Jakarta Heritage of Old Batavia Private City Tour

Discover the rich heritage and culture of Jakarta’s Old Batavia on a private tour with an expert guide. Explore museums, Chinatown, the old town, and more, and experience the city’s history through local experiences like riding a Tuk Tuk and a wooden boat.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Jakarta History Museum (Fatahillah Museum) - After departing from the hotel or accommodation, within 30 minutes to an hour, visit the Old Town and museum. This building was originally the Batavia City Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis van Batavia), constructed between 1707 and 1710 under the orders of Governor General Joan van Hoorn. The museum houses…
What's Included
  • Private Air Conditioned Vehicle with Licensed Driver and Guide
  • Bottled water
  • Walking Heritage with Expert Guide and Tuk Tuk Experience
  • Pick up and drop off Service
  • Donation of Religion site
  • Ticket to Museum national
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Tipping is optional
Additional Information

This tour comes highly recommended, featuring an expert and friendly guide who will immerse you in the history and culture of its “Heritage.”
Highlight: The Old City of Jakarta, also known as Old Batavia, was likened to Amsterdam by European sailors and traders in the 16th century due to its beauty. The area is characterized by European and Chinese…

Location
Jakarta History Museum (Fatahillah Museum)
Jln. Fatahillah Taman 1, Old Batavia
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Gbutler0
Jan 26, 2026
Fascinating, varied day around Jakarta. Easy transitions and well-informed guide with good English. - Brilliant day seeing the major sights of Jakarta with our great guide Haidar and driver Cakman. A highlight was lunch and a private tour of the fascinating Tugu Hotel in the old Batavian port area. We also loved our visit to the puppet workshop. Haider was an exceptional guide with an incredible knowledge of the history and all areas of Jakarta. we absolutely recommend any tour with him!
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Derek19699
Dec 20, 2025
Great day 👌 - Had a great day Had a great driver and guide all to myself His English was excellent Got to experience the tourist side and the history side - very knowable guide And also experienced the general hussle and bussle life of Jakarta, Even a street food restaurant for locals where we all enjoyed a meal and chat Great day 5-6 hours was the advertised time but it was a bit longer at around 7 hours but that's Jakarta traffic Included a rickshaw ride though old section of Jakarta - not much chance of getting through those narrow streets in a car! Definatly worth the effort 👌 if you got a day free to experience Jakarta
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Jasmine
Nov 27, 2025
Brilliant Heritage Day Tour - We did the old city Jakarta tour 25 Nov 2025 and it was truly fabulous. Our guide ENOK made the day perfect. Enok was friendly, engaging and very knowledgeable. Our first stop, the Istiqlal Mosque was wonderful - such a delight to be able to walk around Indonesia's largest mosque and the neighbouring Cathedral was just as impressive. But I think the biggest surprise of the day was the diorama display depicting Indonesia's history ...this unique way of story telling is something we will never forget and all directly under the city's national monument with 360 degree views from the top more than 100 meters up. Cafe Batavia was our lunch stop and while this historical site mostly caters to European styled food we opted for traditional Indonesian and it was delicious! The port was another surprise... being able to walk around the port and stand up on the sea wall and discover how Jakarta copes with being lower than the surrounding waters was another incredible discovery of the day. We couldn't find fault with the itinerary, guide or driver KHALIM who was always ready and weaved skilfully through the traffic keeping us safe at all times. All our tour stops were well curated for the time allocated at each stop. We never felt rushed and Enok was always happy to answer our questions. It was like having our own personal historian for the day. Thank you for an unforgettable day. 10 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Barbara_j
Nov 12, 2025
Easy Jakarta Tour - Ditch the stress when you book this tour. Let your driver deal with the crazy traffic and the super knowledgeable guides show you the cool stuff in Jakarta. As a solo traveler, I felt super safe with my guide Haidar - he was like a buddy showing me around. We chatted about everything and anything, no topic was off-limits. It was a blast. Always awesome to learn more about the places you visit with a guide who's a total gentleman.
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Passenger22282902116
Nov 7, 2025
Highly recommended, inspirational, memorable tour through Old Jakarta, Batavia. - Tour Guide Haidar comes truly highly recommended. His efforts and knowledge went beyond expectations. A great communicator. Appreciated was the time he made available, wherever we visited, relaxed, nothing felt rushed, I was able to take amazing photos because of it. The program was excellent too, it was so well balanced. It all came to life. The Old City of Jakarta is just so amazingly interesting and full of history and has super nice cafes related to it, not mentioned in my tourist guide book. With special thanks to excellent driver Cek Man, who contributed to it that things went seamlessly well. A joyful day.
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Mparker144
Sep 10, 2025
Great trip and an even better guide - I cannot say enough great things about oir guide Haidar and our driver Cakman. This trip was just my wife and I. Haidar was very knowledgeable, knows english very well, and was able to customize our experience. We really wanted to shop for spices and Haidar was able to accommodate that and was extremely helpful when working with various merchants on our purchases. We got to see numerous historical sites and learn a great deal about the history and culture that makes up Jakarta! Well worth it!
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Americantourister59
Jul 21, 2025
- A good way to see the highlights if Jakarta in a day. Museums, temples, mosques, etc. Our guide Hanny was very knowledgable and friendly. We had a good day.
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Michalkav2023
Jul 14, 2025
120 - We ordered one day private tour in Jakarta on 12th July 2025. Our guide was Rezky and he was amazing. He has a lot of knowledge about Jakarta and Indonesia. He did our trip an excelent experience. Everything was prrfectly managed.
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Ali_y
Jan 7, 2026
Good brief tour of old... - Good brief tour of old Jakarta. Haider was nice and chill. The van used to drive us around was luxurious. The included lunch was yummy
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Steven_l
Jan 2, 2026
Nice day in Jakarta - I booked this private tour for our group of 4 through Viator but I communicated directly with the provider, Milo Ferdian, on WhatsApp and his responsiveness was outstanding. The itinerary was fine but also repeated a number of the types of stops we have already enjoyed during our numerous Asia shore excursions: a visit to the Chinatown area and an old temple, a tuk tuk ride (this one was very bumpy). The unique stops included a visit to a puppet showroom which included a nice descriptions of the products for sale. We had seen a number of Mosques earlier but this was the first time we went inside at Istiqlal. It was a magnificent building and very much worth seeing. Also at the end of the tour we visited the old boat port; while the tour photos looked romantic for this place, there is absolutely no concessions to making the location tourist friendly. We also stopped for some drinks and cake at Care Batavia and it was very lovely and inexpensive. I am sure of we were hungry, the meals would have been excellent there. Really the best thing about the tour was our fabulous guide - Gindo. He provided extensive details for everything we saw throughout the day and has a great personality. We also have a lovely driver, Mr. Ihsan. So while out Jakarta visit was not quite as fresh and standout as our earlier cruise stops, it was still very enjoyable on the strength of our guide and driver.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).