Private Tour: Explore The History of Old Jakarta City in Half Day Journey
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Embark on a private half-day tour of Old Jakarta City and delve into its rich history. Explore the Dutch East Indies Era, visit historical museums, the iconic Sunda Kelapa Harbor, and more!
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • MAM Holidays Indonesia - Our tour guide will pick you up around 9am from your hotel lobby centrally located Jakarta.
  • Glodok Chinatown Market - We will start our day tour by visiting Glodok China Town . Called “Glodok” is the oldest China town in Jakarta. Open markets, small shop with typical old Chinese Architecture, tiny alleys and charming cracked make this area a photographer’s paradise. Visit Petak Sembilan Chinese temple dedicated to the Buddhist goddess of mercy, Kuan Yin. Built around 1650.
  • Wayang Museum - Then pay a visit to Puppet Museum. An old Dutch colonial house which contain great collections of Javanese leather “Wayang” puppets. Wooden “Golek” puppets and mask of Indonesia and some other part of the world. The former old Dutch Governor General graveyard also was here.

Then move for enjoying Puppet Show. A very short time show for the Puppet performance and you will be exhausted entertaint by the “Dalang” or the Puppet player, the show performance in English, here after the show finished you also could know how to make a puppet.

  • Jakarta History Museum (Fatahillah Museum) - Continue on to Jakarta Historical Museum. Originally built by Dutch in 1707 as Jakarta City Hall or “stad huis”. Furnished with antique furnishing, porcelain, old map and portraits, under water jail and other items used by former Dutch Governor General.

  • Kota Intan Bridge - Then move on to Kota Intan Drawbridge. At the north end of Kali Besar lays a small 17th century Dutch drawbridge, the last in the city, called the Kota Intan Drawbridge.

  • Sunda Kelapa Harbour - Finally, you will visit to Sunda Kelapa Harbor. A kilometre north of Taman Fatahillah, the old port of Sunda Kelapa is full of magnificent Makassar schooners (pinisi). The dock scene here has barely changed for centuries, and porters unload cargo from these sailing ships by hand and trolley. Sadly, the port itself is rundown and its waters grotesquely polluted these days.

What's Included
  • Professional English speaking Tour Guide
  • Government Tax’s and Service Charge
  • Round Transportation by a Private Air Conditioned Vehicle
  • Mineral Water
What's Not Included
  • Food and Drinks
  • Own expenses
  • Any other things not mentioned in the itinerary
Additional Information

Join this private half day tour with your friends or family members to explore the history and real of local people of Jakarta. History of Jakarta Old City coming from Dutch East Indies Era, about 16th Century. Jakarta Old City Tour programs has many interesting places to visit around West & North Jakarta. Old building cover almost all area near by “Kota Tua” and Fatahillah Square that was build in early 17th century. such as Jakarta Historical Museum, Puppet Museum, Sunda Kelapa Harbor and also Kota Intan Drawbridge.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Carlaox5433ns
Jul 8, 2023
a memorable tour - My tour guide, Tony, is a super star! He is a kind and compassionate person with a deep knowledge of the places he takes you to. My favorite is the Wayang shadow puppet workshop. We met the artisan who makes the puppets, explained his process and gave us a short show in english. I was able to buy some puppets and masks from the artist as well. We went through Chinatown before hand, the old harbor, and the town square. After the Wayang museum we went to the history museum. Tony had a lot of historical knowledge as well. It was such a memorable tour. Thank you Tony for an amazing tour!! I also felt safe as a solo female traveler.
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Amar
Jul 6, 2018
Highly recommended! - Tony & Agus (the guides) brought me around the Jakarta Old Town (called Kota Tua) and it was an awesome experience. They're very knowledgeable guides who made the day pass by so quickly!
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413flavias
Jun 15, 2019
Private tour: Half day Jakarta Old City Tour - The highlight was the visit to the Wayang (Shadow puppet) workshop where we had the opportunity to see the artisan on the work and learn the details of production of these wonderful art. At the end there was a performance in English. We bought some puppets and bookmarks to help the place to keep afloat. The market in Chinatown was nicer than we expected and we could discover local specialties. Our guide Tony was very kind, and if you don’t have any knowledge of the local history and arts it will do. He helped us to buy the fruits and talk to people in the market. Tour started about 40min later but it also ended later. Bring some snacks as there’s no stop for lunch.
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