Seribu Resort Thousand Island

Warning: There’s only one boat to this island every day so don’t make the mistake of booking this resort on the day you reach Jakarta if you can’t be at Marina Ancol by before 8am. This island isn’t exactly heaven on earth. not the typical serene quiet kind of peace you expect to get. It’s a residential island, locals live and work there thus you can’t expect so much quiet and peace here. However, this resort is wonderful and has a small group of lovely and efficient crew. Simple room w wooden flooring emits beach vibes. They have two PowerPoint plugs in the room but not at the most ideal spot. Love their food! The nasi goreng (fried rice) is to die for. As I mentioned earlier this is a residential island. There are no beaches here. So if you’re like me and you came for some reading yoga and picnic, you won’t get it. There are no boats from this island to other islands. But through this hotel, you can do an island hoping tour. As for me, I just wanted to go to the beach to read, yoga, chill and write so I was recommended Sepa island bout 1hr ish from pramuka. It costs $100. Yup but only this resort has this service. None of the boats outside will do this. Anw as a solo traveller, I was accompanied by two of the staff from this hotel to the island and throughout my stay there! Thank you guys! There are a lot of cats here so I didn’t enjoy that part as I’m afraid of them. Oh ya, amazing sunset view from the jetty in front. Perfect resort for divers.

First of all it seems the name of this resort has changed to SERIBU RESORT PRAMUKA.It is about a one hour speed boat ride from Jakarta's Ancol wharf no 16. The boat leaves just after 08:00 everyday and returns leaving from Pramuka at 15:00. You get tickets at an agent on the wharf before you leave for both ways. The resort is very basic but with clean rooms and hot waterand well working wifi on a beautiful shady ground with huge trees right at the water. There are bungalow style rooms and two big tents with adjacent bathrooms. The room we had contained a nice clean double bed and a bathroom, air conditioned but basic. Restaurants on the island are limited, there is one very good seafood restaurant a 15 minute boat ride away. The boys from the resort will cook you a very nice seafood BBQ if you tell them early enough. There are a few small warungs and a highly recommended Masakan Padang nearby. The Teras Pramuka next door was also quite nice. Very quiet, no cars, recommend a stay of at least two nights and definitely do a snorkelling trip if you are not there for diving anyway.

A un’ora di aliscafo da Giacarta, ci si immerge in una realtà di ristoro da ogni rumore e sovraffollamento urbano. Una volta attraccati, un carrello di legno ci attende per percorrere con i nostri bagagli una cinquantina di metri. Il SERIBU RESORT (ha cambiato nome nel frattempo) sorge proprio accanto al molo, adiacente alla zona balneabile dell’isola. Gli interni sono per così dire datati, la pulizia dignitosa, in linea con il livello medio della popolazione autoctona. Senza fronzoli ma con tanti servizi offerti: una cucina locale discreta a prezzi contenuti, la possibilità di noleggio di imbarcazioni per il resto dell’arcipelago, il prestito gratuito di maschere e pinne per fare snorkeling. Poche stanze in legno sopraelevate, spaziose e abbastanza confortevoli, tutte vista mare. Il giardino è pieno di ciottoli di corallo accompagnati fin qui dalla corrente. Nello scrivere, si scorgono un paio di tende in mezzo alla natura, per chi ama un’esperienza più rustica senza rinunciare proprio a tutti i comfort. Personale disponibile, va solo un po’ sollecitato. L’aria di casa, in connessione con il vicinato, in una villetta a schiera rende il tutto più comprensibile.