Javanese Elegance and Borneo Discovery

Day 1 : Airport –Transfer to Yogyakarta City/ Hyatt Yogyakarta

Arrive in Yogyakarta International Airport . Meet and greet with our guide then transfer to your hotel in Yogyakarta for overnight.

Day 2 : Yogyakarta – Sultan Palace – To Taman Sari by Becak Rickshaw – Batik Painting Class – Fort Vredeburg Museum – Malioboro Walk (B,L)

Breakfast at hotel. We will start our tour by visit Sultan Palace the Keraton and experience the constant hustle and bustle of Javanese life as you tour the city of Yogyakarta in a becak, which is the local name for a rickshaw. With three tires and one seat at the front, the becak is manually pedaled by the driver to Taman Sari water castle, then by car continue for 1 hour Batik Painting class . After lunch we will visit Fort Vredeburg Museum and Malioboro Street Walk before transfer to your hotel for overnight .

Day 3 : Yogyakarta –Prambanan Cycling Tour – Ratu Boko Temple – Tarumartani Cigar House (B,L)

Depart from your hotel for an afternoon heritage cycling experience around Prambanan. This scenic ride offers a unique way to explore Yogyakarta through ancient temples, rice fields, and rural villages.

The cycling route starts near the Prambanan Complex and passes Prambanan Temple. Along the way, you experience authentic rural life and natural landscapes, offering a real glimpse into daily life in Indonesia.

During the ride, visit a local home industry producing emping crackers. Continue cycling to Sewu Temple, Plaosan Temple, and Bubrah Temple before entering the Prambanan Complex.

Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple complex in Java. It was built in the mid-9th century, around 50 years after Borobudur. The complex symbolizes the return of a Hindu dynasty in Java. After centuries in ruins, major restoration began in the 1930s, and most temples have now been reconstructed.

Explore the temple grounds with a guide who explains the history, architecture, construction process, and religious significance of Prambanan.

Next, visit Ratu Boko. Located on a hill overlooking Prambanan, this 8th-century site was a royal palace rather than a temple. The complex includes bathing pools, meditation caves, ceremonial gates, audience halls, and a cremation platform linked to the Mataram dynasty.

After lunch, visit the Taru Martani Cigar House. Return to your hotel for overnight.

Day 4 : Yogyakarta – Solo City Tour – Sukuh and Cetho Temple (B,L)

Today’s tour explores Solo’s royal heritage, batik traditions, and late-period Hindu temples on Mount Lawu.

After breakfast, depart for Solo, also known as Surakarta. The city was founded in 1745 as the capital of the Mataram Kingdom. Local tradition says the site was chosen through spiritual guidance received by the king.

Solo is the batik capital of Java. It also preserves some of Indonesia’s best Dutch colonial architecture.

Visit Keraton Mangkunegaran, a royal palace built in the 18th century for a junior royal line. The palace is a center of classical Javanese culture. Its collection includes 14th-century jewelry, silverworks, traditional weapons, and classical dance ornaments.

Continue to a well-known batik museum. Learn how batik developed through different historical periods. Watch local craftsmen and women create new designs using traditional techniques. Lunch is served at the museum.

In the early afternoon, depart for Mount Lawu for a half-day excursion to Sukuh and Cetho temples. These are among the last Hindu temples built in Java before the royal courts converted to Islam in the 16th century.

Explore Sukuh Temple, located at 910 meters above sea level. The temple has a unique pyramidal form, similar to Mayan architecture. Stone carvings feature strong Hindu symbolism, including phallic motifs.

Drive through scenic tea plantations to Cetho Temple, located higher on the mountain. This remote, multi-tiered temple is rarely visited. Its carvings resemble Sukuh, but the layout is more complex and terraced.

Enjoy panoramic views of tea-covered hills along the Central and East Java border. Return to Yogyakarta for overnight.

Day 5 : Yogyakarta – Dieng Plateau– Borobudur Area/Plataran Borobudur Resort (B,L)

Depart hotel after breakfast to Dieng Plateau will take about 3 hours by car. Upon arrival, we will visit Telaga Warna Lake, or ‘Colourful Lake’, contains water that can change in fluctuating colors. At times it can be green, purple, yellow or even taking the colors of the rainbow! This phenomenon occurs when the sun hits the water due to its high sulfur content. From Telaga Warna Lake, you will next visit Sikidang Crater, which is an open sulfur crater with angry bubbling mud and bellowing steam. It’s set among a bumpy and dusty landscape that will make you feel like you arrived on another planet. Not far from the crater, you can also visit the Arjuna Temple Complex which houses eight small Hindu temples that date back to the seventh century. Transfer to Borobudur area for overnight.

Day 6 : Borobudur Sunrise from Dagi Hill – Walking To Borobudur Temple – Meditation at Vihara Mendut – Pawon Temple – Javanese Traditional Music Lesson and Lunch at PAK TIJAB HOUSE – Explore Candirejo Village (B,L)

Depart the hotel at around 04:30 to reach Borobudur before sunrise. Enjoy sunrise views from Dagi Hill overlooking the temple, followed by breakfast.

After breakfast, walk to Borobudur Temple. Visitors explore the monument at ground level, as climbing is no longer permitted. Learn about Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist temple and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built from thousands of stone blocks over more than 75 years.

