Monument of Japan Occupation

Banda Aceh- 1942 Japanese Monument

During World War Second between 1942 to 1945, Japan come to Banda Aceh with what Indonesian peoples recognized as Samurai and Kami Kaze, The Japanese troop then made their base camp in almost all region of Indonesia, including Banda Aceh. Not far from Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Port, the Japanese Soldier erected a monument writing in a Japanese character. According to the peoples here, recently, Japanese volunteer for tsunami reliefing come to visit and renovated the monument. For Japanese Tourist, it is worth to visit, just tell the driver to make a short visit before head on to the city center Banda Aceh.


Address: Sultan Iskandar Muda AirPort-Banda Aceh
Directions: It take about 10 minutes walk From the arrival gate of the Air Port, head on to the street outside the air port, turn to the left, the monument is located beside Animal Quarantine, on the right side of the street.

Transportation to Banda Aceh, NAD, Indonesia

Banda Aceh Transportation
A flight from Medan to Banda aceh

Banda Aceh could be reach by Air Transportation. All flights from Jakarta is indirect, where the plane have a 30 minutes transit at POLONIA AIR port Medan. Then continue to Banda Aceh in about 45 minutes. The flight landed at Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Port, located 15 km from Banda Aceh City Center. The trip from Jakarta to Banda Aceh is a nice Experience, in a good weather condition, we can enjoy a beautiful landscape of Sumatra island from South to the North. The ticket fare is depend on the Air liner, it range from IDR. 600,000,- to more than a million Rupiah ( 60 to 120 US.$ ), an additional air port tax is IDR. 30,000. Adam Air, Lion Air, SriwiJaya Air are the domestic air line which offer a good fare ticket , while Garuda Indonesia is a Premium air line with the ticket fare more higher than the others.

Ulee Lheu (Banda Aceh) In The Morning

Address: Ulee Lheue Northern Part of Banda Aceh.

Directions: You can go to Ulee Lheue by LABI-LABI (sharing taxi) or by Motorized Becak From Banda Aceh City Center about 20 km away to the north and take about 20-30 minutes.

Visit Sabang by Boating

The Boat bound for Sabang

Sailing from Ulee Lheue to Sabang vise versa is a nice experience, it was an approximately 45 minutes enjoyable boat travel. The boat depart from Ulee Lheue temporary sea port at 10.00 in the morning and reach Sabang Sea Port at Balohan Bay before noon. The scenery between the two port is a stunning beauty, we could see a bluish mountain range from far away, a wide scape of a Blue ocean and a huge white cloud hanging in the air.

Address: Boating from Ulee Lheue to Sabang

Directions: Boating 45 minutes from Ulee Lheue to Sabang sea port at Balohan Bay vise versa

Transportation Banda Aceh - Sabang

A SpeedBoat at ULEE LHEUE

From Temporary SeaPort at Ulee Lheue (Banda Aceh) one could take a speed boat which could be reached Sabang SeaPort at Pulau WEH’S Balohan Bay in approximately 45 minutes vise versa. The trip by the Sea is very impressive with the Scenery of small islands, a crystal clear Blue Water, a Bluish mountain range and some attraction of sea dolphins if you are lucky.A Boat fare is different depend on the class, Rp. 60,000,- is for lower deck and Rp. 70,000,- for upper deck with similar in service.