Sonobudoyo Museum

Sonobudoyo Museum is situated on the northern side of the north square (Alun-alun Utara) of Sultan’s Palace. Sonobudoyo has the second most complete collection of cultural artifacts after the Central Museum in Jakarta. Visitors could observe ceramics from the Neolithic age, original eight and nine century statues and bronze articles collected from temples in Central Java, various kinds of puppets, mask and wayang (puppets and shadow play) to heirlooms to artifacts from Bali.

Visiting Sonobudoyo Museum is an alternative way if we want to see any kinds of Keris (a kind of knife/sword) around Indonesia and things that it’s connected. This museum stores about 1,200 kinds of Keris (from Java Institute), because till right now we can not see Keris in Yogyakarta Palace.

The first thing that we can see connected of Keris is Wesi Budha (Buddhist Steel), it is the main material in making Keris, it was used in the seventh century, or in the age of Hindus Mataram Kingdom. Wesi Budha can be seen in the middle room which stores some collections in the age of Buddhist glory inIndonesia. By Wesi Budha, we also learn other equipment, house equipment, weapons and handicraft from time to time.

Java Institute is an embryo for the existence of Sonobudoyo Museum; it gave a lot of contributions. It is an organization which learns about Javanese culture where their members are western people and Indonesian. Ir. Th. Karsten is an architect that makes building planning. After gathered several collection artifacts from Java, Madura, Bali and Lombok, then in 6th November 1935 Sonobudoyo Museum was opened by Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono VIII which placed ex-the office Schauten in the northern side of the north square of Sultan’s Palace.

Until right now, Sonobudoyo Museum has 42,698 collections, including of 10 categories. Except a showroom for showing collection things, Sonobudoyo Museum also has auditorium, storage collection, library, laboratory, preparation office, and public facilities.

It opens from 08.00 a.m. – 01.00 p.m. on Tuesday – Thursday and 08.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. on Friday – Saturday.

The Herb Museum of Nyonya Meener

The museum is built to commemorate the late Mrs. (Nyonya) Meneer who had rendered in socializing the use of herb for disease healing especially in Java Island. She established the Nyonya Meneer herb factory of Semarang in the beginning of the 20th century. The museum which was built on January 18, 1984, housing various kinds of attractions relating to the history of Nyonya Meneer and her herbal medicines, namely:

1. The history of “Jamu” in general.


2. The photographs of Nyonya Meneer.


3. The photographs relating to the history of Nyonya Meneer and her family.


4. The personal collections of Nyonya Meneer.


5. Photographs and information on the traditional production tools which have historical values since they were used in the early production of the herbal medicines.
6. A panel which relates the history of Nyonya Meneer.
7. “Botekan” is storage for original formula along with the plants used for the ingredients.
8. Examples of office equipments used in the early of the nineteen fifties and tools used in the traditional manufacture of jamu.
9. A scale used in weighing the ingredients and the traditional drinking set.
10. Samples of the advertising and packaging during the growth of the jamu industry along witn some of the various ingredients used.

VISITING REGULATIONS

Visitors are obliged to take part in the maintenance and preservation of the Museum collections, including:

• Not smoking in the museum


• Putting rubbish in the waste-baskets


• Keeping to a minimum touching the objects of historical value


• Not taking a picture

Located in Jl. Kaligawe no. 4, Semarang and opened for visitor on Monday to Friday, 10.00 a.m. until 03.30 p.m. It closes on Saturday, Sunday and other holidays.

For a group more than 25 persons, we would appreciate if you inform us 1 (one) week in advance.

Profile.

PT. Nyonya Meneer is remarkable and is one from which everyone can learn from. It started when Mrs. Meneer, a Sidoarjo born woman, followed her husband to move to Semarang.

The name "Meneer" did not denote "mister" in Dutch. In fact, in Javanese, menir refers to crushed rice, and this name was given to her as Meneer's mother craved for menir rice during her pregnancy.

Mrs. Meneer went through hardship as her husband fell ill and did not recover despite countless treatments and medications.

This inspired Mrs. Meneer to begin trying to compound her own jamu - traditional medicine made of natural herbs.

The Jamu she compounded proved to work as her husband recovered from the illness. The quality of Mrs. Meneer's jamu was later acknowledged by many people. As it transformed into a successful home business, the portrait on the packages of her jamu became a trademark. It was for the loyal customers recognize the product is being high quality.

Since then, the sole proprietorship had been expanding into a large corporation, PT. Nyonya Meneer celebrates its 88th anniversary in 2007.

For 88th years, the family business has been going through ups and downs. They involved conflicts regarding company ownership within the family and painful dispute among siblings. However, the relentless struggle of the company's successors allowed PT. Nyonya Meneer to survive and retain its triumphs. Today, PT. Nyonya Meneer is led by DR. Charles Saerang as the company's third-generation successors.

