Marvelous Malang

Malang Regency is located between two massive groups of mountains with Semeru, the highest mountain on Java, and the national park Bromo-Tengger to the east. The biggest attraction here must be the beautiful landscape, in addition there are some temples not far away known as the Singosari temples. They were built to honor the Singosari dynasty, the predecessors of the Majapahit kingdom. Candi Singosari, built for king Kertanegara, and Candi Sumberawan are both close to the Singosari village north of Malang. Candi Jago and Candi Kidal are both located in Tumpang, approximately 30 Km east of Malang, An easy way to Malang is by train or bus from Surabaya, which takes about two hours. From Malang you can for example travel further to Kediri over Batu. This road passes through some beautiful and changing scenery, passing volcanoes, rich farmland, hot springs, deep valleys and dense jungle. Along the coast south of Malang there are some popular beaches, actually they belong to the Malang district which stretches all the way south to the Indian ocean.

Malang city, about 90 km south of Surabaya, is a busy city with a population in excess of 850,000 people. Situated at an altitude of 450m and circled by attractive volcanoes, it is cool, tree-lined and much more tourist-friendly in all respects than Surabaya. Malang City is well-known as a industrial and trading city, education city, and tourism city. The city's commercial centre is the alun-alun to the south of Sungai Brantas, with the main shopping and market area along or near Jl. Agus Salim, which runs off the south side. Jl. Mojopahit runs across Sungai Brantas and links this commercial sector with the Tugu area to the north, in which most government offices are located.
Then, Malang City is a center for education ranging from basic school to higher education. Some schools, either of state or private ones, have international quality standard. Therefore, many students from all over Indonesia, even from abroad, prefer to continue their study in Malang because it guarantees the safety, climate, facility and quality of education.
The most attractive and evocative colonial area is Jl. Ijen, with renovated bungalows in wide, palm-lined boulevards. It's a rich and refined area, with fabulous iron railings that guard the privacy of the wealthy of the city. To get there, take microlet GL, AL, ADL (which goes along Jl. Ijen), or MM (along Jl. Kawi nearby). Museum Brawijaya is a military museum fronted by tanks and full of military memorabilia.
There are still many more that you can enjoy when you stay or visit Malang City. Welcome to Malang City and find your preferable choices to meet your comfort and satisfaction.

Malang Regency At A Glance

Malang which is noted as one of the most fascinating towns in East Java, lies 90 km away to the south of the capital province, Surabaya. It considerably becomes one of clean and cool cities in East Java. It is stretching out from 112'17'10,90" to 112'57'0,00" East Longitude and ranging from 744'55,11 to 8'26'34,45" South Latitude. Malang has the border of Blitar and Kediri regencies on the West; Jombang, Mojokerto, and Pasuruan Regencies on the North; Probolinggo and Lumajang Regencies on the East and Indian Ocean on the South.
Without any doubt, Malang has distinctively been marvelous since a long time ago. Historical remnants scattered around Malang showing that it had played many important roles.
Malang is now officially divided into three administrative districts, namely Malang Regency, Malang City and Batu City. Each of the three areas has its own specially tourism attractions that you mights stay in minimally 3 vto enjoy them.

Various natural and cultural tourism potentials you might have during your stay in Malang Regency such as: mask dance , foods, handicrafts, agro-tourism, beaches, socio-cultural of rural tourism, and still many more. It is just a nice place to stay. Malang has now become the educational, industrial as well as tourism industries.
Get the direct flight through Jakarta's International airport "Bandara Soekarno-Hatta" to Abdull Rahman Saleh-Malang, through Ngurah Rai Denpasar-Bali, through Surabaya with the direct flight from Singapore daily, from Guangzhou China, from Australia. Local or internal flights connect to Surabaya daily from different region or city throughout the country. It takes only two hours driving the car from Surabaya to Malang.

Getting by cruiship; if you have plenty of time, an ocean cruiship to the island of Java should not be missed a number of luxury cruise operations have added Java and Bali to their schedules in recent years, with Surabaya (Tanjung Perak Harbour), Semarang (Tanjung Emas Harbour), Jakarta (Tanjung Priook Harbour), they are in North coast of Java and Cilacap Harbour (South Coast) as ports of entrance. Regular passenger ship like "Rinjani, Kerinci, Umsini, Kelimutu, Tidar, or Kambuna"connect to Surabaya. It is only three hours driving from the harbour of Tanjung Perak-Surabaya to Malang.
In addition, a wide range of companies, such as : cigarettes, coconut oil, sugar mild and many others have become the familiar land mark in Malang Regency. Discover the truly marvelous life style and tourism potentials in Malang Regency for your holiday.