Thx, how early should I be at the temple if I want to catch the sunrise

Not easy to see sunrise during raining season

Hi,

I would like to ask if you can help to buy a chocolate which is only sold in yogyakarta?

its called chocolate monggo. the 77% dark chocolate (wrapping paper is bright yellow and pink).. willing to pay extra for service.. tq

hi masdojogja,

i am planning to visit yogyakarta  with my family in Dec. After visiting borobudur and the surrounding area, I'll proceed to bromo follow by ijen. Finally spending 2 nights in Bali.

I found quite a few sites offering 4d/3n tour. Do you know any reliable tour agency?

Thanks ya!

But now is not raining seasons, right? Maybe I'll just save my money for some other stuff..
If don't go Merapi, then where else to go/do?
I plan to go for the Ramayana dance

Can anyone PM me the WA number for any driver in Yogja please.. and the charges; someone they have used and would recommend.

Does the fees typically include fuel and parking as it was in Bali or there are further charges.. how much does this typically cost?

should i risk it for a trip to Jogja at the end of Dec (around xmas period)? read that its raining season, which rain is normally forecaste-d to turun in the evening..

Anyone has any experience of travelling there on Dec 2015 or Dec 2016?

Thanks guys

for easier to walking around & shopping in jogja,is it adviseable to stay at hotel in malioboro street ?

or got other nearby street which have a good hotel with cheaper rate ?

How much is the merapi jeep tour?

U went for the sunrise tour?

How long for each trip?

are you a tour guide or smething??

I have just return from 6D5N Yogjakarta trip. It's trully a beautiful place. I have engaged with our fellow yogjakarta from lowyat, "masdojogja".

I have promised "masdojogja" that i will write a good review for him should our trip is marvellous.
and yes, we had a  great time in Yogjakarta. Thanks to brother masdojogja and here is the itenary and review.

Day 1 (doni aka masdojogja)
- Arrival at aduscipto airport, greeted by our friendly fellow masdojogja.
- first stop, local lunch delicacies, soto rice
- Gumuk Pasir, arrival in the afternoon
- Parangtritis Beach (beautiful scenery)
- Lunch at Base Camp, Ular Indonesia. (nice top view restaurant)

Day 2 (doni aka masdojogja)
- Embark at 4am to Borobudur temple for sunrise (truly immaculate view)
- Lava Tour Merapi (highly recommended place)

Day 3 (koko as masdojogja is unavaible, he assigned koko as our driver, he is indeed good as well)
- Gua Jomblang (an experience u will never want to miss)
- Timang Beach (it's beautiful as well but to me, i think it's a little overrated)
- Abhayagiri Restaurant (Nice view, restaurant is facing the active volcano, but that night, we could only see half of the mountain as it was raining)

Day 4 (koko)
- Batik Manufacturing tour
- Source for Batik (gift)
- Prambanan Temple
- Ratu boko  (to me, it's a just

Day 5 (doni aka masdojogja)
- Taman Sari
- Then we call it a day to rest as we are exhausted due to the previous day activity.

Day 6 (koko)
- Markets to buy avocados and salak.
- oleh oleh and then proceed to airport.

I stayed at the hotel grand ambarukmo.
the receptionist is good and friendly. however the service is not satisfactory.
it was a total big turn off especially when house keeping went into our room twice for cleaning and make up.
we did not request for those service and worst was, the second time we went in, room was fix, we couldn't bother more, but our room card was taken away from our room which causes souviner which we purchase, left in the fridge, spoilt. Ameneties provided is always shortage and breakfast was another let down when juice bar serving fresh juice...it's very dilluted and you can barely taste anything. i requested for soft boil egg and they deliver hard boiled egg instead. The list goes on and on.

As a conclusion, it's been a truly great adventure and exploration.
Except for the hotel part.

shall visit yogyakarta again as there are several places not visit yet.

till then, thanks to bro masdojogja aka doni and koko for the wonderful tour, explanation, sharing and adventure.

hi guys... i am planning a super super impromptu trip to Yogja!

I been looking for a couple of weeks in multiple places... but what i really wanted to know, is it safe for female to travel alone in this place?  also, will it be easy for me to just join those tour to Borobudur etc..?

Thanks!

I'm going to  in August and one of the days will be a sunrise Borobudur + Merapi jeep tour and a lot of them will pick-up/drop-off at hotel.

Question is, do you guys still engage a private car driver for that day? Is there anything worthy that will not be covered by the package jeep tour?

Bought yogjakarta flight for next year mid of April, will be travelling with friends this time. Any suggestion or advice for me? Seems like is a must to hire a driver to go around.

Thanks!