Sawarna Beach

Landscape of natural beauty tucked away overlooking the Indian Ocean. White sandy beaches, clear blue water and green hilly bushy nan. Up to 65 km long beaches decorated coral and white sand. This beach is the most beautiful beaches of the five beaches owned by the province of Banten. 

Sawarna name beaches, is located in a coastal village which has a wide range of attractions to visit such as beaches, rivers, forests, rock climbing, cave, and agrotourism. This beautiful coastal region fused with mythical stories Nyai Roro Kidul and exploitation of coal in Bayah and Lebak by foreign invaders.You will be impressed by the vast stretches of paddy fields, panorama beautiful village, blowing cool air typical agricultural village, and a row of palm trees and teak trees that lined the fence like a village calf. 

Tourism Village Sawarna is your starting point to the beautiful natural browsing experience of interacting with an understated traditional society. Sawarna beaches located in the area of ​​Kampung Gendol, Sawarna Village, District Bayah, Lebak, Banten Province. This beautiful beach is located about 150 km from the city center Rangkasbitung. Traveled on the beach is very pleasant and memorable as the pristine nature also has clear sea water is not contaminated. 

Established history Kasepuhan Cirebon

Kasepuhan is the grandest and most well preserved palace in Cirebon. Meaning in every corner of the palace's architecture was the most famous historic. The front page of this palace surrounded by red brick walls and there is a pavilion therein.This palace has a museum that is quite complete and contains heirlooms and paintings of the royal collection. One of a collection of sacred namely Singa Barong train. This train is no longer used and only issued on 1 Shawwal each bath.The inside of the palace consists of a main building which is white. Inside there is a living room, the bedroom and the king's throne. 

Kasepuhan was founded in 1529 by Prince Mas Mochammad Arifin II (great-grandson of Sunan Gunung Jati) which replaces the throne of Sunan Gunung Jati in 1506. He resides in the Supreme Pakungwati Cirebon palace. Kasepuhan formerly named Kraton Pakungwati, while Prince Mas Mochammad Arifin holds Panembahan Pakungwati Pakungwati I. The name is derived from the name of the Queen Goddess Pakungwati bint who married Prince Cakrabuana Sunan Gunung Jati. He died in 1549 in the Great Mosque Sang Cipta Rasa in very old age. His name immortalized and glorified by nasab Sunan Gunung Jati as Pakungwati name Kraton Kraton is now called Kasepuhan. 

In front of the palace there Kesepuhan the square at the time of the ancient times called Sangkala Buana Square which is where military exercises are held on Saturdays or the term at the time was saptonan. And in this square was formerly held various kinds of punishment for people who violate any regulations such as caning. On the west side there kasepuhan palace mosque is quite magnificent work of the trustees is the Great Mosque Sang Cipta Rasa. While in the east plaza that formerly was a market economy - is now a very famous kesepuhan market with pocinya. Model form of palace buildings facing north with a mosque on the west and east and the market square in the middle are models of the palace at that time mainly located in coastal areas. Even now, this model is widely followed by all county / city, especially in Java, which is in front of government buildings are square and on the western side of the mosque there. 

