Jakarta Attractions

Jalan Jaksa area

Most South East Asian capitals have a backpacker area. This one is grubbier than most. Plopped in an unremarkable part of downtown it is thick with travel agencies and guesthouses. A few bars with live music cater to the travel...  see full details

Indonesia Miniature Park/Taman Mini

Contrary to its name, the Indonesia Miniature Park covers 100 hectares of land in cultural examples of all 27 provinces that make Indonesia. The best examples of these are the architectural structures that are true to their region's traditional designs. The park also regularly...  see full details

National Monument

Visitors will inevitably be pulled to the National Monument to inspect the enormous phallic obelisk that can be seen from much of the city. The first president Sukarno began to build the structure as a symbol of nationalism complete with 35 kilograms of...  see full details

Indonesia Permai Orchid Garden

The Orchid Garden in Jakarta has collected hundreds of species from around Indonesia and began several impressive gardens. The Orchid Garden in Slipi Jakarta is one of the largest in South East Asia and draws orchid enthusiasts and the casually curious alike to see...  see full details

Kota

Kota, also called 'Old Batavia', is the surviving piece of Dutch colonial district from its heyday as the centre of Asia's trade with the west. Today the area's colonial buildings are falling into disrepair but the central cobble stone square Taman Fatahillah still lets...  see full details