Travellig Tips to Guide Tourism in Lombok Island by Car
Lombok island is famous island in the world as new favorite tourist destination and always attract visitors to come and come again, explore into its panorama, culture and daily life. Lombok is one of the provinces in Indonesia with an area 6.400 km2 and according to last census populated around 3.7233.392 lives. Lombok is small, stretching approximately 80 km from east to west, and 100 km from north to south.
If you want go arround Lombok Island, I think you can choose to ride by car, it is an ideal alternative. But if you still need more informations you about Lombok, you can plan your journey with driver. it usually one packet condition by travel agent.
I will try to describe you about travelling Lombok by a car, I hope this blog may help you be sure about travelling in Lombok. welcome to Lombok.
1. Before starting the trip, make sure to check condition of the car you rented. Check tires and co-tire, utilities, emergency tools and fuel as well as letter of car. If the fuel is in rest condition, you can ask to the car deliver where the nearest petrol located.
2. Always remember to take note a phone number of rent car’s company in case in emergency you can contact.
3. Plan you trip before departing. Choose your favorite destination on one route, by do this you can save petrol as well as time. Lombok island Map is on your handy.
4. Most of the roads in Lombok island are quiet narrow with heavy pedestrian on each side. Pedestrians near the market often used by street peddler to display their product. It may not be tarred in less populated areas. Be carefully to drive in small road just big enough to accommodate one car but very often in two ways. This invariably tests the reversing skills of many drivers!
5. If you drive into the villages to enjoy its rural and daily life, please be aware with cattle sometime across the road without alert and ever sleep on the road (e.g.: dog, cows,buffalow, chicken). Road condition in rural and sedate area seldom with road light, so be aware particularly drive in the night.
6. Be aware that drivers from side streets often didn’t look when joining a main road and the larger vehicle is king of the road.
7. It is hardly not recommended to drive at night especially on the road to the mountain area likes sembalun village or on the road to Lembar harbor where the ferry to Bali and Java commences. Truck drivers to and from Java are notorious for overtaking on corners. Only a leafy tree branch often marks obstacles such as potholes or road construction. Always toot your horn when will be passing curve as well as take over the other vehicle.
8. The traffic lights might the same all over the world. Be alert and straight continue for the sign belok kiri jalan terus, red (stop), yellow (carefully) and green (running). Quite often red traffic lights are considered "only as a suggestion" and there are a few places where traffic in the left lane may turn or continue straight through whilst the light is red with a sign "belok kiri jalan terus".
9. There are a lot of one way roads in Lombok (meant to help traffic flow but it hasn't really turned out that way). If you miss your turn off, you may have drive quite a distance before being able to turn back. This has resulted in motorbike riders riding a few hundred meters in the wrong direction, as a shortcut rather than following traffic flow.
10. Lombok is religious island and there are lots of weeding ceremonies on the road. Ceremonial procession as well as other type of parade occupy whole road and sometime traffic jam happened. If you caught in this situation, be relaxed and enjoy the way.
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Some Tips to Get travelling in New Place
I Have experience, when we decide to get our travelling in new place, we must know some information to be made up soon. There some points are:
Lombok Island - General Information - Travel Tips
TRAVEL TIPS & USEFUL INFORMATION
A1. CUSTOM REGULATIONS
1. Prepare Your Passport. When you decide to going to Indonesia, you must have at least 6 (six) months validity of passport to enter Indonesia. Then, Visa On Arrival (VOA) can be obtain at Mataram Airport.
2. Prepare Baggage Portion. According to customs regulations, one adult is allowed to bring into Indonesia a maximum of one liter of alcoholic beverages, 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars or 1000 grams of tobacco, and reasonable amount of perfume.
Important points everyone must know are such narcotic, firearm and ammunition, TV set, and Chinese medicine are strictly prohibited. We must separate like fresh fruit, plants and animals must be passed by Quarantine Office.
A2. TRAVELING ALL OVER LOMBOK
1. Some transportation in Lombok Island. Visitor can explore the tiny island by using various kind of transportation such as: Chartered/Car Hire, Taxi, Bus, Bemo/Angkot (local’s public transportation) and Motorcycle.
Taxis operated from all major hotels and airport with rate varying according to destination. Taxi companies in Lombok are Lombok Taxi (0370-627000), Lendang Express (0370-634444) and Airport Taxi. Taxis are metered and charged accordingly to distances.
Public Transportation or known locally as "Bemo", a non-AC minivan (in yellow colour) are available in major town i.e: Mataram, Ampenan and Cakranegara, founded in every corner of the island with quite inexpensive price. They take and drop off local passenger and often load over capacity, without travel insurance coverage. For those who prefer to travel more privately, car-hire option or charter or motorbike rental may be the choice. The prices, however, do not always included insurance. And they vary depending upon the type of vehicle and the duration of hiring. Petrol pomp and service stations are available at every large town. In emergency there are always road side kiosks fuels out of drums at a bit dearer price.
