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It's time to tell you guys about my experience of visiting Dieng Culture Festival 2018. Well, actually I really want to tell you about this event soon after I came back from Dieng last week but because I'm too lazy to write the post, so I declined it hahhah (what a  lazy blogger I'm  wkwkwk). I spent 3 days and 2 nights in Dieng, Wonosobo, Central Java.


It was not my first time visiting Dieng, I think I have visited 4 times hehehe, but Dieng still and will always be a special place in the deep of my heart, visiting Dieng for more than one day gave me a lot of experience to explore more any place in Dieng side by side. I've shared about 10 Reason Why You Should Visit Dieng Plateau. One thing that I don't like about Dieng is about the weather, because so freaking cold hahahah (made me skip to have shower in the morning hahaha).

And just for your information that these months are the extremes temperature in Dieng, I got -2 Celsius degrees in the night and morning, you can imagine how cold it is hahhaha. But I have to say thanks to God because finally I can find snow flakes in Indonesia without have to hike Jaya Wijaya Mountain in Papua (there's immortal snow on the top of this mountain) .



Thank God !!, I remember that I almost got frozen there wkwkwk, I left my motorbike (not mine but I rent it) at the parking area and when I wanted to go back home and picked the motorbike from the parking area, the motorbike got frozen hahaha and there were  lots of ice flower flakes on the motorbike.


Anyway, I think, I should start to tell you about the journey. But, wait, I need to say thanks to my friend who has gave me his room to me so I can sleep over there, thanks anyway hahaha.

Maybe some of you have known this annual event already. Dieng Culture Festival is kind of Cultural event in Dieng, Central Java. The festival again presented a range of art and cultural performances, an exhibition of Dieng's fines product and as pinnacle this event: the ritual of shaving off dreadlocks of kids born with this unique hair. The ceremony well known as Ruwatan Anak Gembel/Gimbal. I feel strangely enough that Dieng is a place where many kids are born with dreadlocks hair.

At Dieng Culture Festival 2018 took The Magical Beuaty of The mist-shrouded Highlands of Dieng Plateau as the theme. This event was held on 3rd to 5th  August 2018 last week, This centered in Dieng Kulon, Batur Sub-District, Banjarnegara Regency.

Ok, I'm going to mention some exciting sub events that amazed me a lot !!. In the 9th Dieng Culture Festival 2018 (DCF-9) there were sub events featured such as Flower and 'Caping' traditional matted headgear festival, The Tumpeng Festival,  a Fireworks Fiesta, a Cultural Parade, Culinary Bazar, Traditional art performances, a Lantern Festival, and a whole lot more (I will tell you more detail, keep reading !!).

Wait, I forget one thing, There were sparkling performance here, yaaap as usual special jazz performance entitled Jazz above the clouds, Indeed since Dieng stands above the clouds (2000 meters above sea level).

I went to Dieng by train from Pasar Senen Train Station, Jakarta. Unfortunately, there is no train station in Wonosobo, so I should take a train to Purwokerto first then took a bus to Wonosobo then took another bus to Dieng Plateau, hufts, yes quite overwhelming hehehe. But for Dieng Culture Festival, I'm okay to do that. I only paid 140,000 Rupiahs for the return ticket Jakarta-Purwokerto, it is so cheap hehehe though I got missing the train to Jakarta (How stupid I'm).

After I arrived to Dieng Plateau, I just took a rest for a minute and put my stuff in the room, then I headed to the venue to take the ticket, for your information guys, I paid 350,000 Rupiahs for whole package ticket. I got a goody bag that there were a lot of stuff inside. Including; T-shirt, Caping, a lantern, batik, shawl, the necklace as an ID, the ticket and I forget another hahhaha, I think it was worth it. Actually, there were lots of tour package that provided one package including the hotel but the price, surprisingly expensive around 1,7 million per person hahha (better no).

