Cultural Tours in Jakarta

Cultural tours in Jakarta are the perfect way to explore the heart and soul of this remarkable destination. Unlike standard sightseeing, cultural tours allow you to immerse yourself in the traditions, stories, and daily life that make Jakarta truly unique. These experiences often include visits to historic landmarks, vibrant neighborhoods, bustling local markets, and cultural centers where the city’s rich heritage comes alive. Travelers can expect authentic encounters such as tasting regional dishes prepared with age-old recipes, joining guided walks that highlight architectural gems, or taking part in workshops that showcase local art and crafts. Beyond just seeing the sights, cultural tours create meaningful opportunities to connect with the people of Jakarta and better understand their history and way of life. Whether you are a solo traveler, part of a group, or exploring with family, these tours are designed to be both educational and memorable. They reveal layers of culture that ordinary trips often overlook. By joining a cultural tour in Jakarta, you not only witness its past and present but also become part of its ongoing story—carrying home lasting memories and deeper appreciation of the destination.

Top Cultural Tours in Jakarta

Private Full-day Jakarta Guided Tour Explore The Highlights place in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (325 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 65.00

 

Jakarta is a great place to learn more about Indonesia’s complicated history, variety of cultures and unique heritage of Indonesia. There are many historical places that prove that Indonesia’s great history took place in Jakarta. The historical tour presents the uniqueness of Jakarta City with various kinds of history, culture and tradition. Note: 1. National Monument and Jakarta History Museum are closed on Monday, we will change these places to visit another highlight in Jakarta. 2. Istiqlal Mosque is closed on Friday, can visit the outside area only.

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Jakarta Heritage of Old Batavia Private City Tour (Historical) in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (136 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 65.00

 

Highly recommendation of this tour with the expert guide and friendly, this experience will tell you in history and the culture of its "Heritage". The highlight: The Old City of Jakarta is known as Old Batavia, European sailors and traders in the 16th Century dubbed this place with the beauty city similar to Amsterdam. This area dominated by European and Chinese building styles. You will learn the history with this heritage trip and guide brings you to explore in stepping history, look at the city with our local experience: • Museum National • Old town and puppet studio • Old harbour • Istiqlal Mosque and Cathedral • Chinatown • Photostop Monument and pass by president palace. The best experiences with: • Tuk Tuk • Museum National and Walking tour and visit the historical sites and its archaeologist with history line. Duration, Lunch, and Extra experience of tour could be selected based on the option price. This is the complete program for selection.

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Jakarta Night Tour : Enjoyable Night time in Jakarta (Hotel Pick-up) in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (107 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 55.00

 

Jakarta is a city that never sleeps. It would be fascinating to explore Jakarta at night, see bright monuments & buildings, try street food, and see the nightlife activities in Jakarta. Make sure you explore Jakarta at night with a local guide ready to help you in all situations and explain everything. (This tour is a sightseeing program; the Monument/Cathedral/Mosque is closed at night).

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Halfday Excursion Old city Batavia with Lunch and Souvenir  in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (102 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 70.00

Duration: 5 hours (approx.)

You can choose the time for pickup at Lobby hotel (09.00 am or 13.00 pm) Visit China Town with Temple, Santa Maria de Fatimah (China Katholik Church), Glodok alley market, Proclamation Text Museum, Sunda Kelapa harbour (Old Harbour), Old Batavia town, Indonesian shadow puppets studio, Merdeka Square, Presidential palace, Istiqlal mosque, Katedral Church, Monas (National Monument), Lunch at restaurant and back to your hotel. This package include Lunch, International Insurance, Mineral water per bottle, and Free Souvenir.

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Jakarta Half-Day Sightseeing Tour To Modern City and Old Town in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (91 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 55.00

 

This is the shorter program and simple to do spend time in Jakarta and highly recommendation of this tour with the expert guide and friendly. The highlight: The Old City of Jakarta is known as Old Batavia, European sailors and traders in the 16th Century dubbed this place with the beauty city similar to Amsterdam. This area dominated by European and Chinese building styles. You will learn the history with this heritage trip and guide brings you to explore in stepping history, look at the city with our local experience such as Chinatown, Old town and puppet, Old harbour, Istiqlal Mosque, Cathedral church, and Photo stop at Monument and pass by president palace,and do sightseeing to entrance shelter for welcoming statue with Modern area in the City Pick and drop service across Jakarta Guide and driver in separately Job. Notes : - Istiqlal Mosque closed every Friday *The total tours duration counted by pick and drop time.

