Java Travel Forum

10 Days I'm going to spend on Java.
Can you all please help me pointing out some places of interest on your pages.

We are looking for culture , nature , ....experiencing local live...
How is public transport over here?
Is the railway expensive and is it comfortable?

Are there nature reserves that are not to be missed?

Any information is usefull.

(@rie I'm coming back to JAkarta. lol)

i visited yogyakarta in central java. borobudur & prambanan temples are close to there & in the city itself is a bird market & the sultan`s palace. quite an interesting stop for 2-3 days.
i took the train to yogya from bandung (executive class) & it was quite comfortable with alot of leg room. food is served as well. i got free breakfast & lunch on the train. wow!

Thanks. And how to calculate travelling time? Is it fast or rather slow?

there are stops along the way, of course, but executive class is the fastest (and w/ A/C). it took about 9 hrs from bandung to yogya. bandung is 4 hrs east of jakarta by car.

Definitely Yogyakarta as the above poster mentioned. Also Mt Bromo is nice. In eastern Java near Probiliggo. Took a train from Yogya to Jakarta about 7-8 hours i think. Overnight clean and cheap. Buses are good too but drivers can be a bit on the crazy side. A lot of nature reserves on Sumatra for orangutangs. Some good volcanos throughout Indonesia.

hi..

uhm..i suggest u visit jogjakarta, u'll found anything about javanesse culture, u can stay there around sastrowidjayan street near malioboro, dont forget visit palaces, kaliurang parangtritis beach and angkringan (such as coffe shop), than u can go to surabaya its around 7 hours by train from jogja, ticket around 35 000...in surabaya u can go to ...submarine museum..and than u can go to bromo mountain... take around 5 hours by bus from surabaya....enjoy the mountain.. or pasir putih beach ...many beach there..need more than 10 day to visit...use public transport in economic cllas...suffer but u'll found bout indonesian culture there

so long

teddy!!

Hi Frank,
If you interest in animals perhaps you want to visit animals conservations in Ujung Kulon (West of Java island). You can see some animals from some species, the famous in there is 1 Horn Rhinoceros. Which the population is smaller now.The place also quiet beatiful & not far from there you can visit Tanjung Lesung beach.

Have a nice vacation,
Rini

I agree to Yogya, Borobudur, Prambanan and Bromo and if You are heading or coming from east Java, Kawah Ijen, a sulfur-crater-lake where sulfur is extracted (and carried downhill with "backpacks" by workers in thongs) is a very impressive thing to see. We went there with a tour, but I think it is accessible via Probolingo. Best time to go up is around sunrise.