Welcome to Jakarta, is the capital city of the Republic of Indonesia. Jakarta is a huge, sprawling metropolis, home to over 10 million people with diverse ethnic group backgrounds from all over Indonesia.

Upon arrival at the Jakarta airport, your driver/guide will be waiting in the arrivals area, holding a sign with your name on it.

Jakarta is by far the biggest city in Indonesia and can be a little overwhelming for some, but if you look passed the heavy traffic and skyscrapers, Jakarta has a lot of charm. Sunda Kelapa, the former harbor of Batavia where traditional wooden schooners dock, is definitely worth a visit – together with café Batavia. Jalan Sabang is great in the evening to get a first taste of local street food.

Overnight at

Standard service: Mercure Batavia, Superior
Deluxe service: The Hermitage Jakarta, Deluxe
Meals: None

During today’s city exploration we highlight the fascinating historical old town of Batavia. You first visit the lively old harbour of Sunda Kelapa, with its brightly painted sailing ships, where you can admire the handmade Makassar schooners. Around the fish market there's also a maze of interesting shops to wander around. Continue on to Taman Fatahilla, the historical center of old Batavia, which is also home to the renovated Jakarta History Museum, Wayang Museum and Fine Art and Ceramics Museum. If time allows, you can visit some of these museums, or head on to enjoy lunch in Café Batavia.

Overnight at

Standard service: Mercure Batavia, Superior
Deluxe service: The Hermitage Jakarta, Deluxe
Meals: B

Airport – Kumai – Tanjung Harapan Camp – Proboscis Tour – House Boat

Transfer to airport Jakarta for your flight to Pangkalan Bun

Flight by Batik Air 06.00 – 07.15 (see separate price)

Upon your arrival in Pangkalan Bun Airport, meeting service with our staff and guide then direct transfer to Kumai. It will take about 20 minutes. Upon your arrival in Kumai direct transfer to the houseboat, Lunch will provide on board. Afterward boating down Kumai River approximately 15 minutes to reach Seikonyer River, the main river in Tanjung Puting National Park. Cruise up the seikonyer river you will see nice vegetation around the river bank, Nipa Palm, Pandanus, and some kind of trees that growing up around the river. See some wildlife such as birds, Macaque, Proboscis Monkey and Orangutan, if the time still permitted you will visit Orangutan feeding in Tanjung Harapan at 15.00 PM. Then At 16.00 return back to the boat and continue boating up to observe and learning more about Proboscis monkeys along the river banks. Proboscis monkeys are being endemic animal that can be seen only in Borneo. Dinner and Overnight in the Deluxe or Super Deluxe Houseboat.

Overnight on

Standard service: Super Deluxe House Boat
Deluxe service: Wow Borneo, Sekonyer
Meals: B L D

Pondok Tanggui – Camp Leakey – Houseboat

After breakfast, boating up to reach Pondok Tanggui, the second rehabilitation center for the orangutan. Visit the Orangutan feeding 09.00 AM, enjoy your time while take some pictures. Then at 10.00 AM return back to the houseboat and continue boating up to Camp Leakey. Camp Leakey is the highlight of National Park. You will be passing by the black river which is full of wildlife within such as many kind of birds, primates, fish, also crocodiles. Lunch will be served by our own cook with special various food. On arrival in Camp Leakey, you will visit IC (Information Center) to see all work of DR. Birute Galdikas while she studies the orangutan here start from 1971 until today. Enjoy your time until 14.00, trekking up into the forest to see orangutan feeding, enjoy the time till 16.00 back to the boat and boating down direct to the Nipa Palm area to see thousand fireflies. Dinner and overnight in the houseboat.

Overnight on

Standard service: Super Deluxe House Boat
Deluxe service: Wow Borneo, Sekonyer
Meals: B L D

After breakfast on board then boating down direct to Kumai then direct transfer to Pangkalan Bun airport for your next destination, Magelang Yogyakarta via Semarang Airport.

Flight by Wings Air 10.10 – 11.35 (see separate price)

Upon arrival at the Semarang airport, your driver/guide will be waiting in the arrivals area, holding a sign with your name on it.

Magelang is a cool pleasant medium-sized city about 40 km north of Yogya, surrounded by several mountains – Merapi and Merbabu in the east, and Sumbing and Sindoro in the west. Magelang serves as a launching point for visits to the sacred 9th century Borobudur Buddhist temple and was an important military base during Indonesia's independence struggle against the Dutch. Pangeran Diponegoro, the region's famed resistance leader and prince of the Mataram Dynasty, is memorialized in a museum and a statue that stands in the town square.

Overnight at

Standard service: Amata Borobudur, Deluxe Room
Deluxe service: Pelataran Borobudur, Garden Plunge Pool Villa
Meals: B

60 minutes Traditional Massage at Amata Borobudur

Step into the serenity of Traditional massage at Hotel, Release all tension while enjoying signature treatments, ranging from relaxing massages and body treatments that utilise the benefits of natural ingredients. Rest of the day leisure at hotel.

60 minutes Traditional Massage at Plataran Borobudur
A therapy influenced by “Keraton”, the Javanese Royal Court, practiced by the elderly masseuse, known as “MbokPijat”. In Sanskrit Nadi means “channel”, where therapist are instruments of indulgence. The massage technique incorporates deep palm and thumb pressure to ease muscles and joint pains, and improve blood circulation. A slow cranial massage will further induce a blissful state.

Overnight at

Standard service: Amata Borobudur, Deluxe Room
Deluxe service: Pelataran Borobudur, Garden Plunge Pool Villa
Meals: B

Situated approximately 3 km west of Borobudur Temple, Puntuk Setumbu is a modest hill offering a captivating experience. At the break of dawn, from the hill's summit, one can behold a mystical panorama encompassing the majestic temple, the picturesque Kedu valley, and the distant peaks of mountains. Borobudur stands majestically on a hilltop overlooking lush-green fields and distant mountains.oday you will heading to Borobudur Temple.

