Surabaya City

Surabaya is the capital of East Java province, Indonesia. This city is the second biggest city after the capital city of Jakarta. With a population of nearly 7 million, Surabaya is the center of business, industry, commerce, and education in the area of ​​Java and beyond. Surabaya is known as the City of Heroes because it plays an important role in the history of Indonesia's independence struggle against the Dutch colonial invaders. Surabaya word was taken from the Javanese myth animal battle between Sura and Buaya or shark or crocodile.

At the time of the Indies Netherlands period, Surabaya residency status as the capital of Surabaya, whose territory also includes the district of Sidoarjo, Mojokerto, Jombang, and Gresik. In 1905, Surabaya got class as a municipality and region in 1926, established as the provincial capital of Surabaya, East Java. Since then Surabaya changed and grown into the second-largest business city in Indonesia after Jakarta.

Prior to 1900, downtown Surabaya only revolves around Jembatan Merah or Red Bridge, but until 1920, the growth of new residential areas such as Gubeng, Darmo, Sawahan, and Ketabang. In 1917 built modern port facilities and make this city getting busy as an economic center in East Java.

Surabaya City

Solo City

Surakarta also called Solo is the second largest city in Central Java province, Indonesia. Solo is the tenth largest city in Indonesia. The east side of the city passed a river immortalized in a song titled a song of Bengawan Solo. The city has a tourism slogan "Solo as The Spirit Of Java". Expected to build a view of the city of Solo as the center of Javanese culture.

The establishment of Solo is inseparable from the history of Islamic Mataram, because Solo was once a seat of government, after the removal of the palace Kartasura in 1745. After the division of Mataram due Giyanti agreement, the city of Solo as its administrative territory Mataram Tamerlane. Agreement Salatiga 1753 made ​​the city divided into two: the southeast to the north of Surakarta and to Mangkunegaran. Unification of the new city government took place during Indonesian stands.

Solo became a tourist destination and offers some interesting sights such as Mangkunegaran and Kasunanan palaces, Triwindu antique market, Central Wholesale Solo, batik Klewer Market and nature located on the eastern side of the city of Solo, one of the natural attractions waterfall of Grojokan Sewu.

Solo City

Semarang City

Semarang is the largest city in and the capital city of Central Java. At the beginning of muddy plains which later evolved into advanced rapidly and appears as an important city. As many large cities absorb immigrants, then made a living and settled in the city of Semarang to the end, after another the next life.

In the past, there was a prince of the Sultan of Demak named Raden Made Pandan Arang, leaving Demak to go to Semarang and spread the teachings of Islam. From time to time the more fertile region. From the sidelines, it appeared fertility tamarind tree that rarely, thus giving the title or name of the city Semarang.

Semarang has a harbor and it is large enough that the gold cape became a city of business. There are many old buildings that were built by Dutch and are still in good condition causing a well-maintained textile factory that has export quality, as well as having a considerable potential market, as well as plays an important role in trade.

There are some tourist attractions and culinary in this town:

• Dutch heritage buildings: the Blenduk church and Lawang Sewu
• Natural attractions are located in the mountains south of Semarang
• Shore excursions: Golden Horn, Coastal Marina
• Travel culinary: Loenpia, Wingko tripe, Milkfish presto

Semarang City

Gili Trawangan Island

Gili Trawangan is the largest of the three Gili islands located in the northwest of Lombok. This Gili Trawangan is the only island of Gili whose height above sea level is significant. With a length of 3 kilometers and a width of 2 kilometers and has a population of about 900 inhabitants. Among the three dyke, Gili Trawangan has the means and facilities for a wide variety of travelers. The dense population is an east island.

Gili Trawangan has shades of the crowd more than Gili Meno or Gili Air because many parties all night every night of the show rotated by some public places. Activities that are popular and frequently performed by Trawangan tourists are snorkeling, swimming, and surfing. Also, some places for tourists to learn to ride around the island.

Gili Trawangan and Gili Air and Gili Meno, because there are no motor vehicles are not allowed by local rules. Common means of public transportation is the bicycle, which was lent by local people for tourists, and Cidomo, a simple horse-drawn carriage that is common in Lombok. For traveling from or to other Gili, people usually use a means of motor boats.

Nowadays, these Gili Islands are more popular, and more visitors as well from local and other countries caused of tourism promo which is done by the local government. Supported with hotel accommodations, restaurants, public, hospitals, and clean places everywhere.

