Dozens of pint-sized spotted deer wander a large tree-shaded enclosure in the southeast corner of the park.
Deer Enclosure
Merdeka Square & Central Jakarta
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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…
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…
Kebun Raya
28.85 MILES
At the heart of Bogor are the fabulous botanical gardens, known as the Kebun Raya; the city’s green lung covers 87 hectares. Everyone loves the Orchid…
RUCI Art Space & Cafe
4.11 MILES
RUCI Art Space has become a favourite on the city's burgeoning art scene. Occupying an industrial space in the hip neighbourhood of Senopati, the gallery…
Jakarta History Museum
3.26 MILES
The Jakarta History Museum is housed in the old town hall of Batavia, a stately whitewashed Dutch colonial structure that was once the epicentre of an…
Museum Wayang
3.3 MILES
This puppet museum has one of the best collections of wayang (flat wooden puppets) in Java and its dusty cabinets are full of a multitude of intricate,…
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…