Best Water Park to visit in Indonesia

Snowbay Waterpark 

Snowbay Waterpark provided facilities other than games also comfort its visitors by providing other supporting facilities, such as Cafe Polaris, Captain Jack's Cuisine Food Court, VIP Cabana equipped with LCD TV, WI-FI facilities, personal butler, personal safe deposit box, gazebo, lockers to store belongings. If visitors do not bring equipment, available souvenirs, which sells all fittings, such as bathing suits and the like. play facilities for children are also provided water fun pool games include tots pool, play pool and kids pool. in addition, other facilities are available to nourish the body such as the Spa and Jacuzzi. here are five places to make your spa more relaxed than before. Soak in warm water while the body lay before you do the attractions of a more challenging in the other vehicle. in the pool greet you this is the place to relax while enjoying the surrounding areas. all provide an unforgettable experience.

  Go! Wet Water Park

 Go! Wet Water Park, water rides broadest in Indonesia located in Grand Wisata Bekasi was officially opened to the public starting on February 9, 2015. Located on 7.5 hectares of land Go! Wet Water Park is equipped with a variety of premium playground for families and has complete facilities ranging from merchandise store, cafe, up to the meeting hall for the gathering. Masterpiece best water rides this is a special offering from Sinar Mas Land (SML), one of the national property developers. "Go! Wet Water Park is designed specifically to be a water park in Indonesia with a waterslide are designed directly by Whitewater, International Water Park Consultant from Canada.

 Waterbom Bali

Described as an oasis in the middle of the famous Kuta stretch, Waterbom Bali sets itself in lush tropical garden with many great rides and attractions. Exciting water slides slice through 3.8 hectares of landscaped tropical parks providing hours of fun and entertainment for the young and the young at heart! There are 101 ways to fill 24 hours each day with thrilling activities on land and in water. World-class slides and rides are built and maintained to strict international safety standards. Waterbom Bali uses the advanced salt chlorination water sanitizing technique which is soft on the environment and on your skin too. Waterbom Bali is also an EarthCheck Silver Benchmarked company for the ongoing commitment to having environmentally sustainable operation. 

 Waterbom

Waterbom name comes from the word water (water) and BOM (PT. Bali Ocean Magic), was first used by Waterbom Park in 1993 as the first water park in Indonesia that have international standards and themed Tropical Cool. Waterbom Park is located at Jl. Dewi Sartika (now Jl. Kartika) and only about 200 m from the beach of Kuta.
It is a family recreation center that focuses on outdoor activities and water activities. The concept of returning to nature include tropical trees are tall, green shrubs and lush with beautiful garden arrangement. Combined with the architecture of the building is modern and minimalist, Waterbom Jakarta took the theme of Urban Cool.

Circus Waterpark Bali

Jalan Kediri, Tuan - South Kuta, the Family Waterpark that cater entire family member. We provided waterpark meet with hospitaly that served our guests with Fun & Excitement as Circus Atmosphere, featuring coloring slides, coloring murral, greets by Willy - our mascot - the smart & familiar Sea Lion. Circus Waterpark Bali provided with some rental items and also provide some dining option at our Circus Kitchen from Indonesia Food, Chinese Food until Western Food.


 

INDONESIAN CULTURE: ARTS AND TRADITIONS

Indonesia is culturally rich. Indonesian art and culture are intertwined with religion and age-old traditions from the time of early migrants with Western thoughts brought by Portuguese traders and Dutch colonists. The basic principles which guide life include the concepts of mutual assistance or “gotong royong” and consultations or “musyawarah” to arrive at a consensus or “mufakat” Derived from rural life, this system is still very much in use in community life throughout the country.

Intertwined with religion and age-old traditions from the time of early migrants the art and culture of Indonesia is rich in itself with Western thoughts brought by Portuguese traders and Dutch colonists. The art and culture of Indonesia has been shaped around its hundreds of ethnic groups, each with cultural differences that have shifted over the centuries. Modern-day Indonesian culture is a fusion of cultural aspects from Arabic, Chinese, Malay and European sources. Indonesian art and culture has also been influenced from the ancient trading routes between the Far East and the Middle East leading to many cultural practices being strongly influenced by a multitude of religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Islam.

