Bonjour,
Nous partons, ma copine et moi 1 mois en Indonésie. Nous souhaitons rester 15 jours à Bali e
nous hésitons entre 2 options pour se déplacer:
- Louer un scooter pendant les 15 jours et faire une boucle (départ de Kuta ou de Ubud ? sachant qu'ensuite, nous nous rendons à Lombok). Cette option que je préfére est-elle jouable (sachant que nous aurons 2 sac à dos plus ou moins imposant..). Pour info, je conduis un scooter à Paris depuis de nombreuses années.
-Se déplacer en bémo entre les villes, et louer un scooter sur 2-3-4 jours pour rayonner autour, et de reprendre un bémo pour aller à la ville suivante.
J'ai une préférence pour la première option (plus souple dans les déplacements, plus dépendants...mais je ne sais pas si c'est réalisable et confortable à 2.
Si vous avez des expériences/conseils à partager !😛
Je te conseillerais de prendre les shuttle bus pour les "grands" trajets style kuta-ubud ou ubu-tanahlot ou uluwatu-ubud, kuta lovinaIl y en a tous les jours, il suffit de s'inscrire la veille en général et ce n'est pas très cher. apres, à chaque endroit touristique tu peux louer un scoot pour rayonner.
Après, si tu es serré au niveau du budget, c'est sur que tu peux négocier un scoot pas cher pour 15 jours à kuta ou ubud et aller partout avec. mais à 2 sur un scoot avec un sac a dos (pas trop grand) entre les pieds, une personne derrière qui aura un gros sac a dos, c'est fatiguant. la bas, la plupart des scoot sont 100cc, 110cc ou 125cc, donc c'est léger..déja que tu dois etre attentif à 200%, car pas de code de la route...le plus gros est prioritaire, aucun respect de la signalisation, t'es jamais a l'abri de te prendre un chien ou un poule..bref. conduire un scoot a paris, et un scoot à bali ca n a rien a voir...
mais tout peut se faire en scoot, c'est simpa, économique. tu peux aller à lombok en scoot, via le ferry public, aucun pblm. assure toi juste que le loueur t'as donné un registration (carte grise) valide, et une autorisation écrite d'emmener ton scoot à lombok. car souvent la police au ferry te demandera les papiers...Bcp de balinais ne sont pas d'accord pour que tu embarque leur scoot la bas, à cause des vols.
et surtout vérifie bien le scoot : les freins, les rétros, les clignos, les pneus... et n'hésite pas à invertir dans un casque neuf, 30€ maxi la bas, il sera propre, à ta taille, avec une visiere pas rayée, et sera tjrs mieux que la plupart des casques immondes qu ils te louent. a la limite, donne le à la fin de ton séjour à un local, il sera content...
dernier conseil, pense bien a faire faire ton permis international avant de partir.. ca t'évitera de te faire raketer par la police à chaque controle...
donc option tout scoot réalisable si t'es motivé et que tu n'as pas peur, mais ce ne sera surement pas la plus confortable..
C'est tout à fait faisable en scooter, a condition de ne pas voyager trop chargé. Ce te coûtera moins de 5 euros / jour pour un 125, ne pas hésiter à négocier. Surtout penser à prendre le permis international, la police aime bien prélever les touristes qui ne l'ont pas.
C'est dingue, nous nous posons justement la même question :)
Finalement, nous allons probablement plutôt poter pour la location d'une jeep, qui nous semble un meilleur compromis pour trimbaler les sacs à dos.
Merci pour vos réponses. Après réflexion et pas mal de lecture, je crois que nous allons choisir le scooter ! Reste à définir notre "itinéraire ", bien qu'il sera assez souple.
Nous pensons réserver les 2-3 premières nuits (peut etre a ubud ou sanur(pratique pour terminer la boucle, rendre le scooter et se rendre sur les Gili)) et après on verra...
Si vous avez des idées d'itinéraire, on est preneur !
je vais à Bali pour une quinzaine de jours à la fin du mois et je songe moi aussi à profiter de la liberté qu'offre le scooter pour visiter l'île ! Je m'inquiétais cependant de l'aspect dommages matériels et vol (sait-on jamais, je ne voudrais pas dépenser tout mon budget pour le rachat d'une moto...) Du coup est-ce que les scooters sont loués avec des assurances contre la casse et les disparitions ? Si oui, sont-elles incluses dans le prix ou en option ?
Bonjour,
J'ai toujours loué via des particuliers ou hotels, et on ne m'a jamais remis le moindre papier, donc pas d'assurance probablement. Maintenant j'ai vu qu'il existe des sites de location de scooters à Bali qui proposent des assurances en option.
J'ai cassé un scooter en 2012 (fourche), il a fallu négocier un peu et payer un prix pour la réparation, mais c'était très raisonnable. Après en cas de gros pépin ...
Ok donc les meilleurs conseils seraient de prendre soin du scooter, bien bloquer le guidon en le garant, attacher voire cacher le casque sous la selle et ne pas provoquer d'accident responsable...
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Why not explore the Peloponnese!
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Do a loop.
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tout est dans le titre: me rendant prochainement a Krabi, et désirant louer un scooter pour quelques semaines, mais lisant des commentaires de risques d'arnaques en tout genre, je m'adresse a vous pour savoir ou et comment (lire ''la bonne facon'') de louer un scooter.
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Hi there!
I’m currently planning a 9-day route starting from Marrakech with my husband. We land on the morning of June 13th—so soon! 😊
And we’re flying back to France on June 21st at 9 PM!
We’ve rented two Royal Enfield 450s.
This is our first motorcycle trip in Morocco. I got my license two years ago with the dream of taking this kind of trip, and here we are! ✌️😍
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Day 2: Tafingoult - Amzarkou - Telouet (200 km - 4h34)
Day 3: Telouet - Ait Benhaddou - Ouarzazate - Boumalne (200 km - 3h30) (+ Vallée des Roses maybe)
Day 4: Boumalne - Dades Gorges - Agoudal - Todra Gorges - Tinghir - Goulmima (291 km - 6h)
Day 5: Goulmima - Midelt - Cirque Jaffar - Agoudim (280 km - 4h45)
Day 6: Agoudim - Imilchil - Aghbala - El Ksiba (280 km - 4h45)
Day 7: El Ksiba - La Cathédrale - Zaouiat Ahansal (212 km - 4h20)
Day 8: Ahansal - Ouzoud Waterfalls via R 302 (188 km - 4h22)
Day 9: Ouzoud - Marrakech (160 km - 2h43)
End of the trip 😮.
What do you think?
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I’m really keen on a motorcycle trip to Morocco, specifically the Middle Atlas. Does anyone have any info or tips on this idea? Planning to go in September or October...
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Christine
