PRIVATE MOLUCCAS EXPERIENCE TOUR

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PRIVATE MOLUCCAS EXPERIENCE TOUR

Highlights

  • Private Moluccas Tour
  • Ternate sightseeing (incl. traditional lunch, NgadeLake/ Laguan Lake, Small Tolire Lake & Big Tolire Lake, Batu Angus, Afo – the oldest clove tree in Moluccas, Gambesi Beach, and much more…)
  • Tidore sightseeing (including local market, Sultan Palace, Kalamata Fort, Fort Oranje, Fort Toluko, traditional lunch, Tahulla Fortress, Fort Tore, Gura Flowers Village, Soa Soa, and much more…)
  • Jailolo Tour – Traditional Villages and Mangroves
  • Ambon sightseeing (incl. Passo Village, Nutonese houses, local market, Wapuwe Mosque, Allang Beach, Marine Museum in Taman Makmur Hill, Namalatu Beach, Honimua Beach, and much more…)
  • Banda sightseeing in private Moluccas Tour (including Museum Banda, Old Neira Church, Fort Belgica, Hatta House, Dutch Governor JP Coen Palace, and much more…)
  • Hatta Island – Snorkeling Tour
  • Ngurbloat Beach – the finest sand in the world, located in Kei Island
  • And much more …

 

Selamat Datang in the largest island archipelago in the world – Indonesia.

When you arrive at the international airport in Jakarta, the chauffeur from the FM7 Hotel will meet you and drive you to the hotel.

We have booked an early check-in for you so that you can move into your room straight away.
Your 4* hotel near the airport offers you, in addition to comfortable beds in the deluxe room, a great wellness spa and indoor pool to relax in.

 

Accommodation: FM 7 Hotel, Deluxe Room, Jakarta, including breakfast

After your breakfast and check-out and well rested, your private chauffeur will be waiting for you at the lobby to drive you to the airport.
Your domestic flight to Ternate is already included.

Welcome to the colonial islands – where the pepper grows.
After your arrival, your private chauffeur will be waiting for you to drive you to your hotel.
You check in at your leisure, have enough time for a shower and to relax before your private guide awaits you to drive you to the village of Batu Angus.

Batu Angus Village is a traditional village surrounded by dried lava flows from the eruption of Gamalama Mountain in 1561 right by the sea.
After your visit, you will drive to Lake Tolire and enjoy the sunset panorama on Tolire Beach.
Afterwards, you will go to the Pondok katu resto restaurant in the city for dinner before you are driven back to your hotel.
The wonderful Villa Ma’Rasai welcomes you with a breathtaking view of the picturesque mountain landscape. It is surrounded by clove and nutmeg trees and offers a fantastic view of the tropical landscape.

 

Accommodation: Villa Ma’Rasai, Deluxe with Sea View, Ternate including full board

After breakfast, visit the spice farm in the village of Air Tege-Tege.
Walk through the village around cloves and nutmeg trees, smell and taste the fresh spices, learn how they are grown and used, try the local snacks.
On site, you can observe the oldest clove tree in the world (200 years old).

After your exploration tour, go to the Royal Resto for lunch before visiting the Kedaton Sultan Ternate.

Walk through the Kedaton and experience the rich history of the Sultanate of Ternate up close, explore the relics of the golden age and enjoy the fantastic panoramic view over Ternate.

Afterwards, visit the Alfred Rusell Wallace House to experience the story of the famous naturalist who observed the plants and animals of the North Moluccas on site.
You can also see the room in which Wallace Darwin wrote a letter about the theory of evolution. From the beautiful house, the tour continues to the Ngade Lagoon to admire the beautiful landscape.

The first day tour ends at the Ternate Landmark, where the colonial powers of the Portuguese, coming from the east, and the colonial powers of the Spanish, coming from the west, met on land and sea. After your tour, you return to the hotel, where you will also have dinner.

 

Accommodation: Villa Ma’Rasai, Deluxe with Sea View, Ternate including full board

After breakfast in the restaurant, your tour today begins at the Oranje Fort, the largest Dutch fort on Ternate, built by Cornelis Metelief the Jonge in 1607. It was the first office of the VOC in Indonesia, which controlled the spice trade locally.
In the largest fortress in Ternate, you will immerse yourself in the era of the spice trade and visit the market where the cloves and nutmeg were sold fresh from the surrounding farmers.
Then you continue to Toluco Fort and Kastela Fort, the largest fort of the past.

