Travel Warning: “Indonesia The Dangerously Beautiful ”

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"INDONESIA THE DANGEROUSLY BEAUTIFUL"

It's more than any tourism brands, this is Indonesia, the dangerously beautiful

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Get the Visa! Take your own passport and let's explore the beauty of Indonesia

Bali - The world best island for 7 years by Travel + Leisure magazine
Ubud in Bali Island - The best Asian city 2009 by Condé Nast Traveler magazine

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Mount Rinjani

Location: West Nusa Tenggara province.



Mount Rinjani, Lombok's highest peak ( 3726 m asl or 12,200 ft. ), draws religious pilgrim and adventure tourist alike. its crater frames a lake, which is 5 miles wide and known as segara anak, which means the lake of child. this crater also contains an active volcano, Gunung Baru.

Gunung Rinjani National Park lies within the major transition zone (Wallaceae) where the flora and fauna of South East Asia makes a dramatic transition into that which is typical of Australasia. The Park has a rich variety of plants and animals, although they can be hard to spot due to the terrain and rainforest cover.

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Mount Bromo

Location: East Java Province



Beautiful volcanoes in Indonesia. It is located in Tengger, in East Java. Mount Bromo is one of two volcanoes that were created following a massive eruption which created an enormous caldera in which are the active Mount Bromo and the non-active Mount Batok. The caldera has seen been filled with grey sands, and is called Laut Pasir or Sand Sea. Trekkers walk through this expanse on their way to Mount Bromo. The scenery is reminiscent of earth in its primeval age or a moonscape. This is more so when a layer of mist carpets the caldera floor.

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Ijen Crater

Location: East Java province.



Ijen Crater is the biggest crater lake in Java. The sulfur crater lake lies between a natural dams of deeply etched rock. It is 200 meters deep and contains about 36million cubic meters of steaming acid water, shrouded in a smelling swirling sulfur cloud. Inside the crater the different color and size of stones are found. Indeed the crater of Ijen is beautiful garden of stone as well.

The view of sulfur miners who climb and go down to the crater is also amazing. A man puts about 10 kg of yellowish stone in to his basket, before he descends the mountain slope to sell his load, carrying the same basket, going in the same direction, digging the same mineral. It is the natural picture that can be seen everyday.

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Lake Toba

Location: North Sumatra Province



New7Wonders of Nature Lake Toba is the largest volcanic lake in the world. At 100 km long and 30 km wide, measuring 505 m at its deepest point, it is situated in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Surrounded by tall mountains, it cradles the large island of Samosir in its middle.

courtesy image by: Budie Herfian

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Komodo National Park
new 7 wonders of nature finalist

Location: East Nusa Tenggara province.



Indonesia’s Komodo National Park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well as numerous smaller ones, for a total area of 1,817 square kilometers (603 square kilometers of it land). The national park was founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon. Later, it was also dedicated to protecting other species, including marine animals. The islands of the national park are of volcanic origin.

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Taman Sari Palace

Location: Special Region and Sultanate province of Yogyakarta



Formerly Tamansari was a recreation garden or a resting house for the Sultan and Family. The other resting houses including Warungboto, Manukberi, Ambarbingun, and Ambarrukmo functioned for the vacation and meditation for the royal family. The other function is used as hiding place for royal family to defend against the enemy assault. Tamansari is located about 2 km south of Yogyakarta Palace. Built by Portuguese architect in European aquatic construction adorned with Javanese Symbolize ornaments.

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Carstensz Pyramid

Location: Papua province



Carstensz Pyramid is on the island of New Guinea, the world's third largest island, in the province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), a remote corner of Indonesia. This is the highest peak in the Australasian continent and often the most difficult to gain access to of the seven summits. The climb itself involves fifth class rock climbing on a beautiful limestone summit ridge to gain the 16,023 foot/4,884 meter summit. Carstensz Pyramid is the highest peak in the Surinam mountain range that transects the island and sits next to the glaciated Ngapulu Jaya. The views looking over the jungle and beyond to the blue Pacific Ocean from the summit of this mysterious mountain are a rare and very special experience.

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Borobudur Temple

Location: Central Java province



The Borobodur Temple complex is one of the greatest monuments in the world. It is of uncertain age, but thought to have been built between the end of the seventh and beginning of the eighth century A.D. For about a century and a half it was the spiritual centre of Buddhism in Java, then it was lost until its rediscovery in the eighteenth century.

The structure, composed of 55,000 square meters of lava-rock is erected on a hill in the form of a stepped-pyramid of six rectangular storeys, three circular terraces and a central stupa forming the summit. The whole structure is in the form of a lotus, the sacred flower of Buddha.