I love the ambience a lot !!, so traditional and rich of culture. I felt an happiness in the short weekend gateway (not avoiding my boss just need refreshing wkwkwk). Okay, now is my turn to tell you What's Inside Dieng Culture Festival 2018;

1. Culinary and Local Product Exhibition

This is one of my favourite side of this event, because I can satisfy my tongue to give a try a lot of local culinary. OMG, I think, I got my body fatter than before hahah. There were a lot of stands that sold various of culinary, so, I should prepare enough space in my tummy.  And you know what, here I got a cheaper price of them than in Jakarta or Serang, I can get full only prepared 15,000 rupiahs per once eat.

There were also local product exhibition such as local batik, souvenirs, outdoor gears (this one is my favourite), and many more. I should avoid this side actually, because I would shop a lot and of course be a wasteful hihi.

2. Flower, Caping, Domba (goat) and Tumpeng Festival

In this sub-event your eyes will be amazed by  a lot of beautiful flower where you can see any kind of flower, I think if you're flower addict, you must be like with the flower festival. Finish with the flower you can see a thousands goat join this exhibition hehehe, they were so cute, suddenly just remember sound the sheep hahaha.



Next, you can see The Tumpeng Festival, where Tumpeng is kind of a masterpiece of food art presentation. Rice will be shaped like a cone with side dishes of vegetables and meat. Traditionally featured in the slamatan ceremony, the rice is made by using a cone -shaped  woven bamboo container. The rice itself maybe plain steamed rice, uduk rice (cooked with coconut milk) or yellow rice (uduk rice colored with kunyit/tumeric).

3. Cultural Parade and Art Performances

Because I like the culture, I feel like this sub-event is a heaven heheheh, here I can find a lot of traditional art performances such as pencak silat, tarditional dance, traditional costume parade and many more.







Up to 1000 people flocked to the parade by using colourful traditional costume and bring agricultural products such as vegetables, paddy, and fruits. I'm pretty sure that you will amaze with this magical parade.

4. Fireworks and Lantern Festival

This Festival is placed on the top night Dieng Culture Festival before boom agenda shaving off deadblocks hair in the morning.



Well, if you're still single (like me hahaha) it would be better if you bring a lot of tissuee to wipe your tears because of envying to another couple wkwkwk. Oh sorry, you won't 😉, I know you're strong !!, So it's okay just enjoy the romantic night lantern and fireworks. You can see how gorgeous Dieng's sky with that light.





Actually this festival started quite late about 12 AM after Jazz above the clouds, but you will not regret waiting for this sub-event, I suggest you to come to next DCF and don't forget to join romantic lantern festival though I feel really cold there hahah. But luckily there are a lot of tourists here, it decrease the cold hahha.

5. Jazz Above The Clouds

Since We know that Dieng is absolutely located stands above the clouds (2000 meters above sea level) so the Jazz also named by Jazz above The Clouds as well. I think this sub-event is one of the most attractive point from Dieng Culture Festival beside Shaving of the dreadlocks kids hair.



There were a lot of Jazz musicians that I loved much whether local and international. Actually I'm not a big fans of Jazz but  I felt really enjoying that music. One thing that I like from jazz above the clouds is there was Letto Performance (famous band since I  was elemantary school) and Hiroaki Kato from Japan.  I flew with the music, so romantic even I didn't come with my GF wkwkwk.

6. Ruwatan Anak Gimbal

I forget to describe that Ruwatan Anak Gimbal took place in Complex of Candi Arjuna. Dieng Culture Festival also took the audience to explore the spellbinding beauty of Dieng panorama. Tourists will witness the spectacular sunrise overlooking the highlands, the mist surrounding the ancient temple complex, the breathtaking views of Talaga Warna Lake and Sikidang Crater and a whole lot more.



Being the main featured of this festival, ritual ruwatan of trimming off of dreadlocks kids is truly exceptional. While globally dreadlocks hair is commonly known as Rastafarian style from Jamaica. But here, in the highlands of Dieng Plateau, dreadlocks or matted hair is not chosen style but it rather a mystifying feature that only occurs to the children in Dieng Plateau.

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As I know from the local that Dieng's dreadlocks children are born with normal hair, but at a certain moment  in their young life, their hair amazingly turns into dreadlocks all by itself. Amazing !!.

