Yogyakarta

Highly recommended tour with Himawan, who drove me to Borobudur and the Mendut monastery. The traffic in Yogyakarta can be brutal, but Himawan showed such an infinite amount of patience that, if he becomes even a fraction more patient, he will achieve full Buddhist enlightenment. Beyond his flawless driving, his dedication was outstanding: he even accompanied me on foot when we were without the car just to make sure I wouldn't get lost. Professional, calm, and incredibly reliable. Five well-deserved stars.

My driver, Anto, is incredibly professional and reliable, making my customized itinerary seamless. As a solo female traveler, I felt so fortunate to have such a reassuring and trustworthy driver. Anto is highly knowledgeable. He not only shared a lot about the local culture but was also eager to teach me some Indonesian phrases, which made my trip so much fun. He took me to try plenty of local delicacies and even prepared drinks and snacks for me. Thank you, Anto! I highly recommend him—he is a 10/10 (more like 100/10!) driver and tour guide. If I ever visit Yogyakarta again, I will definitely book him as my guide without hesitation!

We had a wonderful experience with Noor as our driver. He was friendly, reliable, and made our trip very comfortable. We especially appreciate him informing us about the last-minute closure of Prambanan Temple on the following day. Thanks to his timely update, we were able to quickly adjust our schedule and visit the temple before it closed. Otherwise, we would have completely missed this important attraction. Noor drove us safely throughout the trip and was always punctual and accommodating. As tourists visiting the area for the first time, one suggestion for improvement would be for drivers to be a little more proactive in recommending interesting places, local attractions, restaurants, or activities nearby, rather than waiting for us to decide where to go next. Local recommendations would greatly enhance the overall travel experience. Overall, we are very grateful for Noor's excellent service and helpfulness, and we would be happy to recommend him to other travelers.

අත්දැකීම අතරතුර ඔබ අප සමඟ සිටීම සහ අපව හොඳින් බලා ගැනීම විශිෂ්ටයි. එය නිවසක සිදු කරන අතර, කාලය ගැන කරදර නොවී ආරක්ෂිතව සහ ප්‍රමාණවත් ලෙස එය කිරීමට ඔවුන් ඔබට ඉඩ සලසයි. සායම් කරන ස්ථානය කුඩා වත්තක් වැනිය. නිවස පුරා විවිධ ශාක වගා කර ඇති නිසා මට බොහෝ මල් සහ කොළ දැක ගත හැකි විය. ස්වභාවික සායම් සඳහා භාවිතා කරන ශාක ගැනද ඔවුන් හඳුන්වා දෙන අතර ඒවා තමන් විසින්ම වගා කරයි. මෙය මගේ දෙවන බතික් අත්දැකීම වූ අතර, විවිධ ප්‍රදේශවල බතික් මෝස්තර සහ මෙවලම් වෙනස් බව දැන ගැනීමට ලැබීම සතුටක්.

A truly fascinating experience. I highly recommend that anyone visiting Yogyakarta set aside an extra half-day for this. The gamelan master's daughter speaks excellent English, and the entire lesson was very detailed. We got to try five or six different instruments, and you don't need any musical background to have a great time. Gamelan is an ancient musical form, often using a pentatonic scale, that features an ensemble of various percussion instruments like gongs, metallophones, and drums. It frequently accompanies Javanese religious ceremonies, shadow puppet plays, or dance performances. Debussy was heavily influenced by gamelan, and you can even hear K.K. Slider play a version of it in Animal Crossing. The playing experience is very enjoyable, almost meditative, due to its relatively simple rhythms and abundant repetition. The teacher mentioned that a Chinese band called 'Wo Qi' (which means 'I'm angry') came to learn for a day last week, which was quite amusing. We looked it up and realized it was 'Frog Pond' (Wa Chi)... We'll definitely try to catch their performance if we get the chance when we go back.

විශිෂ්ට සේවාවක්, ලස්සන දේවල් නිර්දේශ කළා, ඉතිහාසය ගැන හොඳින් විස්තර කළා. මාර්ගෝපදේශකයා ඉතා මිත්‍රශීලී වූ අතර සංචාරකයින්ට සංස්කෘතිය සහ අලංකාර ඇඳුම් පැළඳුම් ගැන දැන ගැනීමට උදව් කළා. මෙම සංචාරය ඉතා සිත් ගත්තා.

Our driver, Romy, is super friendly and helpful. He took a good care of us during the tour, made sure we are hydrated (you know how hot it can be in Indonesia). Guides are super recommended too if you want to learn on the buildings and the history behind (we know nothing before this trip). It's a worth to stay longer in Prambanan for the sunset.

It was my first time doing either and/or both the activities. trying not to fall while walking on the slippery mud was quite interesting. tubing on a current of water was quite fun. but apart from all this, Eza, our driver, was fun and friendly and always helpful. He said yes to everything we asled for. He even took us to the Kopi Luwak place even though that wasn’t on the itinerary.

අපගේ මාර්ගෝපදේශක AG නිසා බොරෝබුදුර් සහ ප්‍රම්බනන් පන්සල වෙත සුමට ගමනක් යාමට හැකි විය. ඔහු අපගේ අවශ්‍යතා සපුරාලීමට ඉතා අවධානයෙන් කටයුතු කළ අතර අපට සුවපහසුවක් දැනෙන බවට සහතික විය. ඔහු කෑම කඩ කිහිපයක් ද නිර්දේශ කළ අතර අපට වෙනත් සංචාරක කටයුතු අවශ්‍ය වූ විට අපට උදව් කළේය.