Indonesia Jogjakarta is famous for storing a lot of beauty in it. In movies, we often witness beautiful shooting locations full of memories set in this ‘student city’. Likewise with this destination, located a bit outside of Jogjakarta, Punthuk Setumbu and Gereja Ayam (Chicken Church) are locations that been used for Indonesian Popular Movie spot named ‘Ada Apa Dengan Cinta’ which until now has become increasingly popular.
Catching sunrise offers a memorable and calming experience in tourism. But have you ever witnessed the view of the sun rising against the background of Mount Merapi from a height above 400 meters above sea level? Punthuk Setumbu is the answer! Not only that, from here we can also see the magnificent Borobudur temple warmly welcomed the morning sun.
Located in Magelang, takes about 1 hour from Jogjakarta City Centre. We can use a motorbike and private car to travel to this place. Don’t worry, for those of you who can’t drive, there are several tours that offer this tour. I used travel and was picked up at the hotel I was staying.
I started this journey at 3 am, It was really cold, seeing the quiet city of Jogja was resting. The journey continues towards Magelang.
The Punthuk gate is warmly welcome this cold dark morning. The entry ticket is IDR 15,000 for domestic and IDR 30,000 for international. Then we continue trekking to sunrise spot. Prepare your bottle before climbing quite a lot of stairs, trekking takes about 20 minutes with views of the forest that is still fresh.
Upon arrival at the sunrise spot, there were already many tourists gathered together, time to watch the exotic sunrise. The sun slowly emerged from the eastern horizon. Showing off the beauty that every human has been waiting for as a marker to start a new activity.
Another trekking for 20 minutes accompanied fresh morning air, the journey continues towards to Gereja Ayam. From here we can cut off the road to the Chicken Church. Through the forests that are still fertile makes this trip take place my heart.
The Chicken Church or well known as Rumah Doa Bukit Rhema is a church that has a unique shape resembling a giant chicken complete with a comb on its head. At first glance it might look scary like unkempt. You’re Right! This church had to be involved in its construction in 2000 because of cost issues. But that does not mean this church is not used / obsolete, it turns out this church was once used as a rehabilitation place for drug addicts.
The most eager moment awaited is up on the cock’s comb. I know it requires a little effort to get up here. However, the beauty of the scenery offered from above here is second to none. The vast expanse of green is clearly visible from up here.
Address: Kurahan, Karangrejo, Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java 56553
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