We booked a Tumpak Sewu, Ijen, Bromo tour. It was all very well organized. We didn't have to worry... read more
We booked a Tumpak Sewu, Ijen, Bromo tour. It was all very well organized. We didn't have to worry... read more
I did arrange a package well before we came to Bali. E-Mail contact was professional and I received... read more
Bali Java holidays organized us 4 different tours. They reserved us very nice, comfortable and clean hotels, internal flights, as well as English speaking drivers with very comfortable and clean cars who were also mainly our guides. We started the tour in Java, where we visited Java temples (all were
fantastic) and Java mountains (Bromo Mountain and Ljen Volcano were so beautiful at the sunrise). The second tour by boat in Komodo Islands, gave us the opportunity to enjoy the so beautiful Pink Beah, the coral barriers with enourmous turtles, mantas and the amazing shoals of fish as well as sunset with flying foxes. In the third tour in Flores we enjoyed mountains and lakes as well as the astonishing blue and green stone beach. The last tour we had was in Bali (more touristic): Here we visited other different and niche temples. In a nutshell we really lived an immersive Indonesian experience living different islands, different culture and different religions. We want to give a special thank to Jasmine and a special good deserved thank to driver Benny we met in Giava, driver Putu, we met in Bali and driver Angelo we met in Flores: all so professional . We had a great and unforgettable time!
We took a 15 day tour the first two weeks of August 2023 with Bali Java Holidays, "Surrounding Java Bali Komodo Island", and it turned out to be one of our best holidays ever. We travelled with our 17 y.o. son and neither him nor us, his parents, ever got bored during the holiday.
We contacted Bali Java Holidays asking them if they would be able to organize our "dream" holiday of Indonesia, immediately afterwards Yasmin, from the office, got in touch with us, we told her we were looking for a cultural, active holiday that had to include Komodo Island and we had around two weeks to tour the country.
Yasmin sent us their proposal and all I can say is that the reality hugely surpassed our expectation.
The choice of accommodation was superb. I particularly loved our hotel in Yogyakarta, but they were all really well chosen, even the more basic one, as the guesthouse in the Sukamade Turtle beach, as it was just a short stroll from the ocean and the option of strolling along the beach during the sunset was incredible.
The activities programmed for us were all well thought and thoroughly enjoyable and to that we owe a huge thanks to Cahyo, our guide in Java. Cahyo was very friendly from the minute we met him when he collected us at the airport and very knowledgeable. He always answered all our questions with lots of information and with good doses of good humor, which made it very easy for all of us to get along. At this point I must say that Cahyo is a very good ambassador to his country! During the more physical activities like the climbing of Ijen, Cahyo set a pace that made the climbing much easier despite the effort required. He also showed us how human and how respectful of nature he is. We had a lot of fun the day we visited the Tumpak Sewu Waterfall heading down the waterfall, crossing the fast flowing streams, losing one of my flip-flops during the last crossing, climbing up the waterfall to get to the caves, getting soaking wet during the process and then miraculously finding the lost flip-flop on our way back up (tip: you are going to get very, very wet during the climbling down and up so dress accordingly, also wear footwear good for scrambling, even though many people and guides wear flip-flops, beware as you make loose them as I lost mine, I think a pair of runners/trainers would be best keeping in mind they'll get very wet).
We spent 10 days in Java which included among others visiting the Prambanan and the Borobudur temples, the Merapi Volcano, the Tumpak Sewu waterfall, hiking the Bromo and the Ijen craters, cycling around Borobudur Village and driving on a 4WD through the jungle to end up releasing baby turtles into the ocean. Then we went to Bali for 2 days where we visited the Ubud Palace and Art Market, and the Tegalalang Rice Terrace among other activities. After Bali we flew to Labuan Bajo where we started our 3D2N sailing tour where the highlight of the trip was to see the komodo dragon, which was an amazing experience. We also did some climbing, sunset rising and setting seeing and some snorkling, and even though we didn't manage to see the manta rays we did manage to see some turtles while snorkling. By the way, the food during the sailing was excellent, plentiful and really tasty.
I am very happy I trusted Baly Java Holiday to put together an itinerary customized to our requests and preferences. The itinerary they prepared for us was ideal and everything run really smoothly. They made our holiday very memorable and all I can say is that they proved to have the knowledge, the experience and the people to satisfy their customers. Best guides, great drivers and fantastic administration personnel.
(At the end of our Java part of the tour, Yasmin came to meet us in person and it was really nice to put a face to the person we communicated with from the beginning of us contacting BJH, really nice touch!)
We are a group of friends that decided to do Bromo and Ijen tour. We are really happy with our guide Hairul, he was so nice and friendly, he helped us in everything we need it and he explained us all kind of stories about Java and its people. If we had to choose the tour, definitively we would ask to do it with him.
We just returned from a 4D3N Mount Bromo and Ijen Sunrise tour. Our guide Cahyo and driver Fauzi ensured we were well taken care of during the trip.
Cahyo is an experienced and responsible guide with vast knowledge of history which he shared with us. Our Bromo sunrise tour was good as he managed to pick a good spot at the viewpoint for us to enjoy the sunrise and Bromo view. Not so lucky for Ijen sunrise though as it was raining that morning when we went up, but we still had a good time.
On the last day when we returned to Surabaya city, both of them even waited for us to make sure we were checked in to our hotel before going off, which was something that we appreciated.
Pre-communication with Yasmin / Iwan were done via email and they replied promptly to our enquiries.
Overall, we enjoyed our entire trip and will recommend your tour agency to my friends and family who wish to visit Indonesia.
Love my experience with bali java holidays! Easy to communicate with, very flexible, and we got the most fun and sporting driver ever! Thank you for the memorable vacation ❤️
This is our second time using Bali Java Holiday, our hiking guide, Cahyo, is experienced and took us to the great viewing points at Mount Bromo and also Mt Ijen. We also had an excellent adventure to hike down the Tumpak Sewu Waterfall. The pre-trip communications with Yasmin have been very smooth too. Highly recommend to use this company.