Yogyakarta General Event

Masangin at southern square of Sultan palace

Try to walk as if you're blind by closing your eyes to get into the middle of two banyan tress at southern square of Sultan's palace. If you're lucky, you might be able to proceed smoothly. However, many people end up to far deviation at that process inviting many laughs. For more joy and fun, challenge your friends to do the same same thing and compare the results.
Time: Everynight, 19.00pm till late night
Tiket: Free
Category : Night Life

Ramayana Ballet at Prambanan Temple

Description:Ramayana Ballet is performed at the place where the story was carved a thousand years ago: Prambanan Temple. This cultural performance has managed to combine the diversity of Javanese art in forms of dance, drama and music on one stage and at the same momentum to present Ramayana Story summed up in four stages: Sinta's abduction, Anoman's mission to Alengka, the death of Rahwana and a happy ending when Sinta and Rama meet up again.
Ticket : IDR 100,000-300,000
Time : 19.30-21.30
Category : Art,Dance,Entertainment,Nightlife


Wayang Kulit (Leather Puppet ) Show

Wayang kulit (leather puppet) is a magnificent artwork of Javanese art performance that has received acknowledgment from UNESCO. A dalang (wayang player) plays puppet made from buffalo's leather behind a white screen. Hence, the audience can only see the shadow. That's exactly the reason why it's called "wayang" meaning shadow in English. The attractive parts of the show lie on the dynamic movement of dalang at playing different roles of wayang, changing the voice character, his jokes and even his singing.

Time : Everynight 20.00-22.00
Ticket : IDR 20,000
Category : Art,Culture,Entertainment,Nightlife
Venue : Sonobudoyo Museum Jl.Trikora 6 ,Yogyakarta (+62 274 418330)

Yogyakarta Rafting on Elo River

Need cool and exciting tour to share with your family and colleagues? Come and enjoy Rapid Volcano adventure. The thrill of running the rapids isn't for everyone, but for those who enjoy spending a day surrounded by mountains and breathtaking scenery, there are three area rivers very near Jogja city. In the rainy season (November-April), obviously, waters run higher and the ride is more exciting.

Package :

Short Trip : From sawitan Bridge to Eloprogo port (6Km): Rp.700.000/$70 (6person)

Midle Trip : From nampik Village to Eloprogo Port (8km) : Rp.850.000/$85 (6person)

Long Trip : From blondo Village to Eloprogo Port (12Km) : Rp.950.000/$95 (6person)

Facilities :

Insurance, Guide, Snack for lunch, Coconut

For more information you can contact us at amongtamuindo@gmail.com

Yogyakarta Cave Tubing Goa Pindul

It is located in Gunung Kidul. Pindul Cave offers a set of interesting natural scenery and unique traveling experience. This cave provides a different style of enjoying activity. Especially, when you are laying on a set of tubes, you can enjoy drifting along the Pindul River underground with its unique caves. It filled with a cluster of bats, the magnificient stalactites within. You are trying cave tubing now.

Cave tubing is a combination of rafting and caving by using a rubber tube. You enjoy the trips by lay inside a set of tubes and following the drift of the underground river. Cave tubing is perfect for those who love adventure traveling.

Cave Tubing can be done on a personal basis or in groups. The activity itself is relatively safe and can be enjoyed by anyone from any different age groups. Expert and experienced instructors are ready anytime to guide the participants through the journey, complete with safety equipments such as safety helmets, rubber tubes, head lamp, and safety jacket for one to wear.

The activity is one of tourist attraction which is located within Bejiharjo Village in Karangmojo, Gunung Kidul, about 50 kilometers from city of Yogyakarta. The distance takes about 1 to 1.5 hours journey by car, going through the mountains. You need a vehicle with strong engines in order to reach there.  

Before reaches base camp, you can see a beautiful village that different than another village in Gunung Kidul. Actually, you can see many trees on the way to go there. As you may see, it is a teak tree. It is like a small forest around your trip. This trip makes unforgettable moment. You never see this tree on Yogyakarta. You have to see this beautiful forest. It is unusual trip because it is only found in this journey. You may get a fresh sensation.

