🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on getting around and cities. Indonesia leads on the sea, value for money and food.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $75 in Indonesia.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $190A normal day$75
- 3h 20m from LondonClosest hub2h 50m from Singapore
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- GoodCities and cultureNot the draw
- GoodFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundScooters and private drivers on Bali, short flights and ferries between islands
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidJuly and August in south Bali, when the traffic becomes the trip
Pick by what you want
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
🇮🇩 Choose Indonesia if
you want volcanoes, reefs and rice terraces for very little money, and you are willing to leave the busy south to find them.
Full Iceland guide →Full Indonesia guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.