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Look at Jakarta Local Experience Tour With Boating in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (65 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 72.00

 

This tour will be local experience tour. You will visit the high light of jakarta, such as National Monument, the president palace, istiqlal mosque and Katedral Church. We will bring you to "look" closely Jakarta. Exploring the central part as the "New Jakarta" as modern part with high buildings and the down town of this city and continue to the west and north Jakarta as the old part of the city with the Dutch colonial buildings. You also will "look" The real life of jakarta people with their activities. Visit the china town and the local market  that sell fresh agriculture products, fish, and food. At sunda kelapa we will boating with traditional boat.

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Jakarta Indonesian Culture in One Day in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (50 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 68.00

 

Experience the best of Indonesia's rich culture and history without leaving the city! This comprehensive tour offers a "Fun-tastic" day packed with unique experiences. It's the perfect way to get a taste of the entire Indonesian archipelago in one go. Highlights of Your Day: A Journey Through the Archipelago: Step into the Miniature Park of Indonesia (Taman Mini Indonesia Indah), a vast 100-hectare park that showcases the unique architecture and culture of all 34-38 provinces of Indonesia. It’s an educational and fascinating way to see the diversity of the country in a single location. Explore Jakarta's Historic Heart: Your private guide will take you on an in-depth city tour of Jakarta, including a visit to significant landmarks: Old Town (Kota Tua): Wander through the charming streets of Jakarta's colonial center. Discover China Town, photostop at Istiqlal Mosque & Jakarta Cathedral pass by the Presidential Palace & Monas (National Monument) Old Harbor (Sunda Kelapa)

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Jakarta: Miniature Park, National Museum & Traditional House Tour in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (16 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 70.00

 

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with totally more than 17.000 islands. Indonesian territory is divided into 34 provinces, and each province has various ethnic groups, a total of ethnic groups in Indonesia is more than 1000 ethnic groups with different languages, cultures and ways of life. Created especially for those who have never been to Indonesia, this tour provides a glimpse introduction of Indonesia: The History, People, Culture, and Social life.

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Jakarta Private City Tour with Obama School visit in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (15 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 65.00

 

This tour is excellent for first time visitor. The traveler can explore highlights of jakarta. Learn the historical and culture of this city but this tour also would offer local experience exploring the local market at China town , see the local activities at the traditional harbour in North part of Jakarta , visit the puppet maker, learn about our country as the biggest Muslim population country by visiting Istiqlal mosque the biggest mosque in southeast Asia, see the rest of the Dutch colonial buildings at Jakarta Old Town, and also visit Obama school and find great experiences meet the students and knowing more education in Indonesia.

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Jakarta Half Day Visit The Monument with Highlight City Tour in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (15 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 42.00

 

Start your day with the expert guide and friendly, this experience will tell you about City and History called Golden Jakarta The highlight: Visit the landmark of Jakarta, Lift up the tower and Explore the museum. The Monument encapsulates the philosophy of Lingga and Yoni. Lingga resembles an Alu rice pestle and Yoni resembles a lesung rice mortar, two important traditional Indonesian tools. Lingga and Yoni also symbolize harmony, balance, fertility and eternal life with the lingga phallic symbol, representing masculinity, positive elements, and daytime and the Yoni the female organs symbol, representing femininity, negative elements, and night. You will learn the history and guide brings you to look at the city with our local experience: * Glodok Chinatown * Old town and puppet studio * Old harbour * Istiqlal Mosque * Cathedral church, passing by Presidential Palace and Kota Intan Bridge The best experiences with Explanation of Indonesian Timeline

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Afternoon Guided Chinatown Tour in Jakarta  in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (13 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 53.00

 

