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Jakarta Heritage of Old Batavia Private City Tour (Historical) 1
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Jakarta Heritage of Old Batavia Private City Tour (Historical)

By TRIPEDIA
9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$172 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

Highly recommendation of this tour with the expert guide and friendly, this experience will tell you in history and the culture of its “Heritage”.
The highlight: The Old City of Jakarta is known as Old Batavia, European sailors and traders in the 16th Century dubbed this place with the beauty city similar to Amsterdam. This area dominated by European and Chinese building styles.
You will learn the history with this heritage trip and guide brings you to explore in stepping history, look at the city with our local experience:
• Museum Fatahillah
• Old town and puppet studio
• Old harbour
• Istiqlal Mosque and Cathedral
• Chinatown
• Photostop Monument and pass by president palace.
The best experiences with:
• Tuk Tuk
• Museum Fatahillah and Walking tour and visit the historical sites and its archaeologist with history line.

Duration, Lunch, and Extra experience of tour could be selected based on the option price. This is the complete programme for selection.

Activity location

  • Jakarta History Museum (Fatahillah Museum)
    • Jln. Fatahillah Taman 1, Old Batavia
    • 11110, Jakarta, Indonesia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Jakarta History Museum (Fatahillah Museum)
    • Jln. Fatahillah Taman 1, Old Batavia
    • 11110, Jakarta, Indonesia

Check availability

Heritage (no lunch)

  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$189.71 x 1 AdultAU$189.71
Total
Price is AU$189.71

From Airport/Outside no Lunch

  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English

Pick up and Drop off Service : Price included pick up and drop off from Airport and the hotel area: FM7, Sheraton etc.
Outside Jakarta: BSD, Cibubur etc.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$212.71 x 1 AdultAU$212.71
Total
Price is AU$212.71

Heritage (Lunch)

  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English

Old Town Jakarta: The Highlight of Heritage in exploring the Old town completed by visiting the sites and sightseeing.
Old and modern site
4W
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$211.27 x 1 AdultAU$211.27
Total
Price is AU$211.27

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private Air Conditioned Vehicle with Licensed Driver and Guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Walking Heritage with Expert Guide and Tuk Tuk Experience
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Pick up and drop off Service
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Donation of Religion site
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Ticket to Museum national
  • What's includedWhat's included
    At local experience best food taste. we also recommend you to cafe Batavia with personal expenses without lunch package
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Tipping is optional

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The price selection based on the experience setting
  • If you are archaeologist and historical person, it sets for you
  • Istiqlal Mosque closed every Friday
  • The tour programme is very flexible for whom travel change within area
  • Duration of tour is flexible based on the programme option and traffic
  • This experience accepting sightseeing tour with low price without lunch option or other programme provided
  • Exploring historical and Museum National
  • See Other short programme for sightseeing tour Jakarta
  • See Other programme with monument national lift up
  • See Other programme with miniature park
  • See Other programme with Batiks class
  • Every museum Monday closed
  • Puppet studio closed at 4 pm, might be happen with travellers booked late afternoon
  • recommended to all

Activity itinerary

Jakarta History Museum (Fatahillah Museum)

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
After leaving the hotel or place you stay within 30 minute - 1 hour, visiting the Old town and museum. This building was formerly the Batavia City Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis van Batavia) which was built in 1707-1710 on the orders of Governor General Joan van Hoorn. There are some collections as well as Museum National with Prehistory and kingdoms of Hindu-Buddhist statues, metal and clay artefacts, pottery, replicas of ancient inscriptions (Tugu, Ciaruteun), and ancient regional maps. Dutch colonial period of antique furniture (chairs, cupboards), household items, maps, documents, ceramics, ancient coins, and weapons. Chinese culture of Ceramics, statues, and ornaments. Betawi culture of crafts (cloth bags), pedicabs. Also Special collections Prince diponegoro's room related to his struggles. Statue of hermes of Greek mythological god symbolising the protection. Numismatics and philately as a collection of coins, paper, and related objects from various eras.

