Places to visit in Indonesia
143 places to visit in Indonesia, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Borobudur, Gunung Leuser National Park, Komodo National Park and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in a volume for its state or province, filed under Indonesia on your shelf.
143 travel stamps in 30 states and provinces
The best known in Indonesia
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Borobudur
The largest Buddhist temple in the world, a 9th-century Mahayana monument near Magelang built as a stepped mountain of stone. Pilgrims walk clockwise up through galleries of carved relief panels to a summit ringed by stupas, each holding a seated Buddha.
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Gunung Leuser National Park
A national park of 7,927 square kilometres in the Barisan mountains of northern Sumatra, named after the 3,119 metre Mount Leuser. Its rainforest shelters orangutans, and it is part of the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra World Heritage Site.
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Komodo National Park
A national park of three large islands, Komodo, Padar and Rinca, and 26 smaller ones, founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard. It now guards the surrounding sea as well, and has been a World Heritage Site since 1991.
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Kraton Yogyakarta
The palace complex of the reigning Sultan of Yogyakarta, at the heart of the city and of Javanese culture. Its pavilions include a museum of royal heirlooms, and the compound is watched over by its own palace guards.
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Lake Batur
A crescent-shaped crater lake inside the caldera of Mount Batur in the Kintamani highlands, the largest lake in Bali. Hot springs line parts of its shore, and the volcano rises straight up from the water's western side.
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Lorentz National Park
The largest national park in Southeast Asia, covering 25,056 square kilometres of western New Guinea and a World Heritage Site since 1999. It runs unbroken from glaciers in the high mountains down through rainforest to mangroves on the coast.
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Mendut Temple
A 9th-century Buddhist temple about 3 kilometres east of Borobudur, standing in a straight line with Pawon and Borobudur itself. Inside sit three large stone figures: a seated Buddha flanked by two bodhisattvas.
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Ombilin Coal Mine
The oldest coal mining site in Southeast Asia, in a narrow valley of the Bukit Barisan mountains near Sawahlunto. Coal was found here in the mid-19th century and mining began in 1876; the mine and its colonial town are now a World Heritage Site.
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Prambanan
A 9th-century Hindu temple compound dedicated to the Trimurti: Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer. Its tall, pointed central shrine to Shiva rises 47 metres, and its walls are carved with the story of the Ramayana.
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Pura Taman Ayun
A temple and garden compound in Mengwi, ringed by a wide moat, with tiered meru shrines rising inside its walled courtyards. Its water features are part of the subak irrigation system that has fed Bali's rice fields for centuries.
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Pura Ulun Danu Batur
One of the most important temples in Bali, guarding the north and dedicated to Vishnu and Dewi Danu, goddess of Lake Batur. The temple was moved and rebuilt on its present site on the caldera rim in 1926.
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Sangiran
An excavation site north of Solo that ranks among the most important in the world for the study of early humans. Fossils of Homo erectus have been found here in large numbers, and a museum on the site displays them.
Indonesia by state and province
- Bali40 stamps
- Central Java14 stamps
- Jakarta11 stamps
- East Java8 stamps
- East Nusa Tenggara7 stamps
- North Sumatra7 stamps
- Yogyakarta7 stamps
- West Java6 stamps
- West Nusa Tenggara6 stamps
- West Sumatra5 stamps
- Aceh4 stamps
- South Sulawesi4 stamps
- North Sulawesi3 stamps
- Highland Papua2 stamps
- Jambi2 stamps
- Lampung2 stamps
- Maluku2 stamps
- Bangka Belitung1 stamp
- Banten1 stamp
- Central Kalimantan1 stamp
- Central Papua1 stamp
- Central Sulawesi1 stamp
- East Kalimantan1 stamp
- Riau1 stamp
- Riau Islands1 stamp
- South Kalimantan1 stamp
- South Sumatra1 stamp
- Southeast Sulawesi1 stamp
- Southwest Papua1 stamp
- West Kalimantan1 stamp
Collecting in Indonesia
Does LOQAH have stamps in Indonesia?
Yes. 143 places in Indonesia have LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp, among them Borobudur, Gunung Leuser National Park, Komodo National Park. More are added over time.
How do I collect a stamp in Indonesia?
The same way as anywhere: open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge and the date.
How are my Indonesia stamps kept?
Each state or province you collect in gets a volume of its own, and the volumes sit together under Indonesia on your shelf.
I have been to Indonesia before. Can I add those trips?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Indonesia and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline: it is read on your phone and only the places it matches are added.
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