Passion of Banten

Banten, once a powerful maritime capital rivaling the vast Javanese Mataram Empire, is today a fishing village with an illustrious past. The Capital City of Banten Province is Serang. Old Banten is one of the well known historical objects, only 10 km from the town of Serang. In this site, we can find a lot of remains of Islamic. Banten Kingdom which was founded between 16 and 18 century. This is the coastal area where the Dutch formerly landed to trade. Banten has few relics to show of its past grandeur, however, there are the ruins of powerful Moslem kingdoms such as the palaces of Surrosowan and Kaibon, the grand mosque of Mesjid Agung Banten (1599) and a Dutch fortress and an old Chinese temple. Old Banten is the city which was the capital of the Republic of Indonesia.

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Tourism Events

Debus, a combination af traditional martial art performance and body invulnerability Gembrug-the opening act with drum percussion and Beluk Strident hysterical soung when it began to reach heavy level of performance and Pencak-single or pairs of traditional martial art performance.

Places of Interest

Baduy Traditional Society. In the area of 5.101 hectares consisting of two parts: inner and outer Baduy tribes. Live in harmony with nature avoid modern life. It is located at Lebak Regency

Keraton Surosowan (The Palace of Surosowan) was built during the reign of Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin (1525-1552). Most of buildings were partly totally damaged. What remains is only the wall of the fortress cycling the ruin of the monument. According to the old maps it is known that in the past a ditch as a guard surrounded the complexes of the palace. It was said that in the past small ship was able to sail along the ditch or along the canal to the open sea.

Tasikardi at Margasana village, Kramatwatu district is a part of archeological complex of Old Banten. Its width is approximately 5 hectares and in the center of the lake there is a square formed “island”. During the period of the Kingdom of Banten, Tasikardi used irrigate the rice fields and as a water treatment system in Surosowan Palace.

Speelwijk Fortress is located at Kampung Pamarican, around at Banten Gulf. In the past it was used as the fortress of the Sultanate of Banten before the Dutch penetrated to and occupied Banten.

Ujung Kulon National Park is one of World Natural Conservation as UNESCO declared. Observe the natural tropical forest; found the rare single horn rhino, the grazing area of buffaloes peacock and specific animals completed by beautiful islands around. There is a bus each day from Labuan to Taman Jaya, which is on the edge of the Ujung Kulon national park. There are simple cabins can be hired and ranger can then take you on a walk into the park. It takes about six hours to reach a camping site. Food is not readily available so take some with you from Matahari in Labuan Boats from and of the west.

Taman Jaya where the wood carving community, located nearby Ujung Kulon National Park.

Pulau Dua / Pulau Burung (bird island) is a natural bird conservation area for bird watching located about 3 miles from the northern of Karangantu Harbor. It can be reached by motorized pats or sailboats in 15 minutes. From April to August the island is visited by thousand of bird coming from the continent of Africa, Asia and Australia to lay and hatch their eggs. Soon after the young birds become mature, they will return to their original places. At least 50 kinds of birds and generally those are fishering birds that only to fly far distance such as herons, ducks, teals, fowis and other be able to lay 2-4 eggs and stayed together in Pulau Dua of 8 hectares land.

The Tower of Bojong built in 1885 the Dutch, it is 75,7 meter in height and it is an eighteen-story house light in Anyer Kidul. This area is an historical place. It is very well known for its 1000 km Daendels Post Road from Anyer to Panarukan (East Java) in 1811.

Karang Bolong Beach is located 50 km from Serang town or 140 km from Jakarta, on Karang Bolong Street. Karang Bolong biach is the beach recreation area where there is a big rock with its hole in the center, facing the open sea.

The Hot Spring of Batu Kuwung its heat reaches 70-80 Fahrenheit degrees. The hot water is iodized but it doesn’t contain any sulfur.

Mount Krakatau is located at Sunda Strait. This vulcano is very well known all over the world because its eruption in 1883 shocked the world and had caused a big disaster. The eruption of Krakatau was so powerful and its sound was heard in Australia and Colombo. The new volcano began emerged to surface in 1928. In 1951 geologist recorded that the height of Mount Anak Krakatau was just above 72 m dpl, but right now it’s already reached a heightof more than 200 m.

Rangkasbitung in Lebak Regency is a center of souvenirs made of Opal (Batu Kali Maya) and Onyx.

Bumi Jaya in Serang Regency produces various kinds of export quality potteries.

Shopping Center. Unleash the sense of discovery and experience some of the Indonesia’s most sophisticated shopping malls in Tangerang and Cilegon

Golf Courses. There are 11 golf courses and 1 driving range all around Banten with luxurious facilities, including 18 holes and first class accommodation.

Pulau Umang white sandy beach over looking the crystal clear sea water, located 183 km about 4 hours driving by car and 5 min by boat from Jakarta, there is a resort and spa facilities to relax and living in nature with magnificent view of Krakatau and the Ujung Kulon National Park

Mesjid Agung Banten, this complex consists of a mosque monument having graveyards along its left and right sides, the monument of Tiyamah, a tower and graveyard located in the north side.

Keraton Kaibon (the Palace of Kaibon) it is located at the village of Kroya on the bank of the road of old Banten, approximately 7 km from the town of Serang or 1 km from Surosowan Palace. The name Kaibon was derived from the word Kai-ibuan namely Ratu Asiah taking over his son’s position, Sultan Rafiudin who was just 5 months old to lead the reign.