Neighbourhoods
East Jakarta area guides
Pick a base: what to see, eat and where to stay in each part of Jakarta Timur.
Taman Mini & Cipayung
Cipayung, in the south-east of the district, holds East Jakarta's two headline sights: Taman Mini Indonesia Indah and the Lubang Buaya memorial. Pair them in…
Jatinegara
Jatinegara was Meester Cornelis, or Bali Mester, in colonial times, and it still trades like it: a sprawling market, flea and bird markets, gemstone stalls and…
Rawamangun & Pulomas
Rawamangun is a university-and-food neighbourhood: noodle shops, dumpling soup and sidewalk nasi uduk that fills the pavements at night. Pulomas, next door,…
Halim & Cawang
Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP) sits inside East Jakarta, and Cawang and Cililitan around it are the practical base for an early flight or a short stay.…
Cibubur
Cibubur, on the district's southern edge, is East Jakarta at its greenest. The national scout campground, Buperta Cibubur, spreads over roughly 200 hectares of…
Matraman
Matraman is East Jakarta's smallest district, a dense, central slice between the Ciliwung and Jatinegara that takes its name from the Mataram soldiers who…
Kramat Jati & Condet
Kramat Jati runs south along Jl. Raya Bogor from Cililitan and Cawang, and it feeds the city: Pasar Induk Kramat Jati, Jakarta's main fruit-and-vegetable…
Duren Sawit
Duren Sawit is residential East Jakarta, wedged between Jatinegara and the Bekasi border, and its outdoor life runs along the Banjir Kanal Timur (BKT), the…
Pulo Gadung
Pulo Gadung is East Jakarta's northern sports-and-transit district. Two 2018 Asian Games venues, the Velodrome in Rawamangun and the equestrian park in…
Cakung
Cakung is East Jakarta's eastern frontier with Bekasi, an industrial district that has reinvented itself around Jakarta Garden City, a 370-hectare township…
Pasar Rebo & Ciracas
Pasar Rebo and Ciracas, split into two districts in 1991, form the leafy southern end of East Jakarta along Jl. Raya Bogor. Pasar Rebo is one of the greenest…