Half-Day Jakarta Shared Guided Tour to Old Batavia

Jakarta Heritage Shared Guided Tour to Old Batavia

Half-Day Jakarta Shared Guided Tour to Old Batavia

By TRIPEDIA

Free cancellation available

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Features

Free cancellation available
5h 30m
Mobile voucher
Instant confirmation
Selective hotel pickup

Overview

Highly recommendation of this tour with the expert guide and friendly, this experience will tell you in history and the culture of its “Heritage”.

The highlight: The Old City of Jakarta is known as Old Batavia, European sailors and traders in the 16th Century dubbed this place with the beauty city similar to Amsterdam and it was also a trading center on The Asian continent until the Dutch East Indies Company controlled tarea as trading center also as the administrative center power in archipelago. This area is just 139 ha, dominated by European and China building styles. Some of the buildings are used as cafe, museum and office.

Activity location

National Museum
- Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat 12, Central Jakarta
- 10110, Jakarta, Indonesia

Meeting/Redemption Point

SARINAH XXI
- 9 Jalan M.H. Thamrin
- 10230, Kecamatan Menteng, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, Indonesia

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Seats in coach group

5h 30m
English

Share cost: The tour is intended for two people to share, if one person books it, there will be a $50 surcharge at the beginning of tour.
Pickup included

Travelers

Language options: English

Starting time: 8:30

Price details

P 2,876.95 x 1 AdultP 2,876.95

Total

Until Sun, Apr 28

What's included, what's not

Air-conditioned vehicle
Tipping is optional
Bottled water
Optional lunch, guide will advise the lunch time

Know before you book

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
All museum closed on Monday
Stiqlal Mosque closed every Friday
If there is just one individual booking this tour, an extra fee of $50 must be paid at the beginning of the tour as it is designed for a maximum of two shared persons.

Activity itinerary

National Museum

2h
Admission ticket included

The first visit is the museum, from hotel or place you stay within 1 hour, we pick up the grup at the meeting point, then enter to museum. The museum national is one of the first and the largest in southeast Asia, the museum is archaeological, history, geographical, and ethnography. We will spend an hour at museum (Closed on Monday) Drive to the next stop

Jakarta Cathedral

After museum, we proceed to other place driving 10 minutes, arrive and enter to Cathedral which is the old catholic church was rebuilt 1899 to 1901 that ruin after earthquake, the church standing over years, in the church spend of 10 minutes, then we will visit Istiqlal mosque which is opposite the church. Istiqlal mosque named Independent which built 1961 formerly as the Wilhelmina garden in front of church, Then we are crossing the street while you hands just off.

Istiqlal Mosque

After we are at the garden of mosque, we take same shoot just 5 minutes. The mosque is the biggest in Jakarta also biggest in Pacific, Independent mosque or istiqlal was built by christians "Fedrich Silaban" from north sumatera. (Closed on Friday, sightseeing possible) after that drive two next stop proceed to Chinatown in 15 minutes.

Glodok Chinatown

After arrive in the Chinatown area then visit the temple that was built 1650 and walking traditional market by visiting, attraction, many thing to see such the local food, people and other things, spending 15 minutes then we proceed to Old Town Batavia near the area just 10 minutes.

Jakarta Old Town

Then After the Old town we just walk visit inside the area of the Old town see cityhall or garden Batavia is 139 square meter with dominated by European and Chinese building styles, even outside or the area you will see a lot of building in that style. Explore the area in 15minutes Then we can spend time to drive other place and walk to puppet studio in the area.

Makutharama Puppet Studio

Then we will visit the studio in live performance is available who has the time and explaining how to make a puppet. The puppet divided into two types with different model, hand Made wayang golek (wooden) and kulit (leather/buffalo skin). They are from different region. Puppet is also bring story when they come and converted by Hindu story. Then after that proceed to Old harbour in the northern sea of Jakarta in to 15 minutes.

Sunda Kelapa Harbour

1h
Admission ticket included

After we visit take a photo a while then explore it to the high sand bag to keep the water out according to Jakarta sinking. Then there are a lot of Boat named "Phinisi" schooner or wooden big boat, traditionally Made by Wood such Meranti Wood from Borneo, the boat active during weekday for logistic. The harbour was older than Jakarta name. We are using the small wooden boat to see the sea of north Jakarta or in Java sea. We spend for 5 minutes then proceed to your meeting point into 45 minutes.

National Monument (MONAS) (Pass by)

While we drop you to meeting point, we will pass to museum national that the landmark of Jakarta and Indonesia monument, photostop is the best one while you visit Jakarta. Then arrive in meeting point.

Location

Activity location

National Museum
- Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat 12, Central Jakarta
- 10110, Jakarta, Indonesia

Meeting/Redemption Point

SARINAH XXI
- 9 Jalan M.H. Thamrin
- 10230, Kecamatan Menteng, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, Indonesia

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