"Lingga Islands - Eden at the Equator" Pulau Lingga by victorwkf

Pulau Lingga Travel Guide: 18 reviews and 52 photos

The high mountains of Lingga Island, Indonesia

The Lingga Islands are an archipelago of islands located about 150km south of Singapore, just below the Riau Islands and sandwiched in the Natuna Sea by Sumatra in the west and Kalimantan in the east. The many islands of Lingga bisect the Equator, and these islands are remote and seldom known to tourists.

The biggest two islands of the Lingga Archipelago are Pulau Lingga (Lingga Island) and Pulau Singkep (Singkep Island), the latter being the main island of this archipelago.

I have a chance to visit Pulau Singkep for 3 days during March 2007, and managed to travel through the Lingga Archipelago both by speed boat and airplane during the journey. This VT page will be focussing on the Lingga Islands in general, whereas my VT Pulau Singkep page will focus on the details of Singkep Island.

Hope the information and photos on this page as well as my VT Pulau Singkep page (will be updated from time to time) will be useful to you, especially such information is not easy to find on the internet.

Lingga Islands - Eden at the Equator - Pulau Lingga

This photograph shows the smaller islands of the Lingga Archipelago. You can see many of them during the speed boat ride from Tanjung Pinang on Bintan Island (one of the big Riau Islands just next to Singapore) to Dabo town on Singkep Island (4 hours one way).

Pros and Cons

Pros:Very beautiful islands, friendly people, fantastic beaches
Cons:Remote and hard to reach, language problems, hot
In a nutshell:This place is truely the Eden at the Equator, beyond my expectations

Last visit to Pulau Lingga: Mar 2007
Intro Updated Mar 12, 2007
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Beach at Singkep Island, Lingga, Indonesia - Pulau Lingga

Important Things to Note Warnings and Dangers (1)

Because the Lingga Islands are very remote, below are some important things to note: - Check the boat and plane schedule... more travel advice

Speed boat at Tanjung Pinang, going to Jago & Daik - Pulau Lingga

Going to Lingga Island by Speed Boat Transportation (2)

Super Jet has daily speed boats carrying passengers from Tanjung Pinang at Bintan island to Dabo at Singkep island with... more travel advice

Aerial view of remote beach & reef, Lingga Islands - Pulau Lingga

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Crossing the Equator at Lingga Islands, Indonesia - Pulau Lingga

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laura_sg Jan 6, 2008 at 4:44 AM

just read yuo lingga pages - very interestinge and helpful! we plan to go there soon and are already looking forward to it
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SLLiew Aug 25, 2007 at 12:09 AM

Great info on Lingga island. It must be great to know that you are crossing the Equator on your way there from Singapore. SL :)
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Confucius Jun 20, 2007 at 10:54 PM

I had planned to step across the Equator at the northern tip of Lingga Island but now I see from your experience that the actual line appears to be offshore. Thanks! I guess I'll go do my line stepping at Pontianak instead via Kuching.
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bpacker May 13, 2007 at 7:30 PM

Vic, this is what I call, OFF THE BEATEN TRACK! I can't believe tis exotic locale is so near Singapore btw.
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princesswt Apr 24, 2007 at 7:44 AM

How did you get your air tickets for your flight to Singkep via PT Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter (SMAC)? Is there any agent involved or did you buy direct?
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Jim_Eliason Apr 3, 2007 at 4:21 AM

great tips Victor!
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Bwana_Brown Mar 25, 2007 at 11:51 AM

Victor, thanks for this great page on such an exotic destination!! It must have been an amazing experience for you. Great shots of your journey from both the air and water too. Loved your pic of the old cannons at Bukit Cening!
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globetrott Mar 24, 2007 at 2:39 PM

What a wonderful landscape and great aereal views again !
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toni28 Mar 20, 2007 at 5:52 AM

very interesting Pulau lingga... thanks for sharing victor.