In the morning visit the Sultan’s Palace, also known as ‘Kraton’ - the central aspect of the Javanese cosmology with the Kraton being at the centre of the Mt Merapi and Parangtritis Beach lines. This building constructed between 1756 –1790, is a fine example of traditional Javanese sultanate architecture. Next visit the adjacent ‘Taman Sari’, water palace and garden. This addition to the royal complex was built over 200 years ago by the first Sultan with bathing pools for his harem. Then continue to Beringharjo Traditional Market, Yogyakarta’s biggest and noisiest market that dates back to the 18th century. It is an excellent place to buy batiks, sarongs, keris, antiques and other souvenirs. After your market visit, return to your hotel in Yogyakarta.

This tour is designed to give you the real experience in Yogyakarta. Begin with visiting the splendid Sonobudoyo Museum, then, you can witness the ONE AND ONLY living monarchy in Indonesia by visiting Kraton (Yogyakarta Palace). Next, we will visit the wonderful building of Water Castle. Finally, make your own handicraft and souvenir by learning to do some Batik paintings. We have 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. 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.

Constantly exceeding expectations, Yogyakarta packs a bunch of sights that make this city such a bright pearl of culture and history. From markets and palaces that still breathe the atmosphere of a bygone era, this half a day is a perfect Yogya intro. • The Sultan Palace, a display of opulence in the heart of Yogyakarta • Visit the Kraton with its almost stand-alone character • Admire the skilled craftsmanship of silverware artisans • Get engulfed in the hustle and bustle of Yogyakarta • Transfers from and to your Yogya hotel are included

Visit Kraton Yogyakarta Sultan's Palace, built between 1756 –1790, is charged with the divine forces of the universe. Built on a north-south axis, the Kraton is in the centre as facing sacred Mount Merapi, and backs the ocean, home of the Sultan’s mystical consort Queen of the South. Continue to Taman Sari water palace and garden was built over 200 years ago by the first Sultan with bathing pools for his harem. Next Visit Borobudur temple, listed in UNESCO World Heritage, the largest Buddhist temple in the world- with amazing history behind its construction. Comprised of volcanic and river stone blocks, the temple was assembled between 8th to 9th century, entirely by human labor and took more than 75 years to complete. It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base stretches approximately 120 metres each side with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms and, at the top, a monumental stupa.

Visit Kraton Yogyakarta Sultan's Palace built between 1756 –1790, is charged with the divine forces of the universe. Built on a north-south axis, the Kraton is in the centre as facing sacred Mount Merapi, and backs the ocean, home of the Sultan’s mystical consort Queen of the South. Next visit Taman Sari water palace and garden was built over 200 years ago by the first Sultan with bathing pools for his harem.It encompassed a large artificial lake with islands complete with rare fruit trees, fragrant gardens, swimming pools and meditation areas as well as a network of secret underwater tunnels that includes an Underground Mosque Next visit Prambanan Hindu temple listed as UNESCO World Heritage. This collection of sharp, jagged temples features three main inner shrines dedicated to the Hindu trinity:Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. They are decorated with reliefs illustrating the Indonesian version of the Ramayana epic which are masterpieces of stone carvings.