This is an initial itinerary. It is being refined, and we will provide the final plan and cost by April 2025. We are hoping to organise the first tour around October 2025. It will only go ahead if we get an interest from a minimum of ten people who make a deposit payment of £300 per person.
The minimum cost is likely to be about £2,500 per person, including flights, a bed and breakfast, a four-star hotel and history guides—food and entertainment extra. If you are interested in exploring joining the tour, please email [email protected] for details.
Spice Wars/Islands Tour
Fly to Jakarta
Jakarta – two days
Day 1 – visit the city’s important historical places, including the site of Kasteel Batavia ruins, history museum and the old Dutch city.
Day 2 – visit the the National Monument, China Town, Little India (Pasar Baru).
Join some evening entertainments.
Some of the visits would involve hiring professional local history guides.
Day 3 – One day for travelling
Bantam (stay in Serang, West Java) – two days
Day 4 – visit Banten Lama (Bantam), The Museum of Old Banten and Chinese Temple.
Day 5 – take speed boat to Pulau Punjan (on the shores of this island, in 1613, the biggest ship ever built by the English by then got destroyed during repair); visit the Masjid Agung (Great Mosque and two palaces.
Join some evening entertainments.
Some of the visits would involve hiring professional local history guides.
Day 6 – One day for travelling
Ternate/Tidore islands (stay in Ternate)– three days
Day 7 – visit ruins of Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese forts.
Day 8 – take speed boat to Tidore Island and visit two Spanish and Portguese forts and nutmeg and clove forests.
Day 9 – Visit the Sultan Palace, the site of the oldest clove three and see nutmeg and clove forests.
Join some evening entertainments.
Some of the visits would involve hiring professional local history guides.
Day 11 – One day for travelling
Day 12 – Ambon – 2 days
Banda Islands – 5 Days
Details are being worked on – Day 13 -18