Round-trip transport by high-speed public ferry (required to cross Singapore/Indonesia border)
1-hour (60-min) traditional Indonesian massage
Admission to Grand Maha Vihara Duta Maitreya temple
Photostop at Grand Barelang Bridge, Batam Grand Mosque and Welcome To Batam monument
Batam ground transportation by air-conditioned vehicle
Fully-guided small group tour in Batam by local English-speaking guide
4-course seafood lunch (2 types of seafood, chicken and vegetables)
Traditional Kueh Lapis (Indonesian layer cakes) tasting

Indonesia visa-on-arrival fee (US$35/person, payable in cash at the border)
Hotel pickup (unless option selected)
Hotel drop-off (tour will end near Singapore Harbourfront MRT Station around 9:30pm)

Meeting And Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

HarbourFront Centre
1 Maritime Square, Singapore 099253
Address: Batamfast Ferry Shop, #02-50, 1 Maritime Square (Lobby C), Singapore 099253 Directions: If you are taking the subway, alight at Harbourfront MRT Station, and follow signs to Harbourfront Centre. At Harbourfront Centre, there will be signs pointing you to Lobby C.

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

HarbourFront Centre

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Welcome To Batam Monument

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Batam Grand Mosque (Pass By)

70 Fahrenheit Koffie Batam

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Barelang Bridge

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Batam Layer Cakes

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Maha Vihara Duta Maitreya Temple

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Batik Factory Outlet

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Taman Mini Indonesia, Batam Golden City Bengkong

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Muhammad Cheng Ho Mosque (Pass By)

Nagoya Citywalk

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Mega Mall Batam Centre

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

HarbourFront Centre

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
A current valid passport (with at least 6 months validity) and fully-vaccinated certificate are required on the day of travel to visit Indonesia
Indonesian visa-on-arrival (US$35/person, payable in cash at the border) is available for guests from: Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States Of America, Vietnam
Near public transportation
Guests from all other countries not stated above, please seek prior travel authorization from your nearest Indonesian embassy
Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all guests

Your tickets will be held at the ferry counter for collection on the day of travel up to 7:40am (GMT+8), you will be required to present all passports (with at least 6 months validity) to exchange for your tickets
Refunds will not be issued if high-speed public ferry is missed (ie: late check-in, fever, incomplete documents etc)
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Most travellers can participate
This trip is not suitable for guests with fever or other serious medical conditions
This trip is not suitable for children below 12 years of age (children will be served a cup of beverage while waiting beside their parents/guardian during the 1-hour massage)
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travellers

Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

Dan A

Loveley trip, A lot of activities for a very small price. Massage was great, the coffee factory was a really good ideea, the seeafood meal was very good and plenty. A must do. You cannot get much more for that price.

Reviews

4.0

22 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travellers.

Showing 1-10 of 22 reviews

Great day tour!

Lisa_H, Sept 2023

Great trip. Guide was also the driver who was great. Have details about Batam given. Went to few main places and nice lunch was included.

Not impressive

Laura_V, June 2023

The tour is not impressive. Our tour guide is just a driver, doesn’t say anything, offers little info when asked. Kopi Luwak tour is interesting because I’m a coffee drinker. Lunch and massage is good. No other activity that is worth your time.

Response from Host, July 2023

Dear valued guest, we thank you for your feedback about our tour. For selected small group tours (with less than 6 guests), the guide does double-up as the driver, and we sincerely regret that your guide was not be able to engage much with you while driving. We thank you for your positive feedback about what you have learnt about kopi luwak (Indonesian civet coffee), and we have forwarded your compliments to the guide. Finally, we agree with you that Indonesia provides very limited wow factor, because Indonesia is still after all, a developing country and the infrastructure and architecture shows, as compared to developed countries like the US and Singapore. Nonetheless, we strive our best to showcase the real side of Indonesia to all guests in the best light possible, through means within our control, such as your Indonesian lunch and traditional Indonesian massage. We hope to have you back again in better circumstances when Indonesia has developed more. We wish you all the best for your future travels.