Daily start at 08.00 am until 15.00 pm 

On the back of a motorbike:

160.000 Rp/$16 per person (1 or 2 persons) 
140.000 Rp/$14 per person (3 or more persons)

By Car:

Rp 200.000/$20 per person, minimum 2 people 

Including: 
- Driver+gasoline 
- English speaking guide 

Exclude:

-Entrance IDR35.000

Nglanggeran Mountain

Mount Nglanggeran is an ancient volcano form a giant boulder. Besides being able to watch the sunset & sunrise dazzling and sparkling Yogyakarta at night, in the East Peak Nglanggeran there are also the mystery of hamlet with 7 heads of households.

Watching the gorgeous sunset from the top of a mountain is a very special moment that not everyone can enjoy. The extreme route, unpredictable weather, hard track, and long distance become the obstacle for many people to go mountain climbing. However, you don't need to deal with those difficulties when you go to Mount Nglanggeran in Patuk, Gunungkidul. It only takes 1 to 1.5 hours tracking, you will get its western peak, which is called Mount Gede. Beautiful landscape will be in front of you. You will see the spread of clouds, a range of mountains forming unique shape, housing, and also green field. When the day is getting dark, Yogyakarta will look like the ocean of light. The twinkling of the stars and the sparkling of the lamps in distance becomes romantic scene for those who have camping activity there.

Mount Nglanggeran is an ancient volcano that used to be active million years ago. Located on Baturagung karst area, Nglanggeran was lithologically formed by old volcanic material fragment. It has two peaks, namely western and eastern peak with a caldera in the center. Nowadays, Nglanggeran is a range of huge rocky mountain which has exotic view, unique shape and names, and also history behind it. The mountains in the range are usually named based on their shape, for example Mount 5 Jari, Mount Kelir, and Mount Wayang

Daily start what ever you want:

On the back of a motorbike:

130.000 Rp/$13 per person (1 or 2 persons) 
120.000 Rp/$12 per person (3 or more persons)

By Car:

Rp 200.000/$20 per person, minimum 2 people 

Including: 
- Driver+gasoline 
- English speaking guide 

Exclude:

-Entrance 

Sunrise at Punthuk Setumbu

Ok, let’s go tomorrow morning then,” I said blindly to my friends when they asked if I wanted to see Borobudur at sunrise. There are only two places that I have ever heard of where you can watch Borobudur at sunrise, they are either from Manohara hotel or Punthuk Setumbu Hills. It is no longer a secret that to be able to see Borobudur at sunrise from Manohara hotel is quite expensive (Rp380.000,-). The other option, which is the cheapest option is from Punthuk Setumbu Hills. However, when I agreed to go with my friends to see Borobudur at sunrise, I was totally clueless where Punthuk Setumbu Hills was

We arrived in the entrance of Borobudur temple and saw the sign for Manohara Hotel on our left hand side. From what I read, Punthuk Setumbu hills is located 2,5 km west of Borobudur. You have to turn right on the intersection after passing Manohara Hotel. Then just follow the road, maybe around 2 km, and you will easily find the office of this tourism spot. You need to turn right and drive up a little bit to arrive at the site.

There were a lot of motorbike taxi (ojek) guys that were trying to sell their service to guide us to Punthuk Setumbu hills. We decided to use one of them as we knew it would be quicker this way to find the place. We paid around Rp. 20.000,- for the guides service to lead us to the office of Punthuk Setumbu hills (price not for per person, but for your group). Remember, you have to pay the entrance fee; Rp. 15.000,- for local tourist and Rp. 30.000,- for a foreigner. Don’t let the ojek guy tell you how much you need to pay at the counter.

The bad thing about the counter is that they didn’t put the notification for the price differences between the local and non local tourists. They just stated the price Rp. 30.000,- without any other details. From a conversation with a local from around there, the ojek people are the ones that requested this, so they can scam tourist and get additional extra money from it. Be witty and get the entrance ticket for the stated price. Yes it is not a big amount of money, but it is a crime to do such things on purpose to scam people.

Try to arrive at the Pethuk Setumbu Hills to see Borobudur at sunrise at around 5.20 am. You still need to do a short bit of trekking; probably around 10-20 minutes to reach the spot. It’s not a hard trek if you are reasonably fit. The view of the sunrise with Borobudur, Mount Merbabu and Mount Merapi in the distance was a great reward for waking up so early and driving so far. The view is very pretty and simply breathtaking.

