Glodok Chinatown Market

JAKARTA

The Chinatown of Jakarta began long before Indonesia existed as a nation and was originally the Chinatown of Batavia. This was the area where the Dutch required the Chinese to live. Today, the whole area is called Glodok and includes traditional houses, markets, architecture and some very beautiful Chinese temples; the Da Shi Miao and the Vihara Dharma Bhakti temples are both popular tourist attractions. The Glodok Market is one of the great commercial centers of Jakarta where you can buy everything from antiques to laptops.

Istana Merdeka

JAKARTA

The Merdeka Palace, is one of six presidential palaces in Indonesia. It is located on the north side of the Merdeka Square in Central Jakarta, Indonesia and is used as the official residence of the President of the Republic of Indonesia.

It was on the 17th August 1945 at 10 AM, the Proclamation text was read by Indonesia’s first president Soekarno to an exuberant and captivated crowd. Four years later, it was in this very building that Indonesia was finally recognized as an Independent State from the Netherlands, after an agreement was signed between Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX for Indonesia and a representative for the Dutch Crown.

Thousand Islands

JAKARTA

The Thousand Islands are a chain of islands to the north of Jakarta’s coast. It forms the only regency of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. It consists of a string of 342 islands stretching 45 km north into the Java Sea at West Jakarta Bay and in fact north of Banten Province.

Ragunan Zoo

JAKARTA

Ragunan Zoo is a zoo located in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, Indonesia. The zoo has an area of 140-hectare.

The zoo has an aviary and a primate centre, and employs over 450 people. Many of the animals in the zoo are endangered and threatened from all parts of Indonesia and the rest of the world.

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah

EAST JAKARTA

Taman Mini “Indonesia Indah” (literally “Beautiful Indonesia” Mini Park, abbreviated as TMII) is a culture-based recreational area located in East Jakarta, Indonesia.

The park is a synopsis of Indonesian culture, with virtually all aspects of daily life in Indonesia’s 26 (in 1975) provinces encapsulated in separate pavilions with the collections of rumah adat as the example of Indonesian vernacular architecture, clothing, dances and traditions are all depicted impeccably. Apart from that, there is a lake with a miniature of the archipelago in the middle of it, cable cars, museums, Keong Emas IMAX cinema (Indonesia’s only IMAX cinema until the 2010s), a theater called the Theatre of My Homeland (Theater Tanah Airku) and other recreational facilities which make TMII one of the most popular tourist destinations in the city

Istiqlal Mosque

JAKARTA

Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia and the sixth largest mosque in the world in terms of worshipper capacity.

Built to commemorate Indonesian independence, this national mosque of Indonesia was named “Istiqlal”, an Arabic word for “independence”.

Ancol Beach

NORTH JAKARTA

Ancol is a coastal lowland area located to the east of Kota Tua Jakarta in northern Jakarta, in Indonesia. The coastal lowland stretched from Kota Tua Jakarta to the west and Tanjung Priok to the east. Today, Ancol contains the main beach resort of Jakarta. Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, the largest integrated tourism area in South East Asia, is located in Ancol.

Following the independence of Indonesia, Ancol was made one of the administrative village (kelurahan) of Pademangan Subdistrict in North Jakarta. The administrative village Ancol is bounded by Jakarta Bay to the north, Sunda Kelapa harbour to the west and Kali Japat canal to the east.

Ancol Dreamland, located in the capital Jakarta, is one of the oldest recreational parks in Indonesia. Its history goes back to the 60’s era. It was a swamp along Jakarta’s waterfront. Full of mosquito and prone to a malaria outbreak.

The first president of Indonesia, Soekarno later order a redevelopment of the area. The first park built was called Binaria. A beachfront park is famous for its drive-in theater back in the day.

Today, Ancol Dreamland is now an integrated recreational theme park. The largest one in South East Asia. At 552 ha, the park has two main beaches at its shoreline. With resorts sprawls in between the two beaches.

Dunia Fantasi (Fantasy World) is the most popular theme park with more than 40 rides and attractions. After Dunia Fantasi, Atlantis Waterpark is people’s second most favorite. Ancol Dreamland has more things to offer. There is a park called Allianz Ecopark, where nature and the environment are the sparks.

Kota Tua

WEST JAKARTA

Kota Tua Jakarta, officially known as Kota Tua, is a neighborhood comprising the original downtown area of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is also known as Oud Batavia, Benedenstad, or Kota Lama.

In 1972, the Governor of Jakarta, Ali Sadikin, issued a decree that officially designated the Jakarta Kota Tua area as a heritage site. The governor’s decision was necessary in order to preserve the city’s architectural roots – or at least what was left of it. Despite the Governor’s Decree, Kota Tua remained neglected. 

Even though the population were pleased by the issuing of the decree, not enough was being done to protect and conserve the legacy from the Dutch colonial era. Many buildings in Kota Tua remain abandoned, and increasing pollution hastened up the dilapidation rate of the old buildings. Some old buildings in Kali Besar were destroyed for development despite the heritage status, such as Hotel Omni Batavia, which was built over an old warehouse.

National Museum

JAKARTA

The National Museum of Indonesia, is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square. Popularly known as the Elephant Museum after the elephant statue in its forecourt.

The museum is regarded as one of the most complete and the best in Indonesia, as well as one of the finest museum in Southeast Asia. The museum has preserved about 141,000 objects, ranged from prehistoric artifacts, to archeology, numismatics, ceramics, ethnography, history and geography collections. 

It has comprehensive collections of stone statues of classical Hindu-Buddhist period of ancient Java and Sumatra, as well as quite extensive collections of Asian ceramics.

The museum has a collection of 61,600 prehistoric and anthropological artifacts, and 5,000 archeological artifacts from all over Indonesia and Asia. The museum collections is among the richest, the most complete, and the best of its kind in Indonesia and one of the finest in Southeast Asia.

The museum acquired its collection through many ways, among others were through scientific expeditions, excavations of archaeological sites, acquisition of private collections, gifts from distinguished patrons, objects donated by religious missions; such as ethnological artifacts acquired by Christian Zending and Catholic Missions, and also treasures acquired from a number of Dutch East Indies military campaigns against indigenous kingdoms and polities in the archipelago. Treasures, among others from Java, Aceh, Lombok and Bali acquired through the Dutch colonial military expeditions, also made to the collection of Batavian Society and Leiden Museum, and today inherited by the National Museum.

Rooftop Bar & Restaurants

JAKARTA

Rooftop bar and restaurant garden concept. The famous is Kosenda Hotel Rooftop. Reservation required especially during weekend.

Modern decor with lots of plants and good view of Jakarta cities.

Museum Tekstil

WEST JAKARTA

The Textile Museum is a museum in Palmerah, West Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum houses a collection of textiles from various islands in Indonesia.

The building had been used as the headquarters of Barisan Keamanan Rakyat (“Front of People’s Safety”) during the struggle for independence period. In 1947 it was owned by Lie Sion Phin who rented it to the Department of Social Affairs which modified it into an institution for elderly people. Afterwards the building was handed over to the city’s government.

On July 28, 1976, it was inaugurated as the Textile Museum by Madame Tien Soeharto.