Jakarta Private City Tour: Explore Historical Sites, Visit Local Market, Puppet Maker, Obama School

Embark on a private city tour of Jakarta and discover its rich history and culture. Visit historical sites, explore local markets, meet a puppet maker, and even visit the Obama School!

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sunda Kelapa Harbour - Sunda Kelapa Harbour is Jakarta’s oldest port, dating back to the Hindu era. It served as the main gateway to Jakarta and continues to handle domestic cargo today. Here, you can enjoy views of traditional Indonesian boats known as phinisi.
  • Jakarta Old Town - Explore Jakarta’s Old Town, known as Kota Tua, which features…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • Tour guide service
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Parking fees
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

This tour is excellent for first-time visitors. Travelers can explore the highlights of Jakarta, learning about the city’s history and culture. Additionally, this tour offers a local experience by exploring the market in Chinatown, observing activities at the traditional harbor in North Jakarta, visiting a puppet maker, and understanding Indonesia’s…

Location
Sunda Kelapa Harbour
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Yvonne_o
Aug 14, 2024
Wonderful introduction to Jakarta - Our tour guide and driver were excellent. Our guide spoke English well and provided interesting and informative commentary on history, religion and culture. We were picked up on time and delivered back to our hotel to meet the very tight schedule we had set so some members could catch afternoon flights.
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Diane_l
Feb 18, 2024
Ratif is an excellent... - Ratif is an excellent tour guide. She is so knowledgeable about the history of Indonesia. You will learn about the Dutch colonization and freedom for Indonesia. At each site she has beneficial information and answers your questions. We would highly recommend this tour to learn about Jakarta and its diverse history.
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Dianemlv56
Feb 16, 2024
Jakarta Private Tour with visit to Obama's school - We would rate this tour higher than 5 if we could. Our tour guide, Ratih was absolutely the best for this tour. She provided us with incredible knowledge about Jakarta's history from the Dutch colonization to current day Jakarta. At every site we went to she provided indepth knowledge and answered our questions. A highlight for us was to go to the school Obama went to as a child. She made sure we had time there and got to spend time with the teacher and children. The entire tour was culturally enriching and if you are in Jakarta, we would recommend this tour. Our driver was able to navigate the traffic in Jakarta which can be daunting. A fantastic tour with a very knowledgeable tour guide, Ratih, which made our trip to Jakarta even more memorable.
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Tia_g
Feb 3, 2024
Obama's Indonesian connection. - Interesting to see President Obama's connection to Indonesia, very friendly at school happy to let us look around & photograph.
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Tiamot777
Feb 1, 2024
Exceptional Jakarta Tour Foose who are more than superficially curious, who want to know why the culture is the way it i - Ratih was a fine guide with a great grasp of English for which I was grateful & with a formidable grasp of her counries history, political philosophy, religions, which was exactly what I was interested in. She adapted to my nèeds, I have some mobility issues, consulted me about all choices, found me the best meal I have had in Jakarta, (i went back today) & answered my questions about how behave with Indonesian people & how to show respect. I suspect her business is her love & she is very good at it I would recommend her to anyone. & ask her to get you some Mangosteen.
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Suhdiat_s
Mar 26, 2023
Wonderful experience jakarta city tour - Had wonderful jakarta city tour. This is one of best tour i've ever had. The guide, Ratih was fully of knowledge, very friendly, informative, helpful, and also impressive. I visit a lot of highlights in jakarta. National monument, istiqlal, katedral, jakarta china town, old city, and sunda kelapa old harbour. in every places that i visit the guide always explain every single details. The mosque was beautiful. I also love when the guide show me the real life of jakarta people when we visit the traditional market and the old harbour, and also the fisherman village. The puppet studio also was amazing. I watched a short show of puppet and that just awesome. I would highly recommended this tour for every people that visit Jakarta.
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Sddvp
Mar 1, 2023
One day fantastic tour - Very nice experience! I recommend this tour, Tee has been a great guide. I liked the boat tour and the flexibility of the guide on the scheduled activities.
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From $60
up to 10 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).