About Bintan

Bintan From Singapore and Malaysia

BINTAN ISLANDIndonesian name: Negeri Segantang Lada. Areal: 1,900 square kilometersPopultation: Less then 234 000 habitans. Cities: Tanjung Pinang ( 150 000 ), Tanjung Uban and Kijang.Communication: Ferry to Singapore and Batam
Bintan is a island of contrasts. The deep green grass against the deep blue ocean. The backdrop of sculpted mountains against the tropical blue sky. The stark, black lava slicing through the tropical rainforest. The Pearl White Beach sand covered by the light-green waters. The red, hot lava pouring into the boiling sea. Beauty.
Bintan is covered with tropical forest and beautiful white beaches. The highest mountain on the island, Bintan Besar. The mountain is the remains of an old volcano, and it's near 400 meters high, the absolute highest point on the Riau province. It’s a unknown pearl for tourist who wants to feel the untouched Indonesian wildlife.
Adventure looms large in this vast and steamy islands of Bintan, where the best of southeast Asia's spicy melange simmers tantalisingly. Heady scents, vivid colours, dramatic vistas and diverse cultures spin and multiply, their potent brew leaving your senses reeling.
Tanjungpinang are in a constant state of urban evolution, where dense populations, technology and construction live in hectic symbiosis. But most of the Bintan's Island territory remains unexplored, concealing a wealth of cultures and a myriad of landscapes.

Bintan is the largest of 3,200 islands in the Riau Archipelago, and is located less than 40 kilometers from the metropol Singapore. From Singapore you can see the green tropical island Bintan, its just across the Singapore Strait.
It don't take more than a hour fast boat trip from the urban Singapore. To you arrive a fantastic paradise. Bintan Island is the perfect target in Indonesia. Not more then a hour boat trip from Singapore, you get Visa On Arrival at Tanjungpinang Ferry Terminal So why wait, book a tour today.
Almost every hour departure a boat from Tanah Merah Ferry terminal at Changi Airport in Singapore. And under two hours from Johor Bahru Ferry Terminal in Malaysia.
The bigest city on Bintan Island and the adminstration center of Riau provice is Tanjungpinang.