$38Aud entry fee to local $5, double the entrance fees for overseas travellers I can understand but 6.5 times higher that a rip off? May be they justify it because international has a a/c ticket counter... 🤭 for two minutes. You can't go to the top of the temple it's closed still due to pandemic 🤷‍♂️. But allowed to walk around the bottom of the temple. Was a disappointment because was told from the top is the best experience to enjoy this place 😑

The visit to the Borobudur temple must be the highlight to my recent trip to Yogyakarta. Together with three other foreign travelers, we were lead by our English speaking Guide, Budi Setyo Lelono, on a delightful and informative tour of the complex. Although we were not allowed to climb up to see the upper level stupas ( restrictions due to covid-19 policy in the past two years)...Budi did a great job in telling us the historical and cultural story of the temple in a fun and lively way. We were also fortunate that morning to meet a group of Buddhist devotees , led by three senior monks, doing their pilgrimage to this holy site...the ringing of the prayer bells and recital of holy prayers added a deep sense of serenity and spirituality to our memory of this beautiful UNESCO heritage site. Many thanks to Budi .... you had made our visit so memorable,

After many many years we've decided to travel to Indonesia. From Amsterdam with Malaysia Airlines to Jakarta, few hours stop and further to Yogjakarta. With the cab or bus very easy to reach. Once you've paid the entrance fee ( fee for locals are free or reduced ) you can enjoy the walk toward the temple. The walking path is set nice and is maintained. The serene surroundings and the many birds you hear and see makes you a bit dreamy. The path is very wide, so when it's crowded you can easily walk from front to back. ## Please visit the temple in the early morning, less people and the possibility to see the sun rise. The temple is very large to walk around and the stairs you may find kinda difficult to walk on if ur not 'fit'. The more you take on the stairs, the steeper it gets towards the top. On the 'third floor' you can walk around and see and touch the buddha statues. Some of them are poor/broken and the others look very preserved. During school, lots of children can wander around and will kindly ask you where you from, your name and to have actually a genuine conversation with you. This can be fun and it also improves the way of speaking for the childrens.

The Borobudur site is nice and they've just allowed you talk go up, not to the top mind you but that's understandable. THE PRICE! Its 385,000rp to go up for foreigners and about 60,000rp for Indonesians can we remove the stereotype that foreigners are made of money. 2x the price seems reasonable enough. At the end you walk through what seems to be a market labyrinth with many vendors attempting to convince you to buy something the prices are very cheap which makes me feel even worse about the ticket price. Oh and chained up elephants, yeah very cool. It's just a great historical site that's being taken advantage of, a shame really.

Absolutely stunning temple that you should not miss. For 3 years no one has been allowed up onto the temple but now from 8.30am you can buy tickets with or without the option to access many of the levels of the temple. The tickets were on sale from 8am and groups of 20 were made with a guide allocated for each group. The temple is not accessed until 9am on the dot and you must stay with your guide for 1 hour while they explain stories about the history of the temple and its different levels. Our guide was very knowledgeable and was able to answer everyone’s questions. We were able to explore on our own for the last 15 minutes and then we had to come down and let other tour groups on to see. We could still look around from the bottom of the temple and then explore other features of the site including museums, native animals and cafes at our own leisure In the past too many people climbing caused damage so after a time where no one was allowed on at all, they are trialling limited numbers to a maximum of 1200 people a day and approximately 150 people at any one time on the temple to ensure no more damage occurs to the structure. The only part I did not like was when exiting the site, having to walk through hundreds of market stalls before reaching the car park. But even so, it was a great day.

I visited from Yogyakarta (Jogja) and it was an hour drive down. The visit was well worth it. I had to get the ticket online as there is a daily restriction of how many people cn visit the place and climb the structure. The tour guide and sandals are included in the price along with a bottle of water. I could spend hours at the temple and the gardens and almost lost track of time. The staff speaks English and are very friendly. The exit actually goes through a maze of vendor stalls selling trickets and what-nots. The place is magical for a architectural marvel.

As we visited Prambanan and Borobudur, Borobudur was a bit of a let down. However unique it is to see such a large Buddhist temple in a country where it is hardly practiced, it is not as we envisioned it. It is pretty, and the tour guide was fun and very informative. Nevertheless, Borobudur deserved first price on discrimination (and I’m even partly Indo) and we were ripped off badly. We payed 1.7 million rp to see Borobudur and Prambanan, whilst a combi ticket for 2 pax should be 1.35 million rp in total. I asked why, and they could really not care less. I can understand behasa and heard them talking very tasteless about this thing I am or those things we tourists are. Little did they know I could understand them. Gosh, never in Indonesia have I ever experienced this! Also you pay for an hour visit, you can’t visit back the front of Borobudur from start beginning tour as you walk w the tour guide through the temple and are not allowed to return. You pay extra to climb the temple. You are not allowed to go to the real top as this is only for extremist or “double VIPs” (quoting the tourguide here, this I think means just pay more). The tour guide after all said: “Borobudur is the cash ATM banking account of Indonesia”. Would not visit again. Prambanan I would visit again.

Amazing temple. I recommend paying the extra bucks to go up. Go just before sunset on the last possible hr,so it is less crowded. We were there nearly alone,which is rare. Beware of the pressure of the sellers on the way to the exit as you are forced to go through the market. Also on the way in if you say maybe later when you go out they will remember you and nudge.

setiap tempat dan tujuan selalu memiliki keunikan tersendiri. Borobudur tentunya memiliki itu semua. sempat dinobatkan sebagai salah satu keajaiban dunia, Borobudur tidak memerlukan banyak kata untuk membuktikannya. jika punya kesempatan sempatkanlah, lalu nikmati keanggunannya.

If you’re in Indonesia, you must see this temple. It’s beautiful. But, unless you book the extra climb to the stupa, you’ll miss much of the beauty. The stupa climb is not difficult but it’s a decent number of stairs (I’m over 60 and my sister had a broken foot yet we both had no issue). As part of the climb to the stupa, the guide will stop at several levels of the temple and explain everything. It’s a beautiful temple with a lot to see and enjoy.