After enjoying the sunrise, you will back to your hotel for breakfast and continue your journey.

Continue your itinerary unfolds with a visit to the awe-inspiring Borobudur, a monumental masterpiece celebrated as the world's largest Buddhist structure and an unparalleled marvel in the southern hemisphere. Perched gracefully upon a hill, Borobudur enchants with its commanding presence, offering sweeping vistas of lush green fields and distant mountain horizons. Outdating renowned landmarks such as Angkor Wat by three centuries and Notre Dame by two, Borobudur's historical significance is nothing short of monumental. Discovered in 1815 and meticulously excavated and restored, this sacred site boasts intricate stone relief panels that provide a mesmerizing gateway into the realms of Buddhist philosophy and the daily lives of ancient Javanese civilizations from over a millennium ago.

Overnight at

Standard service: Amata Borobudur, Deluxe Room
Deluxe service: Pelataran Borobudur, Garden Plunge Pool Villa
Meals: B

Candirejo is a typical Javanese village, not far from the Borobudur, where the residents are supported by a local NGO that started a sustainable tourism project, aimed at introducing typical Javanese village life to visitors. You will explore this peaceful village and the surrounding countryside by bike – riding along small rural lanes to fields, where people are working on the land. You stop along the way to interact with locals and so that your guide can explain the different activities – such as harvesting and drying chili (seasonal), or making cassava crackers and handicrafts from bamboo. Next you will visit a local house, where the community will give a performance of traditional gamelan music, played with traditional Javanese percussion instruments. Afterwards, you will have the opportunity to join in and try and master some of these instruments. During the tour you will also enjoy a delicious Javanese meal at a community-funded pavilion house, known locally as a pendopo rumah.

Overnight at

Standard service: Duta Garden Boutique Villa, Deluxe
Deluxe service: The Phoenix Yogyakarta, Deluxe Legacy
Meals: B L

Free at leisure

Overnight at

Standard service: Duta Garden Boutique Villa, Deluxe
Deluxe service: The Phoenix Yogyakarta, Deluxe Legacy
Meals: B

Exploring Yogyakarta by becak (pedicab) is a unique way to soak up the lively atmosphere of this amazingly diverse city. Start with a visit to the walled Kraton palace complex in the city's old quater that was once the palace of Yogyakarta’s sultans. You will also visit Taman Sari water palace, a former leisure haven for the sultans. Then you head to a wayang kulit (shadow puppets) and batic factory, to see how these arts and crafts are made.

Last but not least, embark on a captivating journey to Prambanan Temple, a mesmerizing Hindu marvel located just an hour's drive from downtown Yogyakarta, Indonesia. As the nation's largest Hindu temple, Prambanan is a breathtaking testament to ancient craftsmanship and spiritual devotion, adorned with intricate reliefs narrating the epic tale of Ramayana and dedicated to the divine trinity of Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma. Its three towering main temple structures, including one that reaches an astonishing height of 47 meters, stand in harmony with over 220 smaller Pewara temples, some lovingly restored, each holding unique historical significance.

Overnight at

Standard service: Duta Garden Boutique Villa, Deluxe
Deluxe service: The Phoenix Yogyakarta, Deluxe Legacy
Meals: B

On this fascinating heritage walk, explore Kotagede, a part of Yogyakarta that is rarely visited by outsiders. Known for its silver workshops, it is a maze of alleyways and narrow streets where you can get a real feel of traditional Javanese daily life. During the walk you will explore the unique architecture of this close-knit community and see how people live. No visit to Kotagede would be complete without a visit to the local market and mosque, with its unique royal graveyard and bathing complex. You will meet people in the community and take part in a batik workshop. Batik is a centuries-old Javanese craft that produces beautiful colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed. Each region has its own unique patterns linked to its cultural heritage. Learn the basic skills during this workshop and create your own batik to take home with you! You will then be served a delicious lunch.

Overnight at

Standard service: Duta Garden Boutique Villa, Deluxe
Deluxe service: The Phoenix Yogyakarta, Deluxe Legacy
Meals: B L

We will take a train from Yogyakarta - Mojokerto. This is a great way to see a lot of the countryside and to get in touch with the local people.

Upon arrival at the Mojokerto Station, your driver/guide will be waiting in the arrivals area, holding a sign with your name on it then non-stop transfer to Bromo Region.

Mount Bromo is an active volcano that is part of the 800 km2 Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. At 2,392m, it may be small in comparison to other Indonesian volcanoes, however, the dramatic views and spectacular landscape of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park is something not to be passed up.

Overnight at

Standard service: Lava View Bromo, Bungalow
Deluxe service: Plataran Bromo, Deluxe
Meals: B

After a very early morning wake-up call, you begin your journey by jeep to sacred Mount Bromo, an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java. After a short, steep drive, you stop off at Penanjakan viewpoint to witness a glorious sunrise. Only when the first rays of dawn begin to appear, do you realize the splendor of the scene that greets you – a spectacular panorama featuring the highest mountain tops of Java. From here you drive into the huge Bromo caldera and then cross a wide, open terrain to get to the centre of the caldera. Here you climb a staircase to reach the top of active Bromo volcano! After your adventure, you will be transferred back to your hotel for a well-deserved breakfast.

Overnight at

Standard service: Lava View Bromo, Bungalow
Deluxe service: Plataran Bromo, Deluxe
Meals: B

It's time to say goodbye to Bromo! After a final breakfast, your driver will pick you up at your hotel and take you back to Surabaya Airport where you can catch a flight home or on to your next destination.

Meals: B