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Monday, January 26, 2009

Bogor Green Tourism Objects

Kebun Raya Bogor
Botanical Garden was built in 1817 with its area 87 Ha by its initiator Prof. Dr. Reinwadt, a botanical professor from Germany.Botanical Garden's collection consist of tropical flora more than 20.000 varieties and 6.000 species. Located on Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 13

Situ Gede
The site of Situ Gede is a nature and countryside area. The lake is widely spread out with its forestry background and water's transport facility to surround the lake. Located at Situ Gede village west Bogor near tropical forestry research.

Rancamaya Golf and Resort
In the sports tourism object is not only beauty, but also definitely of course the air fresh and healthy. Inhale fresh oxygen from the natural Rancamaya Golf and if you want to just relax or rest for the weary, also available a few Villa as well as the restaurant that presented various delicious dishes that were suitable for cool air.
(photo: ina.go.id)

Getting Around Bogor City

Bogor has many interesting tourism objects. Visiting Bogor City will give us many deep impressions. such as visiting old memorable city, because here we find many ancient objects like Stone Inscription and old buildings from Dutch colonial era. Also you can find shopping centre, several museums and the natural tourism object like Bogor Botanical Garden.
Bogor Palace was built in 1745 with its area 28 hectares by the General Governor of Indische named, Baron Gustav Willem Van Imof. In its garden places a hundred of free deers which are put Bogor Palace looks natural. Located on Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 1 Bogor.
Batu Tulis
This inscribed stone was made during the period of the Surawisesa government (in 1521 s/d 1535) the son of Prabu Siliwangi the King Pajajaran. In the complex Batu Tulis 54 were gotten 15 stones terasit that consisted of 6 stones in the dome, 2 in terrace and 6 in the park.
Mesjid Raya Bogor
It was built in 1970, completed in 1979 with the architecture FX. Silaban, supplement by a building of a Center for Islam Development and Investigation of Bogor completed with a facility of public library.
Mesjid Empang
Empang Mosque (An Nur Tauhid Mosque) was built in 1815, has a function as plce for an observation of religious duties. This Mosque has a structure of the Middle - Eastern style.
Gereja Katedral
The cathedral Church was built in 1750 with a Roman Catholic style, functions as a place for a abservance of religious duties of Catholic religion. This chuech has a Ruropean style.
Klenteng Hok Tek Bio
Hok Tek Bio Temple was built in 1672 and fuctions as a place for an observance of religious duties for the adherents of Konghucu (Confucius) religion. This temple was the first Temple in Bogor and has a structure of a specific Chinese style.
The City Hall (Balaikota Bogor)
It was built in 1950 under the name Societeit, the architecture of the Colonial Dutch. The MunicipalityBuilding has experiendced renovation and consolidation of Sundanese and European style architecture. At present this building functioned as City Goverment Office of Bogor.
Bakorwil building was built in the century of approximately XIX with a function as a Residence of the Netherlands East Indies. This building has an architecture of the Colonial Dutch. (photo: kotabogor.go.id)

Bogor Museum Tour

Museum Etnobotani
Built in 1982 by Prof. Dr. BJ. Habibie. There are aorund 2.000 ethnobotany artifact and dioramas of plant utilization in serving basic necessity. Located on Jl. Ir. H. Juanda no. 24 Bogor

Museum Zoologi
Built in 1894 which named Zoologicum Bogoriensis museum. This museum has a thousand mamalias, ants, reptiles, birds, fhises, and molluca's collection. Located on Jl. Ir. Juanda no. 09 Bogor

Museum Tanah
Built in 29 september 1988. This museum has a function to keep so many variety of Indonesia soils served in macromonolite. Located on Jl. Ir. H. Juanda no.98 Bogor.

Museum PETA
Established during 1996 by the Foundation of the Struggle Tanah Air, and inaugurated by H. M. Soeharto (President of the Republic of Indonesia). This museum contained 14 dioramas as the forms of realisation in the process of the movement of the nationality happened on October 3 1943 took place at the troops's Military Base of KNIL/Netherland, Pabaton Bogor, now well known as Jend. Sudirman street. This was the nationality troops by the leaders of the movement of the Motherland nationality, Indonesia was at that time prepared to become the nationality troops from the Indonesia Merdeka. In this Bogor City the first time being held by the formation of cadets who afterwards gave birth to officers the Troops of Motherland, the National Indonesia Army. (source: kotabogor.go.id)

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Week end in Puncak Area

Puncak is a popular holiday area for the residence of Jakarta, the capital city, and its satellite cities. It has fresh air and mountain scenery. The area is about two hours drive from Jakarta.

Puncak area covered the area surrounding the peak of Mt.Gede-Pangrango, located in the Bogor-Cianjur-Sukabumi regencies, in the province of West Java, Indonesia. Around the Puncak area was gotten several interesting tourism object like Cibodas, the flower garden, the tea garden.

In Puncak you will easy to find any tourism facility and available many hotels, resort, villa's and other accommodation, so as to be very pleasant to spend the night several days.

Here also was gotten several tourist attractions like gliding, rode a horse in the tea garden, climbed the mountain or provoked the fish.(photo: my-indonesia.info)

Welcome to West Java

West Java has a diverse tourism attractions both natural and cultural history. Tourism is spread in different regions and cities in the province of West Java.

Natural tourism objects such as Puncak area, Salabintana, Lembang, Tangkuban Perahu, Mt Papandayan, Kebun Raya Bogor, Juanda Forest Park in Bandung, Mount Gede National Park and Pangrango, Ujung Kulon National Park, Pelabuhan Ratu beach in Sukabumi and Pangandaran beach in Ciamis.

Cultural tourism, among others, Temple Cangkuang in Leles, Garut, Baduy village and Sisingaan Tasikmalaya, history and tourism as Kasepuan palace Cirebon, Banten Lama in Serang, Naga village, historical era stone (Megalitikum) in Cipar-Kuningan, and observation Boscha in Bandung.

The number of hotels and lodging in 1997 is 1,262 hotel rooms with a capacity of 37,094 units. Beside all tourism object and attraction mention above, there are still many other tourism objects in West Java.