Family tour to Batam Island

Batam Trip 3 Days 2 Night

Date: 6th to 8th December 2025

Travel Agency: Lee Travel Batam

Tour guide: Zhuang Vei Yang

Package Tour: RM 550/Pax (Minimal 4 Pax to go)

• Ferry Ticket 2 ways Johor - Batam - Johor including tax
• AGlow Hotel 2 Nights (share room)
• 4 Meals (2 Hotel breakfast, 1 indonesia food & 1 seafood)
• Private transport for 3 days (12 hours)

Travel Insurance: RM 54.35

6 December 2025, Saturday (Johor Bahru to Batam Island)

7:12 am - 7:36 am, eating breakfast at Restaurant Ah Koong at Taman Sentosa, RM 110.55

7:52 am, parking car at open-air carpark of Berjaya Waterfront Complex, RM5/day (3 days parking fee was RM15)

Went to Dolphin Fast Ferry office at level 2 of Berjaya Waterfront Complex, to collect ferry ticket to Batam.

8:45 am - 11:05 am (2 hours 20 minutes), took ferry from Stulang Laut to Gold Coast International Ferry Terminal Bengkong.

Pass my passport to Indonesia immigration officer for pasting label in my passport.

Before leaving arrival hall, scan QR code of allindonesia.imigrasi.go.id

11:13 am, exit arrival hall.

Our driver tour guide meeting us at outside of arrival hall.

His car is Black Toyota Innova Zenix "BP_1753_QA" (7 seater MPV)

11:42 am, eating lunch at Rumah Makan Bandoeng resto Kampoeng Soenda, eating Indonesia food.

- 炸 sotong, fish, chicken, veg, 豆芽, rice, orange juice, jagung kuih

1:13 pm, check in room 556 of AGlow Hotel at Harbor Bay in Batam

1:43 pm - 3:57 pm, visit Puncak Beliung at Batam

- Entrance fee: IDR 90 K (Rainbow slide, Giant swing, Flying carpet, including a free non-alcoholic drink)

5:15 pm, visit Maha Vihara Duta Maitreya temple 天恩弥勒寺 in Batam.

5:46 pm, visit De' Sands Santorini of Batam

- Fee Entrance: Rp 25,000 / person (including a very small bottle of water)

- Disappointingly the scenery is not attractive for photography.

6:46 pm - 7:26 pm, dinner at BPK CHIKA at Batam city, Rp 581,900

- Meat Platter Small (4-5 pax), Rp 450,000

- Nasi Putih, Rp 6,000 x 5 pax = Rp 30,000

- Air Putih Hangat, Rp 2,000 x 2 pax = Rp 4,000

- Wong Lo Kat, Rp 15,000 x 3 pax = Rp 45,000

- 10% Tax, Rp 52,900

7 December 2025, Sunday

6 am, eating buffet breakfast at AGlow Hotel

9 am, our driver came to hotel to pick us up

10:08 am, visit Vihara Budhi Bhakti temple 大伯公宫（烧12枝香） 

10:36 am, visit Penuin market, buy a pair of slipper at Rp 60,000

10:53 am, went to Money Changer to exchange RM 100 to Rp 385,000 (exchange rate RM 1 = Rp 3850)

- The market is big, divided into sections selling dried food, fruits, wet market, hawker food, clothing and other goods such as bags and shoes.

11:14 am, visit Batam ZOO Paradise

- entrance fee: Rp 100,000 / pax (week end); Rp 80,000 (week day)

11:32 am, went to Main Store of 顺利 SUN LI by Batam Layer Cake at Bengkong Laut, to buy:

- 1 kg MOCHA, Rp 345k (500g x 2 box)

- 1 kg GREENTEA, Rp 345k (500g x 2 box)

- Total: Rp 690k

11:51 am, visit Masjid Muhammad Cheng Hoo 郑和清真寺

12:03 pm, visit Golden Factory Outlet

- we were still too early for visiting the coffee factory. we dropped in to visit Golden Factory Outlet which is a clothing store.

12:25 pm - 1:04 pm, visit 70⁰ fahrenheit koffie at Batam

11:52 am, buy 6 packet x 200g male coffee bean powder at Rp 880,000 (= RM 221.98) by TnG eWallet (Exchange Rates: 1 MYR = 3964.38 IDR)

- buy 4 free 2

1:27 pm, eating lunch at LOVE SEAFOOD, eating seafood

- 老虎斑鱼, garlic fried chicken, sambal kangkong, 炸 sotong, prawn, rice, crab 花蟹

After lunch, shopping at Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall, Batam

5:45 pm - 6:40 pm, visit BLUE FIRE Beach Club 粉红色沙滩

- entrance fees Rp 50,000 per pax, including a drink

- the club forbid bringing mineral water into the beach

7:33 pm, dinner at a2 foodcourt

- 6 pcs otak putih, Rp 20,000

- 15 pcs Sate Ayam, Rp 50,000

- 15 pcs Sate Tebak, Rp 60,000

- 5人份卤肉, Rp 300,000

- 5 plates rice, Rp 25,000

- 5 pcs coconut, Rp 18,000 x 5 pax = Rp 90,000

- Total costs: Rp 545,000 (= RM 136)

8 December 2025, Monday

6 am, eating buffet breakfast at AGlow Hotel

8 am, our driver came to hotel to pick us up

9:35 am, visit Barelang Bridge at Batam

- The entrance fee to the photographic scene was Rp 5,000 per person

Before 12 pm, check out AGlow Hotel

12:15 pm - 12:50 pm, eating lunch at Ikan Bakar Cianjur (IBC) - Batam, Rp 458,535

- Nasi Liwet, Rp 45k

- Gurame Geprek, Rp 125k

- 5 pcs Paha Bakar, Rp 160k

- Tumis Kangkung, Rp 35k

- ES Lemon Tea, Rp 32k

- 5% SC, Rp 19,850

- PB1, Rp 41,685 (PB1 = Pajak Bangunan 1 (Indonesian Restaurant Tax); 10% of food + SC)

After lunch, went to Sun Li Main Store to collect Batam Layer Cakes. 

Then, went to the information counter of Gold Coast ferry terminal, to collect ferry ticket to JB.

Shopping at Mega Mall Batam Centre

- my wife went to do her finger nail colour.

Visit Batam Center International Ferry Terminal

4:25 pm (Indonesia Time) / 5:25 pm (Malaysia Time) - 7:45 pm (2 hours 20 minutes), took ferry from Gold Coast International Ferry Terminal Bengkong back to Stulang Laut.

渡轮一驶离印尼港口，就在公海高速前进，导致整船人晕船

8:04 pm, parking fee at open-air carpark of Berjaya Waterfront Complex, RM 15

- 7:52 am @ 6/12/2025 to 8:04 pm @ 8/12/2025

Dinner at Permas Jaya food court.