URL: https://esimgo.ae/sim-card/indonesia/ Buy: https://esimgo.ae/esim-indonesia/ Source: eSIM Go (esimgo.ae) Author: Nadezhda Semenova, entrepreneur, co-founder of the Trippy travel service, https://esimgo.ae/author/ Updated: 17 Oct 2026 # Indonesia SIM card from the UAE: Bali tourist SIM, roaming or eSIM An Indonesia SIM card for tourists costs Rp100,000 for 25GB over 30 days at Telkomsel, and its page says pick-up is only in Bali and Lombok's Mandalika area (16 Oct 2026). On your UAE line a week is AED 100.00 on e& prepaid or du postpaid. A data-only eSIM on Telkomsel, Indosat and 3 5G starts at AED 12.99 for 1GB and 7 days. We sell travel eSIMs, so we have an interest here, and eSIM Go is not affiliated with e&, du, Virgin Mobile UAE or Telkomsel. ## Data in Bali and Indonesia from the UAE: the options Four routes lead to an Indonesia SIM card or its substitute: Telkomsel's tourist SIM from Rp100,000, a weekly pack on your e&, du or Virgin Mobile UAE line from AED 100.00, Virgin's free One Country pass, or a data eSIM installed before you fly. Only the local SIM needs your phone's IMEI registered. | Route | Where you get it | Your UAE number | Phone registration | |---|---|---|---| | Telkomsel tourist SIM | Pick-up in Bali or Mandalika Lombok | Stays on a dual-SIM phone only | Yes, IMEI at an operator outlet | | e&, du or Virgin Mobile pack | Your operator, ahead of the trip | Same SIM, same number | No | | Virgin One Country | Virgin app, Roaming tab | Same SIM, same number | No | | Data eSIM (Bali eSIM) | Installed at home | Stays on your main SIM | No | The rows are our synthesis of Telkomsel and Bea Cukai (16 Oct 2026) and e&, du and Virgin Mobile UAE (15 Oct 2026). ## Telkomsel's tourist SIM: 25GB for 30 days, collected in Bali This Indonesia SIM card is Telkomsel's Pre-Order Special SIMPATI SIM for foreigners: 25GB, 25 minutes of calls and 25 international minutes for 30 days at Rp100,000 (16 Oct 2026). We do not convert rupiah to AED, and the page states no tax, so we add none. The page says "Unlock your phone to enjoy this special offer", so confirm your handset is carrier-unlocked first. Pick-up is "currently available only in Bali and Mandalika Lombok areas", so if you land in Jakarta this SIM is not your plan. The page names areas, not shops: ask Telkomsel where in Bali before you head for Ubud. Telkomsel's launch release of 13 Mar 2022 ("Telkomsel Prabayar Tourist", the same 25GB, 30 days, Rp100,000) says you can pre-order online from home and collect the SIM at a GraPARI service centre or certain Telkomsel outlets on arrival. The release adds sales at outlets in arrival areas such as airports, and names the Bali and Lombok airports for the 2022 MotoGP event. That is a 2022 text, so we have no current confirmation of an airport counter. The page lists no documents and no tourist eSIM, and we did not collect Indosat or XL tourist tariffs. Rp100,000 for 25GB is Rp4,000 per GB (our arithmetic). A 7-day trip still pays for 30 days: about Rp14,286 for each day you are there, against Rp3,333 over all 30. ## e&, du and Virgin Mobile in Indonesia: a week in Bali For a week in Indonesia your UAE line costs AED 100.00 on e& prepaid (4GB), du postpaid (10GB) or Virgin Mobile UAE (2GB), and Indonesia is on Virgin's One Country list of 34 countries (15 Oct 2026), free on plans of 20GB and up. Indonesia sits in the roaming zone list of all three operators (15 Oct 2026). | Pack | Line | Data · days | AED | |---|---|---|---| | e& Weekly Data Pack | prepaid | 4GB · 7 days (until 10 Jan 2027, normally 2GB) | 100 | | du roaming data bundle | postpaid | 10GB · 7 days | 100 | | du roaming data bundle | prepaid | 10GB · 7 days | 200 | | Virgin weekly pack | any line | 2GB · 7 days | 100 | | Virgin weekly pack | any line | 10GB · 7 days | 200 | | Virgin One Country | plans of 20GB+ | your plan's data · one month | free | Sources: [e&](https://www.eand.ae/en/c/mobile/add-ons/hybrid/roaming-prepaid/roaming-weekly-data-pack.html) (15 Oct 2026); du [postpaid](https://www.du.ae/personal/mobile/roaming/postpaid/detail) and [prepaid](https://www.du.ae/personal/mobile/roaming/prepaid/detail) (15 Oct 2026); [Virgin](https://www.virginmobile.ae/one-country-roaming/) (15 Oct 2026). Pack rules: [e& Weekly Data Pack](/roaming/etisalat/), [Virgin One Country](/roaming/virgin-mobile/). When the days start differs. e&'s weekly pack is "Charged upon purchase but validity starts upon first eligible usage". Virgin's "validity will begin once the first call is received or made". du's data-only bundles "will only be activated during your travel". For postpaid data bundles du's API and FAQ disagree, so buy shortly before you fly and check the du app. Virgin's One Country pass "won't auto renew", so re-activate it each month. du