North Bandung area is enriched the natural beauty of Indonesia as it is emerging any kinds of attractions such as Tangkubanperahu crater, Juanda Park, and Cihideung Flower Garden in Parongpong. Cihideung garden beautifully placed in a tranquil village in Parongpong district, West Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia. It was a kind of crops site but now it has developed into a legendary flower site that must be visit.

This village is deserved to get the title of ‘Flora Destination’ where you can enjoy any kinds of flowers in this village. Here you can grab any variants of flower plants and ornamental ones. Most of the local people are working as flower farmers who are mostly providing ornamental flowers. Here you can walk around the flower garden area to refresh your mind or you can buy some flowers to beautify your garden. Besides flowers plants, there are any kinds of fruit seeds such as mango, orange, papaya, sapodilla and others.

It is being a great time for who loved gardening activities. Flower village Cihideung is about 20 km from Bandung city as it can accessed by public transportation or private vehicles. If you are passing Cihanjuang Street, you can witness rejuvenating plantations along your way to Cihideung. It is officially opened by the Chairman of People’s Representative Council Harmoko in 1997 as it stretching on 50 hectares area.

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Jogjakarta is keeping large tourism potential to develop as it is dominated by limestone hills. The charm of special tours are appearing on Siung Beach while you can explore Seropan Cave, Kalisuci or touring Nglanggeran Mountain. New form of cave exploration is pointed to the majestic cave in this area as it called cave tubing. Cave tubing is usually applied for caves which have underground river then the explorer using raft or inner tube to come in. Pindul Cave is one of the ideal caves to perform cave tubing.

Pindul Cave is streaming by underground river in Bejiharjo. Addressed on Karangmojo, Kidul Mountain, Jogjakarta, Pindul cave is housing beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. Here you would also feel the thick atmosphere of the legend of Joko Singlulung. There is no special preparation to do cave tubing in Pindul Cave. You only needed tube, life vest and head lamp while these equipments are provided by the cave coordinator. The river stream is very calm so this activity is safe for your kids. The best time to do cave tubing in Pindul Cave is in the morning at 09.00 or 10.00. The water is not too cold and bright weather is bringing sun shine from its cave’ roof.

The cave tubing is within 45-60 minutes while tourists invited to explore underground river in the dark of 300-meter earth belly by inner tube. This kind of journey is featuring body rafting activity and caving to make ‘cave tubing’ term. Along the way of exploring Pindul Cave, you will find beautiful ornament like crystal, moon milk and any kinds of beautiful stalactite and stalagmite. In the middle of the cave you will find a big pond where you can take a rest. Here you can swim within the beauty of natural ornament in this cave. Assisting by the flap of the bat wings, you had suddenly log out from the cave. Built on Holland colonial era, Banyumoto dam is welcoming your trip with the background of lime stone hills.

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Only 8 kilometers long, we can comfortably walk or ride a pushbike to hang around. However the most popular transportation mode is motorbike. Other than small trucks mostly used by hotels and restaurants to transport their logistic, there are no cars in Nusa Lembongan. The theme for tourism here is obviously tropical beaches that includes various related activities like surfing, snorkeling, and scuba diving.

Unless if you hire a private chopper, the only way to reach Nusa Lembongan is by the sea. In general there are two options available. Public wooden boats departing from Sanur beach to the neighboring island of Nusa Penida take about 90 minutes. Be careful as these boats do not comply to any safety standards and in certain times are cruising over-capacity. The saver, quicker, and more comfortable way is to use fast boats that take only 30 minutes direct to Nusa Lembongan.

There are some other options actually, joining day-trip package provided by various excursion operators or book yourself at a hotel that provide  private transfers. Of course, privately hiring a boat is always an alternative as well.

Nusa Lembongan and its sister islands Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Penida has a number of excellent spots for surfing, scuba diving, and snorkeling in addition to relaxing on the beach and swimming. There are a number of cafes and restaurants. Whist their price is in general slightly higher than Bali, it is still quite affordable especially if you intentionally choose to be cost conscious. Unlike Gili Islands in Lombok, most accommodation facilities in Nusa Lembongan are rather up-market.

For quite a small island, available choices are quite varied, from affordable huts to private villas. Whilst Lembongan villas are not as luxurious as their counterparts in Bali, they are still a comfortable private holiday accommodation that offer certain degree of luxury – including private swimming pool – and privacy.