Gili Trawangan Island

Ulen Sentalu Museum

Ulen Sentalu Museum existence indivisible in Kaswargan Park, a neighborhood with historic sites Territories functions, like for example, Hastorenggo Guest homes, engineered by Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII (1877-1921) and Wisma Kaliurang place maintained 3 National Consultive Commission on The Independence Revolution land (1945-1949). Every Javanese cultural art museum is set within the province of Yogyakarta. Early begin Ulen Sentalu Museum depart from the love of a family and was raised within the variety of batik textiles. Seeing the truth that within the 1970's several ancient batik afraid by foreign collectors, raises deep concern for the family, then began a foundation to save Ullen Sentalu's ancient batik.

Disability is obtaining a positive response from four relatives of Kraton Mataram, however, they can shield the inspiration, including Sri Paduka Paku Alam VIII (Pengageng Pura Paku Alaman 1937 to 1998), Sunan Paku Buwono XII (King of Surakarta Kasunanan Hadiningrat 1945 to 2004), Wrestling Ratu Alit KGPH Kanjeng Poeger (Uncle of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X King Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat 1989) and Nurul Kusumawardhani Wrestling (Princess Sri Mangkunegara VII). Through this kingdom's relative repository, Sentalu Ullen things get personal grants within the kind of batik cloths, accessories, images, manuscripts, and a story concerning life within the palace.

The museum building's stunning design dominated and was noted within the field which entire construction of the building style as harmonization with the encircling surroundings. The creator of the Ullen Sentalu construct repository design is DR.KP. Widyadiningrat prophet. Sentalu Ullen Museum has 2 main buildings, particularly Guwa Selo Giri (catacomb) and floating village (complex of buildings on water Dravidians). Consists of the floating village building Sekar Bale Kedathon. The financial gain Bride jack fruit vogue, house Batik Yogyakarta and Surakarta special vogue, house Coast Batik patrician one thing longed for. This collection keeps in Selo Giri cave and conjointly within the village of Rock.

Ulen Sentalu Museum

Sangiran Museum

Sangiran is an archaeological site on Java Island, Indonesia. The museum has an area of 48 square kilometers and is located 15 kilometers north of Surakarta in the Solo River valley and administratively Sangiran is in Sragen and Karanganyar. In the year of 1977, Sangiran was determined by the Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia as a cultural heritage. In 1996 the site was listed as the UNESCO world heritage site.

In 1934 an anthropologist Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald began research at the site. In subsequent years, the excavation found the fossil of the first human ancestors, Pithecanthropus erectus, or Java Man. There are about 60 of them over other fossil Meganthropus palaeojavanicus fossils that have been found at the site.

Sangiran Museum has also presented early human history about 2 million years and 200,000 years ago, from end to end when the Pleistocene Pliocene middle. In the museum, there are 13,086 hominid fossil collections and is an upright hominid site, comprehensive in Asia. It can also be found in animal fossils reinforced rear, aquatic fossils, fossils of marine plants, and stone tools.

In the first dome is a study center of Sangiran. The dome opened itself through a process of erosion to form a depression. In the depression found soil layers that contain information about life in ancient times.

Sangiran Museum

Pekalen Rafting

Pekalen River is located in the village of Ranu Gedang, Tiris district, Probolinggo, East Java. The village names Ranu Gedang because there are a lot of banana trees and in Java language called Gedang. The river can be waded would split the water flow of the river, trees, and waterfalls and exotic.

According to local people, Probolinggo has charmed King Hayam Wuruk and Gajah Mada of the Majapahit kingdom. Both were fascinated by the natural beauty of Probolinggo and lingered in the area. The possible name ‘probolinggo' comes from the word 'prabu linggih' which was later amended text to the word 'probolinggo'.

Rafting sport is gaining popularity in Indonesia since 1990. Earlier, mostly done by environmentalists to create the impression that rafting can only be done by people who have skill and experience. Basically rafting can be done by anyone and surely with safety requirements.

Pekalen River is 25 km from Probolinggo, precisely in the three districts are Tiris, Maron, and Gading. Strip river rafting is within 29 miles and is divided into three areas. Spring water comes from mountain streams Pekalen and Gunung Lamongan, the width of the river is between 5 to 20 meters, has a level of grade 2 to 3+, and a water depth of about 1 to 3 meters. Distance of rafting down the river Pekalen is 10 km from the start point to the finish point and 12 km to Pekalen River with the rapids about 50 pieces.

