Although travel in the wet season is feasible in most parts of Indonesia, it can be a restriction to some activities and travel on mud-clogged roads. In general, the best time to visit is in the dry season between May and October.
Most of the time, experiencing an Indonesian festival is motive enough to head to a destination. Some are so noteworthy, that they can produce complicated conditions for tourists. The December-January Christmas holiday period and the school holidays still manage to bring a wave of wandering Australians, and Europeans head to Bali, Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi in July and August. The major Indonesian holiday periods are the end of Ramadan, when foreign tourists fill resorts and prices go sky-high; Christmas; and from mid-June to mid-July, is when graduating students take off by the busload to a variety of tourist attractions, mainly in Java and Bali.
HOLIDAYS
January - New Year's Day
February - Chinese New Year#
January - Islamic New Year*
March - Prophet's Birthday*
March - Good Friday
April - Kartini Day
May - Ascension
July - National Children's Day
July - Ascension of Mohammed
August - Indonesian Independence Day
October - Eid Al Fitr*
December - Eid Al Adha*
December - Christmas Day
*Muslim
**Hindu and Buddhist
# Chinese New Year is not a bank holiday. Chinese community shops close on this date for 1 or 2 days.
Holidays occurring on a weekend are not moved.
Weekend - Saturday, Sunday
