The wonders of Borobudur are well known—the biggest ancient monument in the southern hemisphere, 8,235 square meters of stone surface carved in high relief, 1,500 pictorial panels, 1,212 purely ornamental panels, the colossal five-storied “cosmic mountain” constituting the largest Buddhist sanctuary on the planet.

What is less well known are the many natural, historicand cultural attractions in the countryside surrounding th