Language

The official language of Indonesia is ‘Indonesian’ or ‘Bahasa Indonesia’. It’s universally taught in schools and is spoken by nearly every Indonesian in business, politics, national media, education and academia. The Indonesians also speak several hundreds of local languages like ‘bahasa daerah’ as their first language. Javanese is also widely used besides other Papuan or Austronesian languages in a region of just 2.7 million people.

Religion

The government of Indonesia officially recognizes only six religions, viz Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Confucianism. The largest religious group in Indonesia is Islam with almost 86% of Indonesians being Muslims. Indonesia is also the most populous Muslim-majority nation in the world. 

Drama and Theatre 

The Javanese and Balinese shadow puppet theatre shows ‘wayang kulit’ displaying several mythological events. A traditional folk theatre, Randai of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, is performed during ceremonies and festivals. Music, singing, dance, drama and the silat martial art are all incorporated together and are based on the stories of the legend.

Material Art

The arts of Indonesia are many, especially Indonesian paintings which are unique works of art. The intricate and expressive Balinese paintings are quite famous and often express natural scenes and themes from the traditional dances. A long-standing tradition of sculpture can also be seen in the art and culture of Indonesia, some dating back to the Bronze and Iron Ages.

Example of Traditional Dance In Indonesia

 

5 best Indonesian restaurant

1 - Ayam Penyet Ria 
 

This popular restaurant chain boasts a knock-out ayam penyet. The traditional Javanese dish literally translates into ‘smashed chicken’, describing the end process of smashing a piece of deep-fried marinated chicken with a wooden mallet. Served with a large dollop of homemade sambal belacan (chilli paste) and fried tahu (Indonesian for ‘beancurd’)
 

2 - Cumi Bali

Tucked away in the old charm of Duxton Hill, this quaint Balinese-style restaurant has a rustic allure of its own. The restaurant, heavily adorned with traditional Balinese house décor, offers a signature cumi Bali: a tender, flame-grilled squid with black sweet sauce. The ikan bakar is also wonderfully unique as it is flavourful: prepared by spreading otah paste on top of a peculiar ‘chicken fish’ and steamed.




 3 - Garuda Padang Cuisine

Drawing from traditional Minangkabau recipes but plated in a clean-chic minimalist style, the established restaurant chain offers a set menu that includes favourites like sambal cumi cumi, gulai ayam (chicken curry) and tahu goreng bumbu nenas (fried beancurd served with pineapple and peanut sauce) that are characteristic of Padang’s earthy and mellow flavours.

4 - Rumah Rasa


 The packed lunchtime at Rumah Rasa should be proof enough that former Raffles Hotel and St Regis chef Sharifah Zaharah’s hearty Indonesian and Malay dishes are a hit.







5 - Tambuah Mas Indonesian Restaurant 
 
Rallying traditional, home-styled cuisines from Padang, Sulawesi and Java into one kitchen, Tambuah Mas is probably your best bet for a sumptuous, hearty, and frill-free family dining experience. You can’t go wrong with a crispy tahu telor (fried cubed beancurd and eggs, topped with a homemade sweet and spicy dark sauce) or a savoury gado-gado (a toss of mixed vegetables, tofu and prawn crackers, drizzled in spicy peanut dressing). 

7 interesting facts about Indonesia

1 - Jakarta's Gelora Bung Karno Stadium is one of the largest stadium in the world. When it was completed in 1962 to host the Asian Games it's original capacity was 120,800 people, which would have made it the second largest today.

2 - The world's largest flower, Rafflesia Arnoldi, weighs up to 7 kg (15 pounds) and only grows on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Its petals grow to 0.5 meters (1.6 feet) long and 2.5 cm (1 inch) thick.





 

3 - Lake Toba is the largest volcanic lake in the world. The lake's supervolcanic eruption that occurred 70,000 years ago was the largest known explosive eruption on Earth in the last 25 million years. According to the Toba catastrophe theory, it killed most humans living at that time.

 4 - The most odorous flower on Earth, Amorphophallus titanum, is found in Indonesia and can grow to an average height of two meters. When it blooms, it releases a foul odor comparable to rotten meat, which can be smelled from half a mile away. Also known as the "devil's tongue", it was originally discovered in 1878 in the rainforest of central Sumatra island, by the Italian botanist and explorer Dr Oroardo Beccari.








 5 - Jakarta is the 13th largest city in the world with a population of around 11.3 million people (BPS, 2010).

 6 - The Komodo dragon, found in Indonesia, is the largest lizard in the world, growing up to 3 meters (9.8 feet) in length.