Various studies to scientifically investigate the cause have not resulted in any logical explanation. According to local belief, however these, kids are somehow chosen by the ancestors to accept this gifts. The dreadlocks may not be trimmed unless the children themselves ask for it and ask for the gifts such as bike, school bag, and many more as their wish, or such hair will continue to grow back.  The precious moment when the dreadlocks kids's hair  is shaven off is celebrated in a series of rituals known as Ruwatan Anak Gimbal. This ruwatan actually took quite a long time untill the dreadlocks is floated into Talaga Warna and will be finished by Aksi Dieng Bersih to keep the location clean after whole festival.

I feel more educated after attended this event especially about ruwatan anak gimbal, this ritual is really mind blowing me. Well, after I tell a whole ceremony, now I have to conclude this post. My conclusion is you I will be more educated about how rich Indonesian culture that we need to keep hold tight and must be proud of them so the tradition will be long last, of course I get it while I'm travelling, So let's be more educated with travelling !!.

Yeah, this is my gorgeous experience attending Dieng Culture Festival 2018. How about you ?, Have you ever been to Dieng Culture Festival ?.

Share your experiences on the comment below.

Can't wait to The Next Dieng Culture Festival !!

Happy travelling 😎 😎😎

First of all, I've to say big thanks to this Legit App, yess COUCHSURFING !!. Because of this app I can cut off a lot of  my budget for hostel or hotel while I'm travelling. Well,The Couchsurfing community is growing a lot lately. More and more travellers decide to use Couchsurfing for their travelling journey.

Wait a second !!, before I share some tips about how to use Couchsurfing. First, I need to disclaim that I'm not a Pro Couchsurfer. But you know, I'm trying to be a hot Couchsurfer hahahaha. Basically, I use this app because of my friend's suggestion (Thank you Steve for your suggestion), I never know what Couchsurfing exactly  before and what the function for.

After I registerred to this app maybe a year ago, I didn't use this app for a long period because I really didn't know how to use it (how stupid I am) hahahaha. Then, I googled a lot about Couchsurfing because I'm so curious as my friend say that this app will be really helpfull for traveller especially for budget traveller like me.

I remember how scared I am at the first time using this app when I travelled to Malaysia. I got so many rejection from Couchsurfer host but I didn't give up at all, I was trying and trying untill someone approved my request hehehe.

No matter how many times I have visited Jogja, Jogja still and always takes a special place in deep of my heart. Jogja is one of special city, one of my favourite cities in Indonesia.

I really like how most people are very friendly, warmth and welcoming. I remember, probably when I was in elementary school, yes it was my first time of visiting Jogja even I still on childhood age at that time but I just felt in love with this city.

Luckily, a month ago I had a chance to visit Jogja again, yeayyy !!. There's no big change with this place, still warmth and amazing as usual.

I love enjoying my days sitting at cafe in south part of Jogja, and sometimes overhear random conversation tourists have hehe. Most conversation are about things that  what to do in Jogja, I jump into their conversation and give some suggestions.

Suddenly I realize that I haven't written a guide on things to do in Jogja (Heyy, I've written about things to do in Sawarna, check it out !!).

Now, I think that I should write some suggestion on things to do in Jogja, here are some suggestions when I do jump into a random conversation with the tourists in Jogja. I'm pretty sure that there are actually many things that you can do in Jogja, but this suggestion list surely will help you to find out what Jogja has to offer.

I hope you enjoy it !!, and please note that I make this list starts with the essential things to do in the city based on my humble experience hehehe.

1. Visit The temples (Prambanan, Borobudur and Ratu Boko)

Who doesn't know about the temples ?, I bet all of you know with these gorgeous temples. Though Borobudur temple is not located  in Jogja, the temple however is one of the biggest reason why people visit Jogja, it only takes around 40 minutes to visit the temple from Jogja. If you do visit Borobudur try to take a gorgeous sunrise tour. It's really worth for the view !!.


Besides Borobudur the other big famous temple that you need to visit is Prambanan Temple, which is a Hindu temple. Actually there's a package tour that all in these temples and the price will be cheaper than you take a single price ticket.

FYI,  for the entrance ticket per temple is 40,000 rupiahs for  local adult, 20,000 for local children and 25 USD for the foreigner, and If you want to visit all those temple I suggest you to take a package ticket, it will be cheaper around 10% (update June 2018).

