World Heritage Sites
In Indonesia there are 9 World Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO in 2021, 5 of which are cultural and 4 are natural. This makes Indonesia possess the highest number of sites in Southeast Asia.
BOROBUDUR TEMPLE
This famous 8th and 9th century Buddhist temple is located in central Java. It is divided into three levels: a pyramid-shaped base with five concentric square platforms, a tapered tree trunk with three circular platforms, and a huge stupa on top
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF BALI
The cultural landscape of Bali consists of five rice terraces and their water temples, covering more than 19,500 hectares. The temples are at the center of a cooperative water management system of canals and weirs called Subak, which dates back to the 9th century. Nestled in the landscape is the 18th century Pura Taman Ayun Royal Water Temple, the largest and most impressive structure of its kind on the island
KOMODO NATIONAL PARK
These volcanic islands are inhabited by some 5,700 giant lizards, whose appearance and aggressive behavior have earned them the nickname "Komodo dragons." They do not exist anywhere else in the world and are of great interest to scientists studying evolution.
LORENTZ NATIONAL PARK
Lorenz National Park (2.35 million hectares) is the largest protected area in Southeast Asia. It is the only protected area in the world that covers a continuous complete transect from the snow cover to the tropical marine environment, including extensive lowland wetlands
PRAMBANAN NATIONAL PARK
Built in the 10th century, this is the largest temple compound dedicated to Shiva in Indonesia. Rising above the centre of the last of these concentric squares are three temples decorated with reliefs illustrating the epic of the Ramayana, dedicated to the three great Hindu divinities
OMBILIN COAL MINING
Built for the extraction, processing and transport of high-quality coal in an inaccessible region of Sumatra, this industrial site was developed by the Netherlands’ colonial government from the late 19th to the beginning of the 20th century with a workforce recruited from the local population and supplemented by convict labour from Dutch-controlled areas.
SANGIRAN EARLY MAN
Excavations here from 1936 to 1941 led to the discovery of the first hominid fossil at this site. Later, 50 fossils of Meganthropus palaeo and Pithecanthropus erectus/Homo erectus were found – half of all the world's known hominid fossils. Inhabited for the past one and a half million years, Sangiran is one of the key sites for the understanding of human evolution
TROPICAL RAINFOREST HERITAGE OF SUMATRA
The site holds the greatest potential for long-term conservation of the distinctive and diverse biota of Sumatra, including many endangered species. The protected area is home to an estimated 10,000 plant species, including 17 endemic genera; more than 200 mammal species; and some 580 bird species of which 465 are resident and 21 are endemic
UJUNG KULON NATIONAL PARK
This national park, located in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula and several offshore islands and encompasses the natural reserve of Krakatoa. In addition to its natural beauty and geological interest particularly for the study of inland volcanoes