A good trip

KAYEEMIRANDA_T, July 2022

Back in time of developing economies. Worthwhile to learn and know. Disturbed by COVID but recovering

Response from Host, July 2022

Dear valued guest, We thank you for your positive feedback about what you have learnt about in Batam, and we have forwarded your compliments to the guide. We agree with you that Indonesia is still a developing country and the infrastructure and architecture shows, as compared to developed countries like Singapore. Nonetheless, we strive our best to showcase the real side of Indonesia to all guests in the best light possible, especially in the midst of the pandemic when many shuttered businesses are reopening. We hope to have you back again in better circumstances when Indonesia has developed more. We wish you all the best for your future travels.

Excellent tour to Batam, Indonesia!

william, Feb 2020

We went to Batam, Indonesia by ferry from Singapore which was an hour on the water each way. When we arrived in Batam we met Johnny, our tour guide for the day. He took us for breakfast then to the Maha Vihara Duta Maitreya Buddhist Temple, the Barelang Bridge, and then to a wonderful fresh seafood lunch on the water . Next up we visited 70 degree Fahrenheit koffie where they produce fresh coffee beans, a Polo Shirt factory, minature houses depicting each style from different parts of Indonesia, Secret Layers a cake maker, and finally to a spa where Lisa and I received a wonderful Indonesian massage before returning to the port for the ferry ride back to Singapore. It was a long but memorable day for our first trip to Indonesia.

Trip to Batam Island

Joanna_K, Nov 2019

My friend and I had a great time on our visit to Batam. Dian, our tour guide made sure of that. I cannot say enough about the sea food lunch and not to mention the massage, which was out of this world. All the other places we visited only helped to make the trip perfect. A superb day it was.

If you want a cheap massage is perfect!

Emanuela_L, Sept 2019

There is not much to see in Batham, but is ok if you want to have an Idea of Indonesia. Just 1h boat from Singapore, you can experience a different reality. The local tour guide was very nice and keen to accommodate customers needs. I suggest to skip the first stop and increase the time for massage, massage was the part I personally most enjoyed about the trip! :-)

Mainly a shopping trip

Nickola_G, Sept 2019

This tour should just be marketed as -shopping, lunch, shopping, massage- that is all it is. The company ran 2 overlapping tours, which left a part of the group alone while the other part had their activity - mainly shopping. Stop 1- shopping at outlet, mini house visit Stop 2- more shopping Stop 3 - bridge (nice view) Stop 4- lunch (very nice) Stop 5- coffee tour that was basically a “used car salesman, rapid fire” pitch to buy coffee Stop 6 - temple visit (horrible!!) Stop 7 - massage (and shopping for those who weren’t getting a massage) Notes - there is a LOT of driving. Tour guide should offer cultural points along the way. Driving in silence is not fun. Temple was the worst. I have been to several and the lack of respect for others while worshiping and the cult like presentation- horrible! So, if you like shopping and a good massage, tour is for you. Otherwise just a very long day

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Dear valued guest, We thank you for your positive feedback about our lunch feast, and have forwarded your compliments to the chefs. We sincerely regret about your disappointment with your driver, and we have since provided re-training for all our drivers based on your feedback, and instructed them to reduce the overall shopping time in future. Finally, with regards to your feedback about the coffee factory and temple, we will work closely with their management to provide a better experience for future guests. We wish you all the best for your future travels.

Batam day trip

Rafeek M, Aug 2019

Its worth if you have to spare one whole day dedicated for this. the place is good to know the flavor of mixed indonesia-singapore culture. However the food and massage are worth i feel. the places to visit in the itinerary are not so great including the bridge. still if you have time, you can have a look.

