What to do and see in Borobudur, Java: The Best Cultural Tours

March 6, 2022 Roseanne Arnett

Although Indonesia is largely Muslim and Bali a Hindu enclave, the UNESCO World Heritage site of Borobudur -- actually located on the neighboring island of Java – is one of the most fascinating Buddhist stupas and temple complexes in the world. Organized tours via air can be booked with Balinese tour operators.
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1. Borobudur Temple Half Day Tour from Yogyakarta

Lovely Borobudur Tours By Asni
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Experience the extraordinary holiday in Yogyakarta by visiting the magnificent temples! We combine the experiences of culture, nature and adventure from a hill with the backdrop of Borobudur temple and volcanoes in central Java followed by a visit to Mendut & Pawon temples. There will be an English speaking guide who will explain the history and symbolism of the temples during your spectacular temple tour. Highlights: • Enjoy the spectacular view of Borobudur followed by Mendut & Pawon temples tour • Explore the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Borobudur • Admission Fees included to avoid hassle

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, Fuel for tours, Return hotel transfers, Local English speaking guide at Borobudur temple, Mineral water, English speaking driver

Exclusions: Personal Expenses, Food & Beverages, Optional program, Gratuities

Reviewed By tropixX_CT

This was a beautiful tour except for the fact that it rained the whole time. The temples were beautiful, our guides friendly and attentive, and it was just too bad that it tipped it down the whole time and that put a dampener on the experience.

2. Borobudur Sunrise & Prambanan Temples Tour

Lovely Borobudur Tours By Asni
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Experience the extraordinary holiday in Yogyakarta by visiting the magnificent temples! We combine the experiences of culture, nature and adventure by enjoying the sunrise from a hill with the backdrop of Borobudur temple and volcanoes in central Java followed by a visit to Mendut & Pawon temples. We will stop by at Prambanan Temple to end your amazing trip. Highlights: • Enjoy the spectacular sunrise view of Borobudur followed by Mendut & Pawon temples tour • Explore the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Borobudur and Prambanan • Admission Fees included to avoid hassle

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle, Fuel for tours, Return hotel transfers, Local english speaking guide at Prambanan temple, Mineral water, English speaking driver

Exclusions: Personal Expenses, Food & Beverages, Optional program, Gratuities

Reviewed By tropixX_CT

This was a beautiful tour except for the fact that it rained the whole time. The temples were beautiful, our guides friendly and attentive, and it was just too bad that it tipped it down the whole time and that put a dampener on the experience.

3. From Semarang Port: Borobudur Temple Private Shore Excursion

Jogja Borobudur Tour
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Embark on this shore excursion to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Borobudur Temple from Semarang Port.

Inclusions: All Fees and Taxes, Air-conditioned vehicle, English-speaking Guide, Private pick up & drop off service from the port, It is guaranteed that you will be back at the port on time

Exclusions: Lunch, Gratuities

Reviewed By Hauke K

I booked last minute in the morning and we went to bukit rhema and borobudur sunset. The next day to jomblang cave. I would do it again anytime. See you next time

4. Borobudur Sunrise Tour Through Manohara Hotel

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Borobudur Sunrise Tour capturing spectacular sunrise shots at this gigantic Buddhist temple built at 8th century. This tour is designed for those who love enjoying the peace and the quietness while enjoying the specatacular panoramic scene of the Borobudur temple and surrounding during the sunrise. This tour is also designed for those who love hunting the sunrise! This Borobudur Sunrise Tour tour also allows you to travel back in time to enjoy the amazing combination of history, culture, spirituality and natural beauty. This one of the seven wonders is best seen at dawn, when the air is fresh and the birds are singing along in the early morning. As the sun appears from the horizon, it magically highlights the relics of 504 Buddha faces and the stone reliefs.

Inclusions: Breakfast, Pick up and drop off from and to your hotel, Borobudur Sunrise Ticket at Manohara Hotel, Air-conditioned hired van/car, Fuels, parking and other fees, Entrance ticket for Chicken Church and Mendut Temple, English-speaking guide, Refill water

Exclusions: Flight ticket, Hotel/Accommodation, Visa, Personal Travel Insurance, Personal Medication, Personal expenses, Those not mentioned in the inclusions

Reviewed By djurias2020

Great trip,the tour guide is very professional. eventhough the weather was hot in Borobudur we didn't feel tired.we enjoyed the guide story. When we went to Merapi,t was raining.we still can enjoy lava tour well. Thanks to Pak Gilang Travelxism

5. 5 Day 4 Night Yogyakarta Heritage Sustainable Tour

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Yogyakarta 5 days 4 nights Cultural Heritage Excursion is designed to give you the real experience in Yogyakarta. We have designed thematic tour each day based on destinations you are going to visit. We also practise eco-friendly concept and sustainability concept. When you join our tour, you will also directly support sustainable tourism! This tour is the right balance of adventure, heritage while trying to implement tour in sustainable concept. You will also stay in a local family homestay that we have selected based on our standard or 3-star hotel with sustainable and eco-friendly concept in Jogjakarta. provides positive impact on the locals and community but minimise the negative impact on the destination and local culture. We practise sustainable tour concept. We are trying to minimise the one-single plastic use in our tour, so we ban single plastic use of water bottle and provide refill water. We are also involving local community/people in our tour.

