UJUNG KULON KRAKATAU ADVENTURE (4D/3/N)

Day 1
Morning departure from hotel to Carita Beach via Cilegon. Lunch enroute, arrival Carita direct transfer to hotel for overnight.

Day 2
After breakfast at hotel. Drive to Labuhan Harbour to board a motorboat for Krakatau Volcano then continue to Peucang Island in the Ujungkulon National Park. Lunch box provided. Arrive Peucang Island early evening. Accomodation and dinner at PPA Guest House.

Day 3
Accomodation and meals at PPA Guest House.
Two fullday tour, exploring the Ujungkulon National Park, you will visit the center of the scientific research and geological expedition on the ecology of exotic flora and fauna since the eruption of Krakatau Volcano on 27th August 1883. The rare `Badak` (the One Horned Rhino), deers, bantengs (wild buffaloes), wild boars and more than 200 species of Jungle fowls and song birds inhabit the National Park. The sea gardens surouding this peninsula are the divers's paradise.

Day 4
Breakfast at the guest house. Early departure to Labuhan Harbour and upon arrival directly to Jakarta. Lunch included. Arrive Jakarta in the evening.

BOROBUDUR CROSS COUNTRY
An early morning drive follows an untouristic route toward Mt. Menoreh. Enjoy a breathtaking view of its surroundings with a backdrop of peaks of mount. Sindoro, mount. Sumbing, mount. Merapi and mount. Merbabu. We then take a two-hour trek on foot down to Borobudur challenging but rich with experiences. We are joint the coach in Majaksingi and drive to Borobudur. Take in the history and mystery of Borobudur. Short stops at Pawon and Mendut temple will be made on the way back to Yogyakarta. Lunch will be serve at Local Restaurant.

BOROBUDUR ELO RAFTING
Morning leave for Borobudur temple. It was build near the confluence of Progo and Elo River, which also believed to correspond to the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna sacret rivers in India. Take in the history and mystery of Borobudur. Short stops at Pawon and Mendut temple then continue for a drive to Blondo base camp. Embark the boat for approximately two hours rafting on the Elo River. Enjoy its excitement and scenic beauty of villages along a river up to disembark at Mendut Village. Lunch will be serve at local restaurant.

BOROBUDUR PROGO RAFTING (Rainy season only)
Morning leave for Borobudur temple. It was build near the confluence of Progo and Elo Rifer, which also believed to correspond to the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna sacret rivers in India. Take in the history and mystery of Borobudur. Short stops at Pawon and Mendut temple then drive to Klangon Village. Embark the boat for approximately four – five hours rafting on the Progo River (grade 3+). Enjoy its excitement and scenic beauty of village along the river up to disembark at Dekso Village.

MERAPI TREKKING
Morning, drive to Klangon village northward Yogyakarta – 26 km (50 minutes), on foot on the way visiting mBebeng water source, Japan cave and the closed mont. Merapi from Kinahrejo, white banian tree (Ficus religiosa), Batu Gajah with its legenda, rest at the Village elder & the mystic-caretaker, named’ Mbah Maridjan’. Lunch will be provided by picnic lunch. And continued to enjoy the daily live of the local villager from Kaliadem village up to Kaliurang. Return to Yogyakarta in the late afternoon.

MERAPI HIKING
Beside from Kinahrejo of Kaliurang 27 km north of Yogya, it could be done also from Plalangan of Selo, region Boyolali. This climbing is most easily way. Visitors have to register it to Observatory office, called UGA (Urusan Gunung Api), then advise to climb after snack and little drink to start at 23.00 am from Plalangan. As usually arrive in Selokopo ngisor at 11.00 am, then Selokopo nduwur at 01.00 a.m. At this point visitors could be seen Merapi ‘s brother called Merbabu, beautiful look and very clearly indeed that you might see a smoking lava, and the summit could be reached at 05.00 a.m. This is last trip, or otherwise you will never see the beautiful scenery as the clouds might come anytime.

MERAPI TREKKING & PRAMBANAN CYCLING
Early morning drop to Kaliurang Mountain resort. On foot or hiking through Plunyon irrigation, Enjoy the beautiful panorama on the shouth slope Mt. Merapi, visiting a natural spring ‘Umbul Manten’ source of Yogyakarta’s drinking water, and Kaliadem mountain resort. After lunch at local restaurant ‘Morolejar” or simillar, start for cycling to Prambanan Village by cycle through the village road. And it’s time for enjoy Prambanan Hindu temple.

GRAND PRAMBANAN CYCLING
Start biking to Sambisari Hindu temple, only recently discovered and already restored to something like its original state. Then continued through village road to Kalasan, and Sari Buddhist temple and enjoy to see, orning activity of the local people; planting, plowing rice field etc…tofu (Soya bean cake) and tempe (the fermented soya bean) home industry. Head for Prambanan and Plaosan. Lunch will provide at local restaurant “Prambanan Restaurant” Thereafter also visit Sojiwan and Banyunibo mini Buddhist monastery before sunset at Ratu Boko hill.

SUKUH - CETO TREKKING
After breakfast at Hotel, morning leave Solo for Karangpandan Village then visit to Sukuh erotic temple, from this temple the hiking will be started, on foot ± 16 km / 3 hours to Cetho temple while enjoy the tea and clove plantation sand waterfall, the daily activity of local villager and countryside, Lunch will be served at on road. Return to Hotel in Solo.

SUKUH - TAWANG MANGU TREKKING
After breakfast at Hotel, drive to Karnagpandan Village and visit to Sukuh temple, for enjoy the erotic temple then on foot from Sukuh to Tawangmangu ± 16 km/ 3 hours and surrounding while having the agriculture tour and will arrive in Grojogan Sewu - water fall with hundreds wild monkeys, Lunch will be served with picnic lunch. Return to Hotel in Solo.

DIENG PLATEAU SERAYU RAFTING (2D/1N)
Day 1
Early morning departure to drive Dieng via Magelang and Temanggung. Enjoy dramatic scenery as we drive trough the tea and tobacco plantations of the Sindoro and Sumbing valley, some of the most spectacular countryside you will ever see. Visit Java’s oldest Hindu Temple, dating from 8th century; see the active volcanic craters. Trek on foot, walk throug villages, pass amid vegetable farms, up to the beauty of the Warna & Pengilon lakes.
Over night at Hotel in Wonosobo

Day 2
After breakfast at Hotel, drive to the Krasak Village - Start point at Wonosobo regency for begin the Rafting, Enjoy the beautiful panorama along the river, such as; fishing, rice planting, plowing etc. Lunch will be served at the Delta of the river. Afternoon return to Yogyakarta, or continued to next destination.

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