The concept of “tourist villages” (desa wisata) came about several years ago when the governments of several regencies realized there was much more in the Jogja area to offer travelers than the familiar Keraton, Borobudur, and Prambanan. Villages were given the choice of participating in the program or not, and those who accepted in some areas were given assistance in developing home stays and simple traditional meals, education in basic hygiene, and promoting their natural attractions. This is also an opportunity for tourist revenues to extend to the local people, which is welcomed by all. Overnight stays are available at villages that offer home stays, usually in rooms with private toilets added on to a family's home.
Agriculture Villages
"Agro villages" or the misleading term "agro tourism" refers to visits or overnight stays to hamlets whose daily lives revolve around plantation work. Sleman regency, very near Jogja, where the air is clear and cooler, is the pioneer in this field with several villages in salak (snake fruit) growing areas and one coffee plantation.
Sukunan hamlet, Banyuraden village, Gamping - Sleman
Sukunan village is located only 20 minutes from Tugu monument to the west. Sukunan offers education and recreation tour packages. Visitors can learn how to make compos, recycled products and rice field trip while chat with villager. Visitors can stay at home stay provided by villagers.
Sukunan village is the best example of harmonious relationship between villager and their environment. They already have modern waste management system and waste recycle system. Visitors can shops beautiful product made from recycled plastic waste, such as hand bags, cell phone bags and laptop suitcase.
Contact Person: Paguyuban Sukunan Bersemi
E-mail: order.sukunan@yahoo.com
Phone: +62 (0274) 621 739, Fax.: +62 (0274) 303 3111
Dukuh village, Donokerto, Turi - Sleman
This traditional village is located 12 km north of Jogja and is surrounded by beautiful salak (snake fruit) plantations.
Contact person: Pak Hendro Sugondo, or Pak Taryono,
Phone: +62 - (0) 817-264-118, +62 - (0) 817-264-118.
Gabugan village, Donokerto, Turi - Sleman
Gabugan village is in the same area as Dukuh village. Here, visitors can learn how to plant rice in the traditional way, learn gamelan and Javanese village dance, fish on a natural pond and enjoy all-you-can-eat salak (snake fruit). Visitors can also absorb the ambiance of a traditional Javanese village. Home stays are available.
Contact person: Pak Heru Damarjati. Phone: +62 (0274) 748-0785.
Trumpon village, Merdikerto, Tempel - Sleman
Trumpon village is located 17 km north of Jogja, has magnificent views of Merapi Mountain and is surrounded by salak (snake fruit) plantations. Facilities include home stay, and local villagers provide other activities: culture, trekking & fishing, and salak farming. This village also has an observation tower, children's park, artificial lake, fishing ponds and a walking track.
Contact person: Pak H. Musrin, Phone: +62 (0274) 748-0726. Entrance fee charged.
Petung village, Kepuharjo, Cangkringan - Sleman
This village is located 20 km north of Jogja on the slopes of Mount Merapi and is surrounded by coffee plantations. Visitors can enjoy a cup of freshly roasted coffee accompanied by wajik jagung (corn cake make with palm sugar) while seeing how coffee beans are processed from planting to roasting. Another activity is bird watching.
Contact person: Pak Sumijo, Phone: +62 - (0) 817-4110-588, or Pak Pairan,
Phone: +62 - (0) 813-2876-2814.
Gadung village, Bangunkerto, Turi - Sleman
Gadung village, also known as Turi Salak Agro Tourism, located 20 km north of Jogja or just 3 km east of Trumpon village, and lies on 27 hectares surrounded by salak (snake fruit) plantations. 17 salak varieties and herbal plants are planted in the area, which is called Kebun Nusantara. Visitors are tempted with fresh air, beautiful panoramas and delicious salak. Children's playground, fishing pond and swimming pool are available. Entrance fee charged.
Kelor village, Bangunkerto, Turi – Sleman
In the same area as Gadung, Kelor village offers beautiful panoramas surrounded by salak (snake fruit) plantations. Facilities include a fishing pond and trekking trails.
Contact person: Pak Sumadi, Phone: +62 - (0) 815–7865–9200.
Garongan village, Wonokerto, Turi – Sleman
Located 22 km north of Jogja, Garongan village has beautiful views and fresh air.
Contact person: Pak Heru Sarjono, Phone: +62 (0274) 748–5307.
Rice Field Villages
Jamur village, Sendangrejo, Minggir – Sleman
Beautiful rice fields, traditional Javanese joglo houses and special white water shrimp dishes are offered at Jamur village, located 14 km west of Jogja. Visitors can also enjoy plowing up rice fields and planting rice.
Contact: Pak Purwanto, Phone: +62 - (0) 0815-7920-871 or
Pak Budi, Phone: +62 - (0) 815–6860–927.
Kadisobo II, Trimulyo – Sleman
Located 15 km north of Jogja, Kadisobo II is surrounded by rice fields and snake fruit plantations. Visitors can enjoy fishing in a village pond; eating salak (snake fruit) on the plantation; learning how to make batik or traditional dance, and other art activities.
Contact person: Pak Mawardi, Tel: +62 - (0) 888–2796–880.
Conservation Villages
Ketingan village, Tirtoadi, Turi – Sleman
Several species of egrets and herons have taken up residence in Ketingan village, located 10 km north of Jogja, and in 2003 the people of this hamlet won an award for voluntarily protecting the birds. Some villagers produce jamu herbal medicine, bamboo crafts and emping mlinjo traditional snack, which are for sale.
Contact person: Pak Haryono, Phone: +62 - (0) 812–2789–386 or +62 (0274) 714–4065, Antok Phone: +62 - (0) 815–6813–228.
