Good Things to Do in Batam Indonesia

Batam  is located less than 20km from Singapore, with the ferry journey from Singapore to Batam taking around 45 minutes ~ 1 hour – the perfect weekend getaway near Singapore.

Batam not just the place where dirty old men go in search of sex.  Batam is also a nice place where you can enjoy fresh seafood, cheap shopping, watersports, many tourist attraction and affordable massages.

Here’s a list of things to do in Batam for a short weekend getaway:

Shopping in Nagoya Hill Mall

Nagoya Hill is the biggest and busiest (especially at the weekend) shopping mall on the island. You can buy the popular Kueh Buah Naga (Dragon Fruit cakes); eat ayam penyet (crispy fried chicken) at Nagoya Hill’s food street; buy cheap daily used and indomie from the hypermart; and shop around for bargains in the mall.

You also can enjoy A&W in this mall (ground floor), ever since A&W pulled out from Singapore a few years ago, the one in Batam is the closest option for tourist from Singaporeans to satisfy their craving for A&W root beer float, curly fries and ice cream waffle.

Cheap Massage in Batam

I highly recommend Relax Massage at Center Point Nagoya, from the traditional to the popular Thai massage or combination with the price only Rp80.000 (SGD$12) for about 1.5 hour, there are different massage therapies like foot and face massage to choose from.

Cheap and good seafood in Batam

Golden Prawn Seafood Restaurant and Harbour Bay Seafood Restaurant are the names that most people mention when you ask them to recommend the best seafood restaurant in Batam. But there is other seafood restaurant with real kelong type restaurant you can choose from like Delima Seafood at Marina City, Rejeki Sea food at Batu Besar Nongsa and Nelayan Seafood at Barelang bridge no 4.

Batam Beach Resort & Water Sports

And of course, you can choose a nice beach resort if you are staying overnight. Island getaways are very much connected with beaches and Batam have beaches for every needs. For those looking for some water sports activities may come to Nongsa coast and the Waterfront City.

Water sports facilities can mainly be found on resorts throughout Batam. Most of them are accessible not only for the guests, but also to the public. That means you don’t have to be the guest of a resort to enjoy the facility offered. There is a wide variety of available water sports activities at your disposal like: Banana boat, Canoeing, Fishing, Snorkeling, Parasailing, Speed boating, Wind surfing, Wakeboarding, Kayaking, Jet skiing and Cable skiing.