Indonesia Travel Guide

Indonesia is a beautiful country, and it’s still to date. There are many tourist resorts that people can find in this country; one of them is Dieng Plateau. It is an active volcano complex situated in Wonosobo, Central Java. It takes about four hours to reach this place from Semarang, the capital city of Central Java Province. This resort offers unforgettable beautiful scenery but also historical sites.

Dieng Plateau is a unique resort that sits at around 2000 meters above sea level. The name of Dieng is originally come from Sanskrit language; “Di” means a very high place, meanwhile “hyang” means gods. So, the combination of the two words means a very high place in which the gods stay. Dieng is a highland with a cold temperature which is unusual for a tropical country like Indonesia. The temperature during the day is about 15-20 Celsius degree, meanwhile at night the temperature reaches 10 Celsius degree. It even reaches 0 Celsius degrees in the morning and often causes frozen fog, which can destroy plants.

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Prambanan Temple or sometimes called as Roro Jonggrang temple is recognized as one of the most beautiful Hindu temples in the world. UNESCO has included it as one of the world’s heritages in 1991. Prambanan Temple is the biggest Hindu temple in Indonesia, even in Southeast Asia. The temple is not only famous with its magnificent building, but also with its historical story as well as the legend behinds it.

There is a popular legend among Javanese people that relates to the built of Prambanan Temple. Most Javanese people believe that Prambanan Temple was built because of the power of Bandung Bondowoso. Based on the legend, there was a very beautiful young princess, named Rara Jonggrang. She was the daughter of King Boko. Bandung Bondowoso wanted to marry her. Roro Jonggrang would agree to marry him with one condition. It is said that Bandung
Bondowoso had to build thousand statues in one night. Bandung Bondowoso accepted this condition. When he finished his 999th statue, Roro Jonggrang played a trick on him, so he couldn’t finish all the statues. Then he became angry and cursed Roro Jonggrang to be the last statue. Many people believed that the statue of a lady, who is placed in the temple, is the statue of Roro Jonggrang. That is why the temple is also called as Roro Jonggrang temple.

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Surakarta Palace, or more popular with Keraton Surakarta Hadiningrat, which is sometimes simply called as Keraton Surakarta is a living place for King Surakarta and his family. It is located in west of Bengawan Solo riverbank. Keraton Surakarta is one of the most important cultural heritages. It has been existed for hundreds of years and had witnessed many historical events in Indonesia. Hence, Keraton Surakarta and all the historical collections inside it are very important.

Keraton Surakarta was built in the era of King Pakubuwono II or Sunan Pakubuwono II. He built it to replace Keraton Kartasura, which ruined because of the riot called Geger Pecinan that occurred in 1734. So, in 1774 Sunan Pakubuwono II decided to build a new palace located in Solo Village. This village is now more popular as Surakarta Hadiningrat.

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Indonesia is a country with the biggest population of moslem in the world. The religion has existed in this country since hundreds years ago. So, there are many heritages of Islamic culture we can find in this country. One of them is the Great Mosque of Demak (Masjid Agung Demak). It is one of the oldest mosques located in Demak City, Central Java. The mosque is very popular with its great architecture as well as the history. Inside The Great Mosque of Demak, there are some facilities to support it. There are museum, clinic, center of Islamic education, and library. There is also kings’ graveyard inside the mosque area. Some kings’re buried in the graveyard are Raden Patah
(Soultan Demak I) and Soultan Trenggono (Soultan Demak III).

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Central Java has a lot of beautiful places destined to be tourists’ destinations. This site has revealed some of these places for you to choose from which can be included into your top list to visit this holiday. Semarang, the capital city of Central Java, itself saves some interesting places to stop in, including Kota Lama and Lawang Sewu.
There are many reasons to open up why people want to get there all this time, including their need of visiting exotic historical places and buildings.

Kota Lama is an area where you can see a number of old, historical buildings built in the 18th century. Years ago when the Dutch occupation was still here as authority, this was the area of trade and government center. At that time, Kota Lama was physically separated from its surroundings by solid forts, showing people that this was
special area for contributing the Dutch government. Little Netherland name was appearing following the situation where local residents hardly occupy the area. The typical Netherland buildings could also be a sign why such name was given to the area.

