West Java Travel Guide: Bandung, Bogor and the Cool Highlands in 2026
West Java offers cool mountain air, tea plantations, and volcanic craters.
Bandung — Paris of Java
Indonesia’s creative capital with art deco architecture and world-class food. Walk Braga Street, visit Gedung Sate, and see the Bandung valley from Tebing Keraton.
Kawah Putih
A sulfur crater lake that changes color from turquoise to greenish-white. Just 2 hours from Bandung.
Bogor Botanical Gardens
One of the oldest and largest botanical gardens in the world with 15,000 species.
Tea Plantations
Visit Ciwidey’s Rancabali plantation or the Puncak Pass tea fields stretching to the horizon.
