Year End Holiday in Jakarta

End of the year already waiting in front of the eye, the aura of life tend to smell the holiday mood. Especially for those who will be celebrating Christmas and New Year, you can feel the holiday atmosphere everywhere.

Travelers would have to have some plan to deal with the year-end holidays, where you going or where the destination can immediately see the available options.

What if you as a tourist will choose Jakarta as one of the main travel objectives in the end of the year? Then where are the goals are worth considering?

Jakarta is a sprawling city with a large population and more than 9 million people, the capital of the Republic of Indonesia. Jakarta is the central meeting place for people from all over the country.

For tourists who have been to Jakarta would immediately remember its city landmarks in the metropolitan Jakarta, namely the Hotel Indonesia and Wisma Nusantara, the first high-rise building in Jakarta. And skyscraper office buildings scattered around the golden triangle area, Thamrin - Sudirman and Kuningan.

But if you really want to find more challenging traveling, it provided a variety of options that can be tailored to the needs.

Here are some options are worth to consider:

1. Ancol Dreamland.
2. Thousand Islands – Kepulauan Seribu, and several beautiful islands in the Jakarta Bay.
3. The annual event festival and Year-end music festival, such as the Java Jazz Festival.
4. Shopping belt areas, such as Plaza Indonesia, Plaza Senayan, Pondok Indah Mall, Pacific Place and others.
5. Wholesale Center Tanah Abang and Mangga Dua.
6. The annual event in the anniversary of the city and Year End Sale on a variety of modern shopping centers, such as the Jakarta Great Sale.
7. End of year show exhibition, held at the Jakarta Convention Center, a place for international conventions and exhibitions.
8. National Monument (Monas) with a 137 m high obelisk -shaped, and is topped with a flame -shaped bronze plated layer 32 kilograms of gold.
9. Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) in East Jakarta.
10. Garden Orchid nursery located in TMII.
11. Seaworld and Fantasy World (Dunia Fantasi), Ancol.
12. Ragunan Zoo and Wildlife Schmutzer, a gathering place of various animals, such as birds of paradise, komodo dragons, orangutans, and all kinds of snakes and gorillas.
13. The area of Jakarta culinary, spread in all over the town.
14. Jakarta Old Town of Batavia.

Always present the option to spend the holidays, make sure to plan an exciting holiday for you.

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(Source Committee of the World Royal Heritage Festival 2013, Culture and Tourism Office of Jakarta Province, travelKompas, Kompas /Images Manu Kretyawan)