Indonesia 10.08.2014 - 23.08.2014

• Our study trip starts at 11am with a welcome lunch in our central Jakarta hotel (we advise you to arrive some days earlier in Asia to acclimatize)
• City tour: visit old Jakarta “Batavia”, a selection of museums (Bank Museum, Wayang Museum, Ship Museum) and Glodok (Chinatown).

During 11.08. and 12.08. about eight meetings will be organized to give you a broad insight into Indonesia’s political, economic and social situation and challenges:

• Swiss Embassy (Indonesia from a Swiss perspective)
• Cekindo (investing in Indonesia)
• ASEAN
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• and others...

In between, we relax in Taman Mini Indonesia (a culture-based recreational area with collections of Indonesian architecture, clothing, dances and traditions) and visit the National Museum/Merdeka Square.

See 11.08.2014

• Transfer to Yogyakarta by train (best class) or private bus (7h driving time)
• Pre-or post-transfer activity/meeting

• Morning: Yogyakarta city center (Kraton: sultan’s palace, including traditional performance, and Taman Sari: water palace, making of Batik)
• Afternoon: Borobudur & Prambanan temples

• Transfer to Malang by private bus (7h driving time) with stops in Surakarta (Kraton), Candi Sukuh, Sewu waterfall and Batu hot springs
• Join your homestay in Malang for the weekend (local family with an English-speaking student)

• Free morning in Malang, activity with your host family or optional biking in Malang’s surroundings
• Lunch altogether at Sekar’s home, pre-celebrations of Indonesia’s Independence Day with fun competitions in the neighborhood
• Brawijaya university meeting, Malang town stroll, Apero at Hotel Tugu and dinner together with the host students

• Daytour or Sunrisetour through the amazing Bromo volcano massif
• Time with your host family

• Transfer to Ijen Plateau by private bus (5h driving time)
• Visit a coffee plantation & hot springs

• Hike up to Ijen crater together with sulphur miners (medium-level 3h return hike)
• Transfer to Pemuteran, Bali, with a stop in Baluran National Park if time allows

• Snorkling Day Trip to Menjangan Island, one of Bali’s best reefs (Diving optional)
• Meeting about marine environment in Indonesia

• See rice terraces, lakes and waterfalls in the lush Bali Mountains while driving through Munduk, Danau Bratan and Danau Batur
• Hike up Mount Batur (medium-level 3h return hike, if weather allows) and/or play with the monkeys in Ubud
• Enjoy two nights in Dekuta Hotel (provided availability)

• Morning: Short scooter or taxi sightseeing tour around Southern Bali & maybe a meeting in Denpasar
• Afternoon: Kuta beach escape
• Seafood Dinner at Jimbaran

Goodbye

• Relax and travel on on your own to Lombok/Gili-islands, Komodo, Timor, Sulawesi etc.

Between May and July

• Indonesian Embassy Berne
• PanEco (nature conservation/environmental education): palm-oil production & orangutan protection