Bandung Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Five kilometres south of the city centre, Leuwi Panjang bus terminal (Jl Soekarno Hatta) has buses west to places such as Bogor (normal/air-con 15, 900/25, 000Rp, three hours), Sukabumi (15, 000Rp, three hours) and Jakarta’s Kampung Rambutan bus terminal (20, 000Rp to 45, 000Rp, 4½ hours). Buses to Bogor are not allowed to take the scenic Puncak Pass route during weekends.

Buses to the east leave from the Cicaheum bus terminal on the eastern outskirts of the city. They include Cirebon (normal/air-con 20, 000/33, 000Rp, 3½ hours), Garut (10, 000Rp, two hours) and Pangandaran (32, 000Rp, six hours).

Sari Harum (6077065) has air-con minibuses to Pangandaran (60, 000Rp, five hours) at 6am and 2pm. Both Kramatdjati (4239860; Jl Kebonjati 96) and Pahala Kencana (4232911; Jl Kebonjati 90) run luxury buses to long-distance destinations, such as Yogyakarta (81, 000Rp).

Train

The best train service for Jakarata is thePara­hyang­an (business/executive 45, 000/60, 000Rp, three hours), with departures roughly every hour from 4am to 8.25pm.

Several trains operate on the Bandung–Banjar–Yogyakarta route, most continuing on to Surabaya. Most are night expresses, such as the business-class Mutiara Selatan, which passes through Bandung at 5.05pm on its way to Yogyakarta (80, 000Rp) and Surabaya (120, 000Rp). The Lodaya leaves Bandung at 8am for Yogyakarta and Solo (business/executive 90, 000/150, 000Rp).

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Air

You can book your flight to Jakarta and Surabaya with Merpati (4260253; Jl Kebon Kawung 16); Garuda (4209468) is in the Grand Hotel Preanger. Consult the Java Airfares map for prices.

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