Tour Descriptions:
Day 1:
Arrival in Jakarta
Arrival in Jakarta and you are being picked up by our Tour Guide and directly transfer to the hotel.
Day 2:
Jakarta - Bogor - Bandung
You begin the program in Jakarta by visiting the Old Dutch colonial city of Batavia, includes the Fatahillah Museum. It was the administrative center and city hall from where the vast Dutch mercantile empire was controlled, but it has a few times restored. It is now a display of the history of the development of Jakarta from prehistory time until now. Then ride to Sunda Kelapa old harbor at the mouth of Ciliwung river and once a vital link to markets outside the world in 15th century, and further to Maritime Museum, once a west side ware house for spices. Further we ride to Bogor en visit the Botanical Garden in the center of Bogor and located next to the palace in the center of Bogor. It is one of the world's greatest cultivated parks which are established by Raffles but the gardens were cultivated by avid Dutch botanists into the enormous rambling park. Tucked into a lovely bamboo collection, you can see the Old Dutch cemeteries guarded by towering trees. Huge lily ponds, cactus and palm garden, a raging river, and an outstanding orchid house combine a stunning landscape. After the entire program, you continue the trip to Bandung. Overnight in Bandung.
Day 3:
Bandung
From hotel you enjoy a short walking to a puppet master house and learn the ancient craft and secrets of puppet making. Then ride to Aroma coffee factory where traditional processing methods are still considered the norm. Here the coffee beans are stored up to 5 years for robusta and 8 years for arabica. After seeing the process, you have also free time at Ciamplas 'Jeans street', fashion boutiques with their outlandish shop fronts. The optional tour is the angklung performance Mang Udjo. Angklung is a renowned musical instrument made of bamboo and originated from West Java. Here you enjoy a 'diorama' of an attractive Sundanese wealth in presenting their art performance from Wayang golek (wayang puppet) performance, circumcision procession, Angklung orchestra, Angklung interactive and end up dancing together with the children. Overnight in Bandung.
Day 4:
Bandung
The whole day is free at leisure. Overnight in Bandung.
Day 5:
Bandung - Yogyakarta
Experience the journey from Bandung to Jogjakarta on comfortable and air conditioned train, through the highlands, hills and rice fields before plunging down to the plains of Central Java. This is the 'rice bowl' of Java, the agricultural heartland that feeds the nation. Sit back while your meals are served to you and watch as kilometer after kilometer of rice fields pass by your window. Overnight in Yogyakarta.
Day 6:
Yogyakarta Tour
At the morning you start the day by visiting Borobudur, the world's largest Buddhist monument. It was built in 9th century and comprises six square platform topped by three circular platforms and decorated with 2672 reliefs and 504 Budha statues. Borobudur is both a shrine to Lord Budha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. Then you continue the program to Jogjakarta city tour, includes visiting the Keraton Hamengkubuwono palace, houses not only the Sultan and his family, but also the powerful dynastic regalia, private meditation and ceremonial chambers, a magnificent throne hall, performance pavilions, a mosque, an immense royal pleasure garden, stables and barracks, all in a complex of walled compounds, narrow lanes and massive gateways, bounded by a fortified outer wall. Then visit silversmith workshop in Kota Gede alive with the sights and sounds of silver being sculptured into ornaments and jewelery. Around there, dozens of hand made batik factories and the colonial 1918 Taru Martani cigar factory. The workers still use the old machines and some roll the cigars with hand. Afternoon is free at leisure and you can still do optional tour such as Purawisata Dinner. Live Gamelan music and welcome dance will be shown while you enjoy dinner. After that, walking to the open air theater and seat on your reserved seat and enjoying the Ramayang ballet performance. Or you can choose ride on dokar or 4 wheels horse carriage and go around Malioboro market. Overnight in Yogyakarta.
Day 7:
Exploring Yogyakarta City Tour
The whole day is free at leisure. But you have some choice for optional tours such as:
