Kebun Raya Bogor

The botanical gardens may not be in your list when visiting Jakarta and for world heritage enthusiasts you will soon move on to better places in Indonesia. I was going to quickly look at the gardens after arrival but the flight was typically delayed and they already close at 16:00 which probably means they'll eventually start sweeping you out before dark. Instead I visited early morning which I highly recommend instead anyway, plus weekday should keep the families away.

You can reach the gardens by car, or even by train which terminates just west of the park. It is super cheap (10,000 plus you need to buy a travel card if you don't have already) for the 90 minutes ride along the red line, and if you need to exchange it shouldn't be much longer. Because of traffic jams I recommend this was and there are commuters going south in the morning, very few going north when you are done. They only problem with the train approach is that the station is a good 15min walk from the entrance gate at the south of the gardens and it means taking the overpass across the street before heading south and eventually crossing to the entrance. I can see that maybe taking a taxi isn't bad, you can also take a moped from the station to the entrance if you wish... Just FYI there were 4 middle aged Americans doing the same as me so it's not a crazy way to …