I'm pretty sure 100% you will fall in love with those temples, so be sure to put this on your itinerary list 😉.

2. Explore The Kraton (Royal palace)

Talk about Jogja will not be complete if we don't reach about Kraton Jogja. The Kraton Kasultanan Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat, well known as Kraton, is basically the royal palace. It is where exactly the King and his family stay.



From this place we can learn  about the kingdom's history and Javanese tradition. You will be amaze how tradition is kept by them perfectly. And one of my most favourite place nearby Kraton is Kraton Museum, it is a great place to visit and learn  more about Javanese culture directly from people who keep the tradition alive in every single day.

There's a Javanese cultural show that you can enjoy every day  either at 9 or 10 AM, there will be different performance every day such as traditional dancing, wayang kulit/golek , gamelan and etc.

Perfect !!, After exploring The Kraton don't forget to wander around Taman Sari Water Castle. I suggest you to visit early and explore yourself around the villages little alleys,  Sumur Gemuling and underground tunnels.

And don't forget to take a perfect shot for your Instagram feed to make envy your friend hehe.

FYI, for enjoying Kraton you only need to pay 8,000 rupiahs for local and 15,000 for foreigner and Taman Sari is the same price as well and add extra charge 3,000 rupiahs if you bring a camera (update June 2018).

3. Take a stroll around Malioboro street

Malioboro is one of iconic place in Jogja, visiting Jogja without stroll around Malioboro is like going to Paris without checking out The Eiffel Tower. I love to have window shopping in Malioboro street, here We can find a lot of beautiful things that sold so cheap.


There are plenty of Batik (trousers, t-shirt, bangles, dress), sandals, blangkon (traditional central Javanese headdress worn by men and made by batik fabric), tote bag, handcrafts and much more to buy. Or if you want to get perfect traditional market ambience, I suggest you to visit Bringharjo traditional market that located nearby this street. Try your luck to bargain everything and make it cheaper hehehe.


A lot of tourists prefer to visit Malioboro in the evening or at night, enjoying street music and calung while you eat some local food such as angkringan, gudeg or sego kucing is absolutely amazing.

4. Take an Instagramable shot in Kalibiru National Park Viewpoint

If you plan to visit this place make sure you have full charge battery because you will be overwhelming in taking so many beuatifull spot here hehe. Kalibiru now is one of the famous place for Instagrammer like you !!.

The park became popular because Instagram post from the tourist, it is such a beautiful viewpoint. Now there are dozens photo point with everything from the original simple wooden platform halfway up a tree to heart shape viewpoints.

If you want to collect gorgeous instagramable photos come here in the evening or early morning to get perfect shot. You can also have some outdoors activity like zip lining and bicycle in the air. Please note that this place will be busy in the weekend (so crowded).

FYI, You need to pay 10,000 rupiahs per person to enjoy this place, 5,000 for car parking and 2,000 for motorcycle parking. Wait, you also need to pay 15,000 per photo point spot and 5,000 per photo if you want professional photo taken by professional photographer too hehehe.

5. Join a workshop (Batik, silver, pottery and leather)

If you're curious enough how those handcrafts made, join a workshop will be perfect to get to know the production process. I had only ever done silver workshop in Jogja and it was awesome.


You'll learn how to make them and at the end of the course you will be able to bring home your creation, yeayy !!. There are plenty of Batik course in Kraton area, around the small alleys and around Taman Sari. Silver course can be found around Kota Gede, pottery courses are available around Kasongan area, but wait, you need to make a reservation before the workshop day. I remember, I paid 100,000 rupaihs for short silver course, worth it !!.

6. Hange out at Alun-Alun Selatan Kraton

If you don't know where to hange out or stuck in the evening, I would recommend visiting Alun-Alun Selatan Kraton. You will be surprised how crowded this place can be at night (I was surprised too). You will mostly find Indonesian  tourists and local around Alun-Alun Selatan, They will be busy trying to do twins bringin tree challenge (I won't tell what this challenge exactly about, to make you more curious, just Google it hahhaha).