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Jogjakarta is a classical style of Java that displaying kinds of natural richness including Parangtritis Beach. Parangtritis is a traditional village in Kretek sub district, Bantul, Jogjakarta, Indonesia. This village is facing the beauty of Indian Ocean beach. It is less than 25 kilometers on the southern side of Jogjakarta. Parangtritis is one of famous destination in this province besides other coastal destination such as Samas, Baron, Kukup, Krakal and Glagah. It is even renowned as the best spot to enjoy sunset or a lot of fun activities by riding the ATV.

Performing unique scenery, Parangtritis Beach offers big wave and hilly surroundings. This destination managed by regional government of Bantul in which you can find any kinds of inns for longer stay. Here you also can visit traditional market which sold local souvenir. Beside its beach, you can take a relaxing bathe on parang wedang. Parang wedang hot spring contains sulphur that is good for skin disease and your healthy. The hot water of Parang Wedang also flowing to the Parangtritis Beach for washing after visitors is playing sand there. The hot water also flowing to the kids’ pond for you who bring your kids, they will spend a lot of fun there. After splashing all the day, you can rent a cart horse for family trip or riding a horse to explore this picturesque coast.

Going to Parangtritis Beach, you can use public transportation in Jogjakarta or bring your private vehicles. Though you are not allowed to swim there, there are a lot of activities you can enjoy in this beach through exploring the beach by ATV. Some hundreds meter from the coastal of Parangtritis Beach you can visit Gembirawati Shrine where the ruin of historical site slowly had been forgotten.

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Ngaben Tikus ceremony is heading by huge attack of mouse in local fields. It is enriched agrarian tradition in this island where it is famous of its rich culture. Holding by Balinese people, this ceremony sourced from dynamic value of Hindu religion blending with rituals, art, and other cultural elements. Ngaben Tikus ceremony is also called Marataka Mrana Tikur which is still happening in Cemagi village, Mengwi, Badung and Bedha village, Tabanan Regency, Bali. Tikus means mouse in English language and Ngaben is cremation process. 

Besides repelling mouse attack, it also aiming to return the mouse soul to their afterlife world within a hope, their next reincarnation will not birthed them as pests again. This ceremony is including to one of Nangluk Mrana ceremony as it is using to repel any kinds of plantation destroyer. Plantation destroyers are bugs, animals and any kinds of cosmic disturbance that need to kick out.

Mouse Ngaben ceremony is also finding in lontar “Perembon Indik Ngaben Tikus” which explained if mouse is being terrible pests in fields. The flock of caught mouse should get Ngaben ceremony like human corpse. This ceremony should hold in the edge of the beach by burning the dead mouse. The first step of Mouse Ngaben is died mouse put on a bade then this bade will bring by the villagers to the village graveyard. In the graveyard hundreds died mouse will move to the buffalo-shaped bade then burnt. After the burial ceremony finished, it will continue with nganyut ceremony that throwing the corpse ashes to the sea under the guidance of a Hindu priest.

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Bali indeed offering wide choices of beach to take challenging water sport such as surfing but you also can find same challenge in Batu Karas Beach. Batu Karas beach is one of natural attraction in Cijulang Village, Tasikmalaya, West Java. This beach is only about ten minutes from other interesting destination like Green Canyon or locally called Cukang Taneuh. If you are coming from Jakarta, you can reach this beach in 5-7 hours driving.

White clouds, blue sky and surf breaks are welcoming each visitor while you also can visit Batu Hiu Beach nearby. Batu Karas Beach is not large as it shaped rocky basins. It offers extraordinary beach view when the sky is colored clear blue especially at sunset. Some people even told if Batu Karas Beach is one of best surfing spot in Indonesia. Another attraction of this beach is any kinds of water sports scattered on its edge such as banana boat.

Any water sport operators are filling its edge to rent snorkeling equipments. Soon Batu Karas Beach is getting famous so if you want to enjoy calm atmosphere there, just pick another days than holiday season. Wanna stay longer? Some lodges are available like JavaCove Beach Hotel and Bonsai Bungalow as they are following with other classy accommodation choices. Bordering Karas coastal, some local stalls are providing reasonable priced seafood with good taste.

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Stretching around its 350 square kilometers area, this beautiful island is giving wonderful natural attraction for whom looking for fantastic coastal line or ideal honeymoon sites. Stunning on the Sumbawa Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, this island is a paradise for nature lovers who love to explore underwater world. About three kilometers from the north coastal line of Sumbawa, Moyo island offers virgin coastal line on its rocky surface as it is coloring with pasture for any kinds of wild animals. Surrounded by beautiful reefs, it is homing peaceful habitat for boars, lizards, bats, deer, birds and turtles.

