Suroloyo Peak - The Beauty of Buddha Sleep Hills

Suroloyo peak is the highest of peak in Menoreh hills. For local people, Menoreh hills stretching from central Java to Yogyakarta is often referred to as the Buddha sleep hills. The located of Suroloyo peak at Keceme village, Samigaluh, Kulon Progo regency, Yogyakarta. This peak has a height about 1.019 meters above sea level. To reach this peak, visitors have to pass through damaged and winding road, from the foot to the top  visitors have also pass to 286 steps.

When visitors have reached peak, tired during the trip will be lost. Welcome speech of butterflies, birds and dragonflies will welcome visitors got to the peak. The beauty of scenery outspread in front of the eyes. From a distance looked the top of Sumbing, Sindoro, Merapi and Merbabu mount. Suroloyo peak is meeting point between that mounts and purportedly, this place become a hermitage place of Sulta Agung. In between the trees, visitors can also looked Borobudur temple which looks very small. The cloud movement around peak and fresh air make visitors chuckle in awe.

Suroloyo peak has three pavilion. There are Suroloyo hermitage, Sariloyo hermitage and Kaendran hermitage. All the hermitage is located in an area adjacent. The visitors who visit to Suroloyo peak charge of entrance ticket about Rp 2.000. The best time to visit is before sunrise, so visitors can see the rise of sun behind the mountain.

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Pindul Cave, Wading Adventure Underground River

Sensation tracing dark river in the cave with beautiful stalagmites and stalactites and has story about a journey of Joko Singlulung looking for his father.

Pindul cave has a length about 350 meters, width about 5 meters and this cave has also three zone such as bright zone, dim zone and dark zone. For visitors who want do cave tubing in Pindul cave is nothing special preparations. Cave tubing is caving activities using tires. Necessary equipment is tires, live vest and head lamp, it all ready prepared by superintendent. While along the river which has cold water, visitors will told a story by a guide about naming origins of Pindul cave which is related to a journey of Joko Sunglulung looking for his father.

The beauty of Pindul cave is located in the wall of the cave are filled with ornaments and there are also a lights coming from between the walls of cave. Usually, visitors call the light is a heaven light. Moreover, in the Pindul cave are a lot of bats and the voice adds to beauty of the cave.

Pindul cave is located in Gelaran I village, Bejiharjo, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta.The entrance tickets for visit Pindul cave is about Rp 35.000 The price includes 2 persons guide, cave tubing equipment and insurance. Pindul cave is open from 07.00 until 17.00

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Dome House, A Teletubbies House Yogyakarta

Every house in each region has its own uniqueness. But, this is probably the most unique house in the world. This house called Dome house. 

History

Dome houses is a housing complex for resident in Nglepen villages. This resident can not be separated from events of earthquake in Yogyakarta at 2006, resulting in severe damage and collapse in the houses of citizens. As social care, a community agencies and Domes for The world Foundation contributed to the population to build houses. Then, this house called Dome house and inaugurated by the Minister of Life Settlements.

Features

Unique building form characteristic Dome house. Shaped like a dome or half egg remind of Teletubbies house (Teletubbies is a cartoon character). Because of this, the local people around Dome house call Teletubbies house. The others uniqueness of Dome house is the structure of house resistant to earthquake, resistant to wind speeds of 450 kilometers per hours and age of house until several centuries. Otherwise it, the house can maintain the room temperature remains cool is about 27 Celsius degrees for the first floors and 33  Celsius degrees for the second floors.

In addition to seeing the unique form building of Dome house, visitors can also visit to several tourist attractions around Dome house such as Belik Wunut, Belik Cangkok, landslides and the Dome house view from high place.

Location 

The complex of Dome house including 80 units Dome house such as 71 residential house, 6 communal bathrooms and 3 public facilities (mosque, polyclinics and auditorium) is located Nglepen village, Sumberharjo, Sleman regency, Yogyakarta. 

