Yogyakarta Bromo Ijen tour

Djava Landscape  provides: Car rentals package, tour package, and car hire for going to Jogjakarta, Borobudur, Bromo,Ijen and Java Bali overland tour

Djava Landscape  is a tour operator in yogyakarta. We will invite you to explore and visit various interesting places in Yogyakarta , Java Island , Bali and surrounding areas.
We also offer low-cost tour packages based on your budget. Enjoy your holiday in Yogyakarta with us.

We also offer low-cost tour packages based on your budget. Enjoy your holiday in Yogyakarta with us.

Java Island

Java Island is the smallest island of the five the other major islands in Indonesia, such as Sumatra, Kalimantan [Borneo], Sulawesi [Celebes] and West Papua. Java island is now divided into six provinces, namely Banten, West Java, East Java, Central Java, the Special Region of the City of Jakarta, and the Special Region of the Town of Yogyakarta.Formerly West Java was called with Priangan and Jakarta was called with Batavia.

This island occupies a strategic position among the other major islands in Indonesia since the time of Hindu Mataram Kingdom in Central Java, even more since the inception of the Dutch came to this island in Banten in 1596 for the first time. Initially, the Dutch came to this island as a merchant who was united of trade organization of Vereenigde Oost-Indisch Compagnie [VOC], that is the East Indian Trade Enterprises Association. But, then they called as Kompeni, a word derived from a play on Compagnie. In March 1619 the Kompeni established a trade office [loji] at the port of Jayakarta, Sunda Kelapa with permission of Prince Wijayakrama wich still subordinates of Sultanate of Banten. Two months later, after build

ing trade office in the same year they raided the palace of Prince Wijayakrama and they confirmed the city’s power by building a fort. Then the name of Jayakarta was changed into Batavia by Governor General Jan Pieterzoon Coen.

Later in the development of the city, the government built its expansion to the south, there are settlements that have been known until now, like Gambir, Tanah Abang, and Kemayoran [Jakarta Pusat now; Jatinegara [East Jakarta now, once called Meester Cornelis Jatinegara or just Meester]; Palmerah and Petamburan[now West Jakarta], while the so called Batavia at the time of the Coen was the North Jakarta Kota train station wich is now up to the port of Jayakarta [known as Sunda Kelapa] without the Thousands Islands.

Not only city experiencing growth properties, the composition of any population of Batavia had added in addition to racial and ethnic population were also increasing. At that time, the Kompeni arranged shelter h

ome residents grouped by tribe, there are the names of tribal groups that still exist and are known untik now as, Kampung Ambon, Kampung Melayu, Kampung Makassar, Kampung Jawa, Kampung Bali, Kampung Madura, Kampung Bugis, Kampung Bantam, Kampung Bandan [should Banda], and Chinatown in Glodok [place of the residence of Tionghoa]. The all residents who lived here married one another especially among the Portuguese,Chinese, Malays, Javanese, Sundanese, Gujarat, and Arabian so that it appeared the community that we know today, namely the tribe of Betawi [the wrong spelling of the word of Batavia]. The r

oot of the tribe of Betawi culture and language also came from groups that shaped racial and ethnic, the tendency of Tionghoa people, especislly in music and dance. They used to burn the firecrackers when entered into a celebration of marriage, circumcision, and the night of takbiran. Burning firecrackers was a habit of Tionghoa who could be trusted to cast out demons. Culture adopted from the habits of Tionghoa were done by Betawi tribe solely to enliven the celebration only.

The people who called Portuguese were actually former Portuguese slavers had been freed by their master, came from Sri Lanka, Malacca, Bengal, and Coromandel. They spoke Portuguese, the first Catholic and then became the Protestant religion [Christian], and black, and therefore they called the Black Portuguese, but no relation to blooded Poertuguese descent. They were also called Mardika, Mahardika derived from Sanskrit, meaning independence. Then the Dutch people pronounced it became mardijkers.

So the importance of values in Java than larger islands of others. The Kompeni interested in mastering all the ports along the northern coast of Java island, control Java sea and build Semarang as Military Area Command for the second after the Batavia.

To realize the strategic value of this island, the island was built stretch of Great Post Road from Anyer in Banten to Panarukan in East Java along 1000 km, and from Batavia to Cirebon circular through Bogor, Cianjur, Cimahi, Bandung, and Sumedang. Actually the right word for these road projects were rehabilitated, that is widened and hardened. This road had been there before, but not adequate in the interest of the Kompeni. In this way, each distance of 150.960 metres was established act or sign of the distance. Originally from Anyer to Batavia took up to four days, but after this road rehabilitated took one day only [use horse-drawn carriage].

This post road was built in the years of Governor General Hermann Willem Daendels [1808 – 18011] was mainly used for military purpose, namely the Netherland Indies army could move faster [high mobility] in moving troops along the island of Java.This road was once also called the Highway of Daendels.

At that time the Netherland Indies was threatened invasion of Great Britain or England, while France was opposite of England mastering the Netherland in Europe by Louise Bonaparte, king of the Netherland, younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte had great concerned to defend the island of Java from attacking of English. However, the Netherland finally had to surrender by attacking of England under the command of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1811, yet a year after Daendels replaced by Governor General J. W. Janssens. Ironically, the Dutch struggled to build this road, but English had used this road for their military purpose. English pushed the Ducth from Batavia toward Semarang and surrender here.

This road was built with blood and tears of thousands elevens of forced labour who mobilized to build it. They lay dead along the road were like a mouse because of fatigue, hunger and malaria, not even a bit of officers and soldiers of the Kompeni who also oversaw the forced labours died for malaria disease. Most of the topography of this road that was built along the coast had still a lot of marsh. Comparable with this highway, in Europe also was built a highway between Amsterdam and Paris wich had been very famous in that time.

Daendels road still exists today is used as one of important means of transportation on the island of Java. Now, every years approximately two weeks before Hari Raya Idul Fitri [ Great Islamic Celebratian Day] this highway traffic is very dense with vehicles of people who want to return to their hometown to celebrate the holy day.