Main attraction of Moyo Island lies underwater in which you will find a fringe of beautiful reefs fitted for snorkeling. Swimming with white sharks or stingrays will be come true when you can meet a school of tropical fishes on Moyo waters. In land section, two thirds of this island is using for natural conservation as it is being home for some species of wild animals. Archeological attraction can find in traditional village of Batu Tering where you can trace megalithic remnants. Meet the village headman and he will accompany you to visit around Airnung Village where you can find the rest of past governance of local people and any kinds of ancient reliefs.

For honeymooners, Moyo Island also can be a perfect choice to spend romantic holiday on its quiet atmosphere. It is also serving wide facilities to enjoy with. There are any cottages to enjoy various facilities. You can rent a boat from Sumbawa Besar or you can go to by yourself to the harbor of Muara Kali and bargain the boat price. For quicker trip, you can use fast boat but it costs more than usual boat. Here you also can enjoy peaceful atmosphere on local boat to experience different trip. The best time to visit Moyo Island is in summer season from June until August. Just bring your diving equipments due to there is no diving rental in this island but you should not dive in Tanjung Pasir due to its strong current.

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President Palace Cipanas beautifully including to one of President Indonesia inventory. This state palace lies between the track of Jakarta Road and Bandung. It is about 103 kilometer from Jakarta or 20 kilometer from Cianjur City. Cipanas Palace located in Cipanas Village, Paced District, Cianjur Regency. It enjoys the beauty of Gede Mountain, West Java in the height of 1,100 above ocean level. The palace building built in 26 hectares area as it functioned for resting site of state guests.

Its yard divides into two areas. Maximizing the large greenery space, government put palace yard area and palace forest area as a natural enchantment. The forest area is homing 1,334 different specimens. The palace itself divides into a main building, six pavilions, a special-purposed building and two buildings. The other buildings functioned as the container of hot spring source and a mosque.

Main Hall officially called Main Building of President Palace Cipanas on 982 sqm area. This building is the largest one rather than others in this complex. Main building established as the resting site of the President, Vice President and families. Appearing its function, there are living area, bedroom, office, dressing area and dining area. It closed by back terrace, its living area specially shaped into a stage house with wooden floor. Main building is displaying the painting of Soejono D.S. that made in 1958 under the title of Jalan Menuju Kaliurang (A street to go to Kaliurang). Built in gradual process, the six pavilions named Yudistira, Bima, Arjuna, Nakula, Sadewa and Abimanyu. In the other side there are two separated buildings named Tumaritis I and Tumaritis II. They located far away from the other buildings.

Bentol Building located in the back of Main Building. This unique building is very tiny but also highest one due to it perched on the hill. The building built by two architects Indonesia named R.M. Soedarsono and F. Silaban. Behind the Main Building, there were some buildings but the most important one functioned by the natural hot spring. The lavish natural hot water contained by two buildings. The smaller one built for President and Vice President also families while the bigger one provides for the state groups which accompanied the President or Vice President. The amenities inside related with bathing necessities. There is a mosque named Baiturrahim as it accompanied by offices area. In the left side of Main Building, there is a Garden House where is seedlings growth and the design of flower garden and forest garden made.

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This president palace lies in Yogyakarta with simple design but long history. Yogyakarta Palace or Gedung Agung lies in the central of Jogjakarta crowd in the southern side of Ahmad Yani Street where it was called Malioboro Stret, in the heart of the capital city of Yogyakarta. This palace lies in Ngupasan Subdistrict, Gondomanan District, Yogyakarta. Stunning on 120 meters above sea deep level, this palace built on 43,585 sqm area.

In the past this building is official residence of 18th resident (a kind of regent) in Jogjakarta. The resident is a Dutchman named Anthonie Hendriks Smissaert, the founder of this Gedung Agung. This building built on May 1824 in Holland colonial era with a first will of building influential palace for Holland residents. The architect named A.Payen under the authority of General Governor of East Indies in that time. The design based on Europe architecture fitted with tropical climate in this area.

Diponegoro War delayed the development of this residence while twice earthquake in a same day broke this Holland residence. However this building restarted and finished in 1869. This building now is being Main Building of President Palace Complex Yogyakarta or State Building. After finished, this building was being the residence of Holland Governor in Yogyakarta until Japan colonial era. In this age this palace was being official residence of Japan conquerors in Jogjakarta such as Koochi Zimmukyoku Tyookan.

