Southern Mountainous

Southern Mountainous (Javanese: Pagunungan Kidul) is a region of East Java in Indonesia.

Cities

 * — charming old hill town that used to be a Dutch colonial playground
 * — burial place of Indonesia's first president and independence hero, Sukarno
 * — Mount Kelud, Brantas river, waterfalls, and significant archeological sites
 * — the second largest city in East Java, cool, clean air and the ancient seat of the Kanjuruhan and Singhasari Kingdom
 * — a regency filled with caves and beaches
 * — home of Reog and known for the origin place of satay
 * — beautiful white sand beaches
 * — knowns for marble crafts

Other destinations

 * — an island south of Malang with white sand beaches and nature conservation

Understand
The Southern Mountainous is an area with a cluster of small mountains on the edge of the Indian ocean that extends southwest of East Java.

By plane
The Southern Mountainous area is served by Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport in Malang for domestic flight from Jakarta. All international flights, and most domestic flights, arrive at the nearest airports, Juanda International Airport in Surabaya and Yogyakarta International Airport in Yogyakarta. Then, you have to use ground transportation to get Southern Mountainous of East Java.

By train
Cities served by the rail network include Kediri, Tulungagung, Blitar, and Malang.

By bus
There are a lot of buses to go to each city in this area mainly from Bungurasih Purabaya Bus Terminal in Surabaya.

By car
Cities are connected by good condition provincial roads.

See
Ancient Hindu-Buddhist temples in Blitar, Tulungagung, and Malang. Watching reog dance in Ponorogo.

Do
Enjoy white sand beaches in Pacitan and Trenggalek. Playing games in amusement park in Batu. Mountaineering on Mount Arjuno and Mount Kelud.

Eat
Javanese cuisine is familiar in Southern Mountainous. Try many styles of sate (satay) in Ponorogo, bakso Malang (meatball soup and grilled meatball) in Malang, as well. For exotic food, there is a dish made from land snail or escargot those are sate bekicot (land snail satay) and krengsengan bekicot (stir-fried land snail) in Kediri.

Drink
Because of Islamic dietary laws, most eating places do not offer alcohol. You may drink alcohol in bars in the city of Malang. You can try specialty drinks from Malang called wedang angsle, mung bean and white bread in gingery coconut milk soup. In Tulungagung, coffee is mixed with mung bean powder named kopi ijo.

Go next

 * Northwest East Java
 * Surakarta
 * The Horseshoe