Enjoy the night breezy weather, eat local food or ride a super blink car. You will either giggle or be shocked when you see the super bling-bling cars. Actually, they are a paddle cars and they are about the same size as a VW Beetle, I guess.

The cars are equipped with hundreds of bright lights and loud music even equipped with a small TV, OMAYGAAAAT, so amazing hahahha. If you want to try this car you need to pay 15,000 rupiahs for one loop (for 4-6 people).

7. Enjoy sunset at Parangtritis Beach

Might be you want the vitamin sea after some days enjoying the Javanese culture, so sunset at Parangtritis will definitely make your stressed out goes out from your days hehehe.

Parangtritis Beach is around 25 KM from the city center, the beach is always busy with locals during evening and on weekends of course. Here you can have a picnic, ride ATV (all-terrain vehicle), enjoy the sunset, photograph the scenary, swimming or go paragliding (only available between January and February). Besides, one more activity  that people miss out on is sand-boarding at Gumuk Pasir not so far from the beach.

8. Eat like locals

There a lot of local food in Jogja that will make paunchy tummy hahahha. If you're wondering about what's authentic Jogja cuisine, you should obviously give Gudeg a try.


Gudeg is made from young unripe jackfruit boiled for several hours with palm sugar (hmmm, yummmy) and coconut milk. It's served with steamed rice and chicken in coconut milk (opor ayam)  or telur pindang (boiled egg) and tofu or tempe plus sambel goreng krecek, it is so delicious, please do give a try !!.

I suggest you to eat these foods at Ibu Ageng or Bale Raos, and also one of my favourite Gudeg is Gudeg Pawon on Janturan street but unfortunately only opens at 10-12 PM. Another suggestion would be taking one of the evening food tours and don't forget to put Kopi Joss on your list hehe, it is a glass of black coffee served with  black charcoal, you can guess the aroma and the taste of this coffee hehehe.

Wait, don't forget to buy some Bakpia Pathok to your family at home, they would definetly like with this Bakpia hahahah.

Actually there are more things to do in Jogja but this list will be perfect even you only have two days exploring Jogja.

So, do you have any plans to Jogja soon ?, What would like to do in Jogja ?, Share your ideas with me 😄😄😄.

Happy travelling travel buddies !!

Saya sebenarnya lebih senang travelling seorang diri ketimbang pergi travelling duo atau bahkan berjamaah, alasannya karena solo travelling bisa menjadi ajang kontemplasi pribadi yang sangat menantang buat Saya yang sangat penting untuk menguji seberapa survive ketika ber-solo travelling.

Tetapi kadang ada saatnya Saya harus travelling bersama teman karena ada alasan tertentu, seperti misalnya masalah keterbatasan dana yang akan lebih baik kalau ditanggung secara share cost. Keseringannya sih Saya lebih memilih tetap ber-solo travelling dan mencari teman untuk share cost secara dadakan dengan teman-teman yang Saya temui dalam perjalanan, entah itu stranger yang menginap bareng satu hostel atau cari random saja orang yang kebetulan memiliki niatan tujuan yang sama.

Alhamdulillah sih, cara ini sampai sekarang cenderung ampuh yang penting harus punya muka tebel alias gak tau malu buat nawarin ikut patungan hehehe. Saya lebih memilih stranger daripada teman yang sudah dikenal karena Saya anaknya lebih ingin berprinsip tidak mau merepotkan teman dan tidak mau juga direpotkan teman, impas kan ?, hahaha.

Selain itu ada juga beberapa sifat teman yang suka gak asyik pas diperjalanan, seperti; tukang ngeluh, Kalau kamu sering travelling pasti menyadari kalau teman yang tipe ini akan ditaro di posisi pertama untuk tidak dijadikan travel mate. bayangkan, selama diperjalanan orang ini akan terus menghantui Kamu dengan keluhan-keluhan tak berkesudahan yang bikin kepala pusing, huft orang kayak gini mendingan ke laut aja hahaha.

Perhitungan soal duit, orang pelit sama hemat itu emang beda tipis sih. Tapi, orang perhitungan cuma ada satu tipenya di dunia ini, yaitu kepikiran banget kalau-kalau Kita terpaksa suatu saat pakai duit dia. Ya memang sih hak do'i, tapi masa tiap pengkolan jalan nagih duit yang sudah dipinjam.

