20 Mar 2025
We had an excellent private tour to Borobudur from our cruise ship with Triste our guide and his skilled driver. The almost three hour drive is worthwhile for this amazing sight. Make sure to get off the ship as soon as allowed, your guide will be waiting. On the way Triste told us about the island of Java, its people, the different religions, plants and animals, and pointed out many interesting things. At Borobudur, everyone must put on special sandals they give you to wear, to help protect the temple. They also gave us a small bottle of water. Our guide then walked us to the temple the best way for views, explained what we were seeing, and at the monument guided us up and told us the story on the carvings and the meaning of the buddhas. After our tour, we went to a restaurant and enjoyed a delicious buffet with many choices. There was a gift shop there where we purchased a couple items. Then we were driven back to our ship and arrived at 4 pm. as we had requested. Thank you for a wonderful tour.