Istiqlal Mosque

  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
The tour can be start from Old town or direct to a central as first site. The mosque as the biggest of SEA and modern design. We can take picture outside and entering the Mosque with other traveller in Joined tour by representative and explore the mosque, while entering the mosque we provides your clothes then take off our shoes due to of regulation. Istiqlal also called Independence mosque which is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia and the 9th largest mosque in the world in terms of worshiper capacity. after finished proceed to across the street on one hands off most experience then visit the old church.

Jakarta Cathedral

  • 10m
After we arrived at Church then we just take some photos outside and visit. Cathedral almost opposite the mosque as a symbol of peace and religious tolerance. Cathedral is one of the old church standing before the mosque, so the area has in a storey since Dutch era. This is neo-gothic church was consecrated in 1901 having been rebuilt at same location. The Jakarta cathedral is located near Merdeka square, presidential palace and in front of istiqlal mosque. we visiting in one step then continue for sightseeing and photostop at monument.

National Monument (MONAS)

  • 20m
After cathedral proceed to china town, we pass by the president palace then we stop for photo of monument. The national monument is a 132m as the obelisk in the centre Merdeka square, symbolising the fight for Indonesia and built to commemorate the struggle Indonesia's independence and as the landmark of capital of indonesia, so this is the best spot to photo while you are in Jakarta without spend time in line with lift up. After stop and go then we can spend time for food or go ahead to chinatown in 15 minutes

Jakarta

  • 45m
Lunch will be provide local food or you will decided to guide of extra expenses in batavia cafe as recommended restaurant

Glodok Chinatown

  • 20m
Visiting the chinatown from the old era, has been built the old pagoda 1650. Jakarta chinatown is one of the busiest and most fascinating. It is the largest Chinatown in the country, visiting the big market and its temple. Chinese temple is dedicated by Tao, Confusion and Buddhist, a lot of history to dive back such area and its building. Don't missed it with this tour full with heritage site. The guide bring exploring and trying to take a Tuk Tuk to the Old town. We will taking it or not but that is your choice to be experience then have to discuss because of the driver waiting us or just parking directly to the Oldtown.

Jakarta Old Town

  • 10m
After arriving by Tuk Tuk or our car at the Old town Batavia, guide explains about Batavia then people call "Kota Tua" and it's a reminder of the centuries of Indonesia history dominated by Europeans. Then there are a lot of buildings are dominated by Europeans and chinese style building. Built in the 17th century as the town hall inside as a square for Dutch VOC colonial era. Then proceed to see the Puppet or wayang studio.

Fatahillah Square

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
This is the special for you to explore, you will have the historical site storey by exploring All area in Old town with our special expert guide. The experience by walking to visit ruin building and the archaeologist. Explore the the first building of Jayakarta and castle, bastion, house of spices and others.

Makutharama Puppet Studio

  • 30m
Still in the area of Old town, in the colonial era some of the buildings built for kantor/official, church, and bank, now it used for museum, studio and cafe. One of building used for puppet studio is one of nice attraction to see how to make puppet and playing in 9 minutes shows if you still have time. if you are interested to have good souvenirs.

Sunda Kelapa Harbour

  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
Arriving the Old harbour is not so far from old town and passing by Kota Intan Bridge. This harbour is the first step historical begin, the traders and sailors first come to city and melting and colonise. This is a biggest and old harbour in 15 century dominated by Asian ethnic before european. then this harbour is still active for logistic trading transport with the old boat Phinisi. Then this is the last programme in 15 minutes back to hotel 45 minutes - 1 hour

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Jakarta History Museum (Fatahillah Museum)
    • Jln. Fatahillah Taman 1, Old Batavia
    • 11110, Jakarta, Indonesia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Jakarta History Museum (Fatahillah Museum)
    • Jln. Fatahillah Taman 1, Old Batavia
    • 11110, Jakarta, Indonesia

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