Highly recommendation of the tour exploring Chinatown to the temple, market, Business place, culinary and the nightlife. Glodok is one of the biggest Chinatown in Indonesia and the first famous called Pecinan, Tionghoa refer to the name of Chinese. Glodok also as a part of Old city where is a lot of historical site by Dutch Colonials. In 17 Century Glodok as a place of the isolation in order to easy controlled, because they are good in business. Chinese Indonesia has many stories by the colonized and after monetary crisis. Chinese has been long time arrived by sailor-trades and become succeed in SouthAsia especially Indonesia and one of the Jakarta Business Distric area called PIK.  Learn more about history especially Dutch colonials and Chinese.  View Jakarta in the night with different uniqueness in Old and modern site. Exploring Old town and sightseeing the city such as MONAS.  Try Dinner in classy place or Fish market area  Guide and Driver are separately Job

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Jakarta Night Tour with Dinner at Café or Food street in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (11 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 55.00

 

The tour just in 4 - 5 hours or more, The tour provides for travelers who don't have time looking at Jakarta and here try Jakarta in the night. Our guide accompany you just for guide in historical and drop you for dinner, if you are interest the guide accompany you also for dinner at food street too. Jakarta also provide street food in the night and nightlife such like lounge, bar and cafe. Cafe Batavia is one of the best culinary in the old town, the food in high level also price-ly but is value spend time with classic decoration inside, you will stay for long night until 11 pm by lounge music. Try the street food in Sabang Road with many optional, satay and nasi goreng is popular.

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Half Day Jakarta Private Tour in two highlight place in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (8 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 50.00

 

The tour is very Highlighter with two places in visiting the National Monument and also Miniature Park Indonesia in Jakarta. The Highlight of this name "Golden Jakarta". The first, National Monument (MONAS) as a memorial symbol in height of 433 feet in the middle of square in city garden, MONAS was built in 1961 from Soekarno era in a lot of politic problems until it opens for public in 1975. Design of monument based on the infinity universal "Lingga and Yoni" concept in built by Italian marble and Gold platted 50 kgs on top of monument. Inside the monument has Indonesian's story reliefs from begining to the modern politic. The second part visiting the Miniature park is continued story in culture and history line. Miniature Park is a culture based for recreation and education located in East Jakarta. Inside 100 Ha you will see the different pavilions and museums. - Guide bring you to Batiks shop and antique flea market - Lunch Provided - MONDAY CLOSED FOR MONUMENT NATIONAL

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Bogor Botanical Garden, City and Miniature Park in Heritage in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 75.00

 

While you in Jakarta or Bogor city spending time with us in private to outskirt. Visit Miniature park is the best choice to know our culture with museum indonesia inside, You will explore 100Ha with different pavillion and its culture. Then Bogor, will find the different atmosphere in cool weather because the city is under the mountain and Bogor is small urban. Bogor city also connection history of kingdom, people and colonials. Botanical garden is located in the center of city and is adjacent to the Presidential Palace complex. The area is 87 hectares and has a collection of 15,000 species of trees and plants. The geographical of Bogor which call rain city, inside the garden you can walk or rent the electric bicycle, scooter, mini car or normal bike. There is more activity to explore botanical and Local Market front of Garden. Wooden Puppet is your choice to see and by our local souvenir.

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City Tour Jakarta in Jakarta

Jakarta , West Java

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (4 reviews)
Free Cancellation

From $ 75.00

 

The Best Activity to spend your time in Jakarta. Get to know history & different religious background but yet we are together building the city & country.

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Why Choose Our Cultural Tours in Jakarta?

Our cultural tours in Jakarta are carefully curated to provide authentic experiences led by knowledgeable local guides. Each tour is designed to highlight the traditions, history, and unique stories that make Jakarta special, ensuring you leave with a deeper connection to the destination.

Frequently Asked Questions About Cultural Tours in Jakarta

Cultural tours in Jakarta usually include visits to historic sites, cultural landmarks, local markets, and interactive experiences that reflect the traditions and daily life of the city.

Yes, cultural tours in Jakarta are family-friendly. They offer engaging activities for adults and children, making them educational and fun for all ages.

Tour lengths vary depending on the itinerary. Some tours last just a few hours, while others may take a full day or even span multiple days.

No special preparation is needed. Just bring comfortable clothing, curiosity, and an open mind. Your guide will provide all the necessary information during the tour.
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