So, those who have gathered to the island of Batam, and can not figure out How to get to the island Dedicated to:
On a ferryboat
The main ports on the Batama are the central terminal of the Batam (SEKUPANG), Waterfront City, Nongsapura (Nongsapura) and Telaga Pungurg (Telaga Pungurg). Harbor Bay (Harbor Bay) today is an international ferry port for those who are sent to Nagoi (the main city of the island) - before everyone went to Terminal Batu Ampar (Batu Ampar).
The central terminal of the Batam takes the greatest number of ferries to / from Singapore and Johor-Baru. Sevelands also takes ferries from Singapore, and it is especially convenient for those who are going on Sumatra and Karimun Island. Verfront City and Nongsapura serve neighboring resorts, and Telaga Punggur is the main ferry terminal for boats from and to Bintan Island.
And a little more about the directions:
In Singapore: Ferries leave from the Harborfront Ferry Terminal) of the Harborfront Ferry Terminal (Harborfront Ferry Terminal) go to Batam Center, sequangang and Verfront City, and ferries from the ferry terminal Tanah Merah (Tanah Merah Ferry Termina) float to Nongsapur.
By / from Karimun Island: Ferries follow between Tanjung Balai, a city in North Sumatra) and Karimun or Seven, through our island. Some of the ferries follow from Cundur Island.
To / thinking: some companies, including Dumai Express, provide several ferries per day in / out of sequing. Most of these ferries float from Tanjungpinang, the main city on the bandage, and also make a stop in Tanjungbalay (after sequpenging).
By / from Cundur Island: There are daily ferry messages between sequangung and Tanjung Batu on the island of Cundur. These ferries also stop in Tanjungbala.
From other regions of Indonesia: Pelni ships, which moored in different ports throughout Indonesia, arrive most often in sequang.
So, the schedule of ferries and prices for travel: http://www.holidaycity.com/batamresortferries/
By plane
Batam Airport (Hang Nadim Airport, Bth) - Airport Garants to Indonesia, and this airport this airport is as popular as ferry-ships earlier (well, now too, however). At this airport, airplanes are launched from many Indonesian cities, including Jakarta, Pekanbaru, Bandung, Med and other cities smaller.
However, almost all flights are here - internal, so you can easily reach Jakarta, Surabaya, Med, Pecanbaru, Jamba, Palembangoma and Bandung (Merpati Indonesian Airlines, Riau Airways, Kartika Airways and a number of others).
There are also flights to Subang Airport to Malaysia (Firefly Airlines). Flights are at least three times a week.
If you want to fly from Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore Changi Airport), then you should sit on a ferry in Singapore at least three hours before departure time.
How to move around the island
By taxi
There are quite a few taxi drivers on the batam. But none of them use the counter. Taxi All different colors, however, licensed taxis have yellow license plates, and unlicensed - which fell (and it is better to avoid). Taxi drivers are desperately fighting for customers, so at any time you will have the opportunity to bargain and specifically reduce the price of travel. For example, twice, or even more.
For example, in the port you will be told that your hotel is accounted for at 100,000 rupees, and you can blunt, say, 40.000 or 50,000. If they immediately begin to shove out, just go - taxi drivers will immediately come for you, consonants and on this small amount. Although the taxi themselves are not so good as you can represent.
There is sometimes no skin belts, not to mention the fact that taxi drivers jerk on the roads as newcomers.
Exemplary Tariffs for travel: from the Telaga Ponggur terminal to the Batam Central Terminal (60,000 rupees, 25 minutes away), from Naja to Terminal Harbor Bay (20,000 rupees, 8 minutes drive), from sequpenging to the central batham terminal (about 50,000 rupees), from Hang Nadim Airport to Nagoi or Jodoch (75.000 rupees).
If you are more comfortable in a taxi with a meter, then they still exist here, but only about it should be negotiated in advance (in the sense, they can also install if necessary).
On the minibus (Metro Trans)
Basically, buses run between Jodok and Telaga Punggur (travel costs 3000 - 4000 rupees). Approximate tariffs for other directions:
Jodoch - Sembulang through Sukadjadi - RP. 9.500
Jodoch - Galang Baru through Sukadjadi - RP. 12.000
Dapore 12 - Mukacuning - RP. 3.000
Dapore 12 - Johor through Sukadjadi - RP. 4000.
By bus
From recent times, the Batam local government (known as Otorita Batam) launched buses within the "Bus Pilot Project" strammas. The blue bus runs between Batam Center and Adzhi Batu for RP. 3.000. You can buy a ticket directly by bus before landing.
Most hotels organize shuttles several times a day to the main ports of ferry and the main shopping centers. But with transfers to and from the airport here is clearly problems.
And you can jump into a free bus (yellow) from megamolla in the center of Batam (Megamall Batam Center), which goes to the main hotels in Nagojoy and Jodoch.
By car
Throughout Indonesia, Toyota Kijang and Avanza drive, but, oddly enough, they are completely absent on the batam. Nevertheless, ask at the reception - in your hotel can arrange rent a car and even a personal driver for you, but, of course, the latter is not too cheap pleasure. Be prepared to pay RP 100.000 or more (in Jakarta and Cheaper).
