Discover Batu: Museums, Views and Hotels

Discover Batu through its varied attractions: transport history, animal exhibits, tandem flights and photo spots against a mountain backdrop. When choosing a hotel, one simple question can help: are you mainly interested in museums, views or activities in the wider destination of Kota Batu? The following places are partly in the municipality to which Batu belongs and partly in the wider Kota Batu.

Museums and play areas in the municipality

The Museum Angkut focuses on transport by land, water and air, exploring different eras and countries. The Museum Satwa Jawa Timur Park 2 displays preserved wild animals and replicas of prehistoric animals from around the world. Choosing between the two museums is therefore mainly a matter of theme: transport across different eras and countries, or wildlife with prehistoric replicas.

A description from 2018 mentions several free-to-use play areas for children at Alun-Alun Kota Batu. If these are important for your visit, check in advance whether they are currently available.

Tandem flights, views and photo spots

In the wider destination of Kota Batu, Paralayang Batu is located on Gunung Banyak in Songgokerto. The area includes a viewpoint and Omah Kayu, as well as tandem flights. Visitors can fly tandem with an instructor even without prior experience as athletes; established safety procedures apply. Those who prefer to stay on the ground can watch flights in the area around the launch site without flying themselves. From the launch point on Gunung Banyak, visitors can see Kota Batu, residential areas, valleys and the surrounding mountains.

In the Coban Rais area, Batu Flower Garden offers photo spots such as Rumah Hobbit, a heart-shaped viewpoint, the “I Love U” sign and other installations against a mountain backdrop. The photo spots may change over time. If a particular one is a deciding factor for you, check in advance whether it is still there.

More destinations in the wider destination of Kota Batu

Desa Wisata Petik Strawberry is located in Pandanrejo village, Bumiaji district, Kota Batu, and offers strawberry picking. Selecta is located in Tulungrejo village, also in Bumiaji district, Kota Batu, and is a family recreation destination. Apple orchards are another tourism theme in the wider destination: during apple-picking tours documented in 2013, participants could eat apples in the orchard as they pleased and buy apples to take home for an additional fee. Check in advance what is currently offered and available.

For nature-based adventure tourism, Wana Wisata Coba Rais in Oro-Oro Ombo, Batu City, is a destination. Jawa Timur Park is a 22-hectare theme park in Batu, divided into Jatim Park 1, Jatim Park 2 and Jatim Park 3. Jatim Park 1 offers more than 50 rides for visitors of all ages. Jatim Park 2 includes a zoo with various endangered animal species, as well as an Animal Museum with rare replicas of Stegosaurus and Apatosaurus. The wider Kota Batu therefore offers everything from nature-based adventure tourism and fruit picking to a theme park, zoo and museums.

Discover more destinations: Sumberasih, Wates, Paiton, Balong, Bojonegoro, Karangjati, Gresik, Punung.

Go to the regional travel overview: East Java.