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Textile Museum
Very much a worthwhile visit if youve any interest in weavings and fabrics, this museum houses a collection of around 2000 precious textiles, including hundreds of batik pieces, both antique and contemporary, lots of looms and a garden containing plants used for natural dyes. Its a
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Makam Sultan Hasanuddin
Seven kilometres from town on the southeastern outskirts of Makassar, Makam Sultan Hasanuddin memorialises a 17th-century ruler of Gowa. Outside the tomb compound youll find the Pelantikan Stone, on which the kings of Gowa were crowned. To get here take a red pete-pete marked S Min
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Masjid Raya Sultan Riao
This beautiful fairytale castle of a mosque was built in 1832 and is painted in pastels of yellow and green. Its minarets are topped with tall conical spires and are almost Gothic Revival in style. This is an active mosque and although visitors are welcomed, they should be wearing
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Pura Gunung Lebah
This old temple, which sits on a jutting rock at the confluence of two tributaries of the Sungai Cerik (campuan means two rivers), has recently benefitted from a huge building campaign. The setting is magical; listen to the rushing waters while admiring the impressive new multi-ste
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KWPLH Balikpapan
This informative sun bear conservation centre is surprisingly straight to the point about the heart-breaking plight of all of Kalimantans animals. Seven resident bears hide in their 1.3-hectare walled enclosure until feeding time, when you can observe them near the clinic. Take ang
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Saham Longhouse
The traditional Dayak dwelling closest to Pontianak, Saham Longhouse (rumah betang) in Pahauman is one of KalBars oldest - more than 200 years - and longest -180m. Visit by bus from Batu Layang toward Ngabang or executive buses toward Sanggau. Get dropped at the Pahauman turn, then
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Cempaka Diamond Fields
Wooden sluices filter muck from pits where men stand chest deep blasting away at the sediment with water cannons. Mining at its most basic, cheapest, picturesque, and – for the bold – participatory. At the Banjarbaru roundabout take a green passenger truck southbound to Desa Pumpun
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Monumen Kapal Selam
Surabaya’s foremost stretch of renovated water-side real estate centres on the iron hulk that is Pasopati , a Russian submarine commissioned into the Indonesian navy in 1962. You can poke around the interior, peek through the periscope and even climb into the torpedo tubes. Its in
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Masjid Amirul Mukminin
Rising above the sea at the southern end of Pantai Losari, this elegant twin-domed structure (constructed using concrete piles driven into the seabed) is known as the floating mosque. Visitors of all faiths are welcome. Built in 2009 it enjoys fine coastal views, and the landscaped
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Puri Maerakoco Theme Park
Often referred to as ‘Taman Mini Jawa Tengah’, the 24-hectare Puri Maerakoco theme park has 35 traditional pavilions and houses representing each of Central Java’s kabupaten (regencies). While mostly of interest to domestic tourists, you may want to drop by if you’re exploring Cent
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Bale Kambang
Within Klungkung Palace, the ceiling of the beautiful Bale Kambang (aka the Floating Pavilion) is painted in Klungkung style. The different rows of paintings deal with various subjects. The first row is based on the astrological calendar, the second on the folk tale of Pan and Men
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Kretek Factory
Kudus is a massive centre of kretek production – there are said to be 25 factories in the town. Djarum, which started in 1951, is the main employer and third-biggest kretek manufacturer in Indonesia. Tours of its modern factory leave at 9am Monday to Friday and are free of charge.
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Museum Lambung Mangkurat
An above-average museum of local arts and history with approximate English translations providing nuggets of information about pivotal events – like the Banjar people sinking a Dutch warship in 1860, armed with only canoes and knives. Also, learn the architectural differences betwe
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Pranotos Art Gallery
Pranoto, a longtime Ubud artist, displays his works at this gallery/studio/home which backs up to beautiful rice fields southwest of Ubud. The scenes of Indonesian life are lovely. The studio is about 1km east of Jl Peliatan. Ask about a lovely walking path you can take back to cen
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Semarang Gallery
The shining star of the old city, this wonderful art gallery set in a stunning old Dutch warehouse feels like a museum and is dedicated to Indonesian contemporary art. Aan Arif of Jogja had a solo show on when we came through. It featured, cool, blurred oil on canvas street scenes
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Dalam Loka
Originally built over 200 years ago for Sultan Mohammad Jalaluddin III, the remains of the Dalam Loka, a once-imposing structure that covers an entire city block, are in fair condition and are still used for political events. You can wander the grounds (unadorned except for some fe
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Jl Besar Ijen
Malang has some wonderful colonial architecture. Just northwest of the centre, Jl Besar Ijen is Malang’s millionaires row, a boulevard lined with elegant whitewashed mansions from the Dutch era. Many have been substantially renovated, but there’s still much to admire. In late May,
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Betang Sadap
Not the oldest, nor the most picturesque, but perhaps the most welcoming longhouse community. An ecotourism effort spearheaded by Januar, an Iban Matthew Broderick lookalike, will have you angling for prize-winning semah fish or splashing up the cascading rainforest creeks of their
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Lamin Batu Bura
Few lamin (the local word for longhouse) around here are occupied outside of community ceremonies these days, but this Benuaq Dayak house is bucking the trend. While the men are off in the fields, women sit on the split bamboo floor weaving naturally died fibres of the doyo leaf in
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Kherkhof
The Kherkhof is the last resting place of more than 2000 Dutch and Indonesian soldiers who died fighting the Acehnese. The entrance is around 50m west of the Tsunami Museum. Tablets set into the walls by the entrance gate are inscribed with the names of the dead soldiers and the pl
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