Things to Do in Jakarta

The Taman Mini Indonesia Indah is one of the premier attractions of Jakarta and even more importantly shows the rich cultural diversity of the island country. As it is a very popular attraction, tickets for Taman Mini Indonesia Indah are available on the spot but can take a lot of time. Instead check our tickets section for Taman Mini Indonesia Indah ticket prices and details on how to buy tickets for Taman Mini Indonesia Indah tours.

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah or Beautiful Indonesia in Miniature Park is an extensive culture-based park, the prime showcase of Indonesia’s rich cultural and natural diversity located in East Jakarta.

Popularly known as Taman Mini, the core of the Park are 26 exclusive replicas of traditional houses of chieftains found throughout the Indonesian archipelago from Aceh to Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Java and Papua. These are pavilions displaying the history, arts and crafts and traditions of each of the provinces. Built for education and family fun, Taman Mini has large areas for family recreation, a number of flora and fauna parks, various museums, performing theatres, an Imax theatre and accommodation facilities.

To further express Indonesia’s tolerance and peaceful coexistence among the different religions in the archipelago here stand in a row the different houses of worship that are still actively used:  a mosque, a Hindu temple, a Buddhist temple, a Catholic church and a Protestant church.

Nearby is a large lake with islands in the shapes of the original Indonesian archipelago. From the sky lift that passes over the lake visitors can see clearly the entire map of Indonesia in the lake.     

The Park has as chief mission the preservation and development of the various Indonesian cultures as a media to strengthen the nation’s unity and integrity and to instill these values especially in the young generation.  

Ideal for family picnics!

Also known as Elephant museum to mark the elephant sculpture made of bronze metal gifted by the king of Thailand; this is the national museum of Indonesia.

National Museum has more than 140,000 collections consist of prehistoric collection, archeological collection, foreign ceramic collection, numismatic/heraldic collection, colonial collection, ethnographical and geographic collection. Archeological collections of National Museum of Indonesia are in the forms of cultural objects from the era of Hinduism and Budhaism, which better known as Indonesian classic era. Some of the objects are statue of Hindu’s Gods and Bhuda. Most of the collections collected at the Holland colonial era, which was obtained through military and science expedition, somebody’s grant, consignment and purchasing.

The exhibition hall in National Museum of Indonesia consists of two parts, exhibition hall in the Gajah (Elephant) Building and the one in Arca (Statue) Building. Exhibition Hall in the Gajah Building still maintains the arrangement system as in the colonial era, while the one in Arca Building is a new building with a thematic arrangement to present the whole aspects Indonesian people life. Exhibition hall in Arca Building has four levels; level one presents the human and environment theme; level two of scientific, economical and technological theme; level three of social organization and thinking pattern theme; and level four presents the collections of gold and foreign ceramic.

Fatahillah Square, also known as Old Batavia, is the historical district of Jakarta located in Kotas. Once a heart of the city, it is now home to attractions such as the Jakarta History Museum and many colonial buildings,

This area fills up with artisans, jugglers, and tourists on the weekends.

Your Jakarta trip is incomplete if you don't visit the Fatahillah Square, the most happening square in the city. This place has it all. From great vibe, good food to some attractions like the Jakarta Museum! Even though the Fatahillah Square tickets are free of any charge, still you can easily opt for the Fatahillah Square tour tickets. The Fatahillah Square tours will guide you with the history of this particular attraction.

Indonesia National Monument or what Indonesian and Jakarta people usually call as Monas is a monument built to remember the struggle of Indonesian heroes fighting the colonial domination. Monas was built based on the idea of the first president of Indonesia, Ir. Soekarno, with the help of Sudarsono and F. Silaban as the architect, and Ir. Rooseno as the consultant. It’s builts on an area with a width of 80 hectares. Monas was officially open on 17th August 1961 by President Soekarno, and publicly open on 12th July 1971.

The top of Monas shaped like a flame, symbolizing a never extinguished spirit of Indonesian people. The flame was made of bronze medal which weight was 14.5 ton, and was plated with 35 kg gold. The flame has 6 meters diameter and consist of 77 concentrated parts.

The standing pillar of Monas which height is 137 meters, symbolizing a rice pestle, while the cup symbolizing a rice barn. Rice pestle and barn are traditional tools to pound rice, figuring out Indonesia as an agricultural country. They’re also regarded as the symbol of Indonesian people’s fertility, and as the symbol of male and female. You can also enjoy the view from the top by reaching up to the top by an elevator.

Places to visit in Monas:

• Independence room
• National museum
• Park area
• Fountain attraction

Jaya Ancol Dreamland Park is a recreation area located at the seashore of Jakarta Gulf. Jaya Ancol Dreamland Park is better known as Ancol by most of Indonesian people. There’re several recreation facilities you can find at Jaya Ancol Dreamland Park: Golf Course, Ancol Marina Bay, Art Market (Pasar Seni), Dunia Fantasy, SeaWorld Indonesia, Gelanggang Samudera, Atlantis Water Adventure, andBeach Park (Taman Pantai).

Inaugurated in 1978, Istiqlal Mosque (id: Masjid Istiqlal) owned by Indonesian State Secretary with Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesian Republic.  Istiqlal meaning ‘Independence’ is a reminder of Indonesia’s struggle fornational independence. Its 17 years construction was personally supervised by the first President of Indonesian Republic, Soekarno. The largest mosque in Southeast Asia both in structure and capacity, as it can accommodate congregation of up to 120,000 people, has 4 levels of balcony.  Located at Jalan Taman Wijaya Kusuma in central Jakarta, on the northeastern corner of the Merdeka Square, the Istiqlal Mosque stands out with its 45 meters diameter dome and supported by 12 huge columns which covered by aluminium plates. Standing almost right across the old Catholic Church (id: Gereja Katedral) at the corner of Jalan Lapangan Banteng, the mosque was designed in 1954 by Frederich Silaban, a Christian architect from North Sumatra.