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Bali is not the only place where people are laying down at the beaches and get beautiful sunset and sunrise scenes. Indonesia has thousands of islands which all are surrounded by beautiful beaches, including the area of Central Java that is destined to own Karimunjawa Islands. The ’Islands’ may have inspired you that Karimunjawa is there in the middle of the sea, the Java Sea exactly, and thus it sounds heaven for those beach lovers. If you would like to explore further what this place can actually give to you, just read on and share your comments later on.

Karimunjawa is actually located in Jepara regency. This is the destination with an island-chain with 27 islands linking in the territory. Only five islands that are populated by local traditional fishermen in which it gives you real description how you can feel the quiet and peaceful surrounding for your perfect hideout.

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Indonesian, especially Javanese, would associate often Tegal City with some popular brands of tea products. But, Tegal city actually has another interesting thing to proud of. It is Guci Hot Bathing Place, in which this is the place becoming the icon of Tegal City.

This beautiful place frames your eyes with the amazing landscape and fresh air, located in Bojong District, Tegal, Central Java. The district itself is about 30 kilometers from Slawi, a small town of Tegal Regency. In this place you can enjoy the fresh hot water from a mount, in which this is the main menu of the Guci Hot Bathing place. Putting into the hot water, enjoying the beautiful scenery and listening to the singing birds all at once. What a nice experience!

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If you visit Bledug Kuwu for the first time, you may think that it is an ordinary pool. But, if you look at the place longer you will see it is more than an ordinary pool. Visiting the place you might experience a stunning natural occurrence of small, frequent bursts from mud crate with a sound resembling a mount eruption. That sounds great, doesn’t it?

Bledug Kuwu is one of the tourist destinations found in Grobogan Region, Purwodadi, Central Java. The place is located in just off the alternative road connecting Purwodadi and Cepu in Central Java. It is a mud volcano tourism on a site approximately 4.5 hectares. Visiting The Bledug Kuwu lets you experiencing the different atmosphere of holiday. In Bledug Kuwu you can see beautiful formations of mud eruption which happen every three minutes. The eruption is the followed by the plume of white steam. The vapor burst from the pool comes from carbon dioxide release. This mud eruption is the main
attraction offered by this tourism place.

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Central Java has many historical destinations. The province is very popular with its ancient buildings such as temples, kratons (the
Javanese palaces), museums, and many others. Umbul Pengging Bathing Place is one of the tourism places in Central Java. It is located in Boyolali Residence. It is about 15 kilometers of eastern Boyolali. The bathing place is very special and be the pride of the residence as it has a strong relationship with the history of Kasunanan Surakarta (one of the kingdom in Java Island). The place offers you beautiful scenery with classic atmosphere. The water is so fresh and pure as it originally comes from natural springs.

Umbul Pengging Bathing Place was built by Sunan Pakubuwono X, the king of Surakarta kingdom. It was firstly built as the bathing place for the King of Surakarta and his family. Umbul in Javanesse language means bathing place. The king also built a building nearby the pool for him and his family for taking a rest. But now, the king of Surakarta and his family don’t use it as a bathing place anymore. They open the bathing place for public.

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If you like to go to travelling and dream of an adventure, you have to visit Goa Jatijajar. It is a beautiful cave located in Kebumen, Central Java. Goa Jatijajar is about 42 kilometers to the west of Kebumen, in fact, it is in the foot of a mountain and about 50 meters above sea level. This cave is very beautiful and can attract lots of visitors to come, even there would be always a big crowd during the holiday. Goa Jatijajar is a fantastic place to have an adventure. Exploring the deep of the cave and reaching the edge of the place is amazing to lead you not realize that you are actually walking along 250 meters. You will also be surprised knowing how far you go to the depth of the earth. It’s 40 meters! What a fantastic journey it will be.

Goa Jatijajar is a natural cave that has been existed since thousands years ago. It was only a big hole when it was found for the first time, and nobody knew what it was actually. Then people began to explore it and found that it was a big cave. In 1975, the Kebumen’s government decided to develop the place as a resort. The local government built many facilities, which make people comfort and easier to explore the cave.

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