Inclusions: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner, Dinner, Lunch, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Air-conditioned vehicle, All Fees and Taxes, Pick up and drop off from and to the hotel or Adisutjipto International Airport, Private room at local homestay OR a twin-shared 3-star hotel with eco-friendly concept, English Speaking Tour Guide, Travelxism Travel Guide, Entrance Ticket to all destinations, Borobudur Sunrise tour from Manohara Hotel, Local guides at Kotagede, Taman sari water castle and Borobudur temple, All workhsops (batik, silver, pottery), Jeep hire at Merapi Lava tour, Village activities at Desa Wisata Nglanggeran, Refill Mineral Water, Parking, fuels and other fees

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Reviewed By djurias2020

Great trip,the tour guide is very professional. eventhough the weather was hot in Borobudur we didn't feel tired.we enjoyed the guide story. When we went to Merapi,t was raining.we still can enjoy lava tour well. Thanks to Pak Gilang Travelxism

6. borobudur sunrise from top of temple,prambanan cyling and visit the temple

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Well this tour require you to wake up early morning. The panorama of the sunrise from the top of temple is just amazing. It could compensate your " early wake up " After the sunrise you will discover the architecture of the temple the history. Later on we will bring you abit of the life of people around prambanan and plaosan by bike. Last but not least we will discover the ancient and biggest hindust temple of prambanan

Inclusions: Air-conditioned vehicle

Exclusions: entrance fee, biking rental, meals, or local guide on the spot

Reviewed By Zulfath92

The host,Mas Adi,is very friendly,helped us a lot during our stay here.He brought us to visit beautiful places which was very memorable.The helps received from the host make our stay to be a smooth-sailing experience.Truly recommended.Thank you very much..

7. Private Yogyakarta’s Cultural Bucket list Tour

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Firstly, we practise sustainable tour concept. We are trying to minimise the one-single plastic use in our tour, so we ban single plastic use of water bottle and provide refill water. We are also involving local community/people in our tour. For those who arrange accomodation through TRAVELXISM, we partner with a 3-star hotel that also practise eco-friendly and sustainable concept. Yogyakarta is rich of cultural icons. Among many of them, there are three cultural icons is included in the MUST VISIT bucketlist of travelers. Those are Borobudur, Merapi Mountain, and Prambanan temple. This one full day tour will cover all these bucketlist. It is very suitable for travelers who have limited time in Yogyakarta.

Inclusions: Lunch, Pick up and drop off from and to your hotel, Borobudur Sunrise Ticket at Manohara Hotel including breakfast, Air-conditioned hired van/car, Fuels, parking and other fees, Entrance ticket for Borobudur, Merapi, and Prambanan Temple, Knowledgeable, photographer skill, friendly, fun, and fluent English speaking guide , Refill water, Duration 10 hours

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Reviewed By 620jayshrid

This is undoubtedly the best experience I had in Indonesia... I reached while it was pitch dark and the moon was just rising above the stupa... that view was so mesmerising that I was happy even if I don’t see any sunrise due to clouds... but I was lucky and the clouds were just enough to make it a perfect sunrise... the foggy morning also added the charm in the view... it was quite and a beautiful morning with less people around... and not to mention that the stupa made in speechless once I explored it while returning from the top to the bottom of it... I then finished the exploration since the general public admission started and then there was a lot of crowd... I was glad to make a sunrise plan to avoid the crowd and to enjoy moments of peace! PS. The breakfast at Manohara restaurant is included in the entry ticket and was surely not to be missed ????

8. Borobudur,Prambanan and Merapi Volcano Tour .

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Unique combination of 2 kind of Tour,Culture tour and Nature Tour.Visiting to temples,Borobudur and Prambanan,both temples are the most popular temples in Java,Indonesia and combined by adventure 4WD Jeep merapi Lava tour.Not only beautiful panorama of Merapi Volcano you will see but also FUN !

Inclusions: Cold Water, Private transportation, Personal protect equipment ( Masker,hand sanitizer )

Exclusions: Lunch, Jeep at Merapi Volcano, Admission

Reviewed By supandif2021

My family and I took tour to Merapi and temple tour with Izzati Jogjatour.Was very fun and enjoyable tour.The Driver was very knowledgeable,explained during the trip and on the temple in the program.

9. Borobudur Sunrise and Dieng Plateau Tour

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This will be a long worth day tour starting at early morning to see sunrise at Borobudur temple and continue driving to visit Dieng Plateau, where Hindu complex temples and an acid lake (a mirror lake-local named it) can be explored and visited.

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Reviewed By SusanD1724

Special visit to watch the sun rise over Borobudur temple. Breakfast was included but not necessary Guide didn’t accompany us up the temple but was otherwise great ! Stopped for coffee afterwards — with civets choosing the beans. Guide was very accommodating

10. Exciting Borobudur Sunrise Tour

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This will be your effective day visiting all great spots in a day, to whom has no enough time exploring Yogyakarta.

Inclusions: All Fees and Taxes, We will have a buffet breakfast after visiting Borobudur temple, Coffee and/or Tea, Snacks, Bottled water

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Reviewed By rrarilina

Was loving the experience of our Borobudur Adventure with Jogja Travels. Ardi have been such a great host on showing us around exploring Borobudur. Definitely looking forward for another place to explore with Jogja Travels.

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