Nganggring village, Girikerto, Turi – Sleman
Nganggring village is a center for PE sheep breeding (PE – Peranakan Ettawa – a crossbreed of Ettawa sheep and local sheep) located 20 km north of Jogja on the slopes of Mount Merapi.
Contact person: Pak Sjambah, Phone: +62 - (0) 818–463–976, or Pak Markijo,
Phone: +62 - (0) 818–0418–0258.
Turgo village, Purwobinangun, Pakem – Sleman
This village offers beautiful panoramas of Mount Merapi and lava flows, bamboo and pine forest, and orchid gardens. Photos of the 1994 Merapi eruption that destroyed this village are exhibited in the village meeting hall. Villagers provide trekking and bird watching tours, cultural performances and traditional tea processing. Javanese architecture home stays are available.
Contact person: Pak Triyanto, Phone: +62 - (0) 856–2903–864.
Tembi village, Sewon – Bantul
Tembi village is located 8.4 km south of the Keraton. Visitors can stay here in a home stay with Javanese architecture and observe the daily life of the people, such as farming, animal husbandry and cultural activities. Many traditional performances and art exhibitions are held regularly by villagers at Tembi Culture House.
For more information contact Tembi Culture House, Phone: +62 (0274) 368–001.
Kebon Agung village, Imogiri – Bantul
Kebon Agung village is located 17 km southeast of Bantul City. Here visitors can stay with the local people and observe farmers' daily lives, such as cultivation and animal farming. Visitors can also enjoy the Jathilan mystical bamboo horse dance, Gejok lesung (rhythms made with mortar and pestal) and Kethoprak Javanese folk drama performances, as well as the traditional food of this village.
Contact person: Pak Komir, Phone: +62 (0274) 450-136 /
782-3132.
Duren and Sidorejo villages, Ngawen – Gunung Kidul
Duren and Sidorejo villages are located in Wonosadi Forest, 35 km south of Wonosari city. Every year in July these villages hold a Sadranan traditional village cleansing ceremony on the peak of Gambar Mountain, and play Rinding Gumbeng traditional music instruments made from bamboo.
Mlangi village, Nogotirto, Gamping – Sleman
Mlangi village is located 8 km west of Jogja, the home of one of Jogjakarta's pesantren (Islamic boarding school) and Muslim clothing makers. Contact person: Pak Ikhsanudin, Phone: +62 (0274) 625–844 or Pak Handanudin Phone: +62 - (0) 813–2877–0184. |
Tanjung village, Donoharjo, Ngaglik – Sleman
Tanjung village is located 10 km north of Jogja. Visitors can enjoy Javanese hospitality while feeling the sense of living in a village and staying in a 200 year old traditional home with Javanese architecture. Activities include rice farming and duck shepherding. Visitors are invited to traditional dances such as the Angguk war dance, Pek Bung full moon dance and Jathilan mystical bamboo horse dance.
Contact persons: Pak Jamhadi, Phone: +62 - (0) 817–448–769; or Kelik,
Phone: +62 - (0) 815–6700–291.
Brayut village, Pandowoharjo – Sleman
Brayut village is located 11 km north of Jogja. Visitors can experience Javanese hospitality and village life while staying in traditional home with Javanese architecture.
Contact persons: Pak Sudarmadi or Delonika,
Phone: +62 - (0) 815–7879-3014,
Phone: +62 - (0) 812–2759–931.
Srowolan village, Purwobinangun, Pakem – Sleman
Srowolan village is located 8 km east of Sleman city, and was headquarters of the Indonesian independence rebellion. Visitors can join plowing up a rice field and planting rice, playing gamelan, fishing and seeing local traditions.
Contact persons: Pak Sualman/ Ibu Retno, Phone: +62 - (0) 818-0456-5637;
or Pak Kuncoro, Phone: +62 - (0) 811-257-023.
Sambi village, Pakembinangun, Pakem – Sleman
Located 18 km north of Jogja, Sambi village lies on the slope of Mount Merapi and has an enchanting panorama. Nearby Kali Kuning camping ground is a favorite spot for teenagers. Local villagers manage some Javanese architecture homestays, art studios and out-bond activities.
Contact person: Pak Haryono, Phone: +62 - (0) 858–6818–5965
Tunggul Arum village, Wonokerto, Turi – Sleman
This beautiful Javanese village is located 20 km north of Jogja and has many things to offer to visitors: a breathtaking panorama of Mount Merapi's molten lava, nature conservation, bird watching, spiritual pilgrimages to Semar cave, Kedung Cuwo dam, and Sendang Pancuran Lake. Every Sapar month (Javanese calendar) villagers hold a Mertibumi village cleansing traditional ceremony.
Contact persons: Pak Sugito, Phone: +62 - (0) 817–546–9379; and
Pak Adi Sudarno, Phone: +62 - (0) 856+4389-7170.
Pendoworejo Village, Kulon Progo Regency
Every Sapar month (Javanese calendar) villagers hold a Saparan Rabu Pungkasan (Final Wednesday of Sapar Month) blessings ritual. Farmers ask for abundant harvests & fertile soil and “Jamasan Jaran Kepang” bamboo horse cleansing ceremony. All villages will gather near the Kayangan River and feast on “Kembul Sewu Dulur” ceremony. Pendoworejo is located 25 km west of Yogyakarta. Visitors are tempted with fresh air and stunning panoramas.
Contact persons: Pak Mulyono, Phone: +62 (0274) 7455716 or Pak Godod Sutejo at +62 - (0) 81 126 8589
Candirejo village
Near Borobudur, only 3 km south, is Candirejo, which has 50 or so homestays open to visitors. Candirejo offers several tour packages, including cooking classes featuring traditional cuisines and snacks.
Contact persons: Pak Wawan, Phone: +62 - (0) 811-2521-69
source: http://www.jogjapages.com/