It has been said that building is easier than maintaining; and this is proven to be somewhat true, however the family intends to continue the tradition of Mrs. Meneer and her visions for helping the people of Indonesia.

Kraton Museum

The Royal Palace has a museum known popularly as the Kraton Museum. It is located in the Kraton land. The existence of Kraton Museum has been started by the government of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono VII and Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono VIII. Kraton has several museums, known as Kraton Yogyakarta Museum. They are Painting Museum, Kraton Museum, Hamengku Buwono IX Museum, and Cart Museum. Hamengku Buwono Museum is in Kraton complex, storing any kinds of equipment which have ever been used by Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX, including photography equipments.

There is also a Royal Carriage Museum located on the west side of Kraton on Rorowijayan Street. This museum has collection of all kinds of Palace Carriages including Kyai Garuda Yeksa, Kyai Jaladara, and Kyai Kanjeng Jimat. It was built on 14,000 meter square in Javanese architecture design. Each carriages have different function, Kyai Garuda Yeksa is used for kirab ceremony of government of the changing King position from Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono VI – X. Kyai Jaladara is used for duties around the villages. And Kyai Kanjeng Jimat that has function for Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I till III for picking up to the special guests or for important Royal ceremony in Garebeg (Syawal and Besar*). Syawal is held on the first of the tenth Javanese month of Syawal, after the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
Garebeg Besar is held on the 10th of the last month of Javanese calendar to celebrate the religious festival based on the Abraham’s faith test whether he intended to sacrifice his son as a token of absolute loyalty to God or not.

Haji Widayat Museum

Haji Widayat is an artist and a lecturer at the Academy of Indonesian Fine Arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta. This museum is built for the embodiment of his dream and obsession to look after and preserve the artworks of his students at ISI as well as of the older generation or the same generation with him.

The museum is a big, well-planned two-story building. If come from Yogyakarta or Magelang, you will find the museum at the Sawitan intersection about two kilometers away prior to arriving at Borobudur temple.

The first floor of the museum features about 127 artworks created by Haji Widayat. They are of different years and selected through various considerations. The second floor displays his collection mostly paintings, totaling 138 pieces included some graphic works and drawings. It opens daily from 9.00 am to 4 pm, except Monday.

Gondang Baru Museum

Since the Dutch Colonial ruler era in Indonesia, Surakarta region is a sugar cane producer. Here you can find several sugar cane factories; they are the Gondang Baru in Klaten, Colomadu and Tasikmadu in Karanganyar. If you want to trace back to the history of sugar cane industry in Central Java, you can visit the sugar cane museum locating at the Gondang Baru sugar cane factory, at the main road connecting Prambanan – Klaten town. The museum was officially opened to the public on August 22, 1986 coinciding with the 19th international society of sugar cane technologist congress in Pasuruan, East Java.

Today, the museum becomes a historical center of the sugar industry, an object to study about sugar industry as well as a tourist attraction. The sugar museum has collections of traditional farm implements, office equipments, picture of sugar factory buildings, laboratory equipments, old locomotives, etc.

The collections are a reminiscing of the sugar industry of the past, when it was still a home industry, until the present condition. This museum tries to preserve and display memories of the past, and will be developed to become a National Sugar Museum in the future.

The Gondang Baru sugar factory, formerly known as Gondangwinangoen Sugar Factory, is an inseparable part of the Central Java Sugar Museum. The factory has built in 1860, and used a water turbine for the main power. In 1884, it was modernized with a “LAHAY & BRISSONEUEF” steam engine, and later on, was further modernized with new machineries step by step. Other interesting tourist attractions in Gondang Baru Sugar Cane Museum are among others an old steam locomotive made in 1889 “DANIEL & RUEB”, from Breda, the Netherlands, called “SIMBAH”. It also still has five old steam locomotives which are still actively in operation. Two of them are known as ‘LINKE HOFMANWERKE”, from Breslau Germany. Steam locomotive enthusiasts from the United States, the UK and other Europe countries and Japan appreciate the collection very much. There are many old machineries made a century ago that still in good condition and still working productively. So we can say that Gondang Baru Sugar Factory is a Living Museum that still held out and continually producing Sugar.

Ambarawa Railway Museum

Since Indische Nederland era Ambarawa town was military area, so King WILLEM I wanted to build Train station, for making easier to bring the troop went to Semarang. So in Mei 21st 1873 was built Ambarawa train station on 127500 m2 (meter square).

The glory of Ambarawa station that more famous called WILLEM I, was stopped the operation as Train Station, direction Ambarawa-Kedungjati-Semarang in 1976 for Ambarawa-Secang-Magelang also Ambarawa-Parakan-Temanggung.

