One Day Borobudur Tour
BOROBUDUR TEMPLE
Borobudur Temple
Borobudur Temple was built during the golden age of Syailendra Dynasty, sometime in the beginning of the 8th century.The word Borobudur is believed to mean monastery on a hill. It is derived from the words baram and buduhur. Bara is from Sangskrit word Vihara meaning a complex of temples monasteries or dormitories, Beduhur is a old Javanese word meaning above. Borobudur Temple was built on a small hill in the Kedu Basin, a rich, fertile valley surrounded by the spectacular volcanoes. To the East lies Merapi and Merbabu and to the North lies Sumbing and Sindoro. The usual jagged Menoreh Hills encircle the temple to South and West. The temple is also located near the meeting place of two rivers, the Elo and the Progo, these rivers are believed to be symbolic of Gangga and Yamuna, two rivers feeding the Indus valley in India. We get a sense of the grandness of the landscape when we rise to final terrace of the monument which opens up into 360 degrees view of the magnificent valley.
SULTAN PALACE
- Yogyakarta Sultan Palace
Yogyakarta’s Sultan’s Palace or Kraton, with its grand and elegant Javanese architecture, lay in the center of the city. It was founded by Pangeran Mangkubumi I. He choose the right for the site of the building, right between Winongo River and Code River a swamp area that dried up then. The Sultan’s Palace stretches from the north to south. the front yard of the Sultan Palace is called Allun-Allun Utara (North Square) and the back yard called Allun-Allun Selatan (South Square). The design of this historical building demonstrates that the Palace, the obelisk (the Tugu, the column) and the mount Merapi positioned in one line. It is believed that the axis is blessed. In the-old times Sri Sultan is used to concentrated his mind long this axis before leading meeting, making decision or giving order to his people.
PRAMBANAN TEMPLE
- Prambanan Temple
The Hindu temple Prambanan this magnificent Shiva temple derives it name from the village where it is located. Locally known as the Loro Jonggrang Temple, or the temple of the “Slender Virgin”, it is the biggest and most beautiful Hindu temple in Indonesia. Seventeen kilometers east of Yogyakarta, it is believed to have been built by King Balitung Maha Sambu in the middle of the ninth century. Its parapets are a domed with a bas-relief depicting the famous Ramayana Story. The first open air theater on the southern side of the temples was built in 1960 and the new on the western side of the temple in 1988. During full moon evenings in the month from May to October, the Ramayana ballet is performed right here. The complex of Prambanan lies among green fields and villages. It has eight shrines, of which the tree main ones are dedicated to Shiva, Visnu and Brahma. The main temple of Shiva rises to a height of 130 feet and houses the magnificent statue of Shiva’s consort, Durga.
BOROBUDUR ONE DAY TOUR
The Borobudur one day tour allow you visit the main tourist destinations in Yogyakarta /Jogja such as: the most famous Buddhist temple in the world Borobudur Temple, the Sultan palace on center of the Yogyakarta city , and the huge temple Hindu in Java Prambanan in one day with overnight at a hotel in Yogyakarta/Jogja.
Tour Itinerary
With this followed tour arrangements, You can enjoy the beauty of the Borobudur Temple, Yogyakarta/Jogja with visit Sultan palace, Prambanan Temple Tour in one day, learn this followed tour arrangement:
06.30 Pick up at the hotel
07.00 Check in at Airport
08.10 Arrive at Yogyakarta /Jogja Airport
08.30 Meeting with our tour guide
08.30-08.50 Drive to Prambanan temple
08.50-09.50 Visit Prambanan Temple
09.50.10.10 Drive to Sultan Palace
10.10-11.10 Visit Sultan Palace
11.10-11.45 Visit Water Castle (Taman Sari)
11.45-12.45 Visit Batik home industry and Silverwork at Kota Gede
12.45-13.00 Drive to restaurant
13.00-14.00 Enjoy Lunch at Local restaurant
14.00-15.00 Drive to Borobudur
15.00-16.30 Visit Borobudur
16.30-17.30 Visit Pawon and Mendut Temples
17.30-18.30 Drive to Yogyakarta/Jogja Airport
18.30 Arrive at Yogyakarta/Jogja Airport
20.00 Fly to Bali
22:10 Arrive in Bali
22:30 Pick up at Bali Airport and drop to hotel
23:00 Arrive at hotel
