Itinerary

1. Visit Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park and Gigantic Botanical Garden

   • Meet the tour guide, who will pick you up at 9:00 a.m. from your hotel and leave for Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.
   • Drive heading to the southeast of Jakarta, which takes about 40 minutes to the park. (9:40 a.m.) It is situated on 250 acres of land and allows visitors with limited time the opportunity to "experience" all of Indonesia's 34 provinces. In this park, we will visit : 
     • Museum Indonesia: An amazing building decorated in Balinese style/architecture, with beautiful collections of traditional houses, musical instruments, traditional clothes, weapons, and ceremonies from all over Indonesia. There are also collections of Indonesian Batik, wood carvings, old banknotes and coins of Indonesian rupiahs.
     • Traditional House of West Sumatera (Rumah Gadang or Great House), with all collections of the Padang ethnic people, the biggest ethnic group in West Sumatera Island.
     • Traditional House of North Sumatera: See the Big House of Batak people with all their collections. Batak is the biggest group in North Sumatera.
     • Traditional House of Papua: Feel the different atmosphere inside the house with all Asmat and Dani's ethnic collections.
     • Traditional House of Toraja: An ethnic group famous for their traditional death (funeral) ceremony. This park has 34 traditional houses from all of the provinces of Indonesia. We will drive you around the whole park to witness all the beautiful things of Indonesia.
   • Continue to Bogor for Botanical Garden. (12:00) It is about 60km south of Jakarta and will be taken within one hour drive.
   • Arrive in Bogor by 13:00. Head to the restaurant for lunch. Lunch will be served in a typical Sundanese Restaurant with Sundanese cuisine/food.
   • Visit Bogor Botanical Garden or Kebun Raya Bogor (14:15). It is one of the oldest of its kind in Asia, conceived at the order of Sir Stamford Raffles and officially opened in 1817. This enchanting garden exhibits an impressive 17,000 species of plants, including rare orchids and the Giant Rafflesia from Indonesia and abroad. The entire grounds cover a vast 214 acres and also hold a cemetery. A monument stands in the Loving Memory of Raffles' wife, Olivia, who died in Bogor but was buried in Batavia/Jakarta. To explore this Gigantic Botanical Garden, you will be guided by a local guide.
   • Return to Jakarta (16:00). It is approximately a 1.5-hour drive back to your hotel in Jakarta.
   • Reach your hotel by 17:0-17:30.