Jakarta
is the gate way of indonesia. Jakarta has expanded its
facilities with luxury hotels world class golf courses, and shopping
centers. West Java is the most humide region
in Java island, the cities are located on the beautyful highlands
such as Bandung and Bogor, the
followed informations describe about the most tourist destinations
in West Java with the most legendary volcano Krakatau, use it
to help you visit easier Krakatau, Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung, Pangandaran.
Jakarta Tour
Perhaps the best place to start is around the National Monument
"Monas" which dominates the city skyline. There is viewing
patform at the top from which much of the city can be seen . Around
Monas are several of Jakarta's most important bulidings including
the Presidential Palace, and the National Museum. To the north
of the city center is what what remains of Old Batavia , centred
on Taman Fatahillah square. Around here you can find the Jakarta
history Museum and varety of the old style buildings which still
give some impression of what colonoal Batavia was like. Further
to the north is harbour area, from wich the picturesque Buginese
"Pinisi" sailing ships still set out to trade across
the indonesian archipelago.
Krakatau/Krakatoa Tour
The
name comes from an old Sanskrit word, karkata, meaning "crab".
It's lies in the middle of the Sunda strait, right on the unstable
"elbow" where the range volcanic mountain forming Sumatra
turns abruptly eastward to form Java.In the afternoon on August
26th,1883,Krakatau exploded with a series of roars heard from
Rangoon, Burma to Pert, Australia. A pillar of ash and pumice
towered 26 km into the sky. Rock and dust rained over the surrounding
region, forming a blanked cloud which turned day into night for
150 km in every direction.
Ujung
Kulon National Park
The name means ' western
tip" is barely part of Java is a subtle paradise of endless
jungle trails and bright coral coves that tease the imagination
with the promise adventure and wildlife . Ujung Kulon is the best
known for its most exclusive inhabitant, the Javanese Rhinoceros
Bogor
Botanic Gardens
One
of the world's great botanical treasure troves. The Kebon Raya
was officially established by the Dutch in 1817 under the directorship
of C.G.C Reinwardt, and he and subsequent generation of botanists
performed the Herculean feat of assembling over 15,000 species
of tropical plants from around the world. Within the carefully
laid-out 87 hectares are over 400 palm species, 5000 trees and
orchid house with 3000 varieties.Near the entrance of gardens
is a zoological museum with an immense collections (300,000 specimens)
of land and sea cre the Presidential Palace, and the National Museum. To the north
of the city center is what what remains of Old Batavia , centred
on Taman Fatahillah square. Around here you can find the Jakarta
history Museum and varety of the old style buildings which still
give some impression of what colonoal Batavia was like. Further
to the north is harbour area, from wich the picturesque Buginese
"Pinisi" sailing ships still set out to trade across
the indonesian archipelago.
Krakatau/Krakatoa Tour
The
name comes from an old Sanskrit word, karkata, meaning "crab".
It's lies in the middle of the Sunda strait, right on the unstable
"elbow" where the range volcanic mountain forming Sumatra
turns abruptly eastward to form Java.In the afternoon on August
26th,1883,Krakatau exploded with a series of roars heard from
Rangoon, Burma to Pert, Australia. A pillar of ash and pumice
towered 26 km into the sky. Rock and dust rained over the surrounding
region, forming a blanked cloud which turned day into night for
150 km in every direction.
Ujung
Kulon National Park
The name means ' western
tip" is barely part of Java is a subtle paradise of endless
jungle trails and bright coral coves that tease the imagination
with the promise adventure and wildlife . Ujung Kulon is the best
known for its most exclusive inhabitant, the Javanese Rhinoceros
Bogor
Botanic Gardens
One
of the world's great botanical treasure troves. The Kebon Raya
was officially established by the Dutch in 1817 under the directorship
of C.G.C Reinwardt, and he and subsequent generation of botanists
performed the Herculean feat of assembling over 15,000 species
of tropical plants from around the world. Within the carefully
laid-out 87 hectares are over 400 palm species, 5000 trees and
orchid house with 3000 varieties.Near the entrance of gardens
is a zoological museum with an immense collections (300,000 specimens)