{"id":6681,"date":"2019-04-24T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seeker.io\/?p=6681"},"modified":"2019-04-24T07:00:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T07:00:20","slug":"indonesia-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seeker.io\/article\/indonesia-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"3 of the Best Islands in Indonesia (Other Than Bali)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For a large number of travelers, Indonesia <em>is<\/em> Bali. Accounting for over 60% of tourist travel to the country, there are countless <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/things-to-do-bali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"things to do in Bali (opens in a new tab)\">things to do in Bali<\/a> thanks to its incredible beaches, emerald-green rice fields, cascading waterfalls, as well as its unique cultural, spiritual and artistic treasures. But with over 17,000 islands that host some of the most fruitful cultural and natural diversities in the entire world, the Indonesian islands are clearly a whole lot more than Bali alone. So, let\u2019s venture beyond Bali and have a peek at a few of the best islands in Indonesia that are hiding in plain sight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"marker-heading seeker-place seeker-place-heading\" data-latitude=\"-7.614529\" data-longitude=\"110.71225\" data-placeurl=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/WGJZ4qK2_\/java-indonesia\" data-placeid=\"4024\" class=\"wp-block-seeker-place-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/WGJZ4qK2_\/java-indonesia\">Java Indonesia<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-latitude=\"-7.614529\" data-longitude=\"110.71225\" src=\"https:\/\/d39ghehfp8sbx4.cloudfront.net\/media\/img\/1\/bb8051ce-03a7-47d6-96dd-292c210c018a-1400.jpg?placeid=4024&amp;name=Java&amp;lat=-7.614529&amp;lng=110.71225\" alt=\"Vibrant market, Jakarta, Indonesia. Herianus\/istockphoto.com\"\/><figcaption>Vibrant market, Jakarta, Indonesia. Herianus\/istockphoto.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jakarta (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/wYE2cy9BJ\/jakarta-jakarta-jakarta-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\">Jakarta<\/a>, located in <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/aD4Ngl-Hj\/west-java-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"West Java (opens in a new tab)\">West Java<\/a>, was my first point of contact in the Indonesian islands. This capital city is a chaotic metropolis, known for its colonial relics, vibrant markets, and beautiful mosques. The city is <em>bustling<\/em>, and also has plenty of flavor and color. Founded in the 4th century and colonized by the Dutch East Indies, Jakarta has long been served as a critical Indonesian island port. This city of over 10 million people has a multifaceted culture with Javanese, Dutch, Chinese, and Arabic influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A train ride from Jakarta brought me to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Yogyakarta (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/U8FR3P59C\/yogyakarta-special-region-of-yogyakarta-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\">Yogyakarta<\/a>, also called &#8220;Yogya\u201d. It&#8217;s an artistic city that is strategically located and serves as a base for quick trips to other enchanting places, like <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Borobudur (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/gzj0i9m1u\/borobudur-central-java-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\">Borobudur<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Prambanan (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/CBfugyegL\/prambanan-central-java-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\">Prambanan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/qWvby6Ae8\/dieng-plateau-banjarnegara-central-java-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Dieng Plateau (opens in a new tab)\">Dieng Plateau<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-latitude=\"-7.614529\" data-longitude=\"110.71225\" src=\"https:\/\/d39ghehfp8sbx4.cloudfront.net\/media\/img\/1\/6937e014-d677-48e3-9a6c-d01e7b27a451-1400.jpg?placeid=4024&amp;name=Java&amp;lat=-7.614529&amp;lng=110.71225\" alt=\"Borobudur temple at sunrise, ogyakarta, Java, Indonesia.\"\/><figcaption>Borobudur temple at sunrise, ogyakarta, Java, Indonesia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Located 40 km from Yogya, Borobudur is one of the largest Buddhist temple complexes in the world. The temple has survived the wear of time, earthquakes, and even terrorist attacks. Once a year, Indonesian island Buddhists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/vesakday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">celebrate Vesak<\/a> in this world heritage site. Just an hour away, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Prambanan (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/642\" target=\"_blank\">Prambanan<\/a> is a 9th-century Hindu temple and a UNESCO World Heritage Site with more than 200 temples which preserve the vestiges of Hindu culture in Java.