If you rent a car (self drive), you may find the rental fare are much more expensive than in Bali because of limited car available on Lombok. While driving yourself, please take out most care since the traffic rules may be some what different from those observed in your country. Indonesian and any other Asian Countries uses "right side steering system"
If you want to get Driving License. An international drivers license is required, but one can apply for temporary permit in Lombok and go for test driver in tourist driving license office in Jalan Langko Mataram Lombok.
It is compulsory to wear a crash helmet while you ere on the road on a motorbike. Helmets are available at motorbike hire outlets. Small horse drawn carts called Cidomo serve as convenient transportation during off hours and off the beaten track.
B. TRAVEL TIPS
1. Travelling by Suitcase or Backpacker type?
it must be thought before you decide to going some places. The point is how much money will you earn as your budget. if you want to economize travelling, maybe backpacker type is the best than by suitcase type. And I think its more has great adventure and more challenger for you.
2. Drink always from bottled water and eat well done cooking food, unless when eating at recommended restaurants/cafes or hotel's outlet.
3. Street or beach vendors are often pushing too hard on selling and most visitors feel inconvenient. Never try to look at any of their item/s even they might be interesting to you, even this could be fun for those who want to learn about bargaining tactic. For most visitors this is hassling.
4. Protect yourself from the intense equatorial sun. Use sun block and hat.
5. Sexually transmitted diseases are increasing in Indonesia. Local sex workers have multiple partners from all over the world. Act responsibly and use condoms, available over the counter at pharmacies.
6. Due to the limited number of flights to Lombok, during the peak season we highly recommend you to make flight booking far in advanced. Don't forget to ask your local tour operator to re-confirm your ticket minimum 24 hours in advanced to ensure yourself to get seats.
Lombok Island - General Information - Travel Tips
TRAVEL TIPS & USEFUL INFORMATION
A1. CUSTOM REGULATIONS
1. Prepare Your Passport. When you decide to going to Indonesia, you must have at least 6 (six) months validity of passport to enter Indonesia. Then, Visa On Arrival (VOA) can be obtain at Mataram Airport.
2. Prepare Baggage Portion. According to customs regulations, one adult is allowed to bring into Indonesia a maximum of one liter of alcoholic beverages, 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars or 1000 grams of tobacco, and reasonable amount of perfume.
Important points everyone must know are such narcotic, firearm and ammunition, TV set, and Chinese medicine are strictly prohibited. We must separate like fresh fruit, plants and animals must be passed by Quarantine Office.
A2. TRAVELING ALL OVER LOMBOK
1. Some transportation in Lombok Island. Visitor can explore the tiny island by using various kind of transportation such as: Chartered/Car Hire, Taxi, Bus, Bemo/Angkot (local’s public transportation) and Motorcycle.
Taxis operated from all major hotels and airport with rate varying according to destination. Taxi companies in Lombok are Lombok Taxi (0370-627000), Lendang Express (0370-634444) and Airport Taxi. Taxis are metered and charged accordingly to distances.
Public Transportation or known locally as "Bemo", a non-AC minivan (in yellow colour) are available in major town i.e: Mataram, Ampenan and Cakranegara, founded in every corner of the island with quite inexpensive price. They take and drop off local passenger and often load over capacity, without travel insurance coverage. For those who prefer to travel more privately, car-hire option or charter or motorbike rental may be the choice. The prices, however, do not always included insurance. And they vary depending upon the type of vehicle and the duration of hiring. Petrol pomp and service stations are available at every large town. In emergency there are always road side kiosks fuels out of drums at a bit dearer price.
If you rent a car (self drive), you may find the rental fare are much more expensive than in Bali because of limited car available on Lombok. While driving yourself, please take out most care since the traffic rules may be some what different from those observed in your country. Indonesian and any other Asian Countries uses "right side steering system"
If you want to get Driving License. An international drivers license is required, but one can apply for temporary permit in Lombok and go for test driver in tourist driving license office in Jalan Langko Mataram Lombok.
It is compulsory to wear a crash helmet while you ere on the road on a motorbike. Helmets are available at motorbike hire outlets. Small horse drawn carts called Cidomo serve as convenient transportation during off hours and off the beaten track.
B. TRAVEL TIPS
1. Travelling by Suitcase or Backpacker type?
it must be thought before you decide to going some places. The point is how much money will you earn as your budget. if you want to economize travelling, maybe backpacker type is the best than by suitcase type. And I think its more has great adventure and more challenger for you.
2. Drink always from bottled water and eat well done cooking food, unless when eating at recommended restaurants/cafes or hotel's outlet.
3. Street or beach vendors are often pushing too hard on selling and most visitors feel inconvenient. Never try to look at any of their item/s even they might be interesting to you, even this could be fun for those who want to learn about bargaining tactic. For most visitors this is hassling.
4. Protect yourself from the intense equatorial sun. Use sun block and hat.
5. Sexually transmitted diseases are increasing in Indonesia. Local sex workers have multiple partners from all over the world. Act responsibly and use condoms, available over the counter at pharmacies.
6. Due to the limited number of flights to Lombok, during the peak season we highly recommend you to make flight booking far in advanced. Don't forget to ask your local tour operator to re-confirm your ticket minimum 24 hours in advanced to ensure yourself to get seats.
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