Bogor City Tour

Posted on Apr 5, 2016


Bogor City Tour

Time       : 08.00 – 16.00

Duration: 8 hours

Price: USD 60 per person (min 2 pax)

Single Traveler USD 100

Bogor is famous with it’s botanical garden of 87 hectares. Inside this nice garden is located the president palace of ‘Buitenzorg’. Bogor City is about 60 km away to the south from Jakarta. The city is surrounded by three mountain that makes Bogor has fresh air and ever green. The former name of ‘ Buitenzorg” meaning ‘nothing to worry’ given by the Dutch collonial.

Enjoy the tour that you can’t have the crowd of busy city of Jakarta.

Cycling in Botanical Garden

Cycling around of a huge garden with thousand vegetation makes you mind fresh and more peaceful. Besides, you can also learn about vegetation that you never know.

After cycling inside the garden you are welcomed to see the Zoological Museum. Here you can see some of the endangered and exctint preserved animal from this country such Java tiger or rhino. Other beautiful and unique birds also can be seen here.

Botanical Garden and Museum Zoology

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Gong Factory

Gong is a musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with mallet.

Pancasan Gong Factory is hereditery managed by one family. The worker also is a descent from the former worker. So the workers are already know  how to make gong from the material metal such as bronze, coper, and iron.

The technique of processing is still authentic and original from their ancestor.

gong makers

Wooden Puppet Factory

Here you will visit a family that is still concerned of the local tradition of Sundanese by producing wooden puppet. Each of the puppet has different character beautifully and patiently carved with spesial kind of wood.

wayang golek

Factory Outlets

There is also opportunity for you to buy branded clothes with cheaper price in Bogor city. In one street you can find many factory outlets. Other fashion items also can be found here such as bags, shoes, or jeans.

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