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Island in Indonesia
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Karimun is a regency covering a group of islands in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia. Nearly all the population is concentrated on the main island of Karimun Besar ("Big Karimun"), also written Karimunbesar.
Offers a variety of live seafood such as lobster, crab, fish, shell and a lot more. oh ya, they also have "HEKHO" which you cannot find in Singapore. If you happen to go there, remember to order the pepper crab, sauce crab, kangkung belacan, ALL the grilled seafood, hekho, fried chicken, cereal prawn, fried sotong, lobster and a lot more. Located on the beach so it is very windy at night. Accepts cash, Visa and Masterpark.
粿汁
Traditional food a la Tiochiu. Nice and black soup with white kue.
a special Seafood restaurant with lots of variety in the food being served and at a low price.
Main dish offered is Bak Kut Teh, a pork rib dish cooked in herbal broth. If you order the bak kut teh, also give the Yew Char Kway a try and dip it in the broth! Other dishes offered include fish soup, zi char, and mee pangsit.
another Softdrink from Tanjung Balai Karimun
they sale nice food western and Traditional food from Jogjaa
Western Food and Traditional Food From Jogja,
旅店天堂
It's a great hotel with good and friendly services. The chauffeur can bring guests to the great seafood places.
Jalan Trikora Laut No. 1 Tanjung Balai (very near to the ferry terminal).
A very nice hotel in the center of the town. Clean and quiet rooms, nice breakfast, good Wi-Fi. Very helpful staff: can help you to book tickets and rent motorbikes with driver. They speak good English, and Chinese. Only drawbacks: the lobby is not non-smoking, and the cheapest rooms have no window.
A new hotel opened, it is 7 storeys high and offers a karaoke lounge. Quite expensive compared to other hotels (at least 350,000 Rp per room).
Claims to be the best hotel in Tanjung Balai, but is rather the worst. Despite looking relatively nice from outside, no air-con in lobby, horrible rooms full of cockroaches, ants and mosquitoes, horrible breakfast. No Wi-Fi. Staff speaking only bahasa (no Chinese, no English). Just walk 200 meters further, and pick one of the numerous hotels of much better quality for the same price.
Padi Mas Hotel
LCD TV 32" Samsung & mini bar fridges can be found in Deluxe rooms. Just 5 minutes walk from the hotel lies a good SeaFood restaurants, Padimas Dept Store, Fast Food restaurant, Cafe, etc. with friendly service.
This motel is small yet cozy and has friendly serving staffs. From this place, you can access easily to great food and pubs. Breakfast is provided free. Transport services to harbour and restaurant are provided.
A five-story hotel with economy prices inclusive of breakfast (prices many varies).
A new 6-storey hotel consists of 100 standard king size rooms.
By boat
Karimun does not have an operational airport, so travellers' only option is to get in by boat from other islands.
Ferry terminals
There are two ferry terminals in Tanjung Balai. The main one (to Singapore, Batam, Bintan, Malaysia) is at the easternmost part of the island.
From Singapore
As of 2022, Sindo Ferry operates a single round-trip on even days only between Singapore's Harbourfront Ferry Terminal and Tanjung Balai.
From Malaysia
Several companies operate frequent ferries between Tanjung Balai and Kukup, in the southwestern part of Johor.
From the other Riau Islands
Numerous companies offer ferry services to/from Bintan, Batam and the other Riau Islands.
From the Sumatra mainland
Warning:This info may be confused with Tanjung Balai Asahan
From other parts of Indonesia
Many ferries (up to 10 a day) for the neighboring islands such as Kundur.
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