Daily start at 04.00am-07.00am

On the back of a motorbike:

150.000 Rp/$15 per person (1 or 2 persons) 
130.000 Rp/$13 per person (3 or more persons)

By Car:

Rp 200.000/$20 per person, minimum 2 people 

Including: 
- Driver+gasoline 
- English speaking guide 

Exclude:

-Entrance Setumbu hill IDR35.000

Kotagede Village Tour

Travelling to Kotagede the road is 2.5 meters wide so only small cars can pass through, along with many bicycles or hansoms.  The alleyway of Kotagede's kampung is even more narrow at approximately 1 - 1.5 meters wide. There is room for just one person to be able to walk and a motor cycle or bicycle to pass through the alley.   Along the road you will see old facades on the buildings most of which were built in 1930, but inside of the kampung, if you lucky, you will see some 'pendopo' which are traditional Javanese buildings made from big old teakwood which were built in 1700.

The buildings in Kotagede are very unique and complex and you will see a pendopo with Art Noveau style or Chinese ornaments inside.  Kotagede is like an experiment where many different architectural styles have been established.  West of the city you can see Kalang Palace, the large and beautiful former home of Kalang Nobles, a family of silver craftsmanship and merchants who made jewels for the King.  Kotagede has hundreds of silver shops along the streets as the silver craft tradition has existed for centuries, along with the Islamic tradition.

South of Sargede Market is the heritage building of Mataram Islam, which was built with red bricks and looks strong and peaceful.  Inside the complex stands the first mosque in Kotagede, named Besar Mosque.  It is believed the mosque was built by Sultan Agung with the help of Buddhists and Hindus who lived in the area surrounding the complex, so you can see both Hindu and Buddhist details in the architecture.  In the yard, there is a big old banyan and it's very relaxing sitting under the tree.  If you are lucky, you will see a masseur there! South of the mosque there is an ancient sacred graveyard for the ancestors and on particular nights, people come to the graveyard to pray.  Everybody can enter the graveyard but they must wear Javanese clothes for praying.

In the mid-twentieth century, Kota Gede became synonymous with silver works and silver handicrafts and since then the area has become the home of silversmiths in Yogyakarta.  At the time of Indonesian Independence in the 1940s, and after considerable promotion and publicity of the silver works within this location, Kota Gede gained popularity as the center of Javanese silver handicraft.

Daily start at 08.00 am

On the back of a motorbike:

160.000 Rp/$16 per person (1 or 2 persons) 
140.000 Rp/$14 per person (3 or more persons)

By Car:

Rp 200.000/$20 per person, minimum 2 people 

Including: 
- Driver+gasoline 
- English speaking guide 

Brayut Yogyakarta Village Tour

Brayut tourism village located in Pendowoharjo, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This Tourism Village highlights is cultural side of society based on agriculture. Village agriculture-based cultural tourism is a great place for recreation for learning the culture of the society and also supported by the cool air temperature with a beautiful view of Merapi Mount.

Brayut tourism village has a variety of potentials cultural tourism such as society activities that contain elements of local knowledge that can be learned by tourists both from domestic and foreign. Cultural activities that can be done in the Tourism Village Brayut karawitan, batik, Tradistional dance, culinary tours, folk games, or activities of either cultural or environmental conservation. In addition, the architecture of houses in the village of Tourism Brayut very thick with Javanese culture, for example Joglo shape, Limasan form, sinom shape, and the village form.

As the village agriculture bases of course there are agricultural activities that can be learned by the tourists. Activities include learning plowing, planting rice, ndawut (revoke rice seed), rice harvesting (ani-ani), drying rice, to pick oranges in the orange garden organic. This is very useful for travelers who want to know more about traditional farming activities. Still there are also activities that can be learned farming community that is learning plow, bathing the cattle, or to graze.

Same with another tourism villages, access to Brayut can be reached easily using either two-wheeled vehicle or four wheel. This is because road location conditions are relatively good because it is managed by the local community Brayut Tourism Village.

For more tour information, daily start and price you can contact us amongtamuindo@gmail.com