 


 7 - Indonesia has the largest 'young' population in the world with 165 million people under the age of 30, whereas only 8% of the population is aged over 60 years (National Bureau of statistics, August 2001).

 

10 Best Places to visit with Family

10 - Raja Ampat

Raja Ampat is located off the northwest tip of the island of Guinea , Raja Ampat is a fast archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands and cays. Marine suggest that the marine life diversity around the Raja Ampat islands is the highest recorded on Earth.

9 - Tanjung Puting National Park

The Tanjung Puting National Park is located on the island of Borneo in the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan. The park is popular ecotourism destination, with many local tour companies offering multi-day boats tours to view
wildlife and visit the research centers. Wildlife include Gibbons, macaques, pythons, clouded leopards, sun bear, crocodiles and mostly famous Orangutans.



8 - Flores Island

Flores Island is located to the east of Sumbawa and to the west of Lembata in Nusa Tenggara, the long island of flores offers an array of natural and cultural sights. The most famous attraction in Flores is the Kelimutu volcano caldera, which has three lakes fed by volcanic gas. Flores also has a growing eco-tourism industry, where travelers can visit traditional villages.

7 - Torajaland

Torajaland or Tana Toraja is a highland region of South Sulawesi, home of Toraja people. Torajans are famous for their massive peaked-roof houses known as tongkonan and spectacular but gruesome funeral rites.








6 - Bukit Lawang

Bukit Lawang is a small village situated at the eastern side of Gunung Leuser National Park about 90 kilometers northwest of Medan, the capital city of North Sumatra. With a wonderful selection of treks into the heart of the jungle, whitewater adventures and some of the best opportunities to see wild orangutans in the world. It is worth visiting.




5 - Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park

Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park is best known for its awesome scenery of a vast, ancient volcanic crater and a host of picturesque volcanoes that have emerged from it. The park is named after two mountains, Mount Semeru, Mount Bromo and The Tengger people who inhabit the area. 





4 - Lombok

Lombok is often compared to its closest neighbor: Bali. The island has the same kind of beautiful beaches and volcanic scenery as Bali, with less commercialism and fewer crowds making it one of the best places to visit in Indonesia. The island’s northern area is dominated by the enormous volcano of Gunung Rinjani, and trekking at least part of the way up is the reason many tourists visit Lombok.

3 - Komodo National Park

Komodo National Park. Rinca Island, and a number of smaller islets is world famous as the habitat of the Komodo Dragons, giant carnivorous monitor lizards. The reptiles roam freely over the islands, and visitors rely on experienced tour guides for sightings and to keep them safe. Komodo National Park is also famous as a world-class scuba diving destination.





2 - Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta is a bustling town of some 500,000 people and the most popular tourist destination on Java, famous temples of Borobudur and Prambanan. The city itself is a center of art and education, offers some good shopping and has a wide range of tourist facilities.

1 - Bali

Bali is one of the world’s most popular island destinations and one which consistently wins travel awards.The varied landscape, rugged coastlines, tropical beaches, lush rice terraces and volcanic hillsides all provide a picturesque backdrop to its colorful, deeply spiritual and unique Hindu culture. Bali the most popular tourist destination in Indonesia.

Top 10 Indonesian Food You Must Try

10 - Nasi Goreng

Nasi goreng also known as Fried Rice, it is famous around Southeast Asian style of stir-frying cooked rice but very own Indonesian spices and mix.

9 - Soto Betawi

Soto Betawi, which is made from beef or beef offal with cow milk, it is a very unique variation in itself with a distinct taste.

Rendang which is also popular dry curry rendang in Indonesia which is actually dry beef stew. It is originated from Minangkubau also know as Padang in West Sumatra. It is basically a meat, normally beef  but sometimes liver, chicken, goat or other meats cooked with
 coconut milk and spices.



8 - Soto Mie/Mee

Soto Mie or  Mee soto is one of the most popular soto for its own taste. It is made from beef or chicken four soup and served with noodles and sliced risoles spring rolls. The best SotoMie in Jakarta can be found at a stall in Mangga Dua.







7 - Sate Ayam

Sate Ayam is also called Chicken Skewered and grill like BBQ that served with a peanut sauce. It is also known as National dish of Java Indonesia.











6 - Rawon

Rawon is a black beef soup, made with beef and keluak (black nuts) as the main spice giving it a strong taste or flavor of nutty taste and dark in colour. Along with other spices and normally served with rice.







