- Not to be confused with Lampang, the city in Northern Thailand.
Cities
- 🌍 Bandar Lampung - the capital city of the province
- 🌍 Krui
Other destinations
Understand
Get in
By plane
Lampung is served by Radin Inten II Airport (TKG IATA) about 20 km north of the provincial capital Bandar Lampung. There are regular flights from Jakarta (both Soekarno-Hatta and Halim airports), and flights from a range of other Indonesian cities including Bandung, Medan, Palembang, and Batam.
By car
Lampung is the southern terminus of the three (i.e. the Western, Central, and Eastern) Trans-Sumatran Highways The main road into the region is the Eastern Trans-Sumatran Highway (also known as Asian Highway AH25, although this is not signposted), which provides connections from cities such as Palembang, Jambi, and Pekanbaru. Keep in mind that road conditions are variable, and especially in the rainy season suboptimal.
By ferry
There is a highly frequent ferry connection from Merak on the island of Java to Bakauheni in the southeast of Lampung.
Get around
See
Do
- 🌍 Way Kambas National Park (about 2-3 hours drive from Bandar Lampung). It has an "elephant school", where elephants are trained You can ride elephants and watch a show of them dancing. Weekdays Rp150,000 (foreigner), Rp5,000 (domestic); weekends Rp225,000 (foreigner), Rp7,000 (domestic).
- Krakatau is an active volcanic island in the Sunda Strait.
- 🌍 Pasir Putih Beach, Jalan Trans Sumatra, Tarahan (about 20 km south from Bandar Lampung). a busy tourist area with beautiful reefs and very calm waves.
A visit to Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, or surfing at Karang Nyimbor, Tanjung Setia, are highly recommended.
Buy
Eat
Some local specialities are:
- Seruit is grilled freshwater fish with special spicy sour sauce made of fresh small chilli, baked shallot, shrim-paste, with sour taste taken from either 'blimbing wuluh' or 'rampai' with sparkles of citrus juice, serves with fresh salad or boiled cassava leaves or boiled eggplants. You can find this speciality at Rumah Warung restaurant in Kawasan Sentra Industri Keripik (banana chips industry area) Kedaton, Bandar Lampung
- Pindang Lampung is made from either seawater fish (Kembung or Baung) or fresh water fish (gold fish or Patin) with tasty sour soup, served with fresh cucumber and kemangi, you can find as well in Rumah Warung, for info call +62 721 9011173
- Tempoyak is preserved durian to make sambal, just add spice and stirfry or cook with other dish, smells delicious, tasty duriant
- Kopi Lampung is special home made arabica coffee
- Kripik Pisang - crunchy fried banana chips available natural, or adulterated with chocolate, cheese, strawberry, milk or a range of other flavours.
- Kripik Raja Ikan - fish flavoured crispy fried crackers.
- Sambal Lampung - even by Indonesian standards this sambal (spicy sauce) is fierce and fiery. Look for it freshly made at roadside vendors, or in bottled form at food stores.
- Mie Kodon - a wheat based noodle served in a huge variety of ways, often with Sambal Lampung. Could be fried or in a soup format.
Drink
Sleep
Accommodation in the relatively undeveloped, remote regions of Lampung Province, is very basic and few people are fluent in English. Bandar Lampung has many hotel in the city with a wide range of budgets.
- Satwa Sumatra Elephant Ecolodge Way Kambas, Jl. Taman Nasional Way Kambas Labuhan Ratu IX, Lampung Timur, ☏ +62 725 7645290, chandra_yestoya@yahoo.com. This hotel is located near the Way Kambas National Park. US $50–60.
Stay safe
Roads in Lampung are pretty much in a bad shape with holes every one meter, tread carefully.
Go next
- Banten — across the Sunda Strait, the westernmost part of Java island.
- South Sumatra and Bengkulu — the provinces bordering Lampung on the north side.