Jakarta History Museum and Ragunan Zoo

This museum, housed in the old Batavia Town Hall, is probably the most solid reminder of Dutch rule anywhere in Indonesia. The large, bell-towered hall was built in 1627 and served the administration of the city and the law courts. These days, it's the place to go if you're into heavy carved furniture and other memorabilia from the Dutch period. Among the more interesting exhibits is a series of gloomy  portraits of all the Dutch governors-general and early pictures of Batavia. The Fine Art Ceramics and Puppet Museums are all in waiting distance.

Ragunan Zoo

Formerly named as Taman Marga Satwa Jakarta before 1974, Ragunan Zoo is home to some 4,000 animals and over 50,000 plants of around 1,000 various species. Covering  135 hectares of land in the Ragunan area, Ragunan Zoo also provides itself as the unofficial botanical garden and a water catchment area for Jakarta.

On weekends, the zoo is usually very crowded with visitors pouring from all parts of the Capital as well as other nearby cities such as Bogor and Bandung. They are all eager to see the animal correction, in which the primary focus is still on Indonesia animals and only about a third come from all over the world. Here, you can take a closer look of the beautiful birds of paradise, the Sumatran tiger, the exquisite Komodo dragon, and many more.