Batavia Heritage Tour Old Jakarta day tour Duration: 08.00 - 15.00

A drive through the bustling city will take us past Merdeka Then we'll visit:
Square, the National Monument and the Presidential Palace
(Museum Closed on Monday & Public holidays)

NATIONAL MUSEUM was built in 1862
Known as Gedung Gajah or Elephant House for its bronze elephant perched in the front yard. The elephant was presented by the King Chulalongkorn of Thailand in 1871. Housing a collection of various ethnic cultural objects, it also has a large collection of archeological artifacts and stone remains from various temples in Central and East Java and other places.

BATIK SHOP (open everyday)
We will visit one of the best quality batik product shops. The batik shop produces the goods themselves in Java (outside Jakarta) and are sold in Jakarta. Batik is the traditional cloth from Indonesia. Batik is made of cotton and silk. Usually used by men and women to go to meetings, go to business, to wedding parties, etc. Most tourists buy batik items as souvenirs to bring home, such as clothes, table cloths, silk pillow cases, cotton luggage, sarongs, material, etc.

JAKARTA HISTORY MUSEUM
Built in the 16 century, this huge building with spacious rooms with an octagonal shaped bell tower is located in the golden day's elite area of Batavia city used to be the town hall of Batavia. Other than serving as the office for Batavia city's administration. Now this building functions as a historic museum where you can view collections of carved wooden furniture, cabinets and book shelves from the Dutch period and stone relicas from the earlier kingdoms.
(Lunch at cafe Batavia at your own expense).

OLD DUTCH DRAWBRIDGE (open everyday)
The bridge was constructed in the 17 century by the Dutch government to connect West Kali Besar and East. The Bridge was made of wood and equipped with leverage to get the lower side of the bridge up whenever a ship or boat needed to pass by.

MARITIME MUSEUM
The museum was the former Dutch East India company warehouses built 1652. The museum focuses on the maritime history of Indonesia and the importance of the sea to the economy of present-day Indonesia. The warehouses were built beside the mouth of the Ciliwung River, the main river of Jakarta.

SUNDA KELAPA HARBOR open everyday
The old port area of Sunda Kelapa remains today a bustling hub for those involved in the vibrant inter island trade. Attractions are the graceful Bugis phinisi schooners, the world's last wind powered sailing fleet used for trade, still berthed at the quay as they have for centuries, receiving and shipping out a wide range of island bounty.
Here visitors can see many the Bugis phinis ships moored with labourers busy loading and unloading goods and also a small boat used for river taxiing.