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The current weather in Manado
How to get to Manado
The easiest way to get to Lumbalumba Resort – Manado is to fly to Manado from Singapore, Jakarta, Denpasar or Makasar. Depending on your country of residence you can fly non-stop or have one or more stop-overs. Check and compare prices and flight routes to Manado (Sam Ratulangi International Airport – code MDC) on Kiwi.com or Skyscanner.com.
If you stay for 5 nights or more in our resort we pick you up for free. Otherwise we can arrange a transfer for you. It is about 60 to 90 minutes driving by car from the airport to the resort, depending on traffic.
Visa requirements Indonesia
You will get a 30 days tourist visa on arrival if you are a citizen of one of the following countries: China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, United States of America, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, England, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Finland , Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and South Africa.
If you are a citizen from another country you will have to pay 35 USD to get a visa on arrival or you might have to apply at the Indonesian embassy in your country before flying.
If you want to stay longer then 30 days, you have to apply at the Indonesian embassy in your country for a visa as well.
Always check the official website of your government about the latest visa requirements and travel advice.
Vaccinations and medical info Sulawesi
Check your doctor for medical advice and vaccinations for North Sulawesi.
The general advice to have Hepatitus and Tetanus up to date.
There are mosquitoes and there is dengue and malaria around ,we live in the tropics. You can read more about malaria and dengue protection on our main website. See mosquito repellent recommendations below.
Is Manado safe?
In the past years, Indonesia has suffered a lot from negative publicity. Ethnic and religious unrest, terrorist threats, and political demonstrations. Indonesia had it all. However, never anything like that ever happened in Manado and North Sulawesi!!! Indonesia is a huge country and Jakarta (where a lot of the unrest took place) is more than 2000 km away from Manado. That is about the same distance as London to Athens. Would you cancel your holiday in Greece, when there is unrest in London? The case is, that if there is a problem somewhere in Indonesia, the whole country often gets a negative travel advise and for the uninformed traveler it seems that the whole country is unsafe.
Manado is one of the safest parts of Indonesia. The predominant Christian population has always lived in peace and harmony with the other religions and has never seen any of the unfortunate situations some other parts of this country suffered. Please think twice before you decide to cancel your holiday because of some biased reports.
Practical tips for what to bring
Internet
We have WiFI for you at the resort. If you need to / want to have internet outside the resort we recommend you to buy a local SIM card with data. You can buy them on the airport but they are pricey. At one of the malls in Manado SIM cards with data are sold cheap. In case your phone only has one SIM card slide, make sure to bring a second phone for your internet.
Power Plug
In North Sulawesi we have Voltage is 220 and 50 Hz. Our electricity plugs are type C / F, you can find more information about electricity plugs here. There is 24 hours electricity but power cuts are normal. In that case we change to our generator. In every room you will find a flashlight as well.
Mosquito nets and repellent
We have mosquito nets in every room, you do not need to bring them. You
We advice you to bring / buy Mosquito repellent with DEET. The DEET percentage only tells you how long it lasts, you are not better protected with a higher concentration of DEET. We recommend 30% DEET, reapply after swimming or showering.
First apply sunscreen, wait 30 minutes, than apply DEET. Sunscreen you need to reapply often, also depending of the percentage (SPF).
Please use only reef safe sunscreen if you go in the sea. Read all about reef safe sunscreen.
We recommend you to bring a credit card. In case of emergency this can be a life saver as well. Please check our payment information and terms.
Towels
Safe yourself travel weight and volume, leave your towels at home!
We will provide you a towel on our diving boat, a pool towel and of course towels in your room. They are changed daily if needed, but please try to help the environment by using them several times.
Other questions
If you have any other questions, simply contact us and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
