Holiday Travel Tips to Borobudur Temple

Travel Tips to Borobudur: Tourist Attractions

Borobudur temple

Rates Enter Borubudur Temple Tourism Park Complex

• Foreign tourists: Adults IDR 280,000, Students / Students IDR 110,000 (by showing student ID), Adult IDR30,000 (by showing a work permit in Indonesia)

• Local Travelers: Adults IDR 30,000

Mendut Temple

This temple is located three kilometers from Borobudur Temple. Mendut Temple is also a Buddhist temple that has also symbolic historical value, and has links with Pawon Temple and Borobudur Temple. All three were built in almost the same time. Some reliefs and statues have the best quality, making it very worth visiting. To visit this temple, you only need to pay less than IDR 5,000.

Pawon Temple

Another temple that is still adjacent to Borobudur Temple is Pawon Temple, a distance of two kilometers from Borobudur. This temple is smaller than Mendut Temple. The location is quite hidden, namely in the middle of a residential area. The ticket price to see the beauty of this temple up close is also less than IDR 5,000 only.

Travel Tips to Borobudur: Shops

Many souvenir sellers in the area around the Borobudur temple complex, because the population of Borobudur Village is, on average, a souvenir seller, in addition to farmers. Even old grandmothers you can see are still trading here.

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They sell local handicrafts, such as sculptures, replicas of Borobudur and Prambanan Temples, batik bags, T-shirts, knick-knacks such as bracelets, necklaces, key chains, hair clips, and so on.

Travel Tips to Borobudur: Museum

There are two museums located within the Borobudur Temple Tourism complex, namely the Karmawibhangga Museum and the Samudraraksa Museum.

• The Samudraraksa Museum displays a replica of the Borobudur Boat in its actual size. The museum also provides information about maritime technology and the history of Indonesia’s trade in Africa in the past, and in the Indian Ocean.

• The Karmawibhangga Museum is an archaeological museum that holds various historical relics around Borobudur, such as the restoration process, relief photographs on the hidden foot of Borobudur, and the most interesting may be reliefs about the law of karma, as well as photographs in the 19th century in the complex the temple has not been restored.
• The museum is opened every day from 6am to 6pm, and visitors are free of charge because it is included in the ticket price for entering the Borobudur Temple Tourism Park complex.

Travel Tips to Borobudur: Dining

• Sekar Kedaton, a Javanese ethnic restaurant that serves a variety of traditional Central Javanese menus, while accompanied by accompaniment of gamelan music and shadow puppets. Jalan Raya Borobudur Km. 2.5, Mungkid, Magelang 56551, Central Java, Phone 0293 5580 508, Jalan Tegal Gendu No. 28, Kotagede, Yogyakarta 55173, Telephone 074 386 868, www.sekar-kedhaton.com
• Amanjiwo, an elegant restaurant in a luxury resort surrounded by rice fields and tropical forests, with views of Boroburur Temple which is only 4 kilometers away. Address Ds. Majaksingi, Borobudur, Magelang 56553, Central Java
• Plataran Restaurant Stupa, Address Dusun Kretek, Karangrejo, Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java, Phone +62 812 2615 8999
• Restaurant Plataran Borobudur Patio, Dusun Tanjungan, Borobudur, Magelang 56553, Central Java, Phone 0293 788888
• BS Resto, Major Road Kesen Km. 2.4, Mungkid, Borobudur, Magelang 56512, Central Java, Phone 0293 789325, Hours Open at 08.00 – 17.00 WIB
• Kupat Tahu Pak Slamet, Jalan Tentara Pelajar 8, Magelang, Central Java 56121 Cafe Café and Restaurant, Jalan Sarwo Edhie Wibowo, Magelang, Central Java, Phone +62 888 0271 9171
• Pak Dar Restaurant, Jalan Raya Borobudur Km. 5, Ngrajek, Mungkid, Magelang, Central Java, Phone 0239 788393
• Kampoeng Ulu, Jalan Raya Borobudur Km. 2, Mungkid, Magelang, Central Java, Phone 0239 789616
• Waroeng Sawah, Jalan Pal Bapang, Borobudur, Danggan, Ngrajek, Mungkid, Central Java, Phone 0858 6722 7849
• Resto Waroeng Jamur, Tegal Arum, Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java
• Warung Pikatan Warung, Jalan Syailendra Raya 12, Borobudur, Phone 0813 9279 3789
• Rejosari Fishing and Fishing Lodge, Jalan Raya Borobudur Km. 3, Selag, Mungkid, Magelang, Central Java
• Paksi Coffee House, Jalan Badrawati, Ngaran I, Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java, Phone 0283 788025

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Holiday Travel Tips in Borobudur

• Visiting Borobudur when the Vesak Festival, which is held once a year in May on a full moon, will provide a memorable experience. The festival invites many visitors and pilgrims to celebrate the phase of birth, the phase of death, and the phase of enlightenment of the Buddha. You can find out the tourism agenda of the previous Borobudur Temple from the Magelang or Yogyakarta Tourism Office.
• Wear clothes that are polite and comfortable, considering the site of the Borobudur Temple is a place that is considered sacred and is a spiritual symbol of Mahayana Buddha.
• You can hire an official tour guide to accompany a visit while in Borobudur to get complete information.
• If the heat and sun are hot, there is no harm in renting an umbrella provided in front of the entrance gate of the Borobudur Temple Complex area. But you should also be ready for UV hats and goggles, and use sunscreen lotion.
• The choice of renting a motorbike while in the area around Borobudur will make it easier for you to freely travel to distant places even those that are difficult to reach by large vehicles. For example Punthuk Setumbu Hill or Suroloyo Peak. The average motorcycle rental fee is IDR 50.000 – IDR 70,000 per 12 hours.
• Provide cash during your tour, because in Magelang ATMs are still rarely found.