Old Batavia Trail: Historical Journey Through Jakarta's Glodok District and Jin De Yuan Temple
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Jakarta
Embark on a historical journey through Jakarta's Glodok District and Jin De Yuan Temple on the Old Batavia Trail. Explore the oldest China town area in Indonesia and visit the oldest Chinese temple in Jakarta.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

After your hotel pickup, start with a visit to the last remaining Dutch drawbridge in Jakarta, known as the Chicken Market Bridge. After the bridge visit, you’ll stop at Fatahillah Square. Walk along cobblestone paths through the historical Kali Besar Barat, lined with Dutch architecture, before visiting the Wayang Kulit shadow puppet museum. Once you are done checking out the displays in the museum, continue to Toko Merah, known as the Red Shop, former home of Dutch Governor General van Imhoff and one of the most impressive red tiled facade buildings remaining. Just beyond the Red Shop is Sunda Kelapa Harbour. A structure that is very much attached to Jakarta history, it houses a range of Buganese Phinisi Schooners that still bear unloaded goods from across the archipelago. Wander the intriguing flea markets of Jalan Surabaya, a favorite of locals and travelers alike. Lined on both sides with curios and goods ranging from Chinese porcelain to colonial Dutch trinkets, this is a wonderful way to spend the afternoon haggling with the locals. On your way back to the hotel we will also be able to stop for nearby photos at the Presidential Palace and the National Monument.

What's Included
  • Private tour
  • Professional guide
  • Shared hotel pickup and drop-off in central Jakarta (North, East, South, West)
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Transfers from and to Hotels that are located outside of Jakarta are not included
  • Transfers from and to the harbor (supplements apply)
  • Harbor entrance fees are not included and supplements may apply
Additional Information

Believed to have been active since before the 13th century, this captivating site holds the historical essence of Jakarta. Embark on a journey to the oldest Chinatown in Indonesia, Glodok, originally situated just beyond the city walls before its relocation. This area is distinguished by its twisting lanes, titled red roofs, compact, dimly-lit shops and serves as a central point for the Chinese community. Included in your visit is Jakarta’s oldest Chinese Taoist temple, the Golden Wisdom, also known as Jin De Yuan, established in the 1650s.

  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Location
Jakarta
Cancellation Policy

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

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Phanupong
Mar 28, 2016
Tour guide is very excellent and... - <p>Tour guide is very excellent and flexible. Highly recommend</p>
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Juancarlos_b
Oct 4, 2016
Old Batavia is in a very poor... - <p>Old Batavia is in a very poor area...not safe, we cannot walk around the hotel. The part of new JAkarta is worth tovisit</p>
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Tntniemi
Sep 18, 2019
Not sure about any of it, terrible but funny and memorable for sure - I don't know if it was the content or the guide that was problematic. We were 2 people on a private tour and the guide didn't seem to want to be there. To be fair though, my colleague and I travel a lot and are not garden variety tourists. We went first to the national museum, where there is not a lot of English explaining the exhibits and the guide didn't seem to be much help. English-speaking guide was also a bit of an overstatement. A lot of the exhibits didn't seem to make any sense or to have any continuity, and by the time I realized we were being shown things backwards (there are arrows on the floor), my soul was dead and I didn't care anymore. Then we went to Chinatown. Anyone who has been to Chinatowns anywhere else in the world is likely to feel pangs of disappointment, as this is more of a farmers market with a few other vendors thrown in. That was a quick walk, with the guide moving through the alleyways with the speed of an F1 pace car, leaving us no real time to look at anything. I wish I would have made him stop so I could take a picture of all the small frogs tied to a table. We then went to some museum on Fatahillah Square but again, disinterested guide coupled with very little English descritption meant it was more of a brisk walk through a disjointed collection of things in a dense crowd than anything else. We then went to see a puppet maker and he was FANTASTIC! Really friendly and informative and spoke very good English. I'd have happily paid to have him take us around the rest of the afternoon. I don't know if we had any choice about eating lunch at Café Batavia. We were just taken there and that was it. There were other more interesting looking places in the area that wouldn't have involved being surrounded by Australians drinking cocktails out of coconuts. We did however have a excellent view of the square where what seemed to be a goth girl-pop group filming a music video, and that was well worth the price of lunch. Our guide didn't really even seem to know where we were supposed to go, as he then wanted to go to the market, but we wanted to see the puppet museum, which we were standing in front of. Again a not enthusiastic tour, but the place was wonderful and creepy . By then we still wanted to see the harbor, which we did, but desperately needed a drink so cut the market and had the guide and driver drop us near a bar. Somewhat agressive pestering for my contact info from the guide.
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