Ticket Price

A ticket for the complex of Dome house is available at Rp 1.500. If visitors want to give more information about Dome house, visitors can enroll visitor's self to tour package that will cost Rp 6.000 per person. In the tour, visitors will be accompanied by a guide, can also involve to various activities such as watching the making of emping garut, tracking some resort near the complex and village tour.

Taman Pelangi Monjali, See A Rainbow at Night

For see the raibows, do not need to wait of the rain because the rainbow can be seen every day at night in Taman Pelangi. 

Taman Pelangi is located in Monjali's area exactly at Lingkar Utara street, Ngaglik, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta. Monjali or abbreviation of Monument Jogja Kembali (The Yogyakarta's Back Monument) is  a monument as a sign return of Yogyakarta from colonial power. The monument which has a high of 31, 8 meters with shape of a cone and consist of 3 floors.

Taman Pelangi is a garden in the Monjali's courtyard, is decorated be lanterns which have colorful lights like a rainbows.  Entering the park, visitors will g through a route that is filled with lanterns of different colors and shapes such as flora, fauna, Japanese and Disney cartoon characters even the faces of the leaders of the Republic of Indonesia. While enjoying the night full of colors like a rainbows, visitors can also try to ride boat, speed boat, rickshaw and etc. To unwind, there is also a food courts. 

Night tours are fun, right ?

Taman Pelangi is opened every day, with the provisions of

Day	Open	Entrance Tickets
Monday - Thursday	17.00-22.00	Rp 10.000
Friday - Sunday	17.00-23.00	Rp 15.000

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De Mata Trick Eye Museum, An Eye Scams

Want to feel cross at an old wooden bridge and underneath there are stream of hot lava, then want to feel the love receiving flowers mark of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, the Yogyakarta governor, all can be found in De Mata Trick Eye Museum.

A new tourist attractions in Yogyakarta, De Mata Trick Eye Museum is located in the basement area of XT Square exactly Veteran street, Pandeyan, Umbulhardjo, Yogyakarta. This museum referred to as the biggest of museum in the world because its has 120 three dimensional images. De Mata Trick Eye Museum is  new, unique and spectacular because it present a diverse picture themes such as nature, sport, animals, super hero, ornaments. The most of these images made by Petrus Kusuma and ISI students Yogyakarta.

The facilities of De Mata Trick Eye Museum is AC, radio mall, toilet, souvenir shop, cafe and parking area. The visitors who want to visit this museum have to pay an entrance tickets about Rp 50.000 per person. This museum opened from 10.00 until 22.00



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Sri Gethuk Waterfall, Breaking The Silence in Dry Land

Yogyakarta is not only famous for its temple and Malioboro market. Yogyakarta has also a famous waterfall namely Sri Gethuk Waterfall. This waterfall located in Bleberan village, Playen, Gunung Kidul Regency, Yogyakarta. The distance between Sri Gethuk Waterfall and Yogyakarta city is 45 kilometers. To reach this waterfall, visitors will pass through eucalyptus forest and teak forest before arrived to Sri Gethuk Waterfall's parking area. From parking area, there are two options for the road toward the waterfall. The first choice is footpath with beauty scenery of rice field and the second choice is against of the flow of the river by raft.

Never suspected, Sri Gethuk Waterfall is located in Gunung Kidul regency. As it is known, Gunung Kidul is a dry land but it has a beautiful waterfall. The clamor of water broke the silence and the rocks under waterfall form a stairs add the beautiful waterfall which has a height of 25 meters. The visitors can swimming under waterfall and jumping from the rocks.

The Visitors who want visit Sri Gethuk Waterfall must pay addmision fee of Rp 30.000. This ticket includes addmision fee to Rancang Kencono cave. Sri Gethuk Waterfall is opened from 07.00 until 17.00

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Bukit Bintang, Beautiful Views From The Top of Yogyakarta City

Bukit Bintang is a famous tourist place with very romantic at night. This place called Bukit Bintang (Star Hill ) because visitors can see the beauty of night from hill and see the twinkling lights of Yogyakarta city. This twinkling lights sourced from homes resident are viewed from the top of hill like star. 