The closing of Ambarawa Train Station, made the Governor of central Java Mr. SOEPARDJO RUSTAM and chief of PJKA Exploits SOEHARSO in 8th April, 1976 decide that Ambarawa station became Train museum, collected 21 locomotives engine which had ever involved in the battlefield of Indonesian soldier.

The collections of Museum Ambarawa :

• Railway Mountain Tour


• Ancient telephone


• Telegraph Morse


• Table/desk, chair and ancient cupboard


• Guard bell, Wesel


• 21 locomotives engine

It lies at the opposite of the Palagan Ambarawa Monument, Ambarawa, Semarang Regency. The museum is open to the public daily from 9 am to 1 pm.

Note:

The using Gear Tour Railway from Ambarawa-Bedono commute with 9 km, 1 hour, the high of that area 60o/oo and seat capacity 90 person. Charter cost/ticket Rp. 2,500,000.00. Earlier reservation is needed to organize the tour.

For the more information please contact:

Operation district office IV PT Kereta Api (Persero)
Jl. Thamrin No. 3 Semarang, Phone: +62.24.3545382

Railway Museum Ambarawa
Jl. Stasiun No. 1 Ambarawa, Phone: +62.298.591035

And also available lorry from Ambarawa-Jambu commutes 5 km with the reasonable ticket.

Affandi Museum

There are no other museums in Yogyakarta that can be compared with Affandi Museum. It is located on Laksda Adisucipto Street 167. Affandi is an Indonesia painter who was well-known around the world. He passed away in 1990. The Affandi Museum keeps fine artworks of Affandi"s as well as by his distinguished daughter, Kartika Affandi and also some other impressionist painters.

Laksda Adisucipto Street is known as Solo Street because a street that connects Yogyakarta to Solo. This museum on the west of Gajah Wong Street and it is on 3500 ha including the museum and a building which as Affandi"s home. The shape of land is not common and up and down makes an inspiration for Affandi to design a unique building and it"s surrounding. The result is harmony unique architecture designed by Affandi.

Visiting museum of Affandi gives a chance for worth learning from Affandi"s life, his creations when he lived as maestro, and other impressionist painters in it"s galleries, transportation at the past, living home and art room for teaching talented children for painting.

There are 3 galleries in the museum complex, with gallery I as the place for getting entrance ticket. It was opened by Affandi since 1962. Inside the first gallery we"ll find a number of pictures of first Affandi"s creation until he passed away. Most the paintings are sketches and reproduction paintings. In the gallery I, in the corner room we can see a modification of car which looks like a fish, ancient bicycle, and Affandi"s statue with Kartika, his daughter.

Gallery II collects some paintings, from the new corner painters or the senior ones. It has two floors, the first floor is for abstract paintings, and the second floor is for realistic paintings.

Gallery III is a building with banana leaves shaped roof, it has 3 floors and it is multi function. The first floor for a showroom, the second floor is for maintain and repair the picture and the basement is for storing painting collections. Not far from gallery III there is a tower which used for seeing a good view of museum and surroundings, roads, river, trees, etc.

Seloprojo Village

Magelang is town between Yogyakarta and Semarang as the Capital of Central Java. This town is not so famous around the world. People only know well about Borobudur temple as one of the world icons. Actually Borobudur Temple is located in Magelang. In Magelang also, we can find the second active volcano in the world namely Merapi Mountain. A lot of things we found here, the beauty of nature, mountains, rice field, traditional food, and a local culture. That’s all of Java Island the beauty so real and elegant.

The History

There is a village namely Seloprojo, the ancestor from Majapahit lived there. A beautiful village with terracing rice field, mountainous and Andong Mountain as the back view. Isolated village surrounded by hills and trees far from city crowded. Seloprojo (Javanese language) is from the word Selo means stone and Projo means honor. Based on the story, there was a big stone about 3 meters on the land, manifest of Majapahit ancestor namely Mbah Singo (Grand Singo). That stone on every Friday Kliwon (Javanese calendar) always gives a sound. People believe that was a sound from the stoneman. Villagers always pray respect and giving sesaji (offer some foods) in the hope their harvest is always fine and away from bad and disaster. But the stone right now is gone, whatever the atmosphere of its culture still there strongly.

Geography

It is a small village and it has 1682 population with 131.50 ha. Seloprojo is divided by 4 dusun (parts of village), they are Seloprojo, Ngaglik, Pernolo, and Pranten. The area is not flat, up and down and hilly. It is not far from the village, the edge is a spruce-fir (casuarinas) forest about 175 ha. And 1100 meters above the sea level. Most of them are farmer as the main income.

Culture

Going closer to the culture, it has relation to the eastern of Java culture. However it closes to Majapahit considering of the ancestor. We can find the similarities such as Warokan dance. This dance showed by percussion (Jedor/small bedug), the dancers lash each other by whip. Jaranan or Sorengan is a dance when the dancers ride an artificial horse from bamboo and showed with gamelan/Javanese orchestra.

