Travel Tips in Batam

BATAM WEATHER
Batam Island enjoys a tropical climate all year round with temperatures ranging from an average minimum of 25 degrees to an average maximum of 34 degrees Celsius (77 to 95 Fahrenheit). Humidity ranges from 73% to 96%. The annual average rainfall is 2,600 mm (about 105 inches) with the wet season extending from November to April/May and the dry season from June to October. The dry and wet season..

BATAM ATTRACTIONS AND THINGS TO DO
If you want to enjoy more leisure, you can visit the resorts of the Nongsa and Marina Waterfront City, which can be reached by a short taxi ride from Nagoya. Some facilities at Batam’s resorts are gyms, spas, and massage treatments, while activities available include go-karting, squash, golfing, fishing, jet skis, sail boarding, cable skiing, horse riding, parasailing, tennis, and more. You can visit..

Shopping
Don’t expect to find such sophistication you may find in Singapore, though they are only some miles away. But Batam is duty free and the prices can be very cheap, a bit like Singapore and Hong Kong in the “good old days”. You may want to visit some of the shopping centers a little out of Nagoya like the malls at Batam Centre and Pambil (near Muka Kuning). Paintings, wood carvings, pottery, etchings..