The hills are located at a height of 150 meters from above of Yogyakarta city has cold air. Then, Bukit Bintang is the best choice to hangouts for adolescents and relieve fatigue after work during the day. The most visitors come to this place is a couple who want enjoy the beauty of Yogyakarta from top of hills and the beauty of hill with cold air or just talking and dinner in the restaurant around this area. 

Want to visit there ?

Bukit Bintang is located at Pathuk's hills, Gunung Kidul exactly at Yogyakarta-Wonosari street, approximately of 15 kilometers from Yogyakarta city. This place opened from 17.00 until 05.00 with entrance tickets is free.

Merapi Volcano Museum - Volcano Tourism and Educates

Indonesia has many active volcanoes, then Indonesia located in disaster-prone areas. One of tragedy that occurred in Indonesia is eruption of Merapi Mount in 1969, 1994 and 2006. To commemorate this tragedy, the government of Indonesia built a museum, this museum called Merapi Volcano Museum. 

Merapi Volcano Museum is located in the southern slope of Merapi Mount exactly in Boyong street, Hargobinangun, Sleman regency, Yogyakarta. The museum has a slogan of 'Merapi Jendela Bumi' (Merapi is the window of earth) is about 22 kilometers from Adisutjipto International Airport.

Merapi Volcano Museum has a land area of 3,4 acres and a building area of 4.470 square meters consisting of 2 floors. The first floor contains museum collection placed in several rooms with different themes. The themes is volcano world, on the merapi volcano trail, humans and volcano, earthquake and tsunami, landslide, diorama and others themes. The second floor functions as a theater showing movies about volcano. 

The contructions of museum reflecting characteristic of Yogyakarta city, such as the main entrance is representating of temple, the tpo of building like a Tugu Yogyakarta, overall building like a Merapi mount and the concept of built like a Keraton Yogyakarta. In the museum, visitors can know to chronology of Merapi mount's eruptions, photo documentation, visual aids about volcano phenomenon are completly displayed with billingual explanation, Indonesia and English language and Merapi mount zone. So, Merapi Volcano Museum has function as a center of information, research, education and volcano tourism for visitors add insight to the volcano. If the weather is nice, visitors can see the elegant peak of Merapi mount and shady trees scenery behind the musem.

The visitors who visit Merapi Volcano Musem must pay a entrance fee about Rp 3000. In addition, the parking charge is Rp 1.500 for motorcycle, Rp 2.000 for car and Rp 10.000 for bus. This museum opened from Tuesday until Sunday (Monday is closed) from 09.00-15.30.

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Miniature of Merapi Mount

Mockup Merapi mount

Vulcanic Bomp

Museum

A Tradition and Industries of Ngasem's Batik Village

Batik is a icon of Yogyakarta and a traditional works that are still occupied of Yogyakarta people. One of the village is Ngasem village. Ngasem village is a one of batik sell center of Yogyakarta and located in the west of Yogyakarta Palace, Keraton sub-district. The distance between this village and Adisuciptjo International Airport is 14 kilometers.

What are the features of Ngasem's Batik Village ?

Ngasem village is called batik village because all activities of this village is batik and batik has become the livelihood of the local people. In the Ngasem's batik village, visitors can see directly the process of making batik, from the pattern creation to the coloring process. This batik center offers various design and type of batik,  including hand-painted batiks from Yogyakarta and Solo, batik pesisir, stamp-blocked batik, Yogyakarta-style duster batik, Yogyakarta Palace unique batik and others batik. This village also offers fabrics for making clothes, bed sheets, pillowcases and others accessories in batik. Not only the process of making batik, Ngasem's batik village also sells their works in the souvenirs shop around this village. 

For the visitors who visit Ngasem's batik village will not admission charge, but there is a charge for parking area. The facilities of this village is parking areas, mosque and traditional food's restaurant.