Tangkuban Perahu

Tangkuban Perahu

Tangkuban Perahu
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  • Hery R
    Toulon, France26 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    An easily accessible crater not far from urbanization
    Affordable prices (200,000 RP for tourist during the week, otherwise 300,000 RP). You can go up to the top by vehicle; It is therefore advisable to arrive early (mid-morning). Lots of street vendors and tourist shops. It is not a destination for long-distance hikers. What's a shame is the little trash lying around everywhere. It’s a good day out if you’re staying in Bandung.
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written April 16, 2024
  • lie yen tan
    Singapore37 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Travel jakarta bandung and bogor.
    Hello guest !! from singapore malaysia. We visited this mount with my family We did trip jakarta start and direct went to tangkuban perahu. Our trip is 6 hours from jakarta included lunch on the way. The trip was nice since that time with our driver and guide too. We are a group 7 person to visit tangkuba perahu there was cold,the way up is good road but ticket is 25SGD/PERSON this abit expensive. Our guide help us to discount but can't.the crater was very big deep. For guest if travelling bandung Can use service call +62 852 7090 1937.
    Visited June 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written June 15, 2024
  • hi577
    29 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    Nice view and location.BUT
    The view was astonish!to be on an active volcano make the trip worth it. BUT here come the negative part of it. 1.Entrance fee for foreigner is WAY WAY high at 200k (weekday) and 300k (weekend). Local pay at only 20k/30k. The authority need to do something to make the fee more friendly. 2.We were basically outnumbered by the street seller and photographer. You will have the sense that you will be "harass" by them. They dont easily take no for an answer. 3.The key chain they sell is expensive compare to the same you can get at the city. What spoil the experience is they will offer you in the currency of where you are from.Somewhat i feel we were profiled the moment we exited from our transport.Not a good experience. Well the view and the location is all that make experience worth. I wonder whether the authority will step in to control the street seller and photographer.witness a group of tourist were swarmed by them and they pestered him to buy when he decided to buy 1 souvenier from the 1st person.
    Visited June 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written June 23, 2024
  • Ava
    Kuala Belait, Brunei Darussalam66 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Welcome to Tangkuban Perahu: The Spot of Relentless Vendors
    Tangkuban Perahu could’ve been a 5-star experience, but the swarm of vendors killed the vibe. These folks are relentless, selling overpriced souvenirs and services. And even though they’re only allowed to work here one day a week (thanks to government controls), they make it count. How to identify them? They carry a ID with them like a name tag. Pro tip: Nothing here is free (no matter what they may say otherwise). Whether they offer to guide you, take your picture, or tell you a story, the endgame is always the same—they’ll demand you buy their stuff. Your best strategy? Ignore them. Don’t engage. Pretend you don’t understand. It might feel heartless, but it’s the only way to make them give up or leave you alone. If you’re visiting the top of the mountain to see Tangkuban Perahu, consider hiring a tour guide to check out the crater (Kawah). Just be cautious—even some guides here seem a little too eager to scam you. Stay sharp! Tangkuban Perahu is one of Bandung’s top tourist spots, but it’s also one of the most expensive. We shelled out 400k Rupiah for two foreigner tickets.
    Visited November 2024
    Traveled with friends
    Written December 9, 2024
  • Irham S
    Jakarta, Indonesia6 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Recommended nature tourist near Bandung
    One of the tourist attractions that offers extraordinary natural beauty is the Lembang area, which is located not too far from Bandung city. Known for its cool and refreshing air, Lembang is a favorite destination due to its easy access from the city centre, both by private vehicles and public transportation. In addition, visitors can enjoy a variety of stunning mountain views as well as a variety of recreational parks and flower gardens that feature a distinctive natural charm.
    Visited December 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written January 2, 2025
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Kristian
Den Bosch, The Netherlands28 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Couples
This is a beautiful active volcano with multiple craters that you can descend into through a set of stairs. We went in the rain season and the stairs wee slippery.

The volcano is really amazing the see, smell and feel on your skin.

