Indonesia · City Tours

Jakarta Half Day Shared Guided Tour Visit Monument and Old Town

5 Hours Round trip from Pickup service provided in Central Jakarta. Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Visit Jakarta Cathedral and Istiqlal Mosque on the same tour
  • 02 Explore Chinatown, a historic temple, and a traditional market
  • 03 Walk through Old Town Batavia and see its European and Chinese architectural styles
  • 04 Visit a puppet studio and learn about wayang traditions
  • 05 See the old harbour and traditional Phinisi wooden boats
  • 06 Enjoy a half-day shared tour with guide, transport, and entrance tickets included

Discover some of Jakarta’s most important cultural and historic landmarks on this half-day shared guided tour. Visit key city highlights including the National Museum area, Jakarta Cathedral, Istiqlal Mosque, Chinatown, Old Town Batavia, a puppet studio, and the old harbour, while learning about the city’s heritage from your guide.

This experience combines religion, history, architecture, and local life in one itinerary, with time for short walks, photo stops, and visits to some of the capital’s best-known sites. Shared transport, entrance tickets, and pickup within Central Jakarta are included.

This experience combines religion, history, architecture, and local life in one itinerary, with time for short walks, photo stops, and visits to some of the capital’s best-known sites.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 5 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access No
City Jakarta
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

The first visit is the museum, from hotel or place you stay within 1 hour, we pick up the grup at the meeting point, then enter to museum. The museum national is one of the first and the largest in southeast Asia, the museum is archaeological, history, geographical, and ethnography. We will spend an hour at museum (Closed on Monday)

Drive to the next stopAfter museum, we proceed to other place driving 10 minutes, arrive and enter to Cathedral which is the old catholic church was rebuilt 1899 to 1901 that ruin after earthquake, the church standing over years, in the church spend of 10 minutes, then we will visit Istiqlal mosque which is opposite the church. Istiqlal mosque named Independent which built 1961 formerly as the Wilhelmina garden in front of church, Then we are crossing the street while you hands just off.After we are at the garden of mosque, we take same shoot just 5 minutes. The mosque is the biggest in Jakarta also biggest in Pacific, Independent mosque or istiqlal was built by christians "Fedrich Silaban" from north sumatera. (Closed on Friday, sightseeing possible) after that drive two next stop proceed to Chinatown in 15 minutes.After arrive in the Chinatown area then visit the temple that was built 1650 and walking traditional market by visiting, attraction, many thing to see such the local food, people and other things, spending 15 minutes then we proceed to Old Town Batavia near the area just 10 minutes.Then After the Old town we just walk visit inside the area of the Old town see cityhall or garden Batavia is 139 square meter with dominated by European and Chinese building styles, even outside or the area you will see a lot of building in that style. Explore the area in 15minutes Then we can spend time to drive other place and walk to puppet studio in the area.Then we will visit the studio in live performance is available who has the time and explaining how to make a puppet. The puppet divided into two types with different model, hand Made wayang golek (wooden) and kulit (leather/buffalo skin). They are from different region. Puppet is also bring story when they come and converted by Hindu story. Then after that proceed to Old harbour in the northern sea of Jakarta in to 15 minutes.After we visit take a photo a while then explore it to the high sand bag to keep the water out according to Jakarta sinking. Then there are a lot of Boat named "Phinisi" schooner or wooden big boat, traditionally Made by Wood such Meranti Wood from Borneo, the boat active during weekday for logistic. The harbour was older than Jakarta name. We are using the small wooden boat to see the sea of north Jakarta or in Java sea. We spend for 5 minutes then proceed to your meeting point into 45 minutes.While we drop you to meeting point, we will pass to museum national that the landmark of Jakarta and Indonesia monument, photostop is the best one while you visit Jakarta. Then arrive in meeting point.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Pickup service provided in Central Jakarta. 1 city · 5 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Licensed Guide and Driver
  • Mineral Bottle Water
  • Entrance Ticket all sites
  • Donation to the Religion site
  • Jakarta Area Only not Airport

What's Not Included

Tipping is optional

Know before you go

  • WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • All museum closed on Monday
  • Istiqlal Mosque closed every Friday
  • Shared Group Tour can't be private for this product
  • From the Airport is better to do private
  • If the time we does not other travelers it means just you, there is a choice for private paid at start 20$ USD
  • If there is just one individual booking this tour, an extra fee of $20 USD must be paid at the beginning of the tour as it is designed for a maximum of two shared persons.
  • Pick up and drop from Jakarta Area

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Pickup service provided in Central Jakarta.
Tour start
Pickup service provided in Central Jakarta.
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 5 hours finish where they began, in Pickup service provided in Central Jakarta..

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