Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi (literally Fire Mountain in Indonesian and Javanese), is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 km (17 mi) north of Yogyakarta city which has a population of 2.4 million, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the […]
Jomblang cave
Jomblang Cave is a vertical collapse doline type cave. This cave was formed due to the geological process of the sinking of the soil and the vegetation on it to the bottom of the earth that occurred thousands of years ago. This collapse forms a sinkhole or well which in Javanese is known as luweng. […]
Pindul cave
Pindul cave (Goa Pindul) is a cave formed by karst with underground river located about 7 kilometres south of the city centre Wonosari, Gunung Kidul. Gua Pindul is known for the cave tubing that visitors can do and is done with tires that float above the underground river inside the cave, this activity known as […]
Mount Merbabu
Mount Merbabu (Indonesian: Gunung Merbabu) is a dormant stratovolcano in Central Java province on the Indonesian island of Java. The name Merbabu could be loosely translated as ‘Mountain of Ash’ from the Javanese combined words; Meru means “mountain” and awu or abu means “ash”. The active volcano Mount Merapi is directly adjacent on its southeast side, while the city of Salatiga is located on its northern foothills. A 1,500m high broad saddle lies between Merbabu and Merapi,[2] the site of […]
Karimunjawa
Karimunjawa Islands or Karimunjava Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Karimunjawa) is an archipelago of 27 islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia, approximately 80 kilometers northwest of Jepara. They have a total land area of 71.2 km2. The main island is known as Karimun (2,700 ha), while the second-largest island is Kemujan (1,400 ha).[2] At the 2020 Census, the population of the island group was 9,789 who lived on […]
Timang beach
Timang beach (Indonesian: Pantai Timang) is a beach attraction at the boundary between the sea and the land that is located in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Timang beach lies between Siung and Sundak beach in Gunungkidul. The uniqueness of this beach is that there is an island called Panjang Island which is lobster habitat across coastal […]
Dieng plateau
The Dieng Plateau is a marshy plateau that forms the floor of a caldera complex on the Dieng Volcanic Complex in Wonosobo and Banjarnegara Regencies, Central Java Province, Indonesia. Referred to as “Dieng” by Indonesians, it sits at 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level, far from major population centres. The name “Dieng” comes from Dihyang which means “place of the ancestors or gods”. Dihyang is a mountainous area, ancient Javanese believed that […]