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Raja Ampat Marine Park

Location: West Papua province



The Raja Ampat, or “Four Kings,” archipelago encompasses more than 9.8 million acres of land and sea off the northwestern tip of Indonesia’s West Papua Province. Located in the Coral Triangle, the heart of the world’s coral reef biodiversity, the seas around Raja Ampat possibly hold the richest variety of species in the world.

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Regatta Hotel

Location: Special Region and Capital of Great Jakarta



Unique structures designed to perfection are a visual pleasure;the Regatta Hotel in Jakarta is one such architectural marvel. The aerodynamically shaped 5-star hotel, follows a nautical theme representing a ‘lighthouse’ and ten apartment towers representing tall ships dot its surroundings overlooking the Java Sea. The Regatta Jakarta (meaning boat race) sits on 11 hectares of prime waterfront reclaimed land as with the Burj and upon full completion in three phases will have 10 towers and a landmark five-star hotel which will be a new icon for Jakarta.

The complex is built on North Jakarta that directly borders the sea, inside an upscale residential area, aptly called Pantai Mutiara (Pearl Beach). All houses here are built on Jakarta's first reclaimed land a few decades ago.

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Bunaken Island

Location: North Sulawesi Province



Bunaken island is an area of 8.08 km ² in the Bay of Manado, which is located in the north island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This island is part of the city of Manado, the provincial capital of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Around the island of Bunaken Bunaken marine park there which is part of National Park Marine Manado Tua. This marine park has a marine biodiversity one of the highest in the world.

Bunaken National Park, is one of the city of Manado to become the world tourism in 2010 because of Bunaken is recognized as one of the top marine parks worldwide. The administrative area is still included in Bunaken Manado area.

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Originally Posted by samuel89

Raja Ampat Marine Park

Location: Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua province ("head of Bird" peninsular of Western New Guinea Island)



The Raja Ampat, or “Four Kings,” archipelago encompasses more than 9.8 million acres of land and sea off the northwestern tip of Indonesia’s West Papua Province. Located in the Coral Triangle, the heart of the world’s coral reef biodiversity, the seas around Raja Ampat possibly hold the richest variety of species in the world.

emmm....reminds me of Halong Bay...

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Originally Posted by aseania

emmm....reminds me of Halong Bay...

Halong bay in Vietnam and Koh Phi Phi in Thailand. Indonesia government doesn't promote this place as well as Halong bay and Koh Phi Phi. It will be the rival of those places when our government promote this place and develop it as tourist destination seriously

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Suramadu Bridge

Location: East Java province



This is the new destination place for tourism in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Suramadu bridge is the longest bridge in Indonesia right now. Suramadu Bridge is a bridge across the Madura Strait, connecting the island of Java (in Surabaya) and the island of Madura. Beside of give an advantages progress in east java, Suramadu bridge is also become the new tourism icon of Indonesia especially Surabaya-East Java.

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Dreamland Beach

Location: Bali province



Dreamland Beach is a tourist place located south of Bali in the area called Pecatu. Dreamland beach surrounded by cliffs towering, rock and surrounded by a fairly large around the beach. This beach location is in the complex Pecatu Graha Bali (Kuta Golf Links Resort) which is about 30 minutes from Kuta beach.

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Lok Baintain Floating Market

Location: South Kalimantan province



Floating Market is one of market place that can found in South of Kalimantan. But, this market is unique and very – very unique because all of the transaction to do in the boat that found of that river. The floating market was the traditional market available since long ago and was the reflection of the culture of the Series of the person's river. The again typical market was unique this the place carried out the transaction on water by using the big boat and small that arrived from various corners.

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Gede Pangrango National Park

Location: West Java province



Since the 19th century, the Gede-Pangrango area has been a living laboratory for researchers. The trail on the south-eastern slopes was found by Sir Thomas Raffles in 1811, although the earliest recorded climb of Mount Gede was by C.G.C. Reinwardt in 1819.

Among many points of interest in the park, Bodogol Conservation Education Center offers wide variety of interests. Hanging twenty-five meters above ground, a canopied walkway is one of the park’s best attraction although extra precaution should be taken at several points in which the walkway’s condition has deteriorated.

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Prambanan Temple

Location: Central Java province



The Prambanan temple is the biggest and a most beautiful Hindu temple about 20 minutes from Yogyakarta city. This magnificent Shivaite temple derives its name from the village where it is located. Locally known as the Loro Jongrang temple, or the temple of the "Slender Virgin" it is reputed to be the biggest and most beautiful Hindu Temple in Indonesia.

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Kuta Beach

Location: Bali province



Kuta beach is one of the first favorite beaches discovered by tourist. Coconut trees line the sand beach as far as the eyes can see towards the north stopped by the runway of Denpasar's airport far in the west. The sunset in Kuta is most breathtaking. On the south, the beach is fenced by the airport's runway, which gives the visitors a breathtaking landing experience. Kuta Beach bustles with tourists' vendors and locals. It's the most popular beach in Bali and the island's number one party zone.