Northwest East Java

Northwest Region is a region in East Java.

Regions

Map of East Java/Northwest

Bojonegoro
teak plantations, oil explorations, Bengawan Solo river, and the unique Samin culture

Jombang
a regency with abundant Islamic schools

Madiun
a regency which knowns for rail industry

Magetan
famed for Lake Telaga Sarangan and rabbit satay

Nganjuk
the region of wind

Ngawi
famous for the historical remains of ancient humans in Trinil, teak forest area, and a Dutch fortress in the town of Ngawi city is located to the northeast of Mount Lawu

Tuban
beaches, limestone hills, and blue crab curry dish

Other destinations

Understand

The northwest area is the westernmost area and is directly adjacent to Central Java on the north coast of Java.

Get in

By train

Regions served by the rail network include Bojonegoro, Ngawi, Madiun, Nganjuk and Jombang. Daily trains from Jakarta as well as Surabaya.

By bus

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

Get around

By car

Regions are connected by good condition provincial roads. There is also a toll road from Ngawi to Jombang through Madiun and Nganjuk.

See

Teksas Wonocolo, the earliest oil and gas tourism in Indonesia has been opened in Bojonegoro. There are some traditional oil rigs made from teak woods. Also in Bojonegoro, there is an eternal flame in the middle of teak forest called Kayangan Api. It will be clearly visible at night.

Do

Getting out into nature

The most you can hope for will be getting out to somewhere green because there are some teak forestry area especially in Ngawi, Nganjuk, and Bojonegoro.

Beaches

The regency that has beaches is Tuban because it is the only area that is not landlocked. It has some white sand beaches toward the Java Sea.

Lakes

You can go around using a speedboat on the Lake Telaga Sarangan in Magetan.

Waterfalls

The beautiful atmosphere can be felt to get to the waterfall including Sedudo waterfall in Nganjuk and Tretes waterfall in Jombang.

Eat

Pecel is ubiquitous dish in the area. This food can be found in the cities. Try pecel sambal tumpang, pecel with tempeh sauce in Kertosono District of Nganjuk. In addition, each city also has its own special food and can be seen in the city's articles.

Drink

As an area with a Muslim majority, it is very difficult to find alcohol drinks. The common drinks are sweet iced tea and instant coffee. You may also try Java ginger juice, traditionally called sari temulawak. In Jombang, there is a unique drink named coffee beer with zero alcohol and its composition is coffee, caramel, sugar, water, and soda.

Stay safe

Be careful of non-ac intercity buses because they are high-speed and have had several accidents.

Go next

This region travel guide to Northwest is a usable article. It gives a good overview of the region, its sights, and how to get in, as well as links to the main destinations, whose articles are similarly well developed. An adventurous person could use this article, but please feel free to improve it by editing the page.