Jakarta Trip Overview
Join this private half day tour with your friends or family members to explore the history and real of local people of Jakarta. History of Jakarta Old City coming from Dutch East Indies Era, about 16th Century. Jakarta Old City Tour programs has many interesting places to visit around West & North Jakarta. Old building cover almost all area near by “Kota Tua” and Fatahillah Square that was build in early 17th century. such as Jakarta Historical Museum, Puppet Museum, Sunda Kelapa Harbor and also Kota Intan Drawbridge.
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Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Jakarta, Indonesia
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
Join this private half day tour with your friends or family members to explore the history and real of local people of Jakarta. History of Jakarta Old City coming from Dutch East Indies Era, about 16th Century. Jakarta Old City Tour programs has many interesting places to visit around West & North Jakarta. Old building cover almost all area near by “Kota Tua” and Fatahillah Square that was build in early 17th century. such as Jakarta Historical Museum, Puppet Museum, Sunda Kelapa Harbor and also Kota Intan Drawbridge.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: MAM Holidays Indonesia, Jakarta 14420 Indonesia
Our tour guide will pick you up around 9am from your hotel lobby centrally located Jakarta.
Stop At: Glodok Chinatown Market, Jl. Gajah Mada, RT.2/RW.1, Glodok, Kec. Taman Sari, Kota Jakarta Barat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 11120, Indonesia
We will start our day tour by visiting Glodok China Town . Called “Glodok” is the oldest China town in Jakarta. Open markets, small shop with typical old Chinese Architecture, tiny alleys and charming cracked make this area a photographer’s paradise. Visit Petak Sembilan Chinese temple dedicated to the Buddhist goddess of mercy, Kuan Yin. Built around 1650.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Wayang Museum, Jl. Pintu Besar Utara 27, Jakarta 11110 Indonesia
Then pay a visit to Puppet Museum. An old Dutch colonial house which contain great collections of Javanese leather “Wayang” puppets. Wooden “Golek” puppets and mask of Indonesia and some other part of the world. The former old Dutch Governor General graveyard also was here.
Then move for enjoying Puppet Show. A very short time show for the Puppet performance and you will be exhausted entertaint by the “Dalang” or the Puppet player, the show performance in English, here after the show finished you also could know how to make a puppet.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Jakarta History Museum (Fatahillah Museum), Jln. Fatahillah Taman 1 Old Batavia, Jakarta 11110 Indonesia
Continue on to Jakarta Historical Museum. Originally built by Dutch in 1707 as Jakarta City Hall or “stad huis”. Furnished with antique furnishing, porcelain, old map and portraits, under water jail and other items used by former Dutch Governor General.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kota Intan Bridge, Jln. Kali Besar Timur, Jakarta 11110 Indonesia
Then move on to Kota Intan Drawbridge. At the north end of Kali Besar lays a small 17th century Dutch drawbridge, the last in the city, called the Kota Intan Drawbridge.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sunda Kelapa Harbour, Jakarta 12430 Indonesia
Finally, you will visit to Sunda Kelapa Harbor. A kilometre north of Taman Fatahillah, the old port of Sunda Kelapa is full of magnificent Makassar schooners (pinisi). The dock scene here has barely changed for centuries, and porters unload cargo from these sailing ships by hand and trolley. Sadly, the port itself is rundown and its waters grotesquely polluted these days.
Duration: 30 minutes