After your lunch, you will head along the Kalamata Fort for a photo stop to the port of Bastiong, from where you will take a motorized boat to the island of Tidore.
Once there, you will visit the Sebastian Elcano monument (the first Spaniard to set foot on the island of Tidore).
Then you will visit Fort Torre and Tahula, and the Tidore Sultan Palace. After your exciting Tidore tour, you will be driven back to Ternate, where you will have dinner at the hotel.

 

Accommodation: Villa Ma’Rasai, Deluxe with Sea View, Ternate including full board

Your tour today begins before breakfast.

The speed boat takes you to the realm of the former Sultanate of Halmahera in about 60 minutes. Before you drive to the village of Gamtala in Jailolo in the west of Halmahera, you first enjoy a relaxed breakfast in Jailolo.

Then you experience the biodiversity of the mangroves during a boat trip, past historic fortresses of the former Portuguese colonial power.

On the way you have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the traditional village life of the locals and learn more about the cultural customs and traditions while enjoying a refreshing young coconut and observe the most exotic bird species.

Then you return to the village of Gamtala, where you can pamper your feet with a SPA in the natural hot springs, and you visit the traditional houses of the Sahu tribe before you return to Ternate by speed boat.

 

Accommodation: Villa Ma’Rasai, Deluxe with Sea View, Ternate including full board

After breakfast and check-out, your private chauffeur will be waiting for you in the lobby for your journey to the airport and your onward flight to Ambon.

 

Your flight IW 2174 TTE AMQ 10:25 – 12:00 and lunch are already included.

 

The Natsepa Resort and Conference Center welcomes you with breathtaking views of Natsepa Beach and the sea.

 

Accommodation: The Natsepa Resort, Deluxe Lagoon, Ambon, including breakfast & lunch

After breakfast, you will first visit the village of Passo and the old church of Ambon.
In the village of Wanath, you will have enough time to take fantastic photos of the ancient traditional Butonese houses.

In the village of Hitu, you will visit the traditional weekly market and have the opportunity to taste the most exotic fruits and buy authentic souvenirs, away from the tourist spots.
In the village of Hila, you will visit the old mosque from 1414 before having lunch.
Then you will continue to the old royal house in the village of Wakasihu in the west of Ambon, before heading to the beautiful Allang Beach.

 

Accommodation: The Natsepa Resort, Deluxe Lagoon, Ambon, including breakfast & lunch

After a relaxed breakfast at the hotel, we will first head to the Marine Museum in Taman Makmur Hill and the village of Airlow.
On the beautiful Namalatu Beach you can enjoy the breathtaking panorama over the Banda Sea.
Lunch awaits you in the “Tirta Kencana Restaurant” before you visit the old cemetery of the Australian Commonwealth in the village of Tantui.

In the village of Ti Waai you will learn about the traditional feeding of farmed eels with chicken eggs.
On the dream beach of Honimua Beach you can relax while snorkeling and sunbathing.
There is more relaxation after your afternoon tea on the beach in the hot springs in the Tulehu Sago Forest before returning to the hotel.

 

Accommodation: The Natsepa Resort, Deluxe Lagoon, Ambon, incl. breakfast & lunch

Today you check out and are then driven to the port to take the public ferry to Banda Island.
After checking in at your hotel and relaxing a little, your private guide awaits you for your tour of the island’s cultural treasures.
In the Banda Museum you will discover the ancient treasures of the Dutch and Portuguese colonial powers and in the Old Neira Church the old missionary graves.

Other highlights of today include a visit to Fort Belgica from 1611 on Tabaleku Hill, the Hatta House and the personal collection from his time in exile in 1942 – 1945 in Neira Town, the bronze statue of King Willem III and much more…

 

Accommodation: The Nutmeg Tree Banda, Deluxe Room, Nadaneira, including full board

After breakfast, your longboat will be waiting to take you through the Zonegat Strait to Hatta Island in about 90 minutes.
Enjoy the whole day sunbathing, swimming and snorkeling in the crystal clear and species-rich waters off the island’s dream reefs.

Your lunch will be served on the beach.

