Batam Water Front City

All facilities which are found in Batam Water Front City Area could be enjoyed by tourist. Marina Core Resort give some program which could attract for children and adults. The games such as bowling, Video games, Squash, Tennis, Archery, fitness training and more others. Beside that there are sailing, micro light flying, jetski

Nongsa Batam

Nongsa Batam is located in the Batam coastal area with the captivating natural panorama. If we see from the distance, so the skyscraper building of Singapore look strong and robust as if it would rise the horizon. Moreover if the night come, so the twinkle lamps of Singapore spingkle golden, as if like star shining in the sky. It is wonderful scenery. Beside that there is also golf field with the International level, they say it is the refreshment place for functionaries and conglomerate from various regions in Indonesia and abroad. Accommodation facilities which are found in Nongsa, namely Hotels and Resorts in International Level, various kind of its architecture, such as Turi Beach Resort and Fun Jaya Resort.

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Batam Center

Match with its name, Batam Center is the business center. There are two big departemen store including supermarket, Industri center etc. Batam center is also the Batam City Government Center, such as Batam Mayor Office, Batam Island Development Authority Center Office, Immigration Office etc. Beside that in Batam Center is also ferry terminal which served sea transportation to connect Singapore and other islands around. And in a short time it will be also built a sea harbour for sailing boat for big ship.

Nagoya Batam

No one know why and when, the place which it used to be known with the name Baja Beach become Nagoya. The area which is located between Nongsa and Sekupang there are many matters pertaining to manpower, stars hotels, entertainment centers and luxury restaurants, which open until late of night.

Sekilak Batam

Sekilak in Batam is tourism resort complex which it shaped the combination between fishermen house from sea-tribe (suku laut) (is one of the underdeveloped in Riau) and Kelong (house for catching fish, owned by traditional fishermen which are found at offshore in Riau archipelago area). The differences between Sekilak with Kelong is in the middle of Kelong there is a big scoop-net used to catch fish, whereas in Sekilak is used to cultivate fish. In the same manner as other resorts, Sekilak Batam has accommodation facilities such as inns, Restoration, bathing place and ski playing

Getting Batam

By Flight

Batam’s airport is the Hang Nadim International Airport (BTH). Nearly all flights are domestic where you can get direct connections to Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan, Pekanbaru, Jambi, Palembang and Bandung. Indonesian carriers Merpati, Indonesia Air Asia, Riau Airlines, Kartika Airlines and a host of others provide the links.

By Boat

The main ports on Batam are Batam Centre, Sekupang, Waterfront City, Nongsapura and Telaga Punggur. Harbor Bay is now the main international ferry port for those heading for Nagoya, replacing the old Batu Ampar ferry terminal. Batam Center Ferry Terminal has the most frequent ferry connections to/from Singapore and Johor Bahru. Sekupang, with ferries from Singapore is best used for those catching domestic connections to the Sumatra mainland and the Karimun Islands. Waterfront City and Nongsapura mostly serve adjacent resorts while Telaga Punggur is the main ferry terminal for boats to and from Bintan.

• To/From Singapore: Ferries departing from the Harbourfront Ferry Terminal go to Batam Centre, Sekupang and Waterfront City (Teluk Senimba) while ferries from the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal serve Nongsapura.
• From Harbourfront: Ferry operators include: Penguin (Tel: +62-778-467574 in Batam Centre; +62-778-321636 in Sekupang; +62-778-381280 in Waterfront City; +65-62714866 in Harbourfront). S$25/30 one-way/return (Oct 2007). Virtually hourly ferries to Batam Centre and Sekupang, fewer ferries to Waterfront City. Dino/Batam Fast (Tel: +62-778-467793/470344 in Batam Centre; +62-778-325085/6 in Sekupang; +62-778-381150 in Waterfront City; +65-62700311 in Harbourfront). Also hourly ferries to Batam Centre, fewer ferries to Sekupang and Waterfront City. S$26/40 one-way/return (Oct 2007). Indofalcon (Tel: +65-62783167 in Harbourfront). This company does not operate to/from Sekupang. Berlian/Wave Master (Tel: +65-65468830 in Singapore).
• From Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal: Ferries operated by: Dino/Batam Fast (Tel: +62-778-761071 in Nongsapura, +65-65426310 in Tanah Merah FT). Several ferries daily to/from Nongsapura.