The harvest time is very amusing, they always celebrate for God blessing. For planting the rice takes 6 months. Harvest time is on August or early September. They use ani-ani (traditional cutter for paddy) for harvest. Before the harvest time they make a kind of ritual. First is Tandur (cultivate ceremony), after that harvest ceremony with the cow slaughter, means away form the disaster and succeed in harvest. After slaughter the cow will be cut on the some parts, nose, ears, eyes, legs etc for sesaji (serve the food to ancestor). Finally, the meat is distributed to the people in that village, and then puppet/wayang kulit will be shown for the closing ceremony.

Sumbing Mountain

Sumbing Mountain has location in intersection of Magelang Regency, Temanggung, Wonosobo, and Purworejo Regency. This mountain has height around 3371 meters above the sea level.

The area surround Sumbing mountain has fertile soil, so all of the area until 2000 meters high above the sea level can be planted,i.e. tobacco and many kind of vegetables. Because of the prospectus of the soil to be a plantation many people have lived there. In census of the resident in 1993 was noted down 114,179 residents lived in a dangerous area around Sumbing mountain.

The location of Sumbing Mountain is nearby Dieng Plateau. The fascinating scenery can be found when the climber climbs this mountain. The huge green plantation can be viewed during the climbing.

Getting the top of Sumbing mountain can be climbed from 4 ways, they are: in northwest from Garung, Butuh village (1543 meters high above the sea level) - Wonosobo Regency, in northeast from Butuh village and Selogowok village - Temanggung Regency. In southeast from Kalegan village - Magelang Regency, in southwest from Sapurun village - Wonosobo Regency. As normally to get the top of this mountain need 7 hours in a good weather.

Among the 4 ways for climbing, Garung, Butuh village - Wonosobo Regency is the way which often used by climber because there are many guidance signs to pass the way and also faster to reach the top than the others.

From Garung village, the climber can choose between 2 alternative ways, there older one and the new one. The difference of these ways is the slope. The older one, the climber can find the grade of slope 70 degree in 5 kilometers after base camp. The new one is easier than the older one but the journey will be felt farther.

Before the climber reach the top, there is a stoney way which easy slided. After the climber reaches the top of the mountain, there the others mountain which can be viewed by the climber, they are: Slamet mountain and Sindoro mountain.

Merbabu Mountain

Merbabu is situated in Magelang Regency - Middle Java. This mountain is catagorized as active volcano but it has been a long time since the last time in 1797 the volcano did not erupt. This mountain has 5 craters; they are Condrodimuko crater, Kombang crater, Kendang crater, Rebab crater and Sambernyowo crater.

Soil around Merbabu Mountain is fertile so it used to be plantation by the residents for example: onion, carrot, cabbage, tobbaco. Beside these plants, many pines grow there. The green of plantation can be viewed and enjoyed during the journey.

Merbabu Mountain has 3142 meters high above the seal level or 2710 meters high above the highland of Magelang. The top of this mountain is mentioned as Kenteng Songo. Beside Kenteng Songo as the top of Merbabu Mountain, there is a second top that mentioned as Syarif which has 3119 meters high above the sea level. The top of Merapi Mountain and Sumbing Mountain also Sindoro Mountain can be seen clearly from Kenteng Songo.

The journey to reach the top of Merbabu Mountain can be passed through from 3 ways; they are from Tekelan - Kopeng/Salatiga - Semarang Regency, Wekas - Kaponan - Magelang Regency, and Selo - Boyolali. The easiest way to reach the top is depended on many things, but most of climbers said Tekelan - Kopeng/Salatiga - Semarang Regency is the easiest way to be passed through.

If the climbing passes through from Tekelan, there are many people who live in around Kopeng are Buddhist so there can be found some viharas. Some prohibition orders have been made to safe the journey, in examples: prohibition to urinate in certain places, prohibition wearing green and red clothes. In certain day, the residents do traditional ceremony in around Merbabu craters.

The needed time for reaching the top is depend with many conditions but if some preparations have planned and the weather is good, most climbers can reach the top in around 8 hours. The best season for climbing is in dry season because it is safer and the scenery can be viewed clearly.

Merapi Volcano

Crater name: Pasar Bubrah, Pusung London, Kawah 48 and 56 | type: Strato, location: Yogyakarta, Klaten, Boyolali, Magelang | high: 2968 m.dpl (in 2001) | Geographical position: 70-32.5 LS degree and 110-26.5 BT degree | Climbing time: 7 hours | Climbing alternative route: Babadan post, Bebeng, and from Pakem-Kaliurang (very difficult)

Description:
Merapi Mountain is an active volcano, lately is on object for climbing. Most of the climbing routes are disappointed because of material explosion several times ago. To reach the top can be started from Selo through kampong Plalangan then to the Selopoko hill, finally to the top. It should be extra careful for mountain climber if they want to reach the top because the route is broken, risky, hot cloud (wedhus gembel), weather etc.