1. Ambarawa and Tlogo plantation. Ambarawa was once a William I train station but now it is used only for an open locomotives museum. Tlogo plantation on 400 meter above the sea level offers a perfect climate for rubber, cacao, and coffee. Here we also see the tapping process from the tree and in the fabric.
2. Dieng Plateau tour. Dieng is covered with vegetables especially potato and tea plantation. It has also breathtaking setting for Java's oldest temple since 7th century and Sikidang crater.
3. Sunrise Menoreh and Candirejo. You can ride on dokar (horse drawn carriage) in the rustic agricultural surrounds of Candirejo village. It is a great way to experience the stress free way of life in agricultural hinterland. Travel down country lanes and pass tiny hamlets with villagers doing simple daily lives.
4. Prambanan and Solo city tour. Prambanan complex is a 9th century Java’s most elegant and awe-inspiring Hindu temple,noted for the graceful proportions of its 47m. Prambanan’s relief sculptures, realistic and humorous at the same time, are among the finest in all of Indonesian art. According to legend, it's dedicated to 'a slender virgin' who was turned to stone by an angry giant because she refused to marry him. Solo city tour includes the Keraton Mangkunegaran palace and Triwindu antique market. Overnight in Yogyakarta.
Day 8:
Yogyakarta
The whole day is free at leisure. Overnight in Jogjakarta.
Day 9:
Yogyakarta - Batu Malang
The trip from Solo to Batu in Malang is also long but the views are spectacular and pass a sequence of towering volcanoes that makeup the geographical backbone of Java. The road climbs steadily to Batu.
Day 10:
Batu Malang
The whole day is free at leisure. But we also have optional tour such as:
1. Bromo Sunrise Program. It is the most unforgettable experience. Early morning departing first to Penanjakan mountain (2900 m) for its spectacular sunrise and majestic views across to Semeru, Java's highest peak in the south. Then ride to Bromo, the only active crater in the caldera which contains seven eruptive centers. Surrounding is a haunting inland sand sea which in fact, is the 10 km wide inner crater.
2. Trowulan and Cangar hot spring. Trowulan are scattered red stones temples remains of the once mighty Majapahit Empire which in 14th century controlled the archipelago. Cangar tourism is located in Tulungrejo village. The hot spring pool has temperature between 30-40 degrees and it is able to cure skin disease. Overnight in Batu Malang.
Day 11:
Batu Malang - Kali Baru
Depart from Batu to the pleasant colonial mountain retreat of Malang, a delightful town of well planned parks and wide, three lined avenues. There is still also a lingering and agreeable air of Dutch influences. The most notably evident is on Jalan Ijen and at the bakery in Hotel Tugu, with a style of old fashioned Dutch coffee house and also Toko Oen, an original remnant from colonial days since 1930 and the menu is written in dutch. You walk around the center of Malang until the birds and flowers market near the Tugu monument. After the city tour, you continue the trip to Kalibaru. Overnight in Kalibaru.
Day 12:
Kalibaru - Sanur
Breakfast in Margo Utomo is a real treat, can overlook the gardens and plantation. The morning's spread is almost entirely locally produced, the coffee and cacao come from the adjoining plantation while local fruits are for jams and honey is harvested from local hives. After breakfast on the way to the harbor, you are enjoying walking through the Kendeng Lembu plantation. Then depart to Ketapang ferry port in Banyuwangi and across the Bali straits to Gilimanuk, a port in West Bali. West Bali has potential nature of agriculture including beautiful rice fields along the way to Sanur.
Day 13:
Sanur
The whole day is free at leisure. Overnight in Sanur.
Day 14:
Sanur
The whole day is free at leisure. Overnight in Sanur.
Day 15:
Sanur
The whole day is free at leisure. Overnight in Sanur.
Day 16:
Sanur - Departure
The whole day is free at leisure until you are transferred to the airport for departure.

The trip included:
Pick up service, accommodation, English speaking guide, executive train, meals, mineral water, fruits, crackers, and transfer to the airport.

Excluded:
Optional tour, entrance fee to Borobudur and Prambanan, alcohol and tipping.

What have to bring?
Camera, sun glasses, trekking shoes, sun creme, hat and towel.