The history of Gedung Agung is so important when Indonesia government in Jakarta is going to Yogyakarta. This Gudeg city is officially being new capital city of Indonesia on 1946. The residence turned into president palace where Soekarno President stayed with his family. This building brought important journey of this country when it shifted its function to establish General Soedirman as Great General TNI in 1947. The establishment of Warlord Indonesia and young five Republic Cabinets also took place in this palace.

Second Military Aggression exiled president, vice president, and other officials to Brastagi and Bangka. They had newly back to Jogjakarta on July, 1949 when the palace again functioned as official residence of President but on December 1949 President was going to Jakarta and the palace is not serving President anymore. Yogyakarta Palace consists of six major building, they are Gedung Agung as main building, Wisma Negara (State Hall), Wisma Indraphrasta, Wisma Sawojajar, Wisma Bumiretawu and Wisma Saptapratala. This main building finished in 1869 when its shape has not gained any change until now. Main room of the palace called Garuda Room. Here you can welcome state guests on a formal greeting. It is added by complex Seni Sono as much as 5,600 sqm in the northern side of this palace. At first Seni Sono belongs to Information Ministry then it was being the part of this President Palace. In front main building there is an andesite stone monument as high as 3,5 meters. It called Dagoba that comes from Cupuwulatu Village nearby Prambanan Shrine.

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Kaliurang destination beautifully lies in the northern skirt of Jogjakarta. This tranquil area is blessing by cool weather of Hargobinangun Village, Pakem, Sleman, Yogyakarta. It should be a perfect site if you are looking for romantic escape ala Holland in the past in the valley of Merapi Mountain. In the past this site has found by Holland geologists who looking for a resting site for their families then they found Kaliurang in the height of 900 meter above sea level. Its natural beauty and its coolness invited them to build bungalows there.

If you are walking to the west side of Plawangan Hill about 1,100 meters, you will find soil way flanked by trees and lush of green hills going to a line of 22 Japan colonial caves. It is also being the uniqueness of Kaliurang attraction. Besides these caves, Kaliurang also has some historical buildings. They are Wisma Kaliurang and Pesanggrahan Dalem Ngeksigondo owned by Jogja Keraton. Pesanggrahan Dalem has been used as the site of Three Countries Commission or Museum Ullen Sentalu which half of its building drowned underground. This museum reveals precious ancient culture and historical values of Java especially ones related with the princess of Jogjakarta Keraton (Palace) and ancient Surakarta in 19th century.

It is only 28 kilometer from the central Jogja city as it is promising a kind of tempting cultural area for your families. For whole family recreation, parents can choose to play with their children in Recreation Park of Kaliurang on its 10,000 square meters area. Your children can gladly play on its swings, slides or swimming on its mini swimming pool. Further this park decorated by funny genie statue and any kinds of animal statues. Children can play mini car or exploring dragon cave. Another recreation park is available about 300 meters to the northeast side. It named Recreation Park of Plawangan Turgo. This recreation park has Tlogo Putri swimming pool whose water comes from a natural spring in the hill of Plawangan.

Further you can find camping ground facilities, hut tours even you can hold important seminar and meetings in this tranquil site. If you want to explore the beauty of Kaliurang, you can use rabbit train which had known as ‘sepoer.’ This public vehicle usually available in front of recreation park as it accompanied a line of tempting food kiosks. It explored Kaliurang destination from the eastern side to the west through a shelter. If you are riding this on nice weather, you can watch Merapi mountain. Kaliurang is also welcoming its guests by its bungalows, villas or lodges within various tariffs. Before you are going home, just ensure you has tasted fresh local fruits, tempe and tahu bacem. In the end of 2010 this destination has shocked by eruption of Merapi Mountain. Now you can see the remainder of Merapi eruption around Tlogo Putri. Local people and government tried hard to reforest this area while tourism activity slowly returned into normal condition. Further Tourism Division Sleman also holds art show to emerge the beauty of local art such as campur sari. The residue of wedhus gembel and hot larva can find in Kaliadem area, Cangkringan, Sleman or the stream of Kali Kuning. Volcano attraction also can find in Volcanologiya Museum about 2 km from Tlogo Putri. You will acknowledged by the history of Merapi eruption, stones resulted by Merapi Eruption and local myth about Merapi.

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