, fan, queen bed, tiny room.
Transportation Rates
- intercity bus: Rp2k, except in Surabaya, which is Rp3k
- Betcha: Rp5k~15k per trip. Need to bargain hard! and the betcha riders are stronger than they looked!
- Solo -> Chandi Prambanan (bus): Rp7k
- Yogja -> Probolinggo (bus): Rp50k [17:30~02:30 the next day, save one night of hotel charges!]
- Probolinggo -> Cewang Indah/Mt. Bromo (chartered minivan @ 2:30am): Rp150k/van, one-way
- Cewang Indah -> Probolinggo (shared minivan): Rp15k/person
- Probolinggo -> Surabaya (express bus): Rp40k (we got ripped off by agent, normal price is Rp30k. Just go straight up the bus and paid)
- Mt. Bromo Jeep Sharing: Rp75k/person. This includes transport from Cewang Indah up to Mt. Bromo sunrise viewpoint, and then back down to the foothill of Mt. Bromo, and back to Cewang Indah. From 4:15am to 8:30am.
- Horse ride at Mt. Bromo: Rp10k~20k one way. Some of the horses are really handsome:
Tour Package Prices
- Kawah Ijen transportation package: Rp250k/person. This includes transportation (Mitsubishi Panther) from Probolinggo to Cewang Indah and back.
- Borobudur + Dieng Plateau tour packag: Rp100k/person. Ex Yogja in early morning for sunrise view of Borobudur (spent 2+ hrs here), and the off to Dieng Plateau (~3hrs drive in undulating roads). Total ~12hrs package. Using Panther too.
Misc (food etc)
- food is relatively cheap, ranging from 10k~25k per person per meal. The cheapest one that I can remember is Nasi Pecel (white rice, some vege, a tofu, and loads of bubur Pecel) at Malioboro St., as breakfast at a road-side stall – Rp4500 for that and a nice cup of tea. And it was delicious!
- Mineral Water 1.5L:Rp2.2k ~ Rp4k. Supermarket sells the cheapest water.
- Cola: Rp2k~Rp4k.
- T-shirts at Malioboro: Rp12.5k each (list price: Rp25k). Sandals are around Rp10k. Bargain hard here.
- KFC: almost similar price as in Kuala Lumpur. Taste similar too.
More photos from the trip: http://travelgaia.com/gallery/Java2007/content/
