Indonesian Railway Tour

10/04/2024

Happy Eid Mubarak! May this blessed occasion fill your heart with joy, your home with warmth, and your life with prosperity.

07/01/2024

We have just finished the first part of my trip report for 2023 Java Steam & Sugar Tour. This yearly tour in the middle of the year (mostly in August) is where I would normally take foreign railway enthusiasts to see steam locomotives, especially in sugar mills in Java.

The Java Steam & Sugar Tour has long been the highlight of my tour business, since its inception way back in 2014. A photo that was taken during the very first Java Steam & Sugar Tour in 20…

01/01/2024

Happy New Year to all of our customers and followers. May the new year brings more joy and vacationing time for us.

30/09/2023

This is the first part of my video of taking Japanese tourists during the 2023 Java Steam & Sugar Tour.
It covers our visit in Madiun to see regular steam locomotives working.

This video is is the summary of the recent Java Steam & Sugar Tour 2023 which was held in August. At that time, I took a group of Japanese railway enthusiast...

10/08/2023

An incredibly loud whistle from Rejosari no. 10 as it travels between the shed and the yard.
The locomotive is one of very few jackshaft locomotive left in the world

10/08/2023

The jackshaft locomotive in Rejosari at work in early 2023 season

24/04/2023

We would like to say Happy Eid Mubarak 2023!

31/12/2022

Happy New Year 2023! May this year brings prosperity and happiness to everyone!
And if you like to travel to Indonesia to see trains, don't forget to contact us!

18/10/2022

This is the second part of our 2022 Java Steam & Sugar Tour Blog. And actually the last one as the tour only lasted two days. Yet, despite of its brief duration, it is a milestones as it marked our return to business.

I woke up to a beautiful morning on 1st September 2022. It was a sunny day and definitely a good weather to start today’s tour. Normally, I would feel very excited on taking a railway tour. And the…

28/09/2022

After 2 years of hiatus, we finally able to run a Java Steam & Sugar tour again this year.
Although the tour only lasted 2 days, it was still full of adventure. The first part of the story can be read in the travelogue blog below.

Ever since its inauguration in 2014, the Java Steam and Sugar Tour has become the yearly highlight of the tour business that I run. It can be said that in every normal year, I’ve always held this t…

22/09/2022

Indonesian State Railways just releasing their latest vintage liveried GE U18C: the CC201 91 or CC201 92 01

12/09/2022

After 2 years of absence, we finally able to run another Java Steam & Sugar Tour again!
The tour lasted just for 2 days, but throughout this very short space of time we were able to see many unique railway operations and even riding steam locomotive!
Would you like to have similar trip, or perhaps another unique tour around Surabaya and East Java? Do contact us or send us Whatsapp message

30/08/2022

This is the sixth and final posting of our recent trip to West Java. It has been really a memorable journey to spend a week in the place and reminiscing the times when I lived there, and starting the tour business.

And finally, the very end day of our vacation in Priangan mountain has finally arrived. It was Saturday, 28th May 2022, where we will have to check out from our hotel and head back on a long car jo…

27/08/2022

We finally returns back to Bandung and see the city again.

We woke up after a pleasant night sleep on Friday 27th May 2022. Upon looking out of the window, I was greeted by the sight of city of Bandung which had just started its business activity. The weat…

25/08/2022

This is the fourth part of our trip report in Bandung. This part covers our departure from Garut, revisiting the Garut station which is now reopened, as well as interviewing one of the surviving steam locomotive engineers in Cibatu.

With a heavy heart, we realized that we finally reached our last day in Garut. It’s time for us to head back to Bandung before returning back to our hometown at the end of the week. It’s really dif…

24/08/2022

This is the third part of our travelogue blog where we did trainspotting in West Java for the first time in 10 years.

I have to admit that this hotel has the finest bed and pillow I’ve ever had throughout the journey. I truly enjoyed my sleep that I almost overslept! Thankfully, I’ve set my alarm clock so I …

04/07/2022

This is the second part of our travelogue which covers our journey in Bandung.
On this segment we visited the railway model factory in Bandung as well as trip between Bandung to Garut.

I was awoken by the freezing cold temperature on that night. It was 24th May 2022. Getting used to live in hot temperature places in the past 10 years, I would normally leave the aircon on for the …

30/06/2022

We're yet to decide when will we restart our tour programs.
But last month, I did a nostalgic trip to Bandung to see whether if it's feasible to travel around the island without restriction.
This is the first part of the journey.

At one point in my life, I used to call Priangan mountain in West Java as home. I used to live in Bandung for about 10 years between 2003 until 2012. Indeed, my time in Bandung was definitely one o…

24/12/2021

To all of customers (including past and future) as well as audience, we would like to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
This year may not be panned out as expected, but we're glad that we have survived it.
Let's hope that next year the tour business can resume back as normal 🙏

12/05/2021

We would like to wish our customers Happy Eid-Ul-Fitri

04/04/2021

We would like to wish everyone Happy Easter!

08/03/2021

Today is International Woman's Day. And the role of women in developing the railways in Indonesia is undeniable.
To commemorate the event, we would like to show you a photo of an Indonesian woman who worked as train driver back in 2007.

11/02/2021

To our beloved customers, audiences, and future prospective guests, we would like to say Happy Chinese New Year 2021.
May this year of Ox will bring a steady progress towards recovery and exit from this difficult times.