DAY 01: ARRIVAL IN JAKARTA
Welcome to Jakarta, metropolitan city and capital of Indonesia. Arriving at the “heart” of the Indonesian Republic, you will have to pass immigration, collect your bags and meet the staff of the FM7 Hotel itself in charge of taking you to the Hotel. This Hotel is located just 15 minutes from the airport, avoiding entering the noisy city. The FM7 is a charming hotel where you will rest after the international flight. Arrival at the Hotel and check in process. Confirm with your hotel again the time when they should transfer you back to the airport the next day. Good evening and rest.
DAY 02: JAKARTA – YOGYAKARTA – BOROBUDUR TEMPLE
Today we will head to Yogyakarta. At the indicated time, the same hotel will take you to the airport to take your flight to Yogyakarta. We will arrive at Magelang, where one of the most important Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia is located. The Candi Borobudur (Temple of Borobudur), the great stupa, is the largest Buddhist monument in the world and one of the seven wonders. We will tour the temple, observing the hundreds and centuries-old Buddha statues and how dozens of Buddhists from all over the world come to preach.
Historically, it was made during the relatively brief Sailendra dynasty of Central Java between 778 and 856 BC and is under constant restoration due to the ruptures caused by the tremors of the neighboring Merapi volcano during its history. After visiting the Borobudur Temple and after about an hour and a half, we will arrive in Yogyakarta, a tourist destination for its ancient palaces, temples, batik workshops, gamelan orchestras, court dances, and wayang puppet shows. Your guide will take you to your hotel. Check in, and the rest of the day is for you.
DAY 03: YOGYAKARTA TOUR – PRAMBANAN TEMPLE
This excursion will make us lose ourselves in the true magic of Yogyakarta. You will start your day with breakfast at the hotel and then head towards the heart of the city. We will visit the Keraton, known as the Sultan’s Palace. The palace is a complex building, two centuries old, located in the heart of the city. The “freedom” song of the birds will be heard in the bird market, and we will visit the “Water Castle,” which occupies the highest part of the vast complex of Taman Sari, Malioboro Street, Yogyakarta’s main street, with its merchants, horse-drawn carts, bicycle taxis, and markets. An incredible experience that will make the hours fly by.
Finishing the tour in the centre of the city of Yogyakarta, we will go northeast towards Candi Prambanan, the Hindu temple that has been classified as a World Heritage Site by Unesco since 1991. This temple was completed around the year 856 to commemorate the victory of the Sanjaya descendant of Siva, Rikai Pikatan, over the last ruler of Central Java, Sailendra. Take your time to enjoy each carving on the rocks and feel the spirituality emanating from each of the stones placed in this set of more than 200 Hindu temples that are dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God as the Creator, the Preserver, and the Destroyer. After this day that you will never forget, we will take you to your hotel.
DAY 04: YOGYAKARTA – BALI – UBUD
After breakfast, check-out procedures from the hotel and the rest of the day is free until the agreed time to go to the Yogyakarta airport to take the regular flight, direct to the island of Bali. Upon arrival at the island of the gods, Bali, our representative will be waiting for you to take you to the planned hotel in Ubud. Arrival at the hotel to rest.
DAY 05: UBUD – BEDUGUL – TANAH LOT
Today you will begin to trace your footprints in this “home” of the gods, we will visit the places on the fantastic route of come2indonesia.
The first site will be the Taman Ayun Temple (it was founded in the 17th century), located in the Mengwi Village that until 1891 was the seat of a powerful man who dates back to the Gelgel Dynasty, which is surrounding by a moat that looks like a landscaped sanctuary, which explains the term taman, or garden. The temple is a penyawangan or place to worship other sacred sites.
From Taman Ayun, the compass heads towards Jatiluwih, where without a doubt we will admire and enjoy a beautiful view of rice terraces that cover the entire landscape. The name of Jatiluwih is made up of two words, Jati which means truly and Luwih which means beautiful, good, special, beautiful.
