1 Day Batam City Private Tour

This package is great as it offers many tour options and also selection of restaurants. I chose the ‘High Tea with Forest View’ and Seafood meal option with ferry tickets included. Rainbow, from the local tour agency, was very prompt in getting everything booked and very patient to explain everything to me. As first-timers to Batam, this package offers great value for money and is hassle-free. For the seafood meal, I chose Balerang Seafood Restaurant which had good food of generous amount and great seaview and the Balerang Bridge. The local kueh-kueh for ‘high tea’ at the Deer Park was delicious too. And the deers are beautiful- not the ones we usually see at nature reserve or wildlife parks. I also appreciated that it was a private tour, so timing was more flexible. We could easily move on to the next location without being stuck in a place that didn’t interest us. We didn’t fancy the bird nest shop or the kueh lapis shop which has a minimum purchase of 1kg kueh lapis. We bought the kueh lapis at Nagoya shopping mall instead - which was the last part of our tour (could choose either massage or shopping mall). We like the coffee factory. Although the Indonesian tour guide is young and quite a newbie, she was obliging and very pleasant. The transport provided (medium size SUV) was also comfortable and the driver made sure that he drove us around safely. The arrival ferry terminal for the tour I chose is at Sekupang Ferry Terminal. It was a long weekend so there were more people queuing at the immigration which is not automated. However, I later learned of the chaos on the same day at Batam Centre Ferry Terminal (which is a much more popular arrival terminal for passengers), and was truly relieved that we did not end up there that day. All-in-all, it was a good day trip and an eye-opener for Batam first-timers like us.

Our guide, Mina, was great! She managed the tour well and we enjoyed a lot. Batam is affordable and simple. Food was great as well.

Group of 5 on 22/6/24, our tour guide-Dina.. Quite disappointed that we cannot visit 2places, Ex camp Vietnam and Vihara Pa Auk Tawya due to the road conditions and was replaced to visit Bird Nest, 佛堂 and 大伯公@Batam. Lunch was great and we enjoyed it Ard 2.30pm, activity ended and we informed Dina we want to alight Nagoya Hill mall instead of hotel. Ended our trip very early 2.50pm.

It was our first time exploring Batam and this tour was enjoyable! Ms Shella was an accommodating and prompt coordinator. Ms Herline was a fun and informative tour guide. Mr Robin was a nice and safe driver. The itinerary was adequate and not rushing. The former Vietnamese camp was an eye-opener. Even though we could not go to the temple, we had a short stop at Cheng Ho Mosque. Thank you for making our family trip a memorable one. It is indeed recommendable!

Soon after booking, the local agency contacted me to confirm the arrangements. Suppose to provide guide details the day before but did not, actual day guide went to wrong place to pick up good thing was just next day. Coordination could be better. Guide was nice and friendly, knowledgeable of the ex Vietnamese camp and could tell us much. Barelang Bridge is pretty nice but maybe better at sunset. The temple as per itinerary was not communicated to the guide and I had to show him and he had not been there before but found it easily. Vihara Pa Auk Tawya has serene views but nothing much otherwise. Lunch was at Bandoeng Resto, nice setting although warm. Food was rather good and more than enough. Short shopping at Golden City was ok, guide recommended better Kueh lapis and quick visit to the coffee factory. Requested to end tour at shopping centre where guide duly did not. Overall quite happy if the coord was better. Guide and food was good.

Got an awesome time in this tour. Diah as a tour guide did an amazing job, very friendly and accomodating, the same with the driver Mr Robin. Massage in Favorite is also great! Had a good sleep. The food are great! The overall itinerary is one of the best that we went to.

We had a great time exploring Batam with our tour guide Bunga and driver Santo. Though it’s raining that day, they made sure the tour will be comfortable. The food is also delicious!!! Thank you!

Thank tour guide us to good place for us to continue the activities when there are raining.

Basically I just went to see a bridge and wanted to visit the mosque, but it happened to be during renovations. There were no local attractions in the itinerary, but we were taken to three shopping stores to sell products to us. Although the director stated that we were not forced to buy, such an itinerary still made me feel uncomfortable. The restaurant arranged for lunch (I was lucky to pick one) has a good view. The sea is right below the restaurant, which is very special. It is also right by the bridge and the food is delicious.

an efficient day tour for big family groups (in my case 8). convenient and the guide was understanding and accommodating 👍