 

Accommodation: The Nutmeg Tree Banda, Deluxe Room, Nadaneira, including full board

Today you will start your adventure from Banda Beach by longboat to Banda Besar.
Discover the historical monuments of the former Dutch colonial power.
Fort Hollandia, the grave of Nona Lanzius, the family residence of the Van den Brooeke family and the historical clove plantations are on today’s program before you head to the dream beach of Sembahayang Beach for your picnic.

After your cultural discovery tour, you now have enough time to relax while sunbathing and snorkeling before heading back to Banda Neira for dinner (included).

 

Accommodation: The Nutmeg Tree Banda, Deluxe Room, Nadaneira, including full board

Today you leave Bandaneira and take the ferry back to Ambon.
Once you arrive in Ambon, your private chauffeur will drive you to your hotel, where you have the rest of the day at your leisure.

 

Accommodation: The Natsepa Resort, Deluxe Lagoon, Ambon, including breakfast

After breakfast and check-out, you will be transferred to Kei Island for your domestic flight.
Arriving at Langgur Airport, you will be transferred to your hotel.

Swim and enjoy the sunset at Ngurbloat Beach with its white sand that is as soft as flour, even Lonely Planet stated that the sand at Ngurbloat Beach is the finest sand in the world.
Ngurbloat Beach is considered the most famous coastal area in the Kei Islands as it has the best sand and beautiful seascape

 

Accommodation: Lucky Hut Hotel, Cottage, Kei Island, including full board

After a city tour, visit Hawang Cave, located in Letvua Village.
Hawang is a water cave with beautiful stalactites.
After that, drive to Dullah Darat to go to Bair Island.

On Adrenan Island, enjoy your day swimming, sunbathing and snorkeling.

 

Accommodation: Lucky Hut Hotel, Cottage, Kei Island, including full board

After your breakfast, your guide will meet you for a tour to Ngurtafur Beach for swimming and snorkeling.

This beach has an exotic natural beauty that stretches from Warbal Island to the sea for two kilometers in length and seven meters in width.
This beach also has crystal clear sea water so you can see coral reefs underwater.

 

Accommodation: Lucky Hut Hotel, Cottage, Kei Island, including full board

Free time.
Enjoy your time in paradise as you wish.

 

Accommodation: Lucky Hut Hotel, Cottage, Kei Island, including full board

Today you check out and are driven to the airport for your return flight to Jakarta.
Once there, you will be met by your private chauffeur and driven to your hotel.

 

Accommodation: FM 7 Hotel, Deluxe Room, Jakarta, including breakfast

Today, unfortunately, it’s time to say goodbye to your unforgettable time in paradise.
After your check-out, your chauffeur will take you to the international airport on time for your flight home.

 

We will be happy to adapt this travel example to your individual wishes and ideas…

• 2 nights in: FM7 Hotel, Deluxe Room, Jakarta, including breakfast
• 4 nights in: Villa Ma´Rasai, Deluxe with Sea View, Ternate, including full board
• 3 nights in: Natsepa Resort, Deluxe Lagoon, Ambon, including breakfast
• 4 nights in: The Nutmeg Tree Banda, Deluxe, Bandaneira, including full board
• 6 nights in: Lucky Hut Hotel, Cottage, Kei Island, including full board

• Additional lunch on day 6 to day 8

• Private pick-up service from/to the airport/hotel/port

• Private tour in an air-conditioned car with a private chauffeur (including all expenses for driver and car)
• English-speaking guides

• All entrance fees, parking and highway fees, national park fees, permits, park rangers & donations to the local population
• All activities as described in the itinerary (Private tours with guide & chauffeur – no groups)

• All ferry trips as described in the itinerary

• Domestic flights (incl. luggage fees 20 kg & private transfers)

• Jakarta – Ternate:
JT 3896 CGK TTE 04:00 – 11:20

• Ternate – Ambon:
IW 2174 TTE AMQ 10:25 – 12:00

• Ambon – Kei Island:
JT 880 AMQ LUV 09:30 – 10:40

• Kei Island – Jakarta:
JT 881 LUV CGK 11:30 – 17:45

  • Visa fees
  • International flights, as well as airport taxes
  • Additional meals
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Tips, donations or other expenses
  • Optional activities (can be arranged with the guide on site)

The itinerary may change depending on weather conditions or other unforeseen influences. In any case, the responsible guide has the right to redesign the tour so that our customers can enjoy their tour safely, comfortably and happily.

From $4,400

PRIVATE MOLUCCAS EXPERIENCE TOUR

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