However, as soon as you reach the entry gate as a westerner you are told that you are a special guest and need to pay a special price that is substantially higher than what a local would have to pay.

My girlfriend and myself are experienced in these kind of trailwalks and just wanted to walk down on our own. Our island guide highly recommended against it because the volcano guides would get angry that they could not earn money from you and then follow you around. We ended up paying a special westerners price for the guide too.

Then we went down and 4 other guides that were not employed currently followed us down into the volcano. Occassionly lending a hand with a slippery step.

At the bottom the 'other' guides will claim they are not allowed to take tips but instead can sell you souvenirs. They overcharge a lot for those and later our local guide told us they can take tips but they prefer to sell you souvenirs because it allows them to dictate the price. When we turned them down (they asked 200k for a fridge magnet) they became substantially less friendly. These (merchant)guides are a lot more pushy and unfriendly than any other people we encountered in Indonesia (which is a very friendly people).

Overall I would recommend this trip but if you are from a western country be prepared to overpay and have people try to sell you stuff all the time and actually follow you around all the time that you are there.
Written October 21, 2022
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Chen C
Kuching, Malaysia3 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Friends
Magnificent views but entrance fee is overpriced for foreigner . Beware of park tour guide n ornament sellers that can "do hard selling", they may present themselves as friends of your hired driver. Never accept their offer to assist you taking photos as free service unless you are prepared to pay tip or buy something from them . Don't expect volunteering services there .
Written January 18, 2024
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Ratih Mirantih
Jakarta, Indonesia200 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020 • Business
Tangkuban perahu is active volcano. Beautiful view. The last eruption was July 2019 and we can see the new crater from the last eruption.

Even this place was beautiful But it's over price for foreigner.
They charge for local 30k and for foreigner 200k (weekday) 300k (weekend) which is 10 times more expensive.

The sellers was aggresive. They will keep following and asking to buy with high price. If u are foreigner and coming without local guide they seller would charge very high and following u, offer help for take picture, and explaining like they are the guide. Just say No No and no. Go straight to the seller and if they still following just ignore, because sometimes they will pretend not listen.

If u shop here also u must able to bargain. Souvenirs shop will open price bit high that's why need to bargain.

Alot of local people here also will offer to another crater (domas) where they will charge again to pay more and expensive. So please be careful. They will say that they are local guide there.

Just walking, looking around and enjoy. If the tuits, or sellers coming and following. Just ignore and ignore them and ask them to leave because we gonna not buy any from them.

Written March 4, 2020
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Alia M
Singapore5 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2024 • Family
10/10 would NOT recommend.
Foreigners are charged a whopping IDR300,000 each. From the time you exit the car you will be accosted by the touts who will follow you everywhere to try to convince you to buy souvenirs which are priced at IDR450,000 each. You can’t take photos without the touts bugging you every step of the way, to offer to take your photos ‘gratis’ and then claim for some form of compensation. I was excited to
show my kids the volcano and crater but in the end got so distressed by the touts that we were in and out in 5 minutes and IDR1,500,000 poorer. Go to Kawah Putih at Ciwidey instead. Longer drive, but Much prettier sights and more importantly, no touts!
Written December 17, 2024
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COW6Y10
London, UK120 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2024 • Family
The crater itself is impressive and we enjoyed taking photos and learning about its history. However, the experience was dampened by frankly irritating salesmen swarming us at every turn asking us to buy their goods. They would literally follow us down every path and if you stopped for even a moment, 3-4 of them would descend on you like vultures. One even followed us for 15-20 minutes before we had to tell him numerous times we did not want his services.

By far the worst part of this experience was the hot spring tour. We paid an up front fee at the OFFICIAL service desk for a local tour guide named Dedi to take us down. We were flanked by 2 other men who wanted us to buy their goods. They initially started off very friendly and informative.

