Indonesian Holidays, With Some Ideas and Guides to Traveling Around Indonesia

There's A LOT more to Indonesia holidays than beautiful beaches, water sports colorful markets and cheap - but there does not have to be. If Indonesia holiday-makers look past these tropical Treats they'll find a lush jungle wilderness in Sumatra, the gateway to a rich ancient culture at Borobudur, and communities with traditional Thriving Lifestyles. And that's all without having to leave the main island, Java.

Each of Indonesia's

17.000 Smaller Treasures island has its own beyond the surf and sand, Indonesia and most holidays allow for some time 'off shore', staying on perennial favorite Bali, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Lombok, or one of the Gilis or other small resort islands.

Most international flights land in Jakarta, Indonesia so most holidays begin on Java, an island of smoking Volcanoes still rising out of fertile jungles and and ancient culture.

Or course the coastline has many beach resorts Likely looking if that's what your Indonesia holiday is about, but Java's highlights are more for culture than beach BUMS Vultures.

If you're on a tight schedule, hop a plane straight to Yogyakarta, the which has temples Peeking out from the between its more modern Dutch architecture Forts and older Muslims. This is the best place to stay Pls visiting the beautifully Preserved, ancient Buddhist temple of Borobudur, Prambanan and nearby, a huge Hindu complex. These two religious monuments Deserve at least a day of your Indonesia holiday each, Prambanan, in its prime, was almost a city of Smaller temples and religious buildings, and though many of Them Remain only as ruins there's still a lot to see. The Telaga Warna Colour Lake and Crater Sikidang are a drive out of town Towards Dieng Plateau if you'd be interested in seeing another Hindu temple complex, and one of the best surf spots in Indonesia, G-Land is also reached by jungle tracks out of Yogyakarta.

If you have more time for your Indonesia holiday, travel overland from Jakarta to Yogyakarta viaBandung for the Bogor Botanical Gardens, Tea Plantations, the Lembang Fruit market and the Tangkuban Perahu Volcano and Ciater Hotspring . Further inland from Yogyakarta leads heading into the heavy moist teak forests and rice paddies, and eventually to Mount Penanjakan, the which is said to have one of the most beautiful sunrise displays in the world. If you make it up for the sunrise Should you continue on, over an unusually placed sand sea, to Bromo Volcano. From Surabaya Airport there is a Few hours drive and from there you can catch a flight to Denpasar, Bali.

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Indonesia's Wildlife

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If your holiday is about seeing the jungles and meeting some of the unique wildlife, and not just the colorful marine life, then Camp Leakey, a rehabilitation facility for orphaned orangutans, built into the Tanjung Putting National Park, or the Komodo Dragon Island may be worth factoring into your Indonesia holiday itinerary.

Indonesia's Traditional Cultures

If stories of the old cultures and Lifestyles still Thriving in Indonesia's highlands have beguiled you in National Geographic, then visit the long houses around Lake Toba, or Spend some time in one of the communities in the Baliem Valley - also a prime hiking destination, the Mentawai Islands or the Jayawijaya Mountains, Indonesia During your holiday. Some of these communities you can visit for a day by walking in to Their villages, but some you can arrange to stay in: a pretty unique experience Pls compared with the city lifestyle of Jakata's population.

All these highlights

cam be blended with hours or days on the beach for the perfect, Individualised Indonesian holiday cocktail - one of Those exotic, colorful ones you drink out of a whole piece of fruit like They serve in the beach bars here .

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