The Itinerary Indonesia itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Indonesia, from 5–14 days — with what every trip actually costs.
- 5–14
- days
- Southeast Asia
- region
Planning a trip to Indonesia
Pulled from the 7 routes below — so it says what these itineraries actually do, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Apr–Oct — the months these routes agree on.
How long you need
5–14 days. The shortest is Bali in 5 days: Ubud and the south; the longest is Indonesia in 14 days: Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Mount Bromo and Bali.
What it costs
≈ AED 200 to ≈ AED 700 per person per day, depending on the route. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Visa on arrival, 30 days. Payable on arrival and extendable once. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Ubud · Uluwatu · Sanur · Canggu · Seminyak · Nusa Penida · Jakarta · Yogyakarta · Mount Bromo · Ijen · Bali.
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Best for: Two properties instead of four, and the drives cut down to two
Bali honeymoon in 7 days: an Ubud villa and an Uluwatu cliff
Ubud → Uluwatu
The honeymoon version of Bali: three nights in a jungle villa with a private pool above the Ayung, three on the Bukit cliffs, and the island's worst feature — its traffic — designed out by moving once. Nusa Penida and Seminyak come out; a temple at dawn and a cliff dinner go in.
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Best for: One drive instead of four, a pool at both ends, and a beach that is actually safe to swim
Bali with kids in 7 days: a villa with a pool and a Sanur beach
Ubud → Sanur
Ubud lite and a calm-water beach: three nights in a family villa above the rice fields, three at Sanur inside the reef, and one transfer in the middle. Why Kuta, Seminyak and Uluwatu are the wrong beaches with small children, and which Bali days are worth the drive.
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Best for: The island at a third of the villa price, with the scooter question answered honestly
Bali on a budget in 7 days: homestays, a scooter and warung food
Ubud → Canggu → Uluwatu
Homestays at a fraction of a villa, warung meals for the price of a coffee, and a scooter instead of a driver — with a straight account of why that last one is where budget trips to Bali go wrong. Plus the levy, the temple entries and what genuinely costs nothing.
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Best for: A first Bali trip with two bases and no day lost to traffic
Bali in 5 days: Ubud and the south
Ubud → Uluwatu → Seminyak
Five days in Bali works only if you stop moving: two nights inland at Ubud, three in the south. Nusa Penida does not fit and this guide says why. The traffic that ruins short Bali trips, the temple sarong rule, and what to book before you land.
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Best for: Two bases, one island day trip, and no two-hour transfer every morning
Bali in 7 days: Ubud, Uluwatu and Nusa Penida
Ubud → Uluwatu → Seminyak → Nusa Penida
A week in Bali works when you stop moving: three nights inland at Ubud, three on the southern cliffs, and one long day out to Nusa Penida. The traffic that ruins most Bali itineraries, the temple sarong rule, and why the Kelingking photograph costs you a whole day.
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Best for: Java's temples and volcanoes first, Bali as the reward at the end
Indonesia in 14 days: Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Mount Bromo and Bali
Jakarta → Yogyakarta → Mount Bromo → Ijen → Bali
Most people fly straight to Bali and never see Java, which has the largest Buddhist temple on earth and two of the most extraordinary volcanoes in Asia. Two weeks does Borobudur, a sunrise over Bromo, the blue fire at Ijen, and still leaves five nights in Bali.
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Best for: First-time visitors
Bali in 10 days: Ubud, Uluwatu and the islands
Ubud → Nusa Penida → Uluwatu
The island that launched a million reels, done with eyes open: Ubud's jungle temples and rice-terrace mornings, a cliff temple with a fire dance at sunset, Nusa Penida's dinosaur coastline — plus the e-VoA, the tourist levy QR, the Nyepi airport-closure trap and the methanol warning most guides are too polite to print.
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