Once we ended up at the hot spring, some locals began giving us a clay massage which we were initially told by Dedi was part of the tour price initially paid.
In the middle of the massage (which lasted 5 minutes), the locals began demanding ridiculous prices upwards of 300k IDR ($15-20 per person!) We were horrified by this and asked them to stop as we did not even consent in the first place. They insisted that we could do a bank transfer or we could be guided to a local ATM to withdraw the money. Once we told them we would not be coerced into giving extra money, Dedi and the other guides became cold and guided us back to our car without another word. They were clearly in on this money making scheme and were disappointed we would not be pressured into being scammed.

The hot spring itself was an interesting experience and the water felt nice, however the experience was soured by the greed of the locals. We understand they need to make money but we did not appreciate being preyed on in such a manner as a family. If the price was told up front, we would be more than happy to oblige and would even give a tip, however the lack of transparency and being treated like a dollar sign was not a good experience.
Written September 7, 2024
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GunBali
Denpasar, Indonesia237 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Friends
The view on this location is amazing. That's it. It is stop right there.
For those who will visit this place, please be aware of 'smooth-owe a favor-scam' by jewelry seller. Their numbers are unbelievably a lot, almost equal with the number of visitor to this place.
They would offer to take picture for you with professional instruction on how and where to pose.
Long story short, he will follow you and at the end you will feel 'owe them a favour'.
As generosity one would offer some money for their 'favour' but they will smoothly reject your money and ask you to buy their jewelry with very HIGH price.

If your are kindhearted or cannot stand the feeling of 'owing a favour' to somebody, please do not interact with this humble-scam in this area.

Took your own picture with friends or other visitor. Never owe anything to these sellers.

Hope this story help whoever want to visit this place to avoid engaging with this seller.
Written December 27, 2023
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Stephane P
Jakarta, Indonesia24 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2024 • Family
Hello everyone,

We visited Tangkuban Perahu yesterday, and here’s our experience with the costs:
• 35,000 IDR for the car parking fee.
• 200,000 IDR per person for the entrance fee as foreigners.

A friendly local man kindly accompanied us to the crater and shared the fascinating legend of the Tangkuban Perahu mountain—for free! (He’d appreciate it if you purchase a bracelet or a small item from him as a token of gratitude.)

Afterward, we headed to Domas Crater. However, they required us to pay an additional 300,000 IDR for a guide to walk 1.3 kilometers up the mountain to reach the crater.

Note: Foreigners living in Indonesia with a valid resident or work permit are still charged 200,000 IDR for the entrance fee instead of the local price of 40,000 IDR.
Written December 2, 2024
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Martine M
Haarlem, The Netherlands35 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Friends
This is an empty location. A lot of shops with all kinds of things that are offered to you in a very pushy manner. They keep following you to convince you. If you want to walk down, you have to be there well before 3:00 PM, because they stop this at 3:00 PM. This must also be done under the supervision of a guide who must be paid separately. We only paid the entrance fee and that was 215,000 rupees per person, local people actually pay less, but that's fine.
I would skip this volcano and go to Kawah Putih.
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Written October 20, 2023
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JOAN C
4 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2024 • Family
Beutiful volcano messed up with some ill intended local vendors.
My husband is a handicap. When we arrived there , so called licensed vendors approached us offering help. At first, we refused their help. They insited only good intentions and persistently followed . Later, we let them help here and there and a few pictures were taken. We considered to give them some tips. They refused the tip and forced to buy cheap souvenirs at totally unreasonable price. $60 dollar for 3 kinds of cheap souveniors. We ended up giving them $45.00.
When I tried to buy roasted corn, the above vendors doubled the price and took the extra money from the corn sellers.
Please, refuse any help from them if you go there.
Written November 10, 2024
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YS C
33 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2023 • Family
Attraction was terrible value for foreigners with the hefty 300,000 admission fee to drive up to the parking lot close to the crater uphill. Upon arrival , you will be arriving at a tout ‘s paradise with all sorts of touts. From parking (although , u pay what you wish: (2000-5000 is ideal, don’t pay anything more) as well as touts trying to suggest you on what to do and disrupt your experience which is annoying. For such a hefty price , you thought you will be enjoying a good experience but no , instead this is what you would be met with. Avoid this place at all costs. ONLY recommended if you are a local as the local rate is much cheaper.
Written September 24, 2023
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