Bintan North Bintan Half-Day Private Tour

Less than an hour's ferry ride from Singapore and Johore Bahru in Malaysia, the charms of Bintan Island in the Riau Islands Province, are steadily attracting more and more tourists not only from the ASEAN countries but also from across the world. Most tourists head straight to the Bintan Resorts in the north of the island, but as a matter of fact, Bintan offers some gems that are worthwhile to explore. You can take the day tour around the island, or explore yourself the exciting life of people living on these hundreds of islands.

Having once been a busy trading port, Bintan island was once part of the influential Johore-Riau-Lingga kingdom which was later split apart by the Treaty between the Dutch and British colonial powers. Before that, Marco Polo during his travels in the Orient also seemed to have called on Penyengat Island by Bintan.

Therefore, visiting Bintan will not be complete without visiting the areas where you can meet the local population and experience some local life: