Indonesia travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for Indonesia, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in Indonesia: Bali, Yogyakarta, Lombok, Komodo & Flores, Raja Ampat.
Required to enter
Nothing. No vaccination certificate is asked for at the border.
Recommended
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid
- Tetanus up to date
- Rabies — Bali has an active dog and monkey rabies problem
- Japanese encephalitis for long rural stays
Emergency number
112, or 118 for an ambulance
Care for visitors
Good but costly
Bali has good international clinics (BIMC, Siloam) used to treating tourists, but they are expensive and anything major means evacuation to Singapore or Australia. Insurance with evacuation cover is not optional here. Public hospitals are cheap and variable.
Rabies is the serious one — any monkey or dog bite means immediate treatment. Dengue is common. Malaria is not a risk in Bali or Jakarta but is in Papua and parts of eastern Indonesia.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
The guides in Indonesia
BaliIndonesiaRice terraces, temples, and surf breaks
YogyakartaIndonesiaA sultan still on his throne, the largest Buddhist temple on earth, and a live volcano behind the town
LombokIndonesiaBali’s quieter neighbour, with a 3,700-metre volcano, empty south-coast bays and the Gilis offshore
Komodo & FloresIndonesiaDragons on one island, pink sand on another, and some of the best diving in the world between them
Raja AmpatIndonesiaThe richest reef on earth, in an archipelago of limestone islands almost nobody reaches