Jakarta Building Of Old City

Old Batavia Heritage Tour including Refreshment 5 hours. China Town called Glodok is the oldest China Town in Jakarta. Open markets, small shop with typical old Chinese architecture, tiny alleys and charming cracked make this area a photographers' paradise.

unda Kelapa Harbour. The citys' old harbour located in the head of Batavia. En routes the old drawbridge from 17 century. This harbour is the first used by Portuguese and Dutch when they arrived in Indonesia. Feel exciting when the boatman take you around the waterfront. Fishermen Kampoeng and Traditional market. Kampoeng means small rural which still can be seen in cosmopolitan city. You will find the real life of urbanism. Ffatahillah Museum.

Original built by Dutch in 1710 as Jakarta City Hall or Stad Huis. Furnished with antique furnishing, porcelains, old map and portraits, under water jail and other items used by former Dutch Governor General. Lunch at Café Batavia with your own expenses.

uppet Museum (An old Dutch colonial house which contains great collections of Javanese leather Wayang puppets, wooden Golek puppets and masks of Indonesia and some other parts of the world. The former Old Dutch Governor General graveyard also was here. Note: All museums are closed on Monday and Public Holidays, alternatives are Istiqlal Mosque, Cathedral and Antique art product Market.

TMII Indonesia Miniature Park

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah or Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park was built to be the showcase of Indonesia, in this park visitors will find many Indonesia natural & cultural richness such as unique replication of traditional houses (pavilion) from all around Indonesia, an Indonesia archipelago shaped lake and many other fascinating attraction. The park is an Ideal spot for week-end family outing and also international tourist who did not have enough time to explore Indonesia.

It started with the idea of the late Ibu Tien Soeharto (former Indonesia first lady). The construction of TMII began in 1971 and it was official inaugurated on April 20, 1975. Since its existence and in the course of time TMII continues to grow and developed in line with the dynamism of the community life of Indonesia. People are the more aware of the great advantages of the existence of TMII, with the mission to be a vehicle for the preservation and development of the culture and a means to strengthen the unity and integrity of the people of Indonesia.

TMII is considered as a vehicle presenting the diversity of the people of Indonesia and the variety of cultural wealth enables the community to gain interesting experience, knowledge and information regarding various aspect of culture, tradition, customs, forms of art as far as the introduction of cultural objects.

The beauty and cultural wealth presented by TMII can easily be observed by the community through the availability of a more complete and interactive means of information. It is expected that through the website the information can be disseminated widely all over the Archipelago and even abroad so that it will facilitate the community to better know about the culture and customs of the people of Indonesia.

Thausand Island North Jakarta

Thousand Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Seribu) is the only regency of Jakarta, Indonesia. A string of 105 islands stretching 45 kilometres north into the Java Sea, with the closest lying in Jakarta Bay only a few kilometres off mainland Jakarta.









With total land area of 8.7 km² the population is about 20,000. Pramuka Island is the regency seat[citation needed] of the Thousand Islands although the most populated island is Panggang.[citation needed] The area is a marine national park although development is allowed on 37 of the islands. Some islands are uninhabited, others have resorts and a number of them are privately owned by wealthy Jakartans.









Having lived in Jakarta for nearly five years now I had always known of the Thousand Islands, but had never visited them - mainly because like so many attractions in Indonesia you often come away disappointed, thinking ‘ well it would be great if only they had done it right ‘. I did not want to be disappointed by something that should be a potentially fantastic experience.









But recently I had the chance to accompany a group of journalists, travel agents and a few people with dubious cover stories on a special introductory trip to nine islands in two days, organized by the Jakarta Tourism Department as part of the ‘ Enjoy Jakarta ‘ Islands and Marine program. This was my big chance to discover if the Thousand Islands lived up to expectations or not.









Pulau Seribu means Thousand Islands ( Kepulauan Seribu in Indonesian ) and as the name suggests, the Thousand Island group comprises numerous tiny islands scattered across the Java Sea to the North of Jakarta. Reefs surround many of the islands and good coral growth and a variety of fish life including turtles, morays, large cuttlefish and stingrays can be found.









There are well preserved wrecks accessible from several of the resorts, most of which offer day trips. The islands are accessible ranging from 20 minutes to 2 hours by speedboat off Marina Jaya Ancol or Tanjung Kait.











Unfortunately the islands are in danger. Pulau Seribu has the misfortune to lie immediately offshore from a conurbation of 20 million people and the combined effects of land-based pollution and sedimentation are wreaking havoc in the fragile reef ecosystem of Jakarta Bay. Steps are now being taken to prevent further damage and clean up this precious ecosystem.