What to book before you travel to Java?

8 activities to book · about €175 per person

Java

Days 1-7

Days 1-7BorobudurThe world's largest Buddhist monument, built around 800 and rediscovered in 1814: nine terraces, 2,672 relief panels, 504 seated Buddhas and 72 latticed stupas.€22Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7PrambananIndonesia's largest Hindu temple complex, 17 km east of Yogyakarta and built around 850, with three main towers to Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu.€22Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Yogyakarta KratonThe sultan's palace, begun in 1755 and still home to Hamengkubuwono X, also the region's governor; open pavilions display gamelans, royal batik and palanquins.1,€50Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Taman Sari Water CastleThe sultan's pleasure garden of 1758 to 1765, 500 m from the Kraton, with bathing pools and the circular underground mosque of Sumur Gumuling.€1Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Mount BromoUp at 3am in Cemoro Lawang, a jeep to Penanjakan for sunrise, then across the Sea of Sand and 250 steps to the crater rim.€15Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Kawah IjenA 3 km night climb from Paltuding to a turquoise acid crater lake, where burning sulphur gases give off blue flames seen only in darkness.€6Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7The Dieng PlateauA farmed caldera at 2,100 m among steaming fumaroles, home to the Arjuna temples, among the oldest Hindu monuments on Java.€9Book on GetYourGuide →

Days 1-7Tumpak Sewu waterfallThe Glidik river drops 120 m in dozens of strands around a cirque of dark rock; the climb down takes 30 to 45 minutes.1,€50Book on GetYourGuide →

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