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West Java is
the most humide region in Java island, the cities are located
on the beautyful highlands such us Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung. The
followed informations describes about the most important tourist
destinations in West Java with the 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
 One
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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