Stories from Yogyakarta

Eco Enzyme: What It Is and How to Make It

Apa Itu Eco Enzyme

Eco enzyme is an all-purpose liquid made by fermenting fruit and vegetable scraps with sugar and water. It cleans the house, improves soil, and keeps kitchen waste out of the bin. Interest in it keeps growing because it fits a low-waste routine without much effort. What Eco Enzyme Is Eco enzyme comes from fermenting organic … Read more

Lupis Mbah Satinem: A Yogyakarta Breakfast Worth Queuing For

Lupis Mbah Satinem

Yogyakarta is known for its culture, but the traditional food deserves as much attention. One stall has become a landmark in its own right: Lupis Mbah Satinem, serving the same sweet rice cake through decades of the city changing around it. How It Started Mbah Satinem has been selling lupis since 1963, and people still … Read more

Space Roastery 1890: Coffee in a Javanese Royal House

Space Roastery 1890 tampak depan

Space Roastery 1890 is a specialty coffee shop on the south side of Yogyakarta, but it is worth visiting for the building alone. It occupies Ndalem Pembayun, a Javanese house built in 1890, and the coffee arrives with a heavy dose of Javanese culture. Here is what makes the place unusual. Coffee in a Historic … Read more

Lava Tour Merapi: A Jeep Trip on Yogyakarta’s Volcano

Lava Tour Merapi Jogja Wisata Lereng Gunung Merapi

Lava Tour Merapi is one of Yogyakarta’s signature day trips: a jeep ride across the slopes of Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia. It draws visitors who want to understand the 2010 eruption and see what it left behind. The route takes in historical sites, viewpoints and wide views of the mountain. What … Read more

Cave Tubing at Gua Pindul, Yogyakarta

Gua Pindul Jogja

Gua Pindul sits in Bejiharjo village, Karangmojo district, in the Gunungkidul regency southeast of Yogyakarta. It is one of the best known day trips in the region, and the draw is cave tubing: floating through an underground river on an inner tube, looking up at stalactites as you drift. It pulls Indonesian and foreign visitors … Read more