• Location : Probolinggo
• River Name: Pekalen
• Long of raft: 12 km
• Length of rafting: 2.5 hours
• Grade level : II-IV
• Start point : Ranu Gedang Village
• Finish point: Ranu Gedang Village

Pekalen Rafting

Mount Bromo

Bromo is one of the most active volcanoes in Java island, Indonesia. In Javanese recent word suggests the name of Brahma. This is one of the main gods in Hinduism is thought because of the god Brahma. Mount Bromo is an active volcano and is well known as one of the most spectacular highlands for sunrise views by traveler attractions in East Java. Together traveler attraction, mount Bromo is the main tourist attraction as a result of its standing because the volcano is active and contains stunning natural scenery.

The best viewpoint to see the sunrise is on top of Mount Pananjakan which is about 3.330 meters high and Mount Bromo contains 2392 meters on top of the water level and is situated in 4 regions; Pasuruan, Probolinggo, Lumajang, and Malang. Mount Bromo is enclosed by valleys and linked with the volcanic crater or the ocean of ​​sand covering 10 kilometers square.

Mount Bromo contains a crater with a diameter of 800 meters from north to south and 600 meters from east to west. Whereas the danger space of a circle with a radius of 4 kilometers from the central crater of Mount Bromo. The last eruption of Mount Bromo occurred in 2011.

The best time to visit Mount Bromo is May up to October yearly

Mount Bromo

Ramayana Ballet

Ramayana Ballet by jogjaexplore-tours.com

Ramayana is a Hindu epic story originally from India. The story begins with Sri Rama's success in winning the competition in Mantili kingdom and getting Shinta to marry. The rest of the story is about his mother's Kekayi demands that King Rama Sri Rama Dasarata's father raised his son as king Ayodya Barata and demanded that Rama be sent into the woods Dandaka for 30 years. Sri Rama lives in the Dandaka forest together with Laksmana and Shinta and met many ascetics.

One day, Shinta see a beautiful golden deer and ran track, Shinta asked Sri Rama to catch the golden deer. Apparently, the deer is an incarnation of a giant Marica, a regent of Rahwana. When Rama tried to chase the golden deer, Shinta was kidnapped by Rahwana and taken away to fly to the Alengka kingdom. On the way, met Jatayu and tried to release Shinta from kidnapping, but Jatayu can be defeated and thwarted his efforts by Rahwana. Jatayu was injured condition and managed to meet Sri Rama. Jatayu told Sri Rama that Shinta was kidnapped by Rahwana, then Rama departed towards Alengka kingdom.

The next story is about the journey of Rama in the forest of Maliawan. Hanoman tried to help Sugriwa (king of monkeys) defeat the Vali twins. For his services, the Sugriwa and Hanoman expressed his desire to help Rama find Dewi Shinta. Then Hanoman went to Alengka as ambassador to Sri Rama. The last part of the story of Ramayana is when a group of monkey army of Rama builds a bridge to the country Alengka. Later, Rahwana and his army can be defeated and killed. Sri Rama successfully brought Shinta back to Ayodya safely.

Purawisata Ramayana Ballet performs daily

• Dinner time:19.00 - 20.00
• Dance time: 20.00 - 21.30

Prambanan Ramayana Ballet performs on schedule

• Dinner time: 18.30 - 19.30 pm
• Dance time: 19.30 - 21.30 pm

Ramayana Ballet Dance

Kawah Ijen

ijen crater

Kawah Ijen lies in the middle of a nature reserve area within the Bondowoso regency, Klobang district, Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia. The Kawah Ijen and lake are inexperienced kinds at an altitude of 2.368 meters higher than sea level. It is a walled volcanic crater with a height of 300-500 meters. The lake has zero degrees of acidity and has 200 meters deep. Acid sturdy enough to dissolve covering and human fingers.

This crater has a section of about 5.466 hectares sq. The water was a pretty calm crater and blue inexperienced. The scenery within the crater appearance therefore superb in the morning. The Ijen crater water volume of regarding two hundred million isometric meters to 200 degrees stargazer heat it emits a golden inexperienced luster once the sun hit the facet of the mountain behind Mount Ijen is mount Merapi as a twin brother.

To reach the mountain get 2 ways: first, through the city of Banyuwangi as way as 38 kilometers to the west through the village shiny, Guava and Paltuding. The second is thru Bondowoso town eastward through Wonosari, Sempol then Paltuding way as 70 km. However, though a lot of the latter is chosen the guests as a result of the road is made up sleek. Meanwhile, once passing the course Banyuwangi is still a reasonably steep hill and ought to use caution however it is terribly healthy and fun.

The best time to go is from May up to October yearly

Ijen Crater