Explore Yogyakarta city and cross overland to Mount Bromo! The city is mostly known for its rich Javanese culture and is the home to the magnificent Borobudur and Prambanan temple. If it is your first time traveling to Indonesia, you will miss a wonderful gem if you failed pay this city a visit. In this tour, we will connect your route to Surabaya by train. Chase one of the best sunrise experience atop Mt. Bromo and witness the volcanic activity of Mt. Semeru, all from one vantage point!
Note: Every MONDAY Borobudur Temple, Prambanan Temple, and Keraton are CLOSED
Welcome to the cradle of Indonesian culture, Yogyakarta! A tourist destination known for its ancient palaces, temples and batik workshops.
Meet and greet service with our guide, then we will go northeast towards Prambanan Temple, the temple of Hinduists and classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1991. This temple was completed around the year 856 to commemorate the return of Shailendra dynasty of Central Java. Take your time to enjoy each carving on the rocks and feel the spirituality that each of the perched stones gives off in this set of more than 200 Hindu temples. They are dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God as the Creator, the Preserver and the destroyer. After that, we will take you to your hotel.
Meals: –
Accommodation: Hotel in Yogyakarta: Three options across different categories
After breakfast and at the indicated time we will tour around the heart of this cultural city as well as the magnificent Borobudur temple.
We will visit the Keraton known as the Sultan Palace. The palace is a complex building of two centuries old, located in the heart of the city. You will listen to the song of the “freedom” of the birds in the bird market, we will visit the Water Castle which occupies the highest part at the northern end of the vast complex of Taman Sari. Also, visit Malioboro Street with its merchants, horse carts, tricycle taxis and markets.
Afterwards, we drive to Magelang district to visit the Borobudur temple. It is the largest Buddhist monument in the world and one of the seven wonders. We will tour the temple, observing the hundreds and centuries-old Buddha statues and observing how dozens of Buddhists come to preach from all over the world. Historically it was made during the relatively brief Shailendra dynasty of Central Java between 778 and 856 BC and is under constant restoration due to the breaks that the tremors of the neighboring Merapi volcano have produced during its history. Lastly, you will continue the trip to Mendut and Pawon temple.
After this day that you will never forget, we will take you back to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Yogyakarta: Three options across different categories
Today, we are going to leave Yogyakarta and begin our adventure towards the Java volcanoes. Ready with your suitcases, the time has come to say a farewell to this dream city. You will enjoy your breakfast at the hotel, and at the indicated time, with your guide, you will travel to Jombang / Mojokerta by train.
Then by private car you will go to your hotel located on the slopes of the Bromo volcano. In total it will be about 8 hours of travel. check-in at the hotel and deserved rest.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel at Bromo: Three options across different categories
Very early, your guide and a jeep driver will be waiting for you at the hotel to visit one of the most spectacular sunrises in Indonesia. Even if you have to get up early, it will be worth it. You will climb to a high point first in full darkness and, little by little the first rays of sun are giving way to a huge and indescribable caldera that makes up the entire view of the Bromo and Semeru Natural Park. With Bromo, a volcano of great fumaroles and behind it, the Semeru Volcano with explosions every 20 minutes exactly, will make you have one of the most rewarding experiences ever. After enjoying the sunrise, by jeep, you will go to the slopes of the volcano where you can go to the Bromo volcano and after climbing some stairs you can reach the very edge of its crater and see the impressive activity it has. We return to the hotel to cool off and so you can enjoy your breakfast.
At the agreed time, you will have the transfer to Juanda Surabaya International Airport to catch the flight to your next destination. Thanks for exploring Java with Come2Indonesia.
Meals: Breakfast
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