Before entering the gate Kasepuhan complex there are two marquee, in the west called Pancaratna which was once a gathering place for the retainer palace, headman or today called the civil service. While the east pavilion called Pancaniti which houses the palace when the officers holding military exercises in the square.Entering the palace complex on the left there is a fairly high building with solid brick wall around it. The building is named Siti Cirebon Inggil or in everyday language is weak duwur ie higher ground. True to its name this building was very tall and looks like a temple complex at the time of Majapahit. It was built in 1529, during the reign of Sheikh Sharif Hidayatullah (Sunan Gunung Jati). In the front yard there is a stone table Siti Inggil rectangular spot to relax. This building is an outbuilding that was made in the 1800s. Siti Inggil has two arches with stylized motifs architect briefly Majapahit era. In the north named Adi gate while in the south called Gate Bull. Under this gate there is a bull with a writing Kuta Sakala Candra Tinata Bata bull that if interpreted was the year 1451. saka which is the year of manufacture (1451 saka = 1529 AD). The walls of the northern part of the complex while Siti Inggil pristine south has been undergoing refurbishment / renovation. On the walls there are complex Siti Inggil plates and porslen-porslen from Europe and domestic China with the year of manufacture 1745 M. Inside the complex there are 5 Siti Inggil building without walls that has a name and its own function. The main building is located in the middle named Malang Semirang the number of the main pillars that symbolize the 6 pillars of faith and if the aggregated total of 20 pillars symbolizing fruit 20 attributes of Allah. This building is where the sultan saw military exercises or see the execution. Building on the left of the main building named Pendawa Lima by the number of pillars that symbolize the five pillars of Islam fruit. The building where the personal bodyguard sultan.Bangunan to the right of the main building named Semar Tinandu with two pole pieces that symbolize two Shahadah. This building was a counsel Sultan / prince.

Ratu Boko Temple

The history of Ratu Boko is unclear, and much of what is understood about the site comes from inscriptions and even folklore. The oldest inscription found on the site is believed to date back to 792AD, naming the site Abhayagiri Wihara.

Archaeologists believe that the ruler of the Saliendra Dynasty between 760-780, Rakai Panangkaran, built Ratu Boko after he resigned from his leadership. It is said that he resigned because he wanted to find spiritual peace and concentrate on religious matters. Abhayagiri Wihara means ‘peaceful Buddhist monastery’. The site chosen has fairly spectacular views.

The name of the site changed to Walaing Kraton in an inscription known as the Mandyasih inscription. In the local language, Kraton means Palace. It was Rakai Walaing pu Kumbhayoni, who was recognized as a king and ruled the dynasty from 856-863 AD, who changed the name of the site.

During the 17th Century, a Dutch man H.J.DeGraff noted that Europeans coming to Indonesia had reported a heritage site, and referred to it being the palace of Prabu Boko, a king who came originally from Bali. This is the Prabu Boko of the Loro Djonggrang folklore.

A mix of Buddhist and Hindu structures are found on the complex, including the Buddhist Dyani Budha, Stupika, Terakota Tablet, and a gold and silver plaque with a Buddhist inscription, three small Hindu temples, as well as Yoni, a Durga statue, a Ganesha statue and a plaque with an inscription to Rudra, the other name for the god Shiva.

Prambanan Temple

Prambanan Temple is said to be the most beautiful Hindu temple in the world. It is the biggest temple complex in Java with three main temples dedicated to the three great Hindu divinities, Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma, the symbols of Trimurti in Hindu belief.

According to the history, Rakai Pikatan, a Hindu prince from Sanjaya Dynasty, who had married into the ruling Buddhist Sailendra monarchy built all the temples in the Prambanan archaeological park in the 8^th century AD. In its original form, the temple complex contained over 250 large and small temples. The temple compound was expanded by successive Mataram kings with the addition of the hundreds of perwara temples around the central temples. It served as the royal temple of the Kingdom of Mataram for its religious ceremonies and sacrifices. However, in the 10^th century the temple was largely abandoned because the 

 Mataram dynasty moved to East Java. It then collapsed during a major earthquake in the 16^th century.

Also locally known as Roro Jonggrang, legend has it that the 1,000^th statue of the temple was the statue of a slender virgin lady named Roro Jonggrang, who turned into stone by a young and powerful man named Bandung Bondowoso after her attempt to thwart Bondowoso’s effort in building a thousand temples and two wells in one night for the lady failed. Bondowoso was in love with Roro Jonggrang and asked her to marry him. However, Roro Jonggrang was full of hatred because Bondowoso killed her father; hence she tried to refuse his proposal by asking him a seemingly impossible task. As a man who had unseen troop of spirits, it was easy for Bondowoso to finish the task. After nearly a thousand temples had been built, Roro Jonggrang asked the villagers to pound rice and to set a fire in order to look like the morning had broken. This way, the spirits had no choice but left before completing the last one temple. Bondowoso realised that the lady had cheated him so he turned Roro Jonggrang into the 1,000^th statue. This is a very interesting folklore that local people love to share.

