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Octetz

Places to visit between yogyakarta and Jakarta?

Hey, we are currently in yogyakarta and had planned to go to Jakarta for about four days and then fly to Borneo, but now we don't feel like staying in Jakarta that long. Is there some nice place to visit for a couple of days in between the cities?

We will still fly from Jakarta but will arrive the day before the flight. - Minimising our time in Jakarta.

I know its probably the safest time to visit Jakarta, but I'm having trouble convincing my wife of this.

Posted Jan 16, 2016, 1:31 AM UTC

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3rd_world_guy•

You can visit the Dieng Plateau. It's around halfway north from Yogyakarta to Semarang.

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km0bantul•

I can't recommend this place enough, as it seems that you tired of traffic congestion (Jakarta's most famous feat).

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bayuzuhdi•

Live in Jakarta all my life. Nothing really worth seeing here. Not a place to experience traditional culture, except some shitty museum. Surrounded by malls, shopping center and urban things like that.

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enotonom•

How about Bandung? It's a nice city, visit during weekdays to avoid congestion.

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Salah_Ketik•

There are some toursit destination on neighboring city Solo, approximately 60 Km from Jogja. Check this simple guide.

If you're travelling from Yogya to Jakarta by car, you may want to go Semarang, as well as Bandung and Purwokerto (both are mentioned earlier)

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hn5491•

Cirebon (the most northeastern city of West Java) has lots of nice food! And on the trip you might want to visit this goat satay seller which is always a must for me.

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deepoceanbluemy common sense is tingling!•

bandung. some culture stuff to do like saung udjo angklung performance, some nature stuff like tangkuban perahu volcano, hot springs, can also load up on kits for your borneo trip

and its close enough to jakarta you can still leave on the day of your flight (depending on schedule)

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OctetzOP•

Thanks for all the great suggestions! I think we are going to visit the Dieng plateau!

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squaresolid•

I would recommend Solo, Salatiga and Bandung Solo is one of the best culinary city in Indonesia, they are also a heritage city. Outside the city there's 2 temple near the lawu mountain calles Candi Sukuh and Candi Cetto. Definitely worth checking. Very few tourist go there, the entrance ticket is cheaper than your parking ^^ Salatiga have rawa pening, a swamp/lake in between 5 mountains of central Java. It's still not the main attraction for tourists, prices are still cheap. images Bandung, well you probably know and it's recommended by others as well. There is a city just 1 hour from jakarta, is Bogor. you might want to check that one out too.

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