Top Bintan Golf Holiday Packages & Breaks for 2026/2027

Four Courses, Four Different Designers, One Small Island

Bintan has a course design roster that most destinations ten times its size cannot match. On a single island reachable by a 45-minute ferry from Singapore, you can play courses designed by Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, and Ian Baker-Finch. That combination on one island is not something you find anywhere else in Southeast Asia.

Each designer brought a different philosophy to the terrain. Ria Bintan Golf Club features an 18-hole Ocean Course and a 9-hole Forest Course, with the Ocean layout playing along the South China Sea shoreline where wind management becomes a genuine factor from the opening hole. Laguna Golf Bintan is the Greg Norman design, built through tropical forest and along the coastline with a routing that uses the natural vegetation to frame approach shots rather than clearing it away for visibility. Bintan Lagoon Golf Club operates two championship courses: the Jack Nicklaus Sea View Course, which plays across elevated terrain with sea views on multiple holes, and the Ian Baker-Finch Woodlands Course, a forest layout with a more protected character that suits golfers who prefer a course that rewards shot shaping over raw distance. SouthLinks Country Club rounds out the local options with a layout that regulars describe as strategically demanding without requiring the long carries that the sea-view courses demand.

Four courses with four genuinely different design approaches within a self-contained island resort zone. For a three to four day golf trip, that is enough variety to keep each round feeling distinct.

Extend Your Trip: Singapore Is 45 Minutes Away by Ferry

Bintan is technically Indonesia, but it functions as a golf extension of Singapore for most international visitors. The ferry from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal in Singapore takes around 45 minutes to Bandar Bentan Telani ferry terminal, and most golfers arrive through Singapore’s Changi Airport before crossing. That logistics reality shapes how a Bintan golf holiday works in practice: fly into Singapore, spend a day or two in the city if you want, then take the morning ferry to Bintan for your golf days before returning to catch your outbound flight.

Singapore itself has a small number of courses, but green fees and tee time availability at top clubs there are more restricted than Bintan’s resort-oriented facilities. Many Singapore-based golfers use Bintan as their regular golf destination for exactly this reason. For international visitors, adding one or two nights in Singapore before or after the Bintan portion gives the trip a natural bracket: the city as arrival and departure point, the island as the golf focus.

For golfers who want to combine both destinations in a structured itinerary, our advisors can build a combined Singapore and Bintan program around your preferred dates and courses.

Who a Bintan Golf Holiday Is Perfect For

Bintan suits golfers who want a self-contained resort experience where everything is on the island and nothing requires a long transfer. The five beach resorts on Bintan’s northern coast handle accommodation, dining, spa, water activities, and golf access in a compact footprint. You check in, play your rounds, use the beach or spa between sessions, and leave. The logistics are cleaner than almost any other destination in the GolfLux Indonesia portfolio.

It works particularly well for golfers flying into Singapore who want to add two to three days of quality golf without a long-haul connection to a second country. Changi Airport’s connectivity means golfers from Japan, Korea, Australia, the UK, and most of the Middle East can reach Singapore on a direct flight and be on Bintan’s first tee the following morning.

Couples find Bintan practical for the same reasons that make Phu Quoc and Koh Samui work: the non-golf program is built into the resort infrastructure rather than requiring separate planning. The beaches on Bintan’s northern coast are among the quieter ones accessible from Singapore, the spa facilities at the main resorts are extensive, and water activities including diving, jet skiing, and kayaking are available without leaving the resort zone. The Bintan Golf Package 4 Days covers the standard format with two rounds across different courses and three nights of resort accommodation. The Ria Bintan Golf Club Stay and Play and Laguna Golf Bintan Stay and Play packages are the compact options for golfers who want to focus on a single course and resort rather than moving between properties.

If this tour is not quite what you are looking for, explore our full range of Bintan golf packages or browse more Indonesia golf holiday packages to find the perfect trip.