Halfday Excursion Old city Batavia with Lunch and Souvenir

Drive through the China town area known as Glodok. We’ll stroll through the traditional market in alley where you’ll find everything from Chinese style, to fresh vegetables and local fruits market.

visit to the oldest Buddhist temple in Jakarta, Vihara Darma Yakti that was built by the chinese captain Oei Tjhie in 1755 to replace a previously demolished Buddhist temple that dated back to 1650. Predominately red, the temple interior features ancient bells and drums

next stop to visit Dutch colonial landmark in Jakarta Old Town, Built in 1730. was made of wood and equipped with leverage to get the lower side of the bridge up when there was ship or boat passed by to warehouse.

next drive to reach the Sunda Kelapa harbor. This 500-year-old harbor area was a vital link to the markets of the outside world in the 15th century kingdom of Pajajaran. it is a bustling historical site where traditional wooden phinisi schooners are docked and still ply the seas between the islands.

Enjoy for view and coffee break at Batavia cafe, a 200 year old building making it the second oldest building in Jakarta after the Fatahillah Museum. Step into the 19th century of Jakarta during the colonial era as you sit by the window overlooking the city hall.

Afterwards to Fatahillah Square in the Old Town area, former city hall (Stat Huis) during the Dutch settlement. Visit Indonesian shadow puppets show performance is on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Visit Indonesian shadow puppets show is on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. To make these puppets, they use buffalo skin, boil it with spices to preserve it and keep insects away, then stretch it so it becomes paper thin. UNESCO designated wayang kulit, a shadow puppet theatre and the best known of the Indonesian wayang.
Wayang, also known as wajang, traditional form of puppet theatre play originally found in the cultures of Java, Indonesia

visit is the Istiqlal mosque. This is the largest mosque in South East Asia, as it can accommodate a congregation of up to 200,000 people. To show that these two big religions are living in harmony in Indonesia, standing proudly right across is the old Katedral Church

are living in harmony in Indonesia, standing proudly right across is the old Catholic church. Katedral Chruch built in the neo gothic style which was consecrated in 1901.

Next visit the Merdeka Square (Liberty Square) and the Presidential palace (Indonesia white house)

Continue to Monas (National Monument) is a 132 meter high tower symbolizing the fight for Indonesia, and commemorating the struggle for Indonesian independence.

The building was built in 1920 following the design of J.F.L. Blankenberg. It is a two-floored, 1,138 m2 Art-Deco-style building over a 3,914 m2 plot of land. In 1931, the building was bought by insurance company Nillmij. At the time the Pacific War broke out, the building was being as the British General Consulate. During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, the building became the residence of Rear Admiral Tadashi Maeda until the arrival of the Allies in Indonesia in September 1945, when the building was used by the British as the military HQ. The building was rented by the English Embassy from 1961 until 1981 when the building was given to the Indonesian Department of Education and Culture on December 28, 1981. In 1982, the building used by the National Library of Indonesia as an office building.