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surrounded by temples and breathtaking nature is Dieng Plateau, which was formerly a crater. Today, it\u2019s a volcanic lake that frequently changes color due to the sulfur concentrated in its waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-latitude=\"-7.614529\" data-longitude=\"110.71225\" src=\"https:\/\/d39ghehfp8sbx4.cloudfront.net\/media\/img\/1\/edaeb5c6-0a48-433b-b2da-5f9b78373abd-1400.jpg?placeid=4024&amp;name=Java&amp;lat=-7.614529&amp;lng=110.71225\" alt=\"Dieng Plateau, Central Java, Indonesia. \"\/><figcaption>Dieng Plateau, Central Java, Indonesia. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Crossing the wild <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/W6vTH-cX6\/east-java-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"East Java (opens in a new tab)\">East Java<\/a>, with expansive coffee plantations, rolling hills, colonial-era boulevards, and a laid-back lifestyle, it seemed that I landed onto a different island entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"marker-heading seeker-place seeker-place-heading\" data-latitude=\"0.961883\" data-longitude=\"114.554848\" data-placeurl=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/lrJaXrSzz\/borneo\" data-placeid=\"2918\" class=\"wp-block-seeker-place-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/lrJaXrSzz\/borneo\">Indonesian Borneo<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-latitude=\"0.961883\" data-longitude=\"114.554848\" src=\"https:\/\/d39ghehfp8sbx4.cloudfront.net\/media\/img\/1\/f720dd89-80e9-46de-8eb6-a45192d5f85e-1400.jpg?placeid=2918&amp;name=Borneo&amp;lat=0.961883&amp;lng=114.554848\" alt=\"Orangutan, Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. \"\/><figcaption>Orangutan, Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Borneo (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/lrJaXrSzz\/borneo\" target=\"_blank\">Borneo<\/a>, has recently come an exciting tourist destination for adventure travel and is undoubtedly one of the best islands in Indonesia. Gratefully, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"grisly ritual of headhunting (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/asia\/malaysia\/articles\/the-history-of-borneos-headhunters\/\" target=\"_blank\">grisly ritual of headhunting<\/a> is a practice of the past. Instead, you&#8217;ll find natural wonders and endemic species, such as the pygmy elephant, nebulous panther, Malay bear, long-nosed monkey, and freshwater dolphin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/orangutan.org\/our-projects\/research\/camp-leakey\/\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Leakey<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/cfOF1GLww\/tanjung-puting-national-park-hulu-kalimantan-tengah-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tanjung Puting National Park (opens in a new tab)\">Tanjung Puting National Park<\/a> is home to a rehabilitation program for orangutans where you can see these fuzzy red-haired creatures being fed and interact with their offspring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-latitude=\"0.961883\" data-longitude=\"114.554848\" src=\"https:\/\/d39ghehfp8sbx4.cloudfront.net\/media\/img\/1\/7e9cf136-2935-4471-913f-ca42df7efdae-1400.jpg?placeid=2918&amp;name=Borneo&amp;lat=0.961883&amp;lng=114.554848\" alt=\"Camp Leakey, Borneo Island, Indonesia. Sergey Uryadnikov&#xA0;\/&#xA0;Shutterstock.com\"\/><figcaption>Camp Leakey, Borneo Island, Indonesia. Sergey Uryadnikov&#xA0;\/&#xA0;Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>21st-century Borneo is a fast-changing region. Logging and oil palm plantations have destroyed a considerable part of this Indonesian island&#8217;s sacred rainforests, and this trend is likely to continue in the near future, considering depleting oil reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But productive forces are at work in Borneo, and not everything is bad news for the environment. Particularly, ecotourism and sustainable tourism are playing an essential role in the economy of the island. Despite the rapid pace of change, daily life still spins around the river and longhouse. For me, it\u2019s the traditional hospitality of Borneo\u2019s tribal people, as much as the tropical rainforests and rich fauna themselves, that make Borneo such a mystical place to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-latitude=\"0.961883\" data-longitude=\"114.554848\" src=\"https:\/\/d39ghehfp8sbx4.cloudfront.net\/media\/img\/1\/e6cb6c7e-9b2f-446a-847b-0ebc8fa1b17b-1400.jpg?placeid=2918&amp;name=Borneo&amp;lat=0.961883&amp;lng=114.554848\" alt=\"Local &apos;klotok&apos; boat on Sekonyer River into Tanjung Puting Jungle, Borneo, Indonesia.