| Departure : 0900 hrs / Return: 1930 hrs
Assemble at Harbourfront Centre at 0800 hrs, Collect your boarding pass and ferry ticket at Sindo Ferry Pte Ltd Counter #03-43. Depart by high speed ferry to Batam at 0900 hrs, the journey will take estimate 45 minutes by sea, Upon arrive at Batam Centre International Ferry Terminal, after immigration / custom clearance, you will be greet by our friendly guide and escorted to awaiting air-conditioned bus and proceed to visit Barelang Fisabililah Bridge (which is the biggest bridges linking tiny island of Tonton, Nipah to the larger Setoko island, Rempang island, Galang island and Galang baru island. The 1st Bridge connecting Batam to Tonton island is impressive with its 38-metres high spans and 642 metres in length), thereafter, tour will drive ahead to visit Pa Auk Tawya Vipassana Dhura Hermitage & Camp Vietnam (Ngha Trang Memorial Wall, The Monument of Boat People, Galang Museum, Vietnamese Village and Quan An Du Monastery), (is the site of 80 acre located on Galang island, Batam in the Riau Province where 250,000 Vietnamese refugee were housed from 1979 to 1996). En route, will drive to the plantation of the bizzare looking Dragon Fruits (pitaya) where located in 16 hectares of orchard fruits more than 80,000 trees, en route will stop-by at the iconic landmark of Welcome to Batam Monument, which is the Batam’s Landmark & Cultural icon overlooking “Welcome to Batam” & don’t forget to bring you have a morning tea break or food tasting of various local famous food such as “Kek Nanas (pineapple cake) at Kek Nanas Factory Outlets, if you like you can order on the spot.
Lunch will be served at Indonesia restaurant. After lunch, visit Laughing Buddha Temple / Maha Vihara Duta Maitreya Temple, which is the South East Asia biggest buddhist temple, Be Superheroes / Armyman Factory Outlets & Batam Chocolate House where offering more than 100 varieties of chocolate to suit your every mood and desire with very reasonable price, Latex Learning Centre, where not to be missed to learn more about the healthy and quality of sleep, Koppie 70 Fahrenheit, where you can learn about coffee and see how its being made, Yongheng Dry Market, where the place you may able to purchase very fresh dry food stuff in wholes sales prices, Kuda Lumping Trance Dance, is a traditional Javanese dance depicting a group of horsemen. Dancers “ride” horses made from woven bamboo and decorated with colorful paints and cloth. Generally, the dance portrays troops riding horses, but another type of Kuda Lumping performance also incorporates trances and magic tricks. When the “possessed” dancer is performing the dance in trance conditions, he can display unusual abilities, such as eating glass and resistance to the effects of whipping or hot coals, Kueh Lapis Factory, Cheng Ho Mosque, officially Al Islam Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque, is a mosque dedicated for Muslim Chinese people located in Batam of Riau Island, Indonesia. The name of the mosque is in honor to the acclaimed Muslim Chinese Admiral Zheng He. The mosque was built with a combination of architectural elements from China, Malay, and Indonesian archipelago, complete with certain parts of the mosque such as imam's residence and surrounding fences. “Batam Miniature Park”, The park is a synopsis of Indonesian culture, with virtually all aspects of daily life in Indonesia's 32 provinces encapsulated in separate pavilions with the collections of architecture, and traditions are all depicted impeccably, & Golden City, where the place offer a wide range of sport activities such as Go Kart, Paintball, Flying Fox or Sea Sport activities such as Banana Boat or Kayaking and lastly drop off at Mega Mall Batam Centre, where is biggest and famous shopping mall in the island. Come at evening, assemble and transfer to Batam Centre International Ferry Terminal & Depart by high speed ferry to Singapore. |