also sells a travel eSIM for Indonesia: about AED 14.69 (US$4) for 1GB and 7 days, and about AED 75.29 (US$20.50) for unlimited 7 days (15 Oct 2026). ## The IMEI rule: a local SIM needs your phone registered An Indonesia SIM card means registering your phone's IMEI: a tourist staying up to 90 days does it at an operator outlet, while a phone on a foreign SIM in roaming needs no registration (Bea Cukai, 16 Oct 2026). The customs office at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport, which serves Denpasar, writes that a traveller on a foreign SIM as an inbound roamer "tidak perlu melakukan registrasi IMEI": no IMEI registration is needed. For foreign tourists staying up to 90 days, access to the Indonesian network comes through IMEI registration "di gerai layanan operator telekomunikasi", at the operator's outlet. Once any customs duties on the phone are settled, it can be activated with an Indonesian SIM within "maksimal 2 x 24 jam", at most 2 × 24 hours. Longer stays go through the Bea Cukai website or app, for at most two phones. The exemption from duty and tax, up to USD 500, covers only a registration made inside the customs area. Register after leaving it, within 60 days of arrival, and you pay duty 10%, VAT 11% and income tax 10% (20% without an NPWP, the Indonesian taxpayer number). The page is in Indonesian and dates from 8 Aug 2023, so check Bea Cukai before you fly. A roaming pack and an eSIM skip this step: both are a foreign profile roaming on a local network. Our Indonesia eSIM runs on Telkomsel, Indosat and 3 5G. The unlimited data plans last 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 or 30 days, at full speed up to 3GB a day, then 1 Mbps. The 7-day unlimited plan is AED 92.99, about AED 13.28 a day (our arithmetic); 10GB for 30 days is AED 49.99. See the [Bali and Indonesia eSIM plans](/esim-indonesia/), or [how much data do I need](/how-much-data-do-i-need/) to size one. The price in AED is the exact amount you pay. Charged in AED by JET SHARING (USA). Your bank may add a foreign-transaction fee; see [how to pay](/how-to-pay/). Our eSIMs for Indonesia are data-only: no calls, no SMS, no number. Keep your UAE SIM switched on for SMS; e& and Virgin Mobile don't charge for SMS you receive abroad, and calls you receive are charged per minute. Setup: [keep your UAE number](/help/keep-your-uae-number/). Our eSIMs are for use outside the UAE; they do not provide service in the UAE. On Android the APN for Indonesia is set by hand ([APN settings](/help/apn-settings/)); iPhone sets it automatically. If the eSIM has not connected to any network, you can get a refund within 30 days of purchase. ## FAQ ### Do I need to register my phone in Indonesia? Only for an Indonesian SIM. On a foreign SIM or eSIM that roams, Bea Cukai says an inbound roamer needs no IMEI registration. If you use an Indonesian SIM and stay up to 90 days, you register the IMEI at an operator outlet; once any customs duties are settled, the phone can be activated with that SIM within 2 × 24 hours (Bea Cukai, page dated 8 Aug 2023, checked 16 Oct 2026). ### Where can I get Telkomsel's tourist SIM? Telkomsel's page offers the pre-order SIMPATI SIM for foreigners (25GB, 30 days, Rp100,000) for pick-up only in Bali and the Mandalika area of Lombok (16 Oct 2026). Its 2022 launch release also names GraPARI service centres and arrival-area outlets such as airports. We have no current airport confirmation. ### Can I buy an eSIM for Bali online? Yes. Our eSIMs are for use outside the UAE: buy online, install before you fly, and the eSIM connects when you land in Indonesia, with the days counted from that first connection. There is no ID check on our eSIM. ### How much data do I need for a week in Bali? About 2.1GB for maps and messaging, 5.6GB with social media and photos, or 11.9GB with video and video calls. These are our estimates of 0.3, 0.8 and 1.7GB a day, the same numbers as the calculator on our "How much data do I need" page. Heavy users can take the unlimited plan, full speed up to 3GB a day, then 1 Mbps. ### Does my UAE SIM use data in Bali without a pack? No. e&, du and Virgin Mobile UAE block mobile data abroad until you add a roaming pack (15 Oct 2026). Only e& lets you unlock pay-as-you-go data, for 24 hours by SMS. ## Sources - Telkomsel, SIM Card Registration for Foreigners and the Telkomsel Prabayar Tourist release of 13 Mar 2022: telkomsel.com (16 Oct 2026) - Directorate General of Customs, Ngurah Rai office, IMEI registration: ngurahrai.beacukai.go.id (16 Oct 2026) - e&, weekly data pack: eand.ae (15 Oct 2026) - du, roaming bundles and FAQ: du.ae (15 Oct 2026); du's travel eSIM, Indonesia prices (15 Oct 2026) - Virgin Mobile UAE, roaming packs and One Country: virginmobile.ae (15 Oct 2026)