Borobudur Temple

Floating above the landscape of Central Java like a series of concentric circles that forms a giant mandala, there is Borobudur Temple, the largest Buddhist monument in the world. Even though there is no written record of who built the temple first, it is believed that Borobudur Temple was built between AD 780 and 840 when the Sailendra dynasty ruled the region. The building was abandoned for centuries and buried beneath layers of volcanic ash from Mount Merapi with only local people knew of its existence.

In 1814, the British ruler of Java, Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles, appointed a team led by Cornelius to investigate a hill, which, according to many local inhabitants, was the site of an ancient monument. The discovery got the Borobudur Temple worldwide attention, but it was not until 1835 that the entire area of the temple has been cleared. Unfortunately, the Dutch colonial government gave away eight containers full of Borobudur statues as presents for the King Chulalongkorn of Siam during his visit to Indonesia in 1896. The relics are still on display in the National Museum of Bangkok.

Karimunjawa Island

Publications is the name of the islands to the north of the island of Java, located approximately 83km from the town of Jepara in Central Java and has been designated a National Park since 2001. 

Karimunjawa have diverse types of ecosystems, such as coastal forests, mangrove forest, ornamental fish and coral reefs. Designation karimunjawa the virginal tropical paradise is very precise, because 


Karimun islands of Java has amounted to 27 pieces but only four are inhabited. Karimun Jawa island will spoil you with natural scenery typical of tropical regions is remarkable. 
You who love the beach then obliged to feel the crystal clear sea water, blue sky, white clouds, and the fresh air of Publications. Everything will be yours while in the islands, which are located about 45 nautical miles or about 83 kilometers northwest of the city of Jepara. Thereafter prepared to reluctantly return for peace this place gives a distinct impression and hard to replace elsewhere. Has many tourists come back to this beautiful island because of the addiction. 
Publications are very beautiful group of islands with white sand charming, includes 27 islands in one district and divided into three villages. Spacious beautiful place this is 107,225 ha, mostly in the form of ocean territory (100 105 ha) while the rest is a land area of ​​7,120 ha.There is a stretch of white sandy beach here with an amazing variety of fauna, as well as mangrove forests and lowland tropical forests present a soothing view of the eye.

Pangandaran Beach

Pangandaran is one of the tourist destinations in West Java that most attract domestic and foreign tourists. Situated on a peninsula south coast of West Java, about 91 km from Ciamis, 

Pangandaran offers black and white sand beaches, calm waves and the sunset views were spectacular. The resort overlooks the Indian Ocean, located 223 Km from Bandung and 400km from Jakarta, and is located in the middle between Bandung and Yogyakarta.  


This beautiful peninsula once known only as a small fishing town, where fishermen go in the morning and return in the afternoon with the fish. When fishermen arrive, all the locals will help them bring the fish tobeach. This activity can still be seen to this day, you also can participate and feel the sensation of a heavy pull fishing nets to shore. 

Pananjung beach, located in the western part of the peninsula, is the ideal place for family tourism. Here, the waves are relatively calm, so that you and your family can swim. You can also bask in the sun or just enjoy the breathtaking panorama. In the vicinity of the beach is a forest hill which is also a nature reserve. This forest is home to many monkeys, deer, buffalo and other exotic animals. There are also a number of natural caves and manmade caves, some built by the Japanese during the Second World War as a defense bunker. The top of the hill there is a beautiful waterfall where the water flows directly into the sea. To reach this waterfall, you have to walk, but do not worry, along the way you will be spoiled with marvelous views.