After Jatiluwih, we will go to Bedugul where we will visit the Ulun Danu Bratan Temple, the famous temple that stands in a small foundation located on the shore of Lake Beratan and has the beautiful landscape with the said lake and the mountain as the backdrop for the view. It is without a doubt, it is one of the most photogenic temples in all of Indonesia. This temple is dedicated to Dewi Danu, goddess of waters.
DAY 06: KEHEN TEMPLE – PANGLIPURAN VILLAGE – KINTAMANI
Our wonderful tour starts today at the Kehen Temple. It is an ancient Hindu temple complex with unique architectural features. On the stairs that extend from the ground to the courtyard of the temple are mythical figures of sandstone animals and Balinese folk statues, and also the central hall. The temple walls are also adorned with Chinese porcelain plates, which are a tribute to the historical relations between the local kingdom of Bali and China. Afterwards, we continue to Penglipuran, a village that managed to preserve its 75-hectare bamboo forest located in the northern part of the village. The members of this village have a strong commitment to the “ayahan desa” system, a philosophy committed to respecting the land on which the village sits.
After Panglipuran Village we continue our march to reach Kintamani, where we will enjoy the beautiful view of Danau Batur along with Gunung Batur in the background. Danau Batur is the largest lake in Bali and functions as an irrigation source for all the farmers around it and for the entire Balinese society in general. Since the year 1800, Mount Batur has erupted about 24 times and is still active now. Mount Batur, at 1,717 meters high, is considered the female element, along with the male element of Mount Agung. We return to the hotel to rest.
DAY 07: FREE DAY IN UBUD
Free days in Ubud that you can use for different activities, whatever you want. You can hire the service of a massage, enjoy a spa, walk and go shopping or simply relax and enjoy the hotel facilities.
You are in Ubud, here you can stroll through the local market, visit the hundreds of craft design workshops, sculptures, paintings in the shops that are on each side of the street. It is a perfect day to learn more about the daily activities of the locals, find a café overlooking the jungle or cross paths with a mischievous monkey on Monkey Forest Street.
At night there are performances of Balinese Dances, you can contact the hotel reception and request information to attend any of them. If you need recommendations of places to visit these days, do not hesitate to call us and we will advise you the best!
DAY 08 : HALF DAY TOUR ULUWATU – KECAK DANCE – DINNER IN JIMBARAN
According to the indicated time, we will pick you up at your hotel and start the route. On this half-day tour, we’ll head off to the famous Uluwatu Temple, one of the “Temples of the World,” that sits at the western end of Bukit Badung, where 100-meter-high cliffs plummet into the Atlantic Ocean. on top of a spectacular promontory. This temple, whose origins date back to the 10th century, is one of the Sad Kahyangan, or Six Temples of the World. Hundreds of mischievous macaques also live on this site.
At 6 in the afternoon, in the same place, after doing the tour in the temple, we will enjoy the representation of the most famous dance in Bali, the Kecak Dance, on top of this cliff with the background of the Atlantic Ocean that is It paints the sky orange over the Uluwatu Sea. The Kecak Dance is a well-known dance that originated in the 1930s in the town of Bona.
The origin of this dance comes from the text of the Ramayana story, an epic Hindu text in which the hero has the help of an army of monkeys in his mission to rescue his wife Shinta from the clutches of the evil King Rawana. This dance has one hundred men seated in a circle who dance in unison, moving their arms and torsos, accompanying the performance with vocal choruses. At night, to completely close your tour in this beautiful land, you will have a romantic dinner based on seafood on the famous Jimbaran beach while listening to the waves breaking the “silence” of the night.
After spending a wonderful afternoon, we return to the hotel to rest.
DAY 09 : FREE DAY IN NUSA DUA
Today you will quietly enjoy your breakfast at the hotel and the rest of the day will be free for you. You can take advantage of the day for whatever you want, you can hire the service of a massage, enjoy a spa, walk and go shopping or simply relax and enjoy the hotel facilities.
DAY 10: TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT. END OF THE TRIP.
Have breakfast at the hotel. At the agreed time, depending on the scheduled time for the international flight, pick up and transfer to the Ngurah Rai International Airport, in Denpasar.
