Bogor Things to Do

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One of the most fascinating botanical garden in the world with more than 75 hectares of around 15,000 species of plants and trees, orchids, streams, and ponds.

Not big, but, HUGE trees! wander around and discover various species of flora and fauna.

this is one of old building in bogor. the official name is gereja santa perawan maria (the church of virgin mary) but it's better known as the bogor cathedral. it was built during dutch colonial time probably in the end of 19th century or at the beginning of 20th century

These shops used to be called sisa export and are now often called asli-palsu (or real fakes) by Indonesians. In actuality they are factory outlets, which offer overruns and seconds on export garments at bargain prices. The foreign store and foreign currency price tag often is still on the item ... i.e., US$ 65 ... with the Rp price next to it ... Rp 45,000 (US$4.50).
Brands at many of the stores include: Abercrombie & Fitch, Future.now, Eddie Bauer, MAG, Nautica, Fendi, Elle, Hugo Boss, DKNY, Espirit, Calvin Klein, Armani, Crocodile, Balley Apostrophe, Alfred Dunhill, Nike, Reebok, Limited, The Gap, Banana Republic, Guess, Tommy Hilfiger, Polo, Adidas, Puma, Ann Taylor, D&G, BCBG, J. Crew, Allure, Bennetton, Cerruti 1881, Victoria's Secret, NY & Company, Sag Harbor, Old Navy, Ocean Pacific, Roxy, Hush Puppy, Versache, Table Eight, Cherokee, Express, Karen Scott and Sears and Mervyn's brands.

The shops carry both Grade A (best quality overruns) and Grade B (seconds with something wrong with them so they didn't pass quality inspection by the buyer). Some also carry factory rejects ... but they wouldn't broadcast that fact! Depending on the agreements between buyers/factories and factory outlets, the items are often put up for sale 3-6 months after they go on the market for full price elsewhere.

Don't be surprised if you see 'Made in Korea' or 'Made in Thailand' (to name a few) tags on the clothes too as many of the shops buy from agents who represents factories in these countries. Or, they are really made in Indonesia and mis-labeled on purpose ... !

Local production for the local market is offered in the shops as well ... with very different quality. Buyer beware ... because some of the stores also sell fakes along with the factory seconds.

After you've been to a few of these stores you'll start to see similarities in stock.

Yeah... you Fish.... We fished when we were at that place we had lunch, Fishing Valley. We didn't have any fishing equipments with us, So we just went ahead and bought a simple fishing set there and the bait, which was like a paste. So we went fishing, and I got a palm sized carp and my kid got a 0,6 kg Catfish (Patin). That's quite big... he was really excited about it and wanted to put it in our aquarium back home. So they put it in a big transparent plastic bag and put Oxygen in it. That was quite Fun, I haven't fished since I was 10 years old, and my kid liked it, that was a good time away from all that videogames he has at home.

You know that there are hundreds of deers inside the Garden of Bogor Palace, right ?
They're there everyday, grazing gracefully.... and this is probably not allowed, but every weekend morning that I pass the palace, I see parents and kids feeding the deers from outside the fence. There are even tiny food stalls selling carrots and local vegetables to feed the deers. Hey... I wanna feed them too ! But Since I'm driving and there's no parking spot, I usually only stare at this feeding rituals during traffic jam. It's so peaceful looking at parents and kids laughing together and deers munching on carrots.

1.Tajur- Do shopping branded bags and shoes with less price than boutique
2.Puncak Pass - Dine and sight seeing of High Hill venue from Peak of Hill of tea plantation
3. Kebun Raya Bogor - Picnic with family sounds great here. Feel the fresh air from large botanical garden. don't forget to see Butterfly Museum and Zoology Museums. U also can see the wild deer around the garden, which are live inside the Istana Bogor .
4. Pasar Bogor - Buy some fruits and pets such as bunny and birds, and wild animal from local farmer or local people, in very cheap prices.
5. Mt. Salak - Mostly they who love mountenary activity will be up here. There also camping ground on this area. See a waterfallNice for Hiking and camping.
6. around city - u can find also the antique store along the way from Bogor to Puncak Pass.
7. City near by - Sukabumi , Cianjur, Bandung

Olivia Mariamne is a wife of Thomas Stamford Rafles whose found this botanical garden in 1811 year.But BOGOR BOTANICAL GARDEN was officially opened in 1817 when Dutch occupied Java, Olivia Mariamne died at Buitenzorg (Bogor) November 1814

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Taman Safari Indonesia is a big recreation park with zoo, accommodations, and amusement park. Their main objective is saving the animals, especially by breeding the endangered species. They have many animals, about 20% from Indonesia and 80% from other countries. It is located at the foot of Mt. Pangrango - the air is cool and nice.

The activity most people come there for is to see the animals. You ride a car into the park and see the animals around you. They also have the Safari Malam (Night Safari) programme. Where you ride a bus into the park and see the animals in the dark. The buses have spotlight to help you see the animals. You can see lions, tigers, cheetah etc. awake and moving, unlike in the daytime when they are mostly asleep.

There is also the Baby Zoo where you can touch and hold the baby animals. But big cats are heavy although they are still babies :)

Taman Safari also has accommodations. There are hotel rooms, bungalows, caravans, and a camping ground. There is a swimming pool for children, and 2 jacuzzi .

There is also a programme called Safari Trek . It's a guided trek with minimum of 10 people in a group. There are 2 choices of trails: 4 kms (about 2 hrs) and 8 kms (about 5 hrs). Along the way you will see rivers, and waterfall. You can also meet Iweng the elephant. On the way you will also stop at Safari Kem where there is a camping ground, and active physical games. It could be misty up there and the air is very cool!