Private Lava Tour By Jeep In Merapi Volcano Including Sunrise

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Itinerary

1. Our driver cum guide will pick up you around 3:45 am from your hotel lobby centrally located Yogyakarta. Head to first stop Punthuk Setumbu Hill. Enjoy sunrise at Punthuk Setumbu Hill.

   2 h

2. Visit Pawon temple, Pawon from the word Per-awu-an (place that contains dust), a temple that houses the dust of cremated king. However who was the personage that entombed here is still unknown. Local people name this temple as "Bajranalan" based on the name of the village.

   1 hAdmission included

3. Then pay a visit to Mendut Temple. It was built by King Indra of Syailendra Dynasty. Rectangular temple with multistoried roofs decorated small stupas were built earlier than Pawon Temple and Borobudur Temple which are located in on straight line. Different from Borobudur Temple that facing the rising sun, Mendut Temple entrance faces westward.

   1 hAdmission included

4. Continue your tour by visiting to Merapi Volcano by a jeep. It is one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes. It contains an active lava dome, which regularly produces pyroclastic flows. It has been active for 10,000 years. This fire mountain remains one of the most active and dangerous volcanoes in the world.

   1 hAdmission included

5. Lastly, you will visit to most beautiful Hindu temple Prambanan. Built in the 10th century, this is the largest temple compound dedicated to Shiva in Indonesia. Rising above the centre of the last of these concentric squares are three temples decorated with reliefs illustrating the epic of the Ramayana, dedicated to the three great Hindu divinities (Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma) and three temples dedicated to the animals who serve them. After finish mentioned sightseeing our friendly driver will drop off you to your hotel centrally located Yogyakarta.

   1 hAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Yogyakarta

• Its from-price is 101% above the median of the 177 day trips we list in Yogyakarta.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 39 of 177.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta is the cultural heart of Java, a university city with a sultan's palace, batik workshops and the temples of Borobudur and Prambanan close by.

The sultan of Yogyakarta is also the region's governor, and his walled palace, the Kraton, is still lived in and holds a museum and a court gamelan orchestra. Close by, the Taman Sari water castle, once the royal pleasure garden, has pools and passageways, and Malioboro Street runs through the centre with shops, becak pedicabs and food stalls. The city is also famed for batik, silverwork and shadow-puppet theatre.

Top-ranked sights in Yogyakarta: Prambanan Temple Complex (Taman Wisata Candi Prambanan), Mendut Temple (Candi Mendut), Jomblang Cave (Goa Jomblang).

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