\"\/><figcaption>Local &apos;klotok&apos; boat on Sekonyer River into Tanjung Puting Jungle, Borneo, Indonesia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the easiest ways to explore the Borneo jungle is to do it by boat. I toured on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kalimantanexplorer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">traditional Indonesian island klotok<\/a>, which are covered houses made of wood, and from the upper deck, I could see the dense rainforest as we moved along the river. The crew of the ship included the person in charge of the boat, cook, and expert guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"marker-heading seeker-place seeker-place-heading\" data-latitude=\"-1.8479\" data-longitude=\"120.527901\" data-placeurl=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/9ROo9luQW\/sulawesi-indonesia\" data-placeid=\"4025\" class=\"wp-block-seeker-place-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/9ROo9luQW\/sulawesi-indonesia\">Sulawesi Indonesia<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-latitude=\"-1.8479\" data-longitude=\"120.527901\" src=\"https:\/\/d39ghehfp8sbx4.cloudfront.net\/media\/img\/1\/09200e8f-93fa-4bab-bb46-f5150ed511cf-1400.jpg?placeid=4025&amp;name=Sulawesi&amp;lat=-1.8479&amp;lng=120.527901\" alt=\"Sunset, Togean Islands, Sulawesi,&#xA0;Indonesia. \"\/><figcaption>Sunset, Togean Islands, Sulawesi,&#xA0;Indonesia. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Four long peninsulas that look like tentacles joined together make up <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sulawesi (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/9ROo9luQW\/sulawesi-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\">Sulawesi<\/a>, the eleventh largest island in the world (and one of the best islands in Indonesia outside of Bali). The sea is so ubiquitous in Sulawesi that the earth seems to surrender itself before it. Its volcanic nature generates sea beds <em>covered<\/em> with coral and brimming with vibrant sea life. Traveling from one peninsula to another is usually more comfortable by sea than by the winding roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-latitude=\"-1.8479\" data-longitude=\"120.527901\" src=\"https:\/\/d39ghehfp8sbx4.cloudfront.net\/media\/img\/1\/a6fd8771-99cc-4b67-aeeb-3c6c7a7e7cf8-1400.jpg?placeid=4025&amp;name=Sulawesi&amp;lat=-1.8479&amp;lng=120.527901\" alt=\"Loser Beach with 99 domes of mosque, Makassar City, Indonesia. \"\/><figcaption>Loser Beach with 99 domes of mosque, Makassar City, Indonesia. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being a city with the majority Muslim population, four ethnic groups coexist here, each with its own dialect. This spot was super during the colonial period which drew a lot of travelers in and made it an epicenter of business. In <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/cKX8_hosA\/makassar-south-sulawesi-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Makassar (opens in a new tab)\">Makassar<\/a>\u2019s streets, you can see the Catholicism left by the Portuguese, Dutch infrastructure, Protestant churches and the fort of Rotterdam, a structure built in the seventeenth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-latitude=\"-1.8479\" data-longitude=\"120.527901\" src=\"https:\/\/d39ghehfp8sbx4.cloudfront.net\/media\/img\/1\/75d09171-0bd4-49b8-b7f3-c4e8ff143676-1400.jpg?placeid=4025&amp;name=Sulawesi&amp;lat=-1.8479&amp;lng=120.527901\" alt=\"Togean Islands from above, Togean Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia. \"\/><figcaption>Togean Islands from above, Togean Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Taka Bonerate National Marine Park (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/LxYqZqAkY\/taka-bonerate-national-park-selayar-sulawesi-selatan-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\">Taka Bonerate National Marine Park<\/a> is the third largest atoll in the world with 15 islands. The park is 16 hours by boat from Makassar. An attractive underwater and jungle enclave, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Togean Islands (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/3NTuClLsT\/togean-island-tojo-una-una-regency-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\">Togean Islands<\/a> are easily accessible thanks to the boats that connect <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/gtYiquAnn\/ampana-central-sulawesi-indonesia\">Ampana<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Gorontalo (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/gtYiquAnn\/ampana-central-sulawesi-indonesiahttps:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/746As8z_e\/gorontalo-gorontalo-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\">Gorontalo<\/a>. The city of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Manado (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/h_yeLBWJS\/manado-north-sulawesi-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\">Manado<\/a>, with its international airport, allows access to <a href=\"https:\/\/seeker.io\/app\/place\/imR-yi6zX\/bunaken-north-sulawesi-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pulau Bunaken National Marine Park (opens in a new tab)\">Pulau Bunaken National Marine Park<\/a>, which is considered one of the best underwater destinations in the world for its 300 types of coral and 3,000 species of fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a large number of travelers, Indonesia is Bali. 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