Yogjakarta Full Day Tour

Yogjakarta is the capital city of Special Region of Yogjakarta in Indonesia, on the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, Yogjakarta is regarded as an important center for classical Javanese fine arts and culture such as ballet, batik textiles, drama (Ramayana Ballet), literature, music, poetry, silversmithing, visual arts and wayang puppertry. Renowned as a center of Indonesian education, Yogjakarta is home to a large student population and dozens of schools and universities, including Gadjah Mada Univeristy, the country's largest institute of higher education and one of its most prestigious. Yogjakarta is the capital of the Yogjakarta Sultanate and srved as the Indonesian Capital from 1946 to 1948 during the Indonesia National Revolution, with Gedung Agung as the President's office. One of the districts in Southeastern Yogjakarta, Kotagede, was the capital of the Mataram Sultanate between 1587 and 1613.

3 Excursion :

1. Borobudur Temple.  is a 9th century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, not far from the town of Muntilan in Central Java, Indonesia. It is the world's largest Buddhist temple. The temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome. It is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa. Borobudur Temple was built in 9th century during the reign of the Syailendra Dynasty. 

 2. Prambanan Temple. Prambanan is a 9th century Hinddhu temple compound in Special Region of Yogjakarta, dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God the Creator (Brahma), the Preserver (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Shiva). The temple compound is located approximately 17 kilometers (11 mil) northeast of the city of Yogjakarta on the boundary between Central Java and Yogjakarta provinces. The temple compound a UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, is the largest Hinddhu Temple Site in Indonesia and the second largest in Southeast Asia.

 3. Sultan Palace. Sultan Palace is a palace complex in   the city of Yogjakarta, Indonesia. It is the seat of the   reigning Sultan of Yogjakarta and his family. The   complex is a center of javanese culture and contains a   museum displaying royal artifacts. The complex was   built in 1755 - 1756 (AJ 1682) for Hamengkubuwono I,   the first Sultan in Yogjakarta. It was one of the   monarch's first acts after the signing of the Treaty of   Giyanti, which recognized the creation of the Sultanate of Yogjakarta under the Dutch East India Company. A   banyan forest, protected from flooding by its location   between tw rivers, was chosen as the site for the   palace.

What more in Yogjakarta ? Here are we are that you should to know :

1. Batik. Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth. This technique originated from the island of Java, Indonesia. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a canting, or by printing the resist with a copper stamp called a cap. The applied wax resists dyes and therefore allows the artisan to colour selectively by soaking the cloth in one colour, removing the wax with boiling water, and repeating if multiple colour are desired. Batik is an ancient art form made with wax resistant dye on fabrics; the batik of Indonesia may be the best-known. Indonesian batik made in the island of Java has a long history of acculturation, with diverse patterns influenced by a variety of cultures, and is the most developed in terms of pattern, technique, and the quality of workmanship.

In October 2009, UNESCO designated Indonesian batik as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

 

2. Wayang kulit is a traditional form of puppet- shadow play originally found in the cultures of Java, Bali and Lombok in Indonesia. In a wayang kulit performance, the puppet figures are rear-projected on a taut linen screen with a coconut-oil (or electric) light. The dalang (shadow artist) manipulates carved leather figures between the lamp and the screen to bring the shadows to life. It's mainly about good vs evil.
Wayang kulit is one of the many different forms of wayang theatre found in Indonesia; the others include wayang topeng and wayang wong and wayang kulit is among the best known, offering a unique combination of ritual, lesson and entertainment.
On November 7, 2003, UNESCO designated wayang puppet theater, which is the flat leather shadow puppet (wayang kulit) and the three-dimensional wooden puppet (wayang golek) theather from Indonesia as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangable Heritage of Humanity.

* Tour Price :                       * Price include :                               * Price exclude :
- One person : U$ 95                - Entrance ticket                                    - Lunch
- Single traveler : U$ 140.        - Tour guide                                             - Meal
- Minimum 2 persons.               - Car, driver, oil and car parking.            - Souvernir

* Start tour at
- 09:00 am till 15.30 pm
- We will pick you up at your hotel in Yogjakarta and greeting at the lobby hotel at 09:00 am .