• To/From Malaysia: Ferries link Johor Bahru with Batam Centre. There are virtually hourly departures betweem 0750 and 1840 from JB to Batam, and between 0750 and 1720 from Batam to JB. Tickets cost RM60/95 one-way/return before taxes to/from JB. For more information, call Tenggara Senandung (Tel: +60-7-2211677) in Johor Bahru.Ferries also operate between Batam Centre and Tanjung Belungkor in Johor.

• To/From Bintan: The main port for ferries between the capital city of Riau Islands Tanjung Pinang at the island Bintan and Batam is Telaga Punggur at the southeastern end of Batam: * Baruna (Tel: +62-778-479162 in Telaga Punggur; +62-771-28578 in Tanjung Pinang) and Sentosa operate speedboats between Telaga Punggur and Bintan’s main town Tanjung Pinang virtually every 15 minutes during daylight hours. Tickets cost between Rp35,000 and Rp38,000 excluding port taxes. Frequent speedboats also run between Telaga Punggur and Tanjung Uban on the western part of Bintan. Getting there/away: Official taxis from BatamCentre to Telaga Punggur cost Rp65.000. On the reverse way, it’s Rp. 60.000. You can try and bargain for a lower rate with taxis outside the port area. Passenger vans or mikrolet (know as Metro Trans by the locals) run between Telaga Punggur and Jodoh/Nagoya.

• Boats to/from Tanjung Pinang also call at Sekupang at the northeastern part of Batam when going to or coming from the Sumatra mainland such as to Dumai and Pekanbaru, as well as Karimun Island. These are however not as frequent as those leaving from Telaga Punggur. To get to Sekupang, please see following section.

• To/From Sumatra mainland, other Riau Islands: Batam’s main domestic port is Sekupang, where you can ferries to/from the Sumatra mainland and other Riau Islands west of Batam. You can also use Sekupang for ferries to/from Bintan but the bulk of ferries to that island leave from Telaga Punggur (see “From Bintan” section above). Getting there/away: Numerous taxis make the run between Sekupang and Nagoya. There is also a public minibus service between Sekupang and Batam Center as well as Nagoya.

• To/From Karimun Island: Regular ferries operate between Tanjung Balai on Karimun and Sekupang. Some of the ferries originate from the Sumatra mainland or Kundur Island. Boats also stop at Tanjung Balai when going from Sekupang to Sumatra or Kundur.          o To/From Dumai: Several companies, including Dumai Express operates several ferries daily to/from Sekupang. Most of these ferries originate from Tanjung Pinang, the main town on Bintan, and also make a stop at Tanjung Balai on Karimun Island after making a stop at Sekupang.

• To/From Kundur Island: Several ferry companies run daily between Sekupang and Tanjung Batu on Kundur. These ferries also make a stop at Tanjung Balai on Karimun enroute.          o Other ferry destinations include Pekanbaru, Selat Panjang, Bengkalis and Tanjung Buton in Riau, and Kuala Tungkal in Jambi province.

From other parts of Indonesia: Pelni ships which serve various ports throughout Indonesia call at Sekupang.

If you want to catch flights from Singapore’s Changi Airport, you must be on a ferry to Singapore at least three hours before departure time.

(source: www.batam.com)

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Swiss Belhotel Batam

Swiss Belhotel Batam is a four-star international hotel standard, located in the commercial & entertainment area, within walking distance to all key places of interest. Approximately 30 minutes by ferry from Singapore and 20 minutes drive from Hang Nadim Airport