There are three routes to reach the top of Merapi; Kinahrejo/Kaliadem route is on the south, Babadan route through the west slope, and Selo/Plalangan route from the northern of Merapi peak.

Kinahrejo/Kaliadem route is the front route to Merapi. Started from “juru kunci” Merapi house, mbah Marijan, the front of Merapi is face to Kinahrejo. This route is quite hard with the slope 30 – 45 degree. For the climber the route is not recommended.

Babadan route is direct route from western. The direction in reaching the peak is hard because of the slope. In this route the atmosphere and scenery are not good because the activity of the volcano through this place and make the green of plants none. Volcano materials usually through this place so it is really dangerous for mountain climber.

Selo or Plalangan route is in the northern. This route is recommended because save and comfortable enough to reach the peak and as traditional route for the most mountain climber.

Without considering of the volcano activity, the best time to climb Merapi is in June – August. During those months, it comes to dry season and the wind does not blow fast.

The mountain climbers can stay overnight in Lencoh/Blumbungsari village, Selo district, Boyolali regency. There are some houses for rent and even provide some experienced guides.

Karimunjawa Island

Karimunjawa Island is upon the territory of Jepara district of Central Java; they lie upon 45 mile, south west of Jepara city within the coordinate of 5o40’ – 5o57’ SL and 110o40’ EL. Karimunjawa Island has been established as the conservation territory (Sea Natural Preservation) since 1986, and it has been stated as the Sea National Park since 1988 with the width of 111,625 hectare, consists of 1,505.4 hectare of land and 110,019.6 hectare of water. In 2001, Karimunjawa National Park territory, which had he the width of 110,117.30 hectare, was established as the Water Natural Preservation Territory. The total amount of the width of land and water of Karimunjawa National Park is 110,625 hectare.

According to its function, Karimunjawa National Park is divided into zone, based upon SK (Letter of Appointment) of Directorate General of Forest Preservation and Natural Conservation through the decision NO: SK.79/IV/Set-3/2005 upon the zone/mintakat revision of Karimunjawa National Park.

Within the decision, it is described that the zone of Karimunjawa National Park has the width of 111,625, which divided into 7 zones, they core zone with 444,625 hectare width, preservation zone with 2,857.111 hectares width, tourism zone with 1,226.525 hectares width settlement zone with 2,571.564 width, rehabilitation zone with 122.514 hectares width, marine culture zone with 788.218 hectares, traditional fishery zone with 103,883.862 hectares.

The Ecosystem

Coral Reef Ecosystem

At least 66 genera of corals have been identified; 353 species of reef fish; 7 species of giant clams and other marine organism such as mollusk, sponge, soft corals and sea worm. There are 16 species which are categorized as the endangered and rare species such as Green Turtle (Chelonia Mydas), Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelis Imbricate), Giant Clam (Tridacna Maxima), Sand Clam (Hippopus Hippopus), Boring Clam (Tridacna Crocea), China Southern Clam (Tridacna Derasa)
Lamun and Seaweed Plain.

The identified Lamun are Thalassia Hempicrii), Cymodocea Rotundata, Thalassodendron Ciliatum, Enhalus Acorodes, Halophila Ovate, Halodule Uninervis, Halodule Pinifolia, Halophila Ovalis, Syringodium Isoetifoliu.

Mangrove Forest Ecosystem

There are 44 species of mangrove trees, one of the rare mangroves species in the world is Scyphyphora Hydrophyllaceae.

Coastal Forest Ecosystem

The ecosystem is characterized by Terminalia Cattapa, Casuarina Equisetifolia, Seaeta Frutescens, Pempis Acidula, and Hibiscus Tiliaceus.

Ecosystem of Lowland Tropical Rain Forest

It is the habitat of some endemic butterflies. Some species that have been identified in Karimunjawa are Euploea Crameri Karimondjawaensis and Idea Ieuconooe Karimondjawaensis. There is also Ular Edor, a poisonous snake (Calloselasma Rhodosthomd) and White-Bellied Sea Eagle (Heliaeetus Ieucogaster).

Accessibility

KMP Muria

KMP Muria, a regular ferry from Jepara to Karimunjawa serves twice in a week, wednesday and Saturday from Jepara to Karimunjawa and back from Karimunjawa to Jepara on Thursday and Monday. The average time of trip is 6 hours.

KMC Kartini I

KMC Kartini I, a faster boat that serves the route from Semarang to Karimunjawa on Saturday, and back from Karimunjawa to Semarang in Sunday. The average time taken is 3.5 hours. It also serves the route from Jepara to Karimunjawa on Monday and on Tuesday in reserve, taking about 2.5 hours.

