Deer Enclosure

Merdeka Square & Central Jakarta


Dozens of pint-sized spotted deer wander a large tree-shaded enclosure in the southeast corner of the park.


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Nearby Merdeka Square & Central Jakarta attractions

1. Galeri Nasional

0.19 MILES

Over 1700 works of art by foreign and Indonesian artists are part of the National Gallery collection. While only a few works are on display at any time,…

2. Merdeka Square

0.24 MILES

It is here that Jakartans come to take a breather from the traffic. The figurative centre of Jakarta, Merdeka Square (merdeka means independence) is…

3. Immanuel Church

0.25 MILES

This classic church dates from 1834. The interior is smaller than you'd think but it has an evocative round dome and an organ from 1843. Ask to see the…

4. Monumen Nasional

0.36 MILES

Ingloriously dubbed ‘Sukarno’s final erection’, the 132m-high National Monument (aka Monas), which rises into the shroud of smog and towers over Merdeka…

5. Tugu Tani

0.38 MILES

A post-independence and appealingly bombastic statue depicting a farmer who became a soldier in the fight for independence from the Dutch. It shows the…

6. Gedung Pancasila

0.45 MILES

Gedung Pancasila is an imposing neoclassical building built in 1830 as the Dutch army commander’s residence. It later became the meeting hall of the…

7. Arjuna Wijaya Statue

0.49 MILES

Built in 1987, this enormous statue near a major road junction depicts the Hindu hero Arjuna in his chariot pulled by eight horses.

8. Museum Nasional

0.61 MILES

The National Museum is the best of its kind in Indonesia and an essential visit. The enormous collection begins around an open courtyard of the 1862…