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Dumai
City in Riau, Indonesia

Dumai

Dumai is a coastal city in Riau Province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, about 188 km from Pekanbaru, the provincial capital.

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The city has an area of 2,063.24 km2 and had 358,365 inhabitants at the mid 2025 official estimate. Dumai has a domestic airport, Pinang Kampai Airport. The city is an important transport and trade centre, both regionally and internationally, especially for traffic to and from Malaysia. The region is rich in oil.

Get in

Getting to Dumai

Dumai is well connected by road from Pekanbaru and Medan. The Trans-Sumatran Highway doesn't directly cross over the city, but goes near the city's edges. From Pekanbaru, it takes approximately 5 hours to reach Dumai. The primary mode of transport is either buses or "travels" (shared car pool). It costs approximately Rp70,000 per person by "travels" and Rp50,000 by bus.

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    Pinang Kampai Airport
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    Dumai

    Beware not to go in the wrong gate as the terminal gate is just side by side with cargo port gate.

See

Worth seeing

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    Hock Liong Kiong Temple
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    Grand Mosque Al Mannan
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    Koneng Beach
Do

Things to do

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    Kolam Renang Sasana Tirta

    Pertamina Refinery Unit II, Bukit Datuk, Dumai Selatan,.

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    Gor Bulu Tangkis Olympia

    Bukit Datuk, Dumai Selatan.

Eat

Where to eat

You can taste a lot traditional food in Dumai. Ayam Penyet (Smash Chicken) is a fried chicken with hot/nice traditional chili. You can find sellers in Patimura street, Sei masang, and almost every street in Dumai. Pecel Lele is a fried fish with traditional chili. You can find a lot of food in Hasanuddin (Ombak) street, especially fresh seafood.

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    Mie Sagu Marineford

    Family No.16, Pangkalan Sesai, Dumai Barat,.

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    Rumah Makan Pak Datuk

    Jl.

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    RM Pondok Kayu Resto

    Sultan Hasanuddin No.110, Ratu Sima, Dumai Barat,.

How locals move

Getting around Dumai the local way

  • Get inThe primary mode of transport is either buses or "travels" (shared car pool).
  • Get inAn office for shared taxis to Pekanbaru can be found about 300 m from the northern end of Jalan Sudirman, on the east side.
  • Get inFerries operate from the following Malaysian cities: Port Klang: Several operators run daily ferries to/from Port Klang, the port for Kuala Lumpur.
  • Get inMV Pelita Jaya Express/Sabang Marindo II: by NKH Ferry Services in Port Klang ().
  • Get inDumai to Port Dickson : 11:00 (local time) & Port Dickson to Dumai : 09:00 (local time) Malacca: one ferry daily, operated by Tunas Rupat (Dumai agent at Jl.
  • Get inFerry depart depart at 09:00 local time except Friday depart at 10:30 from Dumai and 08:30 from Malacca.
  • Get inIndomal also runs ferries on this route 5 times per week.
  • Get inTickets can be purchased from the Malacca International Ferry Terminal, about a 5-minute walk from the Tourist Information Office near the Clock Tower, or at the Indomal website.

From Wikivoyage: Dumai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: fitri agung from Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia, Indonesia (CC BY 2.0), Wikimedia Commons.