The Flight

The flight to Karimunjawa is served by Kura-Kura Aviation. The plane leaves from Ahmad Yani Airport at Semarang and lands to Dewadaru Airport at Kemujan Karimunjawa.

Accommodation

There 3 hotels, 3 tourism resorts and 15 home stays (owned by local people) available. There are also public phones and two BTS of cellular phone reaching most of Karimunjawa Islands are.

Marine Tourism

Diving and Snorkeling

Scuba diving and snorkeling are recommended in that several sites around Karimunjawa islands, they are: Esdir Reef at Cemara Besar Island, Antonys Point at Tengah Island, Indonoor at Batu Lawang, Mylim Reef at Menjangan Kecil Island, Never Ending at Karang Kapal, etc.

Fishing

There some challenging sites to enjoy fishing covering diversity of cat fish such grouper, Baronang, Tongkol (small tuna), etc.

Beach Tourism

There are beautiful white sandy beach and rocky beach covering Karimunjawa Islands. Several sites such as Ujung Gelam beach, Legon Lele beach, Nirwana beach, and Hadirin beach are recommended for beach tourism activities.

The Tourism of Sea Turtle Conservation.

Enjoy Sea Turtle Conservation program bay watching laying eggs sea turtle at Sintok Island, visiting semi natural sea turtle eggs hatching at Menjangan Besar Island and releasing Tukik (young turtles) to their habitat.

Land Tourism

Tracking

There are several tracking bands offering beautiful view, they are: Tourism trail of Makam Sunan Nyamplungan, Tourism trail of Legon Lele, Tourism trail of Maming Hill, Tourism trail of Bendera Hill, Tourism trail of Gajah Hill, Tourism trail of Mangrove

Bird Watching

There is diversity of beautiful birds in Karimunjawa as bird watching objects; they are white chest sea eagle, toying, raja udang, etc.

Cultural Tourism

There are some ethnics living in Karimunjawa, such as Jawa, Madura, Bugis, Mandar, Buton, attracting their diversity of cultures.

Religion Tourism

There is the grave/mausoleum of Sunan Nyamplungan, a figure of Muslim spreading Islam in Karimunjawa. The late is a clan of Sunan Muria (of the nine most famous muslim figure in Java, known as Walisongo).

Camping

There are several sites recommended for camping, such as Camping Ground of Legon Lele and around some beaches.

Dieng Plateau

There are several traditional interpretations of the word Dieng, like “Dawn Horizon”, “Abode of the Gods”, “Strange and Beautiful Place”. Dieng Plateau is situated more than 2,000 meters above sea level in the heart of Java, and it is believed to be site of an ancient volcanic crater, which formed a lake after a violent eruption long ago.

Nowadays the area is flat and surrounded by hills. The immediate vicinity remains fertile and unstable, and you can find there all kinds of natural phenomena, like craters with boiling mud, hot lakes, colored lakes, steaming rivers of black water, deep wells, cave and underground channels, gas vapor hissing from between fissures in the rocks, and everywhere the smell of sulfur.

There are also some of the Hindu temples of Java in this area. These eight small monuments, which are not higher than 50 feet, stand on a crater floor among sulfurous fumes. Inscriptions have revealed that the temples date from the eight century and were a religious center for about four hundred years. Since the nineteenth century many students and scientist are interested, because the site has abundance of stones and other artifacts. Some are displayed in a small museum in Dieng village. Also the Shivates temples, at a height of more than 6,000 feet, are impressive.

Dieng is well known for its dried beans, oil extracted from the gondo puro plant (which excellent for massage), and highly valued medical herb known as Purwaceng. Purwaceng is carefully protected by the local people, and generally it is only available through poaching. The plant is said to have magical power, particularly in its ability to increase the male potency. It can be compared to the Chinese ginseng root.

The road to Dieng Plateau passes through tobacco plantations and a beautiful mountain scenery. Geographically, Dieng is situated in the center of a volcanic ridge, which runs along the entire length of the island, dividing it into the Northern and Southern part.

Sekatul Java Kampoeng

Sekatul is the name of place with java rural atmosphere. It is located in the slope of Ungaran Mountain in Sekatul, Margosari village, Kendal regency.

This location is situated in the range of hills of Medini with has a width about 10 hectares area. This place is very enchanting with the beautiful carpet of paddy fields, strawberry and vanilla plantation, and fishing pond. This place is also used for planting herbs, fruits, flowers, and animal husbandry.

For serving guest, Sekatul also equips a house called Joglo with antique Javanese architecture for resting the body after do activities. Facilities in Sekatul are: hotel for family and group, restaurant, camping ground, fishing pond, garden for making party, meeting room, and surau (Islamic prayer house).

