Traveling to Indonesia

[cozcharlie]

Thank you very much for very informative reply.

Yes, our inbound flight has a 14-16 hrs. layover at Jakarta Airport. I'll check out the info on hotel you'd mentioned.

FYI. There are a couple of other hotel options at Jakarta airport you might want to consider . The Anara hotel is actually attached to Terminal 3 where customs and immigration is. I forget the level numbers but when you exit customs if you head to your right if you are facing the traffic lanes then go up one level via escalator you will eventually hit hotel (signage in terminal not particularly well marked). There have been some changes at immigration arrival hall but from the queue area I think you can actually see the Anara hotel sign through the wall of windows (can be useful just to orient yourself before you exit immigration , go to customs then make your way to hotel )

Some people also like the FM7 hotel which is near the airport but I think you will need a shuttle (or cab?). You should be able to search the board.

I am not knocking the Swisbel hotel @fantarara mentioned (I have no experience with it in Jakarta ), I just see the Anara and FM7 mentioned more frequently.

 

[Titatom]

I'm looking for some advice re what to do during waiting at Jakarta airport.

We're planning for a trip to Lembeh in Aug 2025. Origin from Bangkok, Thailand.
Currently, the best choice for flight seems to be with Garuda Indonesia from BKK-Jakarta-Manado.
Flight schedule seems like a long wait at the Jakarta airport.
Outbound flight from BKK, we'd have about 6-7hrs to wait (Arrive around 18:00, depart around 02:00 of next day)
Inbound flight from Manado, we'd have about 16hrs to wait (Arrive around 17:00, depart around 09:00 of next day)

- What facilities are there at Jakarta airport to do during those long waiting time?
- Is there a 'Left Luggage' facility that we can put some of the luggage away if we want to go outside of the airport?
- For our waiting time during the outbound flight (about 5-6hrs) - is it worth to go outside of the airport, may be into the City?
- For the Inbound flight, which we have about 16hrs to wait, we're looking to get a room at nearby hotel. Any recommendation? (preferably hotel with free shuttle transfer)
- As our target destination is Lembeh, how long is the overland travel from Manado Airport?

Any other advice would be much appreciated

It's been a few years, but we stayed at FM7 hotel overnight on way to Sorong. It's a decent hotel. However, the traffic getting there was really bad. We took a cab from the airport. It's a short distance but took about an hour to get to the hotel.

We stayed at Swiss belhotel in Sorong. It was decent with good breakfast when we were there. Haven't stayed at Swiss Belhotel in Jakarta.

As for getting to the city on a 6-hr layover, take traffic into consideration. We never rode the train, so cannot comment on that.