Continue to Vihara Mendut for a one-hour meditation session. Mendut Temple is older than Borobudur and houses three large stone Buddha statues. Visit Pawon Temple, located on the ceremonial axis between Mendut and Borobudur.

Return to the hotel to rest. Around 11:00, visit Pak Tijab House for a one-hour Javanese gamelan lesson with local musicians. Lunch is served at the traditional house.

In the afternoon, explore Candirejo Village by dokar, a traditional horse-drawn cart. Pass village homes, farms, and small food industries. Observe daily rural life and local traditions.

Late afternoon return to the hotel for overnight.

Day 7 : Borobudur Area – Selogriyo Trekking – Lawang Sewu – Semarang City / Padma Semarang Hotel (B,L)

Morning at leisure until before departing for a brief tour in the resort’s coffee plantation, and then check out time. After being picked up by the guide and driver, head to a small village on the slopes of Mt Sumbing for the start of a soft trekking experience.Enjoy lunch en route. Walk through rice fields and plantations and see local villagers at work taking care of their crops or processing charcoal. Then visit Selogriyo Temple. Although it’s a rather modest temple, the walk there (about 2 hours) is beautiful and easy to do for everybody.The next stop is a visit to OHD Museum in Magelang for a look at the area’s contemporary art and one of the best private collections in the country. (OHD Museum closes on Tuesday). Afterwards, continue to the city centre of Semarang. Located on the north coast of the island of Java, Semarang is the capital of Central Java. An Important port on the Java Sea since the Dutch colonial era, Semarang, with its 1.5 million inhabitants is now the 7th most populous city in Indonesia. Visit Lawang Sewu, the city’s main landmark and a masterpiece of Dutch colonial architecture. The building was built between 1904 and 1907 as the former headquarters of the national railway of the Dutch East Indies. Its name in Javanese means ‘Thousands Doors’. Then check in at your hotel in Semarang for overnight .

Day 8 : Semarang – Pangkalan Bun – Tanjung Puting / Rimba Lodge (B,L,D)

Breakfast at hotel .Transfer to Semarang Airport from flight to Pangkalan Bun. Upon arrival at the airport of Pangkalanbun direct transfer to the boat for cruise up for Rimba Lodge and afternoon watching proboscis monkeys and wild Orang Utan by boat. Overnight are provided in Rimba Lodge .

Day 9 : Rimba Lodge – Camp Leaky (B,L,D).

Breakfast at Rimba Lodge then half day trek for exploring The Orang Utans. Research for feeding time at 13.30 at camp Leaky by trekking at rainforest about half hours watching such as the King during feeding time at 14.00. Overnight are provided in Rimba Lodge .

Day 10 : Tanjung Harapan – Pangkalan Bun Airport – Surabaya – Bromo/Plataran Bromo (B,L) .

Breakfast at Rimba Lodge, morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Surabaya. Upon arrival in Surabaya. Meet and greet with our guide, drive to BMadakaripura waterfall and continue Wonotoro, Bromo for overnight

Day 11 : Watch the sunrise at Mount Bromo – Drive to Malang / Hotel Tugu Malang (B,L)

To appreciate the spectacular sunrise view over the Mount Bromo, we will set out early in the morning today. You will be taken by a Jeep to Penanjakan Mountain at 03.00 and you will enjoy the dawn break at the rim of one of the most active volcanoes. Then after crossing the grand San Sea of Laotian Pasir, you will arrive at the top of Bromo, which is one of the landmarks of Indonesia. The volcano is still emitting thick smoke, and when you get close, you can hear the sound of the volcano purring. Afterwards, you will be escorted to check into the hotel for freshing up and After breakfast continue to go downwards to Malang for overnight.

Day 12 : Malang Temples and City Tour (B,L)

Malang’s nostalgic atmosphere results from the fact that Dutch planters and civil servants used to retire here until the early 1900s. This tour includes a visit to Wonosari Tea Plantation, a vast and beautiful plantation on the slope of Mount Arjuna, where guests can witness the tea leaf picking, the process of tea-making, as well as other traditional daily activities of this tea plantation. Then we will visit inherited many ancient “candi” or temples; beautiful remains of kingdoms from many hundreds years ago, and visit Candi Badut is necessary to unlock the historical treasure of Malang that was once the centre of political power of the 8th century Kanjuruhan Kingdom. Even after the collapse of the Kingdom of Singosari, Malang region remained to be an important region for the following dynasties of East Java with it is Singosari Temple . Back to hotel for overnight.

Day 13: Malang – Transfer to Surabaya International Airport / HOME (B)

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Surabaya International Airport for your flight HOME . END OF THE TRIP

• Air-conditioned private transportation during the program
• Tour and meal program base on mentioned above
• Mineral water during tour
• 12 nights accommodation + Daily breakfast during tour based on twin share
• Entrance fees, parking fees as per program
• Tanjung Puting National Park Excursions by Klotok
• Full board meals during Orang Utan Borneo adventure
• Professional English speaking guide during tour

• Other optional tours
• Domestic flight Semarang to Pangkalan Bun
• Domestic flight Pangkalan Bun to Surabaya
• Meals not mentioned in program
• Peak/High season surcharge from hotel if any
• Suggested tipping USD.5 per person(guest) per day
• Other meals not mentioned in program