Indonesia

Travel
Destinations
and Cuisines

By: Diana Kusumasari

17 July 2015

Sumatra/

Mount Leuser
National Park, Aceh
Lake Toba, Medan

Mount Leuser National

Park

Unesco World Heritage

Site
(since
2004),
aTropical Rainforest
Heritage of Sumatra.

One of the last places

on earth, where you can
see
the
critically
endangered orangutans
in their Conservation in
Bukit Lawang.

Mount Leuser National

Park

Lake
Toba

A large natural lake occupying the caldera of a

supervolcano. The lake is about 100 kilometres long, 30
kilometres wide, and up to 505 metres (1,666ft) deep.
Activities: Biking/cycling, Boating, Fishing

Sumatran Culinary

Rendang:
beef simmered in coconut milk and spi

Pempek: fishcake, made of fish and tapioca

Java/

Yogyakarta: Borobudur,
Keraton
East Java: Bromo

Yogyakarta/

Keraton/Palace of Yogyakarta. The

palace court is decorated with grand

and elegant Javanese architecture
lies in the center of the city. The
visitors can enjoy the atmosphere of
the kingdom in former times by
visiting the life-size diorama of
wedding ceremonies, performed by
puppets, intentionally arranged to
create such an atmosphere along
with sets of Javanese musical
instruments, antiques and heirlooms.

Borobudur. A 9th-century Buddhist

Temple in Magelang, Central Java,
Indonesia
(about
40km
from
Yogyakarta) listed as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.

Borobudur

Prambanan Ratu Boko

East Java

Bromo. An active volcano with height of 2,329

metres (7,641ft) it is not the highest peak, but is
the most well known. Bromo sits in the middle of
a vast plain called the "Sea of Sand" (Javanese:
Segara Wedi). Popular for sunrise spotting.

Javanese culinary

Rawon. A strong rich tasting

traditional Indonesian beef black
soup. Originally from Surabaya in
Indonesian province of East Java. It
uses black nuts/keluak (Pangeum
edule, fruits of kepayang tree) as
the main spice which gives the
strong nutty flavor and dark color to
the soup.

Gudeg. A traditional Javanese

cuisine from Yogyakarta and Central
Java, Indonesia. Gudeg is made
from young unripe jack fruit
(Javanese: gori, Indonesian: nangka
muda) boiled for several hours with
palm sugar, and coconut milk.

Bali and Surrounding

islands

Bali and Surrounding

Islands

Beaches, luxury resorts

Mountain range in Kintamani
Rice fields in Ubud
Cruising to Nusa Lembongan and Penida
Balinese Culture

Bali and Surrounding

Islands

Balinese culinary

Balinese suckling pig. One portion of the roast suckling pig,

consisting of rice, pork slices, crispy pig skin, pork crackers and
steamed vegetables mixed with shredded coconut, is usually
served on a traditional woven-bamboo plate called an ingke.

Sulawesi

Bunaken National Park, North

Sulawesi

Bunaken is an island of 8km, part of the Bunaken National

Marine Park.
The waters of Bunaken National Marine Park are up to 1,566 m
deep in Manado Bay, with temperatures ranging between 27 to
29C. It has a high diversity of corals, fish, echinoderms or
sponges. Notably, 7 of the 8 species of giant clams that occur in
the world, occur in Bunaken. It also claims to have seven times
more types of coral than Hawaii, and has more than 70% of all
the known fish species of the Indo-Western Pacific.

Sulawesi culinary

Soto Makasar. a delicious meat soup with broth seasoning made from
finely ground peanuts, lemongrass, galangal, and coriander, onions, bay and
lime leaves. The meat can also be mixed with offal and brain of cows or
buffaloes. Typically, Soto Makassar is served with "ketupat" (rice cake,
packed and cooked inside woven young palm leaf as pouch) or Burasa
(steamed compressed rice cake wrapped inside a banana leaf).

Bubur Manado. Locally known as tinutuan is a rice porridge mixed with

various vegetables such as spinach, kangkung, corn, pumpkin and sweet
potato or cassava. Tinutuan usually served with smoked skipjack tuna,
shrimp paste or smoked garfish sambal, or meatballs.

Raja Ampat, West Papua

Located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of
New Guinea, in Indonesia's West Papua province, Raja Ampat, or the
Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays,
and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati,
Batanta, and Waigeo, and the smaller island of Kofiau.
The Raja Ampat islands are a truly natural phenomenon with enormous
biological diversity. The amazing marine landscape means that
underwater photography should be top of the list.

Indonesian Luwak Coffee

The most
expensive
coffee in
the world

Agarwood/

From the tropical rain forests in Sumatra

and Kalimantan to Papua and the pastures
of Nusa Tenggara, land in Indonesia has
one of the most extensive biodiversity on
earth.
From its diversity, Indonesia is also known
as one of the largest source of gaharu or
agarwood, the most expensive wood in
the world.
Valued in many cultures for its distinctive
fragrance and used extensively in incense
and perfumes, gaharu has been traded for

Have a nice