Medini itself is situated in Gonoharjo hot water bathing place complex, Ngesrep village, Kendal regency. It is tea plantation that has 700 – 1600 meters high from sea level. The weather is about 24.6 Celsius degree. This plantation is open for taking a walk to go along the tea plantation area. Beside that, there are some activities that can be seen; making of palm sugar and blinds made of thin bamboo slats.

Other interesting places in Medini are Curug Lawe water fall, and cave with about 24 rooms. From this place visitor can also see the beautiful scenery of Ungaran Mountain and the valley of Ungaran town.

Tlogo Tourism Village

Tlogo Plantation lives on Delik Village, sub district of Semarang Regency, Central Java Province, with its height of 400 – 675 meters above sea level with 415 hectares width. The Tlogo Plantation has cool weather, non-polluted fresh air that makes us satisfied in enjoying the beautiful view and scenery with various plantations, such as coffee, rubber, cloves, and nutmeg as well as tropical fruits such as durian, mangoes, banana, avocado, rambutan, guava, etc. Besides, we can also witness the beauty of Rawa Pening (Pening Swamp) from afar.

How to get there

It is easily accessed, by either private car or public transportation. The distance is about 40 kilometers from Semarang City, 60 kilometers from Solo, and 50 kilometers from Magelang or 80 kilometers from Yogyakarta.

Village Tour

Visitors can witness and enjoy the natural life around the Tlogo plantation. The old houses have native (local) village architecture; then, the visitors can continue to the rice field, natural spring-btah, join the milking-cow and rice-field plough tour.


Bungalow

Bungalows are prepared for visitors who want to stay the night and enjoy the village life-style longer. The bungalows are specially designed in ethnic style, and sometimes we smell the exotic fragrance around the bungalows when the coffee plantation is in blooming.

Tour Package

Coffee and Rubber Walk – Surrounding Tour
the roads around the coffee and rubber plantations are still natural. Local guides can lead the visitors who want to walk around the Tlogo plantation and show how to tap the rubber-sap and pick the coffee beans.

Coffee and Rubber Processing Tour
Visitors can see our old machines work to produce rubber and in separate place, another old machines produce coffee. Those old machines were made in England in 1932. While doing this tour visitors can also watch Kapok’s-climbing attraction.

Facilities:
Bungalows in ethnic style surrounded by the coffee plantation, Hall and meeting room (50 – 250 people capacity), Tracking field and outbound training area, Camping ground, Land cruising by jeep, Mountain bike, Swimming pool, Restaurant and fishing pond.

Tanjung Tourism Village

It is located 5 km to the north of Monjali. In Yogyakarta, village tourism was introduced for the first time in 2001. Now, there are many places around Yogyakarta which have been developed as village tourism, for example Sambi, Trumpon, Gamplong and Tanjung in Sleman regency, and Kasongan and Tembi in Bantul regency. Tanjung village can be considered as the successful one, as village tourism. Visiting Tanjung, people could choose some programs. There almost 25 programs offered to learn cultural activities such as dancing, making traditional textile, knowing more about Javanese architecture, or learning how to cultivate sawah or rice field. Those programs are suitable for secondary or tertiary school students, and surely these programs would attract them. These students learning how to cultivate sawah or rice field programs are not only recreational in nature but also give knowledge and experience new skill for them.

Village tourism in Tanjung was managed by the village leaders and involves almost all people in the village to serve tourist who visit the area.

Accommodations for tourists are distributed in the local houses. Food for the tourists is also catered by the local people and they serve local menu as well. They also take parts as field operators such as trainer for dancing, batik or cultivation in the rice field and so on. It is no doubt that there are still possibilities for Yogyakarta to open many village tourisms with a specific program which is in accordance with village’s own characteristic such as cultivating plantation, farm or animal husbandry, learning about river’s ecology and folk arts, and etc.

In Tanjung we will find Joglo house, the big house with its wide yard and Pendopo (hall) can be used as lesehan (mat for sitting) for 100 – 200 people.

Tambi Tea Plantation

This tea garden is located in the road of Wonosobo to Dieng Plateau, exactly in Tambi village Kecamatan Kejajar. Tambi village is on 1200-2100 m above the sea level and the temperature around 19oC.

If you go to Dieng Plateau you can stop by in this garden to know the process of tea making, plant, nursery, harvest of tea until the last process of making black tea in the manufacture. Except that you can go for sightseeing through tea plantation and enjoy the natural atmosphere of mountains which has good scenery and fresh air. In the Dieng plateau you can visit rice straw mushroom that plant by/with PIR (Civil/Society main garden). Visitor can see the technique of rice straw mushroom plant, nursery and production of food.

In Wonosobo you can visit to the garden of florist that is managed by PT Dieng Jaya Horticulture Growers in Jl. Pasukan Ronggolawe 17 Longkrang, Wonosobo. The several of flowers can be bought in this flowers park. In this place there are also restaurant and music facilities of karaoke.