Disappointing

Rodney_T, July 2019

We were met by our tour guide and immediately taken to a rubbish strewn carpark to take a photo of the "Welcome to Batam" sign. From there we were taken to the coffee "factory". This appeared to be a warehouse rather than a factory as there was nothing to see - no coffee was being roasted or ground, just people standing around waiting for tourists. We were given a cup of coffee and a lengthy spiel about their product and felt obliged to buy some coffee before we left. Our next stop was at a run down shopping mall to a very basic supermarket, which had nothing we wanted to buy. Then we were taken to the Barelang bridge to take photos. Our next stop was a a very run down and dirty fishing village for lunch. The tidal area under the houses was strewn with rubbish and showed how much of a problems pollution is on and around this island. The food was placed on our table with no explanation of what it was and we were not offered any drinks although other tables were given coconuts to drink. For non seafood eaters the food consisted of an omelet, some green vegetables, rice and some deep fried unpleasant dish that was supposed to be chicken but did not taste like any kind of chicken I had ever eaten. Next stop was at a Buddhist temple followed by a cake shop where we were offered a tiny piece kek lapis on a toothpick. The shop had run out of cakes to sell, so there was nothing to purchase, Next door was where we had our massage - we all paid extra for an extra 30 minute massage making 90 minutes total, but the massage would have struggled to have been for one hour. From there we declined to go to a Polo shirt store, but taken to a shop which sold batik products. After that we dropped off at a large "megamall" which curiously had a lot of empty space, to till in time until the ferry left for Singapore. The tour guide's commentary was mostly inaudible throughout our journey and she was nowhere to be seen while we were having lunch. We were given a bottle of water at the start of the tour but were offered nothing else to drink or taken anywhere where we could purchase a drink for most of the day. The only toilets we could find were at the Buddhist temple. It was an interesting way to see part of the island, but did not appear to be value for money.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Dear valued guest, We thank you for your detailed feedback about our tour. We sincerely regret about your disappointment with your driver, and we have since provided re-training for all our drivers based on your feedback, and instructed them to improve on their service delivery in future. With regards to your feedback about the coffee factory, fishing village lunch, cake shop and massage, we will work closely with their management to provide a better experience for future guests. Finally, we agree with you that Indonesia is still a developing country and the infrastructure and architecture shows, as compared to developed countries like the US and Singapore. Nonetheless, we strive our best to showcase the real side of Indonesia to all guests in the best light possible. We hope to have you back in better circumstances when Indonesia has achieved developed country status. We wish you all the best for your future travels.

Batam Day

Gerardo_C, June 2019

Overall this is an average experience. The Ferry trip is nice and comfortable. The island of Batam is not a typical tourist island; city scenery is not driven by tourism. Lunch was very disappointing, especially since Batam is known for cheap seafood dishes; the serving was very little and it was difficult to find meat in the small crab dish we got. The visit to the temple was okay, but we seemed to have spent too much time there. The massage experience was probably the best part of this deal. The visit to the cake place was a fiasco; it was just a store that sold the cake. The coffee factory was interesting but it was more really meant to be a crash course in the different bean styles and then a sales opportunity. The tour guide did an excellent job though. I believe this experience could become an excellent one if these issues are somehow improved.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Dear valued guest, We thank you for your positive feedback about our traditional Indonesian massage and guide service delivery, and have forwarded your compliments to the masseurs and guide. We sincerely regret about your disappointment with the coffee factory, fishing village lunch and cake shop, we will work closely with their management to provide a better experience for future guests. Finally, with regards to your feedback about the temple, we have instructed all our drivers to adjust the visiting time with consultation with the guests in future. We wish you all the best for your future travels.

Good trip but don’t book the transfer option.

Liam_D, June 2019

I quite enjoyed this trip but my advice is do not add the transfer option as it did not arrive for us and also for other group members. I called the number provided but the guy that answered was very unhelpful and said he’d never heard of me or my booking? Paid for taxi to harbour front myself and collected the ferry tickets at 7.45am. Enjoyed the seafood lunch and massage. Our guide was friendly and helpful. Viator have since refunded me for the transfer, no problem with there.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Dear valued guest, We thank you for your positive feedback about our traditional Indonesian massage and lunch feast, and have forwarded your compliments to the masseurs and chefs. We sincerely regret about your disappointment with your Singapore hotel transfer, and we have since digitalised our hotel transfer scheduling system to ensure that no future guests will ever be missed out again. Finally, thank you for your confirmation that a full refund for the hotel transfer has been processed. We wish you all the best for your future travels.

Can't miss this trip!

Tomi A, June 2019

We received advance notice about what to expect once we arrived in Batam. We had a wonderful guide standing with a sign to welcome us. She did a WONDERFUL job of taking us place to place. Great overview of the area.

You get a lot for your money

Dan A, May 2019

Nice tour except the massage

SiuWa_C, May 2019

The tour was smooth and fun, and the tour guide was accommodating. But the massage was quite terrible and too hard to get a relaxing experience.