Watching sunrise from Punthuk Setumbu Hill could be alternative option instead of directly from Borobudur Temple especially when you have limiting budget.
From the hill you will see beautiful sunrise with Borobudur Temple and surrounding landscape as a background, the sun will come up between two volcano Merapi and Merbabu.
You can also see other volcano Sumbing and Sindoro in the north west and Menoreh Hills in the west part.
After that we will bring you to the main destination “Borobudur Temple”.
Instead of directly going back to Jogja after from Borobudur, we will bring you to Mendut Temple where you could see giant Buddha statue made from volcano stone.
You could also visit beautiful artistic Buddhist monastery nearby the temple
After that we will bring you going back to Jogja via countryside instead of busy main road.
Where you can explore canalside road in the middle of rice field where you can find many beautiful spot for taking picture.
We will bring you to the one of the most photogenic alternative road by crossing legendary hanging bridge that connects two provinces with beautiful landscape, cliff, and river in the below.
Not far away from there you can take a rest for a moment, taking picture, or enjoying traditional culinary with “local” price or just drinking coffee while enjoying landscape in the middle of rice field and canalside road.
After that we will bring you back to Jogja.