Published on Sep, 2024
My wife and I were really lucky with this tour! Our driver Febrian picked us up on time at 04:00 and gave us a very warm welcome. We really enjoyed the sunrise at the Borobudur temple. We were relatively late in the season, so it wasnt that crowded. The view was amazing.
Febrian really did a great job organizing everything for us, taking care of the entrance fees, handing us over to our temple guide and even taking our shoes (you get special slippers for the temple). Our guide in the temple was also great and took us into the world of Borobudur and Buddhism. We then went on to the Merapi volcano, for which we were picked up at the parking lot by jeep. Unfortunately, the volcano was completely in the clouds - there's nothing you can do about that, it's nature ;)
The volcano museum was interesting, unfortunately the jeep driver couldn't answer all our questions as he couldn't speak English very well. In general, it is very touristy there, which seemed a bit deliberate. The jeep ride in the water park was fun, but also very touristy. We personally could have done without it, we just wanted to see the volcano :)
Febrian took us for a small soup (very good!) - his insider tip! Then we went on to the Prambanan temple, which impressed us even more than Borobodur. Here we had a great private guide who even spoke German. Febrian then took us back to our accommodation safely. His friendliness and the nice conversations in between rounded off our tour pefectly - thank you Febrian for the good organization!