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This Rough Guides Snapshot is one of a new generation of informative and easy-to-use travel-guide ebooks that guarantees you make the most of your visit. An essential tool for pre-trip planning, it also makes a great travel companion when youre on the road.

The . Shorter contents lists appear at the start of every section in the guide to make chapter navigation quick and easy. You can jump back to these by tapping the links that sit with an arrow icon.

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Travel across the Indonesian archipelago is pretty unforgettable, in tiny fragile planes, rusty ferries and careering buses. Give yourself plenty of time to cover the large distances, taking in the countrys soaring volcanoes, awe-inspiring dive sites, memorable wildlife and laidback island retreats.

Theres plenty to discover among the beautiful scenery of northern Sumatra: Bukit Lawang is home to orang-utans, while further south lies the vast lake Danau Toba, with pleasant island resorts and fascinating traditional villages.

Whether youre travelling from Sumatra or Singapore, you may end up in the frenetic capital, where its worth taking time to explore the interesting museums and enjoy the vibrant nightlife.

The cultural heart of Java, with a fascinating walled royal city, Yogya is a centre for Javanese arts and also the best place to base yourself for visiting the magnificent temples of Borobudur and Prambanan.

A vast volcanic crater, with the still-smoking Gunung Bromo rising up from its base; the pre-dawn hike up to the crater rim is well worth the effort for the dramatic sunrise views over a spectacular landscape.

The beautiful Hindu island is still the most popular destination in the archipelago, with great nightlife, perfect surf and the chilled-out cultural centre of Ubud.

Just a short hop from Bali, head to the awesome Gunung Rinjani for a few days trekking, or to the Gili Islands, just off the northwest coast, for some fabulous diving.

Enjoy close encounters with the fearsome Komodo dragon. Overnight trips can be organized from Labuanbajo on Flores, or from Lombok.

A fertile, mountainous island, Flores has one of the most alluring landscapes in the country. The three craters of Kelimutu each contain a lake of vibrantly different colours.

Youll probably have to backtrack to Bali before travelling up to Sulawesi, where the major attraction is the highlands of Tanah Toraja, home to a fascinating culture and flamboyant festivals.

This ebook contains material published in print in October 2017 in the fifth edition of The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget by

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