Dieng Plateau, the oldest Hindu temples in Java

Dieng Plateau, the oldest Hindu temples in Java - The lofty plateau of Dieng (2093 ASL) is peace home to some of the Hindu temples in Java Islands. Name Dieng comes from Di Hyang (= abode of the Gods) and it's thought that this area once the site of flourishing temple-city of priests.

Most of the temples were built between the 8th - 9th centuries, covered the highland plain, but with the mysterious depopulation of Central Java, this site, was abandoned and forgotten. The eight remaining temples are characteristic of early Central Javanese architecture : stark and quite squat. Until 1856 the archaeologist Van Kinsbergen drained the flooded valley around the temples and catalogued the ruins.

Dieng's beautiful landscape is the main reason to make the long journey to this region. Any number of walks across the volcanically active plateau, the marshy caldera of a collapsed volcano, mineral lakes, steaming craters or even the highest village in Java : Sembungan Village (2300 m ASL) that has awesome attractive sunrise seeing at Mount Sikunir.

If you want to go to Dieng and want to fully enjoying the beautiful landscape, scenery, sunrise, crater, temples, I recomended if you stay overnight at Dieng. Means, after you finished at Borobudur in the morning then you continued straight go to Dieng. So, please you make discuss with us before you make any booking hotels during you are in Yogyakarta for completelly visit Dieng Plateau.

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Sikunir Sunrise, Dieng Plateau

Sikunir Sunrise, Dieng Plateau - Sikunir mountain scenery has advantages that are very tempting with its double sunrise and the shadow of Mount Sindoro. Sunrise is very different from its existing in Tieng view post or anywhere else, by his so-called GOLDEN SUNRISE. Because the pattern of light that make up a shadow between Mount Sindoro, Sumbing, Merbabu and Merapi.

Enjoying Dieng Plateau was never ended, moreove if you didn't visit and see Sikunir Sunrise at arround 2.400 ASL...the scenery was really great !! You just need to stay a night at Dieng Plateau, and I have kind place for you to stay in best place (see below).

Sikunir Sunrise

I suggestion that after you finished tour at Yogyakarta arround 2 PM, then you directly go to Dieng (arround 3.5 - 4 hours from Yogyakarta). After you spend a cold night there, we start at 3.45 AM to Sikunir Sunrise at Sembungan Village, Dieng by car. From last parking car then you will walk arround 30 minutes to reach the top of Sikunir. You will be guided by local guide to show you the way to the top Sikunir. Cost for local guide arround IDR 100 K for 1 group ( max 4 person ).

Sikunir sunrise

After saw the sunrise then we see third major tourism destination : Sikidang Crater, Color Lake - also Batu Pandang, and Arjuna temple complex. Ticket for that all destinations : IDR 50 K per-person

Carica driver yogya

In Dieng Plateau there is culinary products namely : CARICA. Karika or mountain papaya (written often : Carica), Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis, syn. Carica pubescens [1], Carica quercifolia, Carica goudotiana [2] [3], and Cariaca candamarcensis [2] [3]) is a relative of the papaya liked plateau state wet, 1500-3000 m above sea level. This plant in Wonosobo district called Carica, and in Bali this plant called Gedang Memedi [3]. Region of origin is the high Andes, South America.    >> by Wikipedia

Mountain papaya

Mountain papaya ( "carica" ) was introduced to Indonesia on the eve of World War II by the Dutch colonial government, and successfully developed in the Dieng Plateau. Now "Carica" became one of the unique souvenirs from the area. This fruit can be used as syrup, juice, sweets, and jams.

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