Get Your Itinerary For 7 Destinations Around Jakarta Only IDR 25K

Breakfast at Hotel, 17:15

Price: Free
Location: Citi M Hotel
Distance: 2km from Gambir Train and Busway Station

Museum of Memorial Stone Park, 08:00

Price: Free
Dintance: 270m from hotel, just 4 minutes walk
Indonesian: Museum Taman Prasasti

The museum was formerly a cemetery, built by the Dutch colonial government in 1795 as a final resting place for noble Dutchmen. Several important person that was buried in the cemetery area are Olivia Mariamne Raffles – the first wife of British governor general Thomas Stamford Raffles – and Indonesian youth activist Soe Hok Gie.

The cemetery area is the oldest of its kind in Jakarta and may have been the oldest modern cemetery in the world by comparison with the Fort Canning Park (1926) in Singapore, Gore Hill cemetery (1868) in Sydney, Père Lachaise Cemetery (1803) in Paris, and Mount Auburn Cemetery (1831) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

National Museum of Indonesia, 08:50

Price: IDR 5.000 / person (about $0.4)
Distance: 1.1km from Museum Taman Prasasti, just 14 minutes walk
Indonesian: Museum Nasional / Museum Gajah (Elephant Museum)

The National Museum of Indonesia (Indonesian: Museum Nasional), is an archeological, historical, ethnological, and geographical museum located in Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, right on the west side of Merdeka Square. Popularly known as Elephant Building (Indonesian: Gedung Gajah) after the elephant statue in its forecourt.

Its broad collections cover all of Indonesia’s territory and almost all of its history. The museum has endeavoured to preserve Indonesia’s heritage for two centuries.[1] This museum practices double pricing (foreign looking people are charged more).

The museum has a collection of 61,600 prehistoric and anthropological artifacts, and 5,000 archeological artifacts from all over Indonesia and Asia. The museum collections is among the richest, the most complete, and the best of its kind in Indonesia and one of the finest in Southeast Asia.

Monas / National Monument, 10:00

Price: IDR 15.000 / person (about $11)
Distance: 50m from Museum Nasional, just 2 minutes walk
Indonesian : Monument Nasional (MONAS)

The National Monument (Indonesian: Monumen Nasional, abbreviated Monas) is a 132 m (433 ft) tower in the centre of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia. It is the national monument of the Republic of Indonesia, built to commemorate the struggle for Indonesian independence.

Construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Soekarno. Monas was opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame covered with gold foil. The monument and the museum are open daily from 07.00 am until 12.00 am Western Indonesia Time (UTC+7) throughout the week except for the last Monday of each month when the monument is closed.

MONAS is also have their own Museum in the Groud
The Indonesian National History Museum has a display of dioramas in the large marble-lined hall below Monas. There are a total of 51 dioramas around the walls and in the centre of the hall. The dioramas begin in the northeastern corner, displaying the scenes from Indonesian history from the beginning during the earliest days of Prehistoric Indonesia, the construction of Borobudur, the Sriwijaya and Majapahit eras, followed with events from the period of European colonization and uprisings against Dutch East Indies Company and Dutch East Indies rule.

The dioramas continue well into the 20th century showing the Japanese occupation, the proclamation of Indonesian independence in 1945, the struggle for independence of Indonesian revolution, and on to events during the New Order era of Soeharto’s regime.

To get to the next destination we recommend using Tourism Bus provided by the city government of Jakarta. This bus no charge, all you trips free if using this busway.

Bank Indonesia Museum

Price: IDR 5.000 / person (about $4)
Distance: 4.6km from National Museum of Indonesia, just 15 minutes with free busway
Indonesian: Museum BI / Museum Bank Indonesia

4.6km from National Museum of Indonesia, just 16 minutes with car Bank Indonesia Museum (Indonesian Museum Bank Indonesia) is a bank museum located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was founded by Bank Indonesia and opened on 21 July 2009. The museum is housed in a heritage building in Jakarta Old Town which had been the first headquarters of the Netherlands Indies gulden (De Javasche bank), the central bank of Dutch East Indies.

The bank was nationalized as Bank Indonesia in 1953, after Indonesia gained its independence. The museum is closed on Mondays (including public holidays) and has no entrance fee. It is located next to Bank Mandiri Museum.

Jakarta Old Town (Dutch: Old Batavia), 14:15

Price: Free
Distance: 50m from Bank Indonesia Museum, just 2 minutes walk
Indonesian: Kota Tua Jakarta

Kota Tua Jakarta (“Jakarta Old Town”), officially known as Kota Tua,[1] is a neighborhood comprising the original downtown area of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is also known as Oud Batavia (Dutch “Old Batavia”), Benedenstad (Dutch “Lower City”, contrasting it with Weltevreden, de Bovenstad (“Upper City”)), or Kota Lama (Indonesian “Old Town”). It spans 1.3 square kilometres within North Jakarta and West Jakarta (Kelurahan Pinangsia, Taman Sari and Kelurahan Roa Malaka, Tambora). The largely Chinese downtown area of Glodok is a part of Kota Tua.

Nowadays, many remaining historical buildings and architecture are steadily deteriorating, but some of the old buildings have been restored to their former glory. However, there is still much hope in restoring the area, especially with aid from various non-profit organizations, private institutions, and the government[8] all stepping up to the plate to rejuvenate Old Jakarta’s legacy.

In 2007, several streets surrounding Fatahillah Square such as Pintu Besar street and Pos Kota street, were closed to vehicles as a first step towards the rejuvenation. Since 2014 the old town has a brighter future with the ambitious JOTR project to restore Old Batavia’s architecture and putting the site on the UNESCO heritage list. As an important city and commerce hub in Asia since the 16th century, Oud Batavia is home to several important historical sites and buildings: