West
Java is the most humide region in Java island, the cities are
located on the beautyful highlands such us Bandung and Bogor,
the followed informations describe about the most tourist destinations
in West Java with the most legendary volcano Krakatau, use it
to help you visit easier Krakatau, Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung,
Pangandaran.
Jakarta
Perhaps the best place to start is around the National Monument
“Monas” which dominates the city skyline. There
is viewing patform at the top from which much of the city can
be seen . Around Monas are several of Jakarta’s most important
bulidings including the Presidential Palace, and the National
Museum. To the north of the city center is what what remains
of Old Batavia , centred on Taman Fatahillah square. Around
here you can find the Jakarta history Museum and varety of the
old style buildings which still give some impression of what
colonoal Batavia was like. Further to the north is harbour area,
from wich the picturesque Buginese “Pinisi” sailing
ships still set out to trade across the indonesian archipelago.
Krakatau
The name comes from an old Sanskrit word, karkata, meaning “crab”.
It’s lies in the middle of the Sunda strait, right on
the unstable “elbow” where the range volcanic mountain
forming Sumatra turns abruptly eastward to form Java.In the
afternoon on August 26th,1883,Krakatau exploded with a series
of roars heard from Rangoon, Burma to Pert, Australia. A pillar
of ash and pumice towered 26 km into the sky. Rock and dust
rained over the surrounding region, forming a blanked cloud
which turned day into night for 150 km in every direction.
Ujung
Kulon Park
The name means ‘ western tip” is barely part of
Java is a subtle paradise of endless jungle trails and bright
coral coves that tease the imagination with the promise adventure
and wildlife . Ujung Kulon is the best known for its most exclusive
inhabitant, the Javanese Rhinoceros
Bogor
Botanic Gardens
Giant FlowerOne of the world’s great botanical treasure
troves. The Kebon Raya was officially established by the Dutch
in 1817 under the directorship of C.G.C Reinwardt, and he and
subsequent generation of botanists performed the Herculean feat
of assembling over 15,000 species of tropical plants from around
the world. Within the carefully laid-out 87 hectares are over
400 palm species, 5000 trees and orchid house with 3000 varieties.Near
the entrance of gardens is a zoological museum with an immense
collections (300,000 specimens) of land and sea creatures from
throughout Indonesia. The museum also boats a fine library,
the skeleton of a blue whale, and the last Rhino (stuffed) found
on the Bandung Plateau.
Bandung
Lying 187 km southeast of Jakarta in the midst of the lovely
Priangan highlands, Bandung enjoys a surprisingly mild climate,
with temperatures averaging a pleasant 225 C. Party as a result,
most residents reckon that this must be the most live able spot
on the island, event if rain falls on an average of 144 days
in the year (mostly between November and April).
The city situated on a high plateau at an altitude of 768 meters
, surrounded on all sides by brooding volcanoes and lofty mountain
ridges. Tangkuban Perahu Saung Ujo, music school Bandung “The
Paris of Java” is a cool and rather rainy city up in the
Parahyangan hills, as well as being the provincial capital.
It was here, too, that the non aligned movement was born, at
the first Asia-Africa Conference in 1955. Bandung enjoyed something
of a heyday in the 1930s, where it was the preffered spot for
plantation onwers to spend their wealth. From this period date
many of the charming “art-deco” building and pavement
caf’s which give Bandung so much of its atmosphere.
Within a short drive of Bandung are some wonderful but little
known attraction such as Lembang hill resort up in the mountains,
and the volcano at Tangkuban Prau, which-uniquely in Java- can
be ascendded by car, thus making it accesible to all regardless
of fitness.
Kampung
Naga
Is one of the most beautiful and most traditional villages in
West Java. The 400-odd residents of Kampung Naga maintain one
of the few villages built according to old Sundanese custom.
Each of the 102 houses, as well as the mosque, are built on
stilts along east-west axis, using wood, bamboo and thatch.
Terrace walls and walk-ways are fashioned from river rock, and
the houses are laid out in the neat rows, as in the traditional
village found in some remote outer island areas of Indonesia
Pangandaran
Java’s foremost beach resort- is a plug of jungle-covere
volcanic rock just off the South coast of West Java, and is
liked to mainland by narow isthmus featuring back to back beaches.
The main part of Peninsula is a nature reserve with pleintiful
trails for trekking, while between bungalows, restaurant, and
souvenirs shop. Visit during the week and aviod public holiday
to be sure of peace and quiet. The boat ride between Kalipucang
( just the coast) to Cilacap in Central Java is one of the most
exciting journey to be experienced in the whole of Java.
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