Enjoy Borobudur sunrise from a hill, then Merapi volcano tour on a Jeep and Prambanan temple — the best you can get in one full day tour.
Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, not far from Yogyakarta. It is the world’s largest Buddhist temple. The temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome. It has 2,672 relief panels and originally 504 Buddha statues. There are 72 Buddha statues surrounds the central dome, each seated inside a perforated stupa.
Merapi volcano eruptions standing not far has been affecting Borobudur and Prambanan temple many times. 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 north of Yogyakarta which has thousands of people live in the villages as high as 1,700 m above sea level. You can be lucky enough to see the lava during Merapi sunrise.
Prambanan is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Dedicated to the Trimūrti, the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Preserver (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Shiva). The temple compound lies approximately 17 kilometres northeast of the city of Yogyakarta.
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