Gondang Winangoen

Gondang Winangoen Sugar Plant

This plant is located on the Yogya – Solo km. 4.5 avenue, exactly on the western of Klaten city, Central Java Province. It can be reached around 5 – 10 minutes from Adisucipto airport, Yogyakarta. This plant is established on 1860 and until right now the original condition is still there.

The main turbulence of the sugar was manufactured by water, but after James Watt finding steam power then it was used. The oldest machine in Gondang is B. Lahaye and Brissoneaf made in France 1884 and still work well till now.

The facilities offered in this Agro tourism Gondang Baru Sugar Plant are tours around the sugar plant by using locomotives, watching over the sugar manufacturing process (in the month of May – August). By seeing the one and only Sugar Museum in Indonesia and the 11th museum in the world, there is also a coffee shop.

Some facilities are founded in Gondang:

Saccharosa (Suite Room),
Comfortable antique room is designed with 19 century atmosphere. Antique furniture is combined bt twin bed room or double bed, and internationally bathroom.

Coffee shop and Resto,
Antique atmosphere with the mountain view (Merapi Mountain) from opened terrace, enjoy the fresh of wind flow. Available some special menus, opened 06.00 a.m. – 10.00p.m.
Study for tourism (Museum), Library, laundry, Meeting Room (capacity 20 – 30 person), taxi service and rental.

Borobudur Orchid Park

Borobudur Orchid Park is located between the two tourism objects, Mendut Temple and Borobudur Temple. It has 1.3 hectares area with main plants:

All kinds of seeding: Dendrobium, Phaleonopsis, Oncidium, Florist (Florist of Dendrobium, Florist of Vanda Douglas, Florist of Scorpio/Arachnis Maggie Oei)

In around this area there are more than 1,000 kinds of Orchid. Because of that, it is strategic place to support Magelang tourism.

This park is owned by Local Government of Magelang Regency. In May 2000 it managed by Youth Club of Bojong village, Magelang Regency that included of Orchid Farmer Community.

For the long term Borobudur Orchid Park has aims to be the center of selling the Orchid in Magelang and to collect Orchid product from Orchid farmer in Magelang and the surrounding.

Coffee Kampong of Banaran

It is tourist place in coffee garden agro managed by PT. Perkebunan Nusantara IX (Ltd), garden state company in the Central Java, 15 units of plants and 8 units sugar manufacture.

Located around strategic route Joglosemar (Jogjkarta – Solo – Semarang) around Robusta coffee garden about 401 ha, it is the most productive Robusta coffee garden right now.

It is on the 480 – 600 meters above the sea level, average temperature 18 Celsius Degree, coffee Kampoeng of Banaran is a comfort place for enjoying the beauty of coffee garden.

Coffee Shop
With the main menu, some kinds of pure Robusta coffee, pure black tea, snacks and the varieties of traditional food.



Playground Park
Free facilities for getting a kind of toys for the children. Enjoy the fresh natural air to all of the family and children.



Tennis Field
Open tennis field, sport equipments for family, friends, and other around the comfortable of Robusta coffee garden.

Swimming Pool
Tourist swimming pool and the facilities of water sport around the coffee garden and get the scent of coffee flowers.

Meeting Room
Small meeting room, air conditioned for 20 person, comfortable and representative for formal meeting and informal meeting.

Meeting Hall
Wide and comfort, with 700 capacities of chair, ideal for gathering, wedding, seminar etc.


Gazebo
Two units of gazebo open around plants, shaddy, nice and comfort. Ideal for relaxing, garden gathering, birthday celebration, reunion, small meeting. Capacity 40 person on the floor/chair.

Camping Ground
Open ground camping around rubber, cacao, nutmeg, coffee and coconut about 1 ha, feel comfortable, nice, back to nature, ideal for nature lover, forming independence and team cooperation through camping/outbound.



Plantation Tour
Funny train will accompany you around the beauty of coffee garden.



Other Facilities

Coffee Walk
Relax walking and enjoying coffee garden, the view of Pening swamp, Merbabu and Telomoyo Mountains.

Education Vacation
To know and learn any kind of garden, such as coffee, rubber, cacao, and nutmeg.



Flying Fox
Slide like a fox, outbound games to train the bravery, increase the adrenalin and fun



Fruit Park
Fruit collection about 4 ha with a good topography and amazing view.

Coffee/Rubber Factory Tour
Rubber or coffee manufacture tour, knowing and learning the process of making coffee and rubber

Fun Outbound
Any kind of games in the open ground, fun and educate, example: fantasy war games, ice breaking etc.

Musholla
The place for 5 times praying/Jum’at for moslem

Free Parking Area
Wide and safe parking area