Things to do in Jakarta

Jakarta is Indonesia's capital and biggest city, a fast, crowded metropolis that rewards a guide. The old Dutch port of Batavia survives in Kota Tua, around Fatahillah Square, and next to it Glodok, one of the oldest Chinatowns in the region, is a maze of market lanes, tea houses and incense-filled temples.

When the city gets too hot, the hills are close. Bogor, with its century-old botanical gardens, is about an hour's drive south, and beyond it the Puncak pass climbs through tea plantations to cooler air. Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, on the city's edge, gathers traditional houses from across the archipelago in one park.