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PERJALANAN Cara pergi ke Sumba Penginapan Care bepergian Kota & kampung Obyek wisata

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NOTE: INFORMATION ABOUT AIRLINES AND SHIPPING SHOULD BE CHECKED CAREFULLY.

Warning: It is best not to wander around villages and rural areas unaccompanied by a local. Your inocent intentions may be misunderstood.

• How to get there by Air:
  Main airport: Waingapu (East Sumba). From Airport to Waingapu town centre takes about 10 minutes by public transport.
  
  Minor airport: Tambolaka (West Sumba). From Tambolaka Airport to Waikabubak takes about 2 hours by bus or other public transport.

For flight information visit: www.nihiwatu.com/flightinfo.html

• How to get there by Sea:
  Chief port: Waingapu. Serviced regularly (once a week*) by passenger ships"Awu" and "Pangrango" owned by the state-owned shipping company ,"PELNI".
  
• The "Awu" and "Pangrango" follow the same route (except that "Pangrango" starts and ends a t Surabaya) which is: Benoa (Bali), Lembar (Lombok), Waingapu (Sumba), Ende (Flores), Kupang (Timor), Dilli (East Timor), Ujung Pandang, (South Sulawesi ) and return along the same route to Bali.
  *Each ship runs once a fortnight, so together they provide a weekly service.
  
• You can also get the (very big ship) "Dobonsolo" from Jakarta or Surabaya to Kupang. It does not stop at Sumba, but you can fly or catch the "Awu" (or other smaller ship) back to Waingapu from Kupang.

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• Accommodation:
  • Waingapu:
    • Hotel Merlin , Jl Panjaitan 25. Ph 21300 (good standard)
    • Hotel Sandalwood, Jl.Panjaitan 23. (good standard) (near bus terminal)
    • Hotel Surabaya, Jl. El Tari 2 (very ordinary)
    • Hotel Elim, Jl.A.Yani 55
    • Hotel Lima Saudara, Jl.Wanggameti 2
    • Losmen Permata (near the harbour)
    • Take a look at 
  • Waikabubak:
    • Hotel Manandang, Jl.Pemuda 4. Ph 197 or 292 (top of the line). Owned by Hung Fui
      
    • Hotel Mona Lisa, Jl.Adhyaksa (2.5 km from town centre) Top of the line with good views
    • Losmen Pelita, Jl Akhmad Yani. Ph 104 (good by local standards)
    • Hotel Arta, Jl Veteran. (new and fairly good). Owned and run by Drs Benyamin K.Tako
    • Hotel Aloha, Jl. Gajah Mada (very ordinary)
    • Hotel Rakuta, Jl. Veteran (shaped like a traditional house) (very ordinary)
  • Resorts:
  • East Sumba Resorts
  • Nihiwatu Resort
  • Newa Sumba Resort
    

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• Getting Around:
  The chief road runs from Waingapu to Waikububak (136 km).
  This is a sealed road and takes about four hours.
  Public buses go both ways every hour during the day. Some night busses.
  About Rp6,500 each way.
  

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• Cara pergi ke Sumba melalui udara:
  Lapangan terbang utama: Waingapu (Sumba Timur). Dari lapangan terbang Waingapu ke kota kira-kira makan waktu 10 menit dengan kendaraan umum.
  
  Lapangan terbang ke dua: Tambolaka (Sumba Barat). Dari lapangan terbang Tambolaka ke Waikabubak makan waktu 2 jam dengan kedaraan umum.

Untuk informasi penerbangan silakan milihat: www.nihiwatu.com/flightinfo.html

• Cara pergi ke Sumba melalui laut:
  Pelabuhan utama: Waingapu. dilayani dari Bali (Benoa) sekali dua minggu oleh "K.M. Awu" yang dipunyai "PELNI". "K.M. Awu" mulai dari Benoa (Bali) dan singgah di Lembar (Lombok), Waingapu (Sumba), Ende (Flores), Kupang (Timor), Dilli (TimTim), Ujung Pandang, (Sulawesi Selatan) dan kembali melalui rute yang sama. Kapal Awu berangkat dari Bali dua minggu sekali.
  
  Waingapu juga dilayani dari Surabaya sekali dua minggu oleh "K.M. Pangrango". "K.M. Pangrango" mulai dari Surabaya dan singgah di Benoa (Bali), Lembar (Lombok), Waingapu (Sumba), Ende (Flores), Kupang (Timor), Dilli (TimTim), Ujung Pandang, (Sulawesi Selatan) dan kembali melalui rute yang sama.

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• Penginapan:
  Ada beberapa hotel dan losmen di Waingapu dan Waikabubak, tetapi jarang terdapat di tempat-tempat lain. Lihatlah daftar hotel (bahasa Inggris) di atas.

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• Cara bepergian:
  Jalan raya utama di Sumba dari Waingapu ke Waikububak (136 km).
  Perjalanan ini memakan waktu kira-kira empat jam.
  Ada beberapa bis umum setiap hari /malam yang melayani rute ini 2 arah. Harga tiket kira-kira Rp.6.500,- untuk satu kali jalan.

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