Indonesia Explorer

Itinerary

Day 1: ARRIVAL - YOGYAKARTA

Stop At: Yogyakarta Region, Yogyakarta Region, Java
Arriving in Yogya airport, welcome by your guide & driver and you will be privately transfer to your hotel. This is a busy road, lined with houses, rice fields, tobacco barns and vegetable gardens. Just about every little piece of land is used to grow agricultural produce. On busy intersections, becaks, cars and pedestrians scramble for a piece of the road. Rest of the day and night free.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel Santika Premiere Jogja

Day 2: YOGYAKARTA

Stop At: Yogyakarta Region, Yogyakarta Region, Java
This morning you will get to know Yogyakarta, a city dubbed 'the cradle of Javanese culture'. Top of your list is the stately Kraton, right in the centre of town. It was built by venerable Sultans in de second half of the 18th century as a representation of the Javanese cosmos. Nearby Taman Sari or 'Water Castle' reminds of the whims of these former feudal rulers. This was once a splendid retreat, the playground of mighty kings, a complex of basins, bathing houses, private chambers and watch towers from where kings could observe beautiful women bathing. Then a visit to an intriguing history belies the world famous Borobudur temple, one of the biggest and most impressive Buddhist monuments ever erected by mankind. The backdrop of the spectacular Menoreh mountain range enhances its peaceful image. To reach the top, the pilgrim had to climb nine terraces, of which some are decorated with narrative stone carvings, telling the lives and times of the Lord Buddha. The temple is a prayer in stone. It's a magnificent illustration of the will of man to preserve the past. Once enshrined by a wild jungle, it took more than ten years and great effort to restore the monument. Return to the hotel in the early afternoon.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel Santika Premiere Jogja

Day 3: YOGYAKARTA

Stop At: Yogyakarta Region, Yogyakarta Region, Java
The centrally located Shiva temple overlooks a series of smaller shrines, spread out an open-air museum of Hindu-Javanese antiquities. This marvelous temple garden features prime examples of powerful Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms, who ruled much of Sumatra and Java in the 7th and 8th century AD. Then continue cycling through small villages nearby Prambanan passing Lumbung, Bubrah, and Sewu Temples while enjoying the panorama of seasonal local plantations including the rice fields, tobacco, sugar cane, mais, tomato, cassavas, chili, egg plants and many others. In the villages you pass through, daily life goes on, a stop will be made at a local house to meet the people and you may try out the local harvest. If time permit, visit local home industry of "Pabrik Tahu" Tofu Making Process to see the production is being proceed. A chance to get to know things beyond the tourist attractions
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel Santika Premiere Jogja

Day 4: YOGYAKARTA TO SUKAPURA (Near MT. BROMO

Stop At: Sukapura, Sukapura, East Java, Java
Experience a morning train journey from Yogyakarta to Mojokerto, arrive late noon time and continue driving onto the direction of Bromo, one of the most accessible volcanic locations in the world and scene of out worldly beauty. Past amazingly laid out patches of vegetable gardens against the mountain slopes, you'll reach Sukapura. The rest of the day and evening are free. Take a rest, gearing up for a fascinating early morning excursion.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Lava View Lodge

Day 5: TOSARI TO MAKASSAR VIA SURABAYA

Stop At: Makassar, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi
After an early morning rise, you walk to a nearby point from where a magnificent sunrise can be observed. It is a magic moment when the sun casts its first rays over a sea of sand. At its periphery, volcanic cones rise up from the earth's surface. Mount Bromo is one of them, hissing and fuming with volcanic activity. This awesome sight was the result of a prehistoric eruption eons ago. In a shimmering distance you'll have stunning views over the Semeru massif. Circumstances allowing, you will move toward Bromo for a final ascent to its peak. Then it is back to your hotel for a hearty breakfast. Return to Surabaya to catch your flight to Makassar, the capital of Sulawesi and the gateway to the eastern provinces of Indonesia
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel Santika Makassar

Day 6: MAKASSAR TO RANTEPAO

Stop At: Rantepao, Rantepao, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi
After breakfast, you’ll start traveling upcountry straight to Tanah Toraja, a region located about 300 km away. The road leads past a scenic road with breathtaking panoramas of deep valleys and high mountains. Finally, you will reach Rantepao, the cultural center of the Toraja people.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Toraja Misiliana

Day 7: RANTEPAO

Stop At: Rantepao, North Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Exploring the heartland of the Torajanese All highlights in the area will be visited, but if some of the spectacular burial ceremonies take place, our guide will bring you to the scene of these intriguing and grandly staged events. Young women perform trance like dances, rituals from pre-Christian religions reappear. Visitors include relatives who might come from any far-flung corner of the archipelago, ritual fights between different village clans are held and numerous expensive water buffalos will be slaughtered, all to appease the animist spirits of an Unseen World. The ceremony goes on an on for days while all the attendees will be sheltered in make-shift bamboo houses, built solely for this purpose of protecting the distinguished guests. All attendees must be given plenty of food. One can imagine the almost unbearable financial burden placed upon the relatives.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Toraja Misiliana

Day 8: RANTEPAO

Stop At: Toraja Village, Rantepao 91831 Indonesia
Continue exploring Tanah Toraja
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Toraja Misiliana

Day 9: RANTEPAO - DEPARTURE

Stop At: Makassar, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi
Transfer back to Makassar. Services on this trip end when you have checked in on your domestic flight to your next destination. End of Services.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.