Old Town of Jakarta covers a tiny area in the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta. The special heritage only including a 1,3 square kilometer area crossing North Jakarta and West Jakarta (Pinangsia, Taman Sari, and Roa Malaka). Besides often called Old Batavia, in the 16th century, it called Asia Jewel and Queen of the East by Europe sailor. Old Jakarta deemed as the trading central of Asia continent in that time due to the strategic location and the lavish natural resources.

You can explore the history journey of Jakarta, replica of Tarumanegara and Pajajaran era, archeology digging in Jakarta, antique furniture from 17th centuries to the 19th centuries which were the mixture of European style, China, and Indonesia.

Places in old town Jakarta:

• Jakarta history museum
• Bank museum
• Sion church
• Angke Musuem
• Jakarta Cathedral

A full time entertainment theme park for kids, Kidzania is an international brand name for games and activity center for kids. It has variety entertainment units, game kiosks and children have to work if they run out the kiosks. There are also many interesting events happening in the park.

A Sea world as the name suggests, ideal for kids and family picnics.

Attractions inside the sea world:

• Main aquarium
• Shark aquarium
• Touch pool
• Dugong
• AquArapaima

Bank Indonesia Museum is a museum in Jakarta , Indonesia which is located on West Jakarta with the former Bank building occupies an area of town that is an Indonesian cultural heritage relics De Javasche Bank wing neo-classical, combined with local influence, and was first built in the year 1828.

The museum presents information of Bank Indonesia's role in the nation's history, which began before the arrival of the west of the archipelago to the formation in 1953 of Bank Indonesia and Bank Indonesia's policies, including also the background and impact of Bank Indonesia's policy for the community until 2005. The presentation is packaged in such a way to take advantage of modern technology and multi-media, such as electronic displays, static panels, plasma televisions, and dioramas to create comfort in the visitors enjoying the Museum of Bank Indonesia. There are also facts and collection of historical objects in the period before the establishment of Bank Indonesia, as in the kingdoms of the archipelago, which include money numismatic collection also attractively displayed.

Standing today on the grounds of a former old church, Wayang museum has theatrical performances employing puppets and human dances. A combination of neo classic and Dutch style of construction is reflected in the structure and is a pleasant site to visit.

The collections of Wayang Museum are very various, in both small and big size. Wayang Museum collects Indonesian leather wayangs, scarce wayang wooden wayang. There are collections of mask which were sourced from Cirebon, Bali, and Center Java. Some other stuff is also displayed in Wayang Museum, like gamelan, Blencong lamp, glass wayang, zinc wayang, and paintings. There’re some collections that sourced from abroad, some of them are from Kelantan, Malaysia, Suriname, France, Cambodia, and Thailand.

Indonesian Wayang is now listed as a world heritage masterpiece and is a show at Wayang museum is a must-watch on your visit to Jakarta.

Jakarta Cathedral is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jakart. Its official name is Gereja Santa Maria Pelindung Diangkat Ke Surga which implies to The Church of Our Lady of Assumption).

The plan of the cathedral took the form of a cross with a length of 60 meters and 10 meters wide, plus 5 metres on each aisle. There is a large round stained glass Rozeta Rosa Mystica, which is the symbol of Mother Mary. The aesthetic structure is magnificent to observe and is considered one of the finest cathedrals in Asia. The present day structure has been renovated and reconstructed because of many calamities and now shines brightly in the Main city centre of Jakarta.

The museum contents are: Text prayer framed: Two versions of the Latin missal used in pre-Vatican II, Partners and pastoral staff of Pope Paul VI, Cups and chasuble Pope John Paul II, Replica Rectory, Stamps, Painting from banana trees Kusni works Kasdut ,Pastor P. Bonnike boat replica, SJ, The relic saint & santa, The original cathedral pipe organ.

Ragunan Zoo is a 147 hectares park and home for 2.000 specimen and are covered more than 50.000 trees those become environment are cool and comfort. The lands are designed and are built and some are still developing on lead to a modern zoo as identity of Jakarta city.

A modern zoo exhibit a complete ecological as source of science will take first step to start in animal conservation. In short, the zoo is a “Noah Boat” in facing destruction of nature. When no more forest on the earth, there are still at least a sample amazing creature in this zoo, whatever it still alive or it still embryo, cell, and DNA formed.

Ragunan Zoo is a great example of Indonesian biodiversity.

Jakarta History Museum is known as Fatahillah Museum. Jakarta History Museum provides information on Jakarta’s history, starting from the prehistoric age to current age, in a creative way, through the collections of the museum.

Jakarta History Museum has up to 23,500 collections which some inherited from Oud Batavia Museum or Old Jakarta Museum, received from the government of DKI Jakarta, individual or institution grants. Material of the collection were varied, some are of medal, wood, crystal, ceramic, earthenware, porcelain, leather, paper, cloth, and bones. Some collections of Jakarta History Museum are partitions, execution sword, archives cabinet, paintings, and stuffs from prehistoric society, ancient inscription, and weapons. Some of the collections had been more than 1500 years old, especially those stuffs from the prehistoric age. Some of the stuffs are stone axe, rectangular pickax, and earthenware flask. You could see the underground prison, statue of Hermes and Si Jagur cannon in the garden side in the museum.

Important attractions to observe:

• Prison underground
• Statue of hermes
• Si Jaguar Cannon