BOGOR TOUR / THE HERITAGE OF LEAFY CITY

Bogor Botanic Gardens is an area that has an important role in the development of natural science in Indonesia. Bogor Botanic Gardens is the oldest botanical garden in Southeast Asia, founded by German botanists, Dr. C.G.C. Reinwardt on May 18, 1817. Imitating the Kew Garden of London

It has 1,500 square meters in space and contain one of the most extensive fauna collections in Asia. There are 24 rooms in the museum and the temperature is set on 22 degrees Celsius due to safety of the collections. You may also find a skeleton of blue whale here, which is the biggest of its kind in Indonesia.

Dhanagun Vihara is known as the oldest monastery in the city of Bogor. The building is still standing firmly today. It is believed, he is already more than 300 years old. The Dhanagun Temple is the starting point where the Joli parade (statues of gods placed on stretchers) are held

The tiny Pancasan gong workshop has been banging out traditional metal gamelan gongs for the past two centuries and this family business is now in its sixth generation. It’s more than 200 years !!

Started from The Gate of Suryakencana, the Gate of Suryakencana was born as the symbol that Chinese people, who is called Tionghoa in Indonesian, is not outsiders. It shows the acceptance that Bogor has one part that has different race characteristic compared to the majority, you may view some of Chinese old buildings, some inhibited by popular culinary of Bogor City.