Leletan, gak peduli cewek atau cowok, Saya suka kesel sama orang yang dandannya super lama. Pilah-pilih baju pas mau jalan, ngaca sana-sini sampai berjam-jam kayak mau foto session model victoria secreet wkwkwk.

Selfie freak, jujur Saya juga orangnya demen foto apalagi kalau ke tempat yang baru pertama kali dikunjungi. Tapi gak selfie freak yah !!. Bentar-bentar cekrek, nemu spot bagus dikit cekrek, nemu daun bergerak-gerak dikit cekrek, OMAYYGAAT, sumpah bikin kesel sih asli orang yang modelannya kayak gini, apalagi kalau minta difotoin, Iyuuuuuh.

Nggak mau hidup susah, namanya juga backpaceran gembel ya, Saya sih gak masalah tidur dimana saja asal merem, makan dimana saja asal kenyang dan naik apa saja asal nyampe. Tapi orang tipe ini gak akan mau deh se-frekuensi sama Saya hahhaha, berasa prince sama princess Buckingham gayanya kalau jalan-jalan hihi.

Sepertinya itu saja sih tipe-tipe orang yang harus Saya hindari dan big NO buat diajakin travelling bareng. Tetapi, belakangan Saya jadi penasaran sama teman-teman bule yang menginap di rumah Saya, Mereka travelling berdua sama teman atau pasangan dan kelihatan super akur dan saling menyenangkan satu-sama lain, apalagi Mereka yang couple travelling, di rumah serasa drama telenovella yang penuh kata-kata cinta setiap menit hahhaha, bikin iri Saya yang masih jomblo hiks hiks, ingin rasanya segera memperistri si Dia terus jalan-jalan bareng mengelilingi samudera dan seluruh jagat raya ini, halah kok malah me-LEBAY sih wkwkwk.

Sangat jarang sekali rasanya Saya travelling ke tempat ibadah umat beragama lain seperti Gereja, Klenteng, Vihara atau tempat peribadatan yang lain.  Karena biasanya Saya lebih memilih untuk mengunjungi tempat-tempat yang bertemakan petualangan alam seperti gunung, bukit atau pantai.



Namun karena Si Gereja Ayam ini memiliki daya tarik tersendiri untuk dikunjungi Saya tak kuasa untuk tidak mengunjungi tempat ini hehehe, awalnya Saya memang kemakan hasutan Mbak Cinta dan Mas Rangga yang menjadikan Bukit Rhema lengkap dengan Gereja Ayamnya ini sebagai latar di film AADC 2.

Saya rasa cukup beralasan sih, kenapa sang sutradara mengambil lokasi syuting filmnya di tempat ini, karena memang pemandangannya sangat menawan. Dari sini Kita bisa melihat pemandangan Candi Borobudur dari sudut yang berbeda, hijaunya Perbukitan Menoreh dan keindahan sunrise Punthuk Setumbu.

Bentuk bangunan yang unik seperti ayam membuat kepopuleran tempat ini semakin terkenal ke seluruh penjuru Indonesia bahkan Dunia. Tapi, tahukah Kamu kalau ternyata bangunan ini bukan berbentuk seperti ayam melainkan merpati.

Banyak fakta-fakta unik seputar tempat ini yang belakangan Saya ketahuai setelah mengunjunginya, berikut fakta-fakta unik tentang tempat wisata ini yang perlu diketahui sebelum Kamu mengunjunginya.

Berlokasi di tengah Perbukitan

Tempat wisata ini berlokasi di Dusun Gombong, Desa Kembanglimus, Kecamatan Borobudur, Kabupaten Magelang.

Bangunan yang dikenal sebagai Gereja Ayam ini berada di tengah-tengah perbukitan dan hutan yang cukup lebat terlebih jika memilih trek dari Punthuk Setumbu akan sangat menantang. Meskipun demikian, dari Punthuk Setumbu hanya waktu sekitaran 20 menit saja menuruni bukit dengan jalan setapak di tