mekarsari park

Mekarsari park is a place where one can find the wealth of Indonesia’s fruit species gathered together in a single location. It is also intended to develop and breeding of superior varieties of fruit. Mekarsari is one of the biggest tropical fruit garden in the world. It covers total area of 265 hectares and has more than 100,000 plants which consist of 78 families, 400 species, 1,438 varieties and 37,000 trees. The late Indonesian First Lady, Tien Soeharto is a person who originated floating this idea to set up this park. Then Mekarsari Fruit Garden was built in 1991. In October 14, 1995 this park was inaugurated and officialy named as Mekarsari Fruit Garden.

The garden is intended to create a model market garden which will nurture germplasm collection representing fruit trees, vegetables, and flowering plants. The aim here is to safeguard the genetic diversity of these plants. The 264-hectare garden is conceived as a tourist attraction who will enjoy the recreational facilities which include Canal Tour, Kid’s Fun Valley, Country Side, Melon Park, Snake fruit Garden, Deer Park, and other facilities.

proclamation monument

Proclamation Monument (a.k.a Pola Building) is just located obviously in Menteng, Pegangsaan.

The tugu Proclamasi (Proclamation Monument) was laid out by the Jakarta Republic Women who organized the committee to commemorate the first anniversary of The Proclamation of Independence. The Monument was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister of the Republic Indonesia, Sutan Syahrir, on August 17,1946.

borobudur temple

The Borobudur Buddhist sanctuary, more than a thousand years old, is recognized as one of the greatest stupa and World's wonder of its kind in the world.This Buddhist temple has 1460 relief panels and 504 Buddha effigies in its complex. Millions of people are eager to visit this building as one of the World Wonder Heritages. Today, it is the center of tourist attraction in Central Java. The name Borobudur is believed to have been derived from the Sanskrit words, Vihara Buddha Uhr, meaning the Buddhist Monastery on the hill. Borobudur temple is located in Muntilan, Magelang and is about 42 kilometers from Yogyakarta city. It is the greatest Buddhist work of art existing in the world.Borobudur's architects and sculptors designed it to serve the purpose of veneration, worship and meditation, though Borobudur is not a temple as such.

Monas

The National Monument is a 433 ft (132 meter) tower in the center of Merdeka Square, Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia's independence. Construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Sukarno and the monument was opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame covered with gold foil. The monument and the museum is open daily from 08.00 - 15.00 Western Indonesia Time, everyday throughout the week, except for the last Monday of each month, when the monument is closed.

On the outer yard encircling the monument, on each four corners, there are high reliefs of Indonesian History. The reliefs and statues were made from molded cement, but several of these statues are already damaged and have decayed due to torrential rain and the tropical climate. Inside the base of the monument there is the Indonesian National History Museum, located three metres below the surface of the monument. It is a large marble-lined room measuring 80 x 80 metres with 48 dioramas along the walls side depicting scenes from the Indonesian history from prehistory until the New Order, plus 3 other dioramas in the center of the room, making a total of 51 dioramas.

Toba Lake

Toba Lake is the largest lake in South East Asia and also one of the most spectacular, surrounded by tall mountains and with the large island of Samosir in the middle. Toba Lake is in the Batak highlands; approximately five hours drive from Medan. If we descend from the mountain we see the lake glittering in all its beauty. The Dutch writer Rudy Kousbroek even called Toba Lake, 'the most beautiful place on earth'. Most visitors stay on the peninsula of Tuk Tuk on Samosir, named after the linguist Herman Neubronner van der Tuuk. In general people stay several days on Samosir to discover the island, to visit traditional Batak villages, to swim in the lake and go to the hot springs in Pangururan. The flora of the lake includes various types of phytoplankton, emerged macrophytes, floating macrophytes, and submerged macrophytes, while the surrounding countryside is rainforest including areas of Sumatran tropical pine forests on the higher mountainsides. Toba Lake is the world famous crater.

Lake Toba is the site of a supervolcanic eruption that occurred 69,000-77,000 years ago, It is 100 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide, and 505 metres (1,666 ft) at its deepest point. a massive climate-changing event. The eruption is believed to have had a VEI intensity of 8. It is believed to be the largest explosive eruption anywhere on Earth in the last 25 million years.