Rainbow Scuba & Tours

Rainbow Scuba & Tours

Gay Scuba Tours Worldwide

Menu

Dive Trip Calendar

Yogjakarta and Borobodur Tour

Date: 27 March 2013 to 31 March 2013
Details:


Join us for another exclusive small group tour in Java, Indonesia.  People not coming on the Raja Ampat dive trip can arrive early and spend time in Jakarta or fly direct to Yogyakarta and meet us here on 27 March

For people finishing the Raja Ampat dive tour the progrmme will be as follows:-

SJ 571 - 27 Mar 2013 Sorong (SOQ) - Surabaya (SUB)
Depart 11:40 - Arrive 14:45
SJ 235 - 27 Mar 2013 Surabaya (SUB) - Yogyakarta (JOG)
Depart 15:30 - Arrive 16:20

Fare Summary IDR 1,995,000.00 approx 200 USD
Sriwijaya Air www.sriwijayaair.co.id

27 March - check into Jogyakarta hotel.  Join the group at the modest Eclipe Hotel or choose your own.  3 days 4 nights to explore the city and surroundings.

28 March - Jogyakarta city tour

29 March - full day tour Borobudur temple one of the greatest Buddhist temples in the world.  Located about 42 km from Yogyakarta city.

30 March - another day to explore or relax

31 March - fly out direct to Singapore or KL with Air Asia or via Jakarta to the rest of the world

More about Borobodur

This colossal temple was built between AD 750 and 842: 300 years before Cambodia's Angkor Wat, 400 years before work had begun on the great European cathedrals. Little is known about its early history except that a huge army of workers worked in the tropical heat to shift and carve the 60,000 m3 of stone. At the beginning of the 11th century AD, because of the political situation in Central Java, divine monuments in that area, including the Borobudur Temple became completely neglected and given over to decay. The Sanctuary was exposed to volcanic eruption and other ravages of nature. The temple was not rediscovered until the 19th century. A first restoration campaign, supervised by Theodor van Erp, was undertaken shortly after the turn of the century. A second one was led more recently (1973-82).

Read more on the UNESCO web site

See You Tube video from another traveller

all other temples pale into insignificance

 

one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world

built between AD 750 and 842: 300 years before Angkor Wat

 

Previous page: Home