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By air
via Kupang
Merpati
flies to Savu from Kupang on Mondays. Bookings
should be made well in advance, either through
the Merpati Office in Kupang on (0380) 833 833 or
through their Darwin Office:
Merpati Nusantara Airlines
27/21 Cavenagh Street
Darwin NT
Phone : +618 8941 1606
Fax : +618 8941 1960
Email : merpatidarwin@octa4.net.au
A
flight from Bali to Kupang return costs about 1½
million Rupiah, or approx. US$150.00/A$200.00.
Merpati also flies from Darwin to Kupang
(DRW-KOE) through a joint service with Darwin
based Airnorth Regional Airlines. The flights
connect with other destinations within Indonesia
such as Bali, Surabaya, Jakarta, Lombok and
Semarang.
Darwin/Kupang
flight schedule:
For
Tuesdays & Saturdays:-
- Departs
Darwin 11.15 am
- Arrives
Kupang 11.45 am
- Departs
Kupang 12.45 pm
- Arrives
Darwin 16.10 pm
Economy
class is AUD$425 return and Business class is
AUD$515 return (plus taxes of AUD$82.50 return).
By air via Waingapu
Pelita
Air connects Bali with Waingapu on Sumba. There
are no flights from Waingapu to Savu, however, a
ferry sails to Savu on Wednesdays, returning on
Tuesdays (see below: "By sea").
Denpasar-Waingapu flight schedule:
Days: Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, Sunday.
Flight: 934
Departure: 10:00
Arrival: 11:05
Waingapu-Denpasar
flight schedule:
Days: Monday, Wednesday,
Friday.
Flight: 933
Departure: 16:15
Arrival: 17:20
By sea
Ferries
connect the islands to Waingapoe, on Sumba, and
Kupang, in West Timor. There are currently two
ferries from Kupang to Savu, one leaving
Kupang on Monday afternoon, arriving on Savu
Tuesday morning. The same ferry leaves for Sumba
Tuesday afternoon and arrives there on Wednesday.
It departs again on the same day for Savu
where it arrives on Thursday, then leaving for
Kupang again where it arrives in the early hours
of Friday. Another ferry leaves Kupang on Friday,
arriving on Savu on Saturday, returning to Kupang
on the same day.
The harbour at Seba
See a local map and a
satellite image of the
Savu Islands, a large (90 Kb) map of the
Timor Sea, showing Savu's proximity to Australia
and a large satellite image of
Sumba, Sawu and Timor.
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Reinhaart
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