5 - Gudeg

Gudeg is a traditional food hail from Yogayakarta in Central Java. Gudeg is a stwe made from Jack Fruit known as nangka, with palm sugar, coconut milk, meat, and lot of spices. It is one of the most flavourful food in the world.







4 - Bakso

Bakso or Baso in Indonesia, is a meatball made from beef surimi (meat paste, beef, tapioca flavour). It is serve in a bowl of beef broth with noodles bihun(rice vermicelli), vegetables, tofu and also eggs.

3 - Sayur Asem

Sayur Asem or sour vegetables is a tamarind soup made from peanuts, young jackfruits, melingo, long beans, chayote, corn and meat/beef stock and of course a tamarind.












2 - Ketoprak

Ketoprak is one of Indonesian Traditional Food. It is a mix of bean sprout, deep-fried tofu, onions and egg with special peanut sauce.

1 - Gado-Gado

Gado-Gado or also known as Lotek is an Indonesian Salad , a combination of boiled vegetables doused generously with peanut sauce as the dressing. There are also other similar dishes like pecel and karedok.

Top 10 Tourist Attractions in Indonesia

10 - Lake toba

 Lake Toba on the island of sumatra is an immense volcanic lake about 100km long and 30km wide. It is the largest resurgent caldera on Earth. Genetic estimates suggests that there were only a few thousand humans that survived the catastrophe. The island in the middle (Pulau Samosir) is the largest island within an island that contains two lake. Tourist like to come here to kick back and relax and swim in the volcanically warmed waters.

9 - Tanjung Puting

The Tanjung Puting National Park is located on the island Borneo in the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan. The park is a popular ecotourism destination, with many local tour companies offering multi-day boat tours to view wildlife and visit research centers.Wildlife include gibbons, macaques, clouded leoprads, sun bears, pythons, crocodiles and most famously Orangutans.

8 - Baliem Valley

The Baliem Valley in the Highlands of Western New Guinea offers a glimpse into what was recently a stone-age world. The valley was not know to the outside world until 1938. Wamena is starting point for most visitors who come nowadays to marvel at the mountain views, roaring rivers, tribal villages and at the tough but sweet spirit of the warm Dani people.

7 - Mount Bromo

Gunung Bromo is an active volcano and part of the Tengger Massif in East Java. 2,329m (7,641feet), but it is not the highest peak but it is well known. This area is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Indonesia and Java. and it is also surrounded by the sea of sand of volcanic sand.

6 - Bunaken

Bunaken is located at the north sulawesi and it is one of Indonesia's most famous dive and snorkling areas. This island is part of the Bunaken marine park where we can see more than 75% of all fish species that live in the Western Pacific Ocean. April and November was suggested for best diving.

5 - Torajaland

Torajaland or Tana Toraja is a highland region of

South Sulawesi, home of Toraja people. It is a

famous for their massive peaked-roof houses that

known as tongkonan and spectacular but gruesomefuneral rites. After person's is death, the body is keptfor several year until the actual funeral ceremony

which last for several days. The deceased is then

finally buried in a small cave or in a hallow tree.

4 - Gili Island

The Gili island is the Lombok's most popular tourist destination. Gili Islands are an achipelago of three smmall islands; Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air. The islands are very relaxing and laid-back with countless little beachsides cafes. Note that the name "Gili Islands' is redundant as "small islands" in Sasak.




3 - Komodo National Park

The Komodo National Park is located

within the Lesser Sunda Islands that includes

three larger islands komodo, Padar and Rincah.

The park is named aafter komodo Dragon, the world's argest living reptile that can reach 3 meter or more n length and weigh over 70kg. Although komodo dragon at mostly carcass of dead animals, they will also hunt prey including attack against humas are very rare.

2 - Borobudur

Located 40km northwest of Yogyakarta on Java. The Borobudur is one of the most famous Buddhist temple in the world. The Borobudur was built over a period of some 75 years in the 8th and 9th centuries by the kingdom of Sailendra. It was abandoned in the 14th century for reasons a mystery and for centuries lay hidden in the jungle under layers of volcanic ash.

1 - Ubud

Perched among stunning rice fields, Ubud is considered the cultural hearts of Bali and one of the top tourist attractions in Indonesia. There are dance and music performances every day throughout the city as well as numerous art galleries and craft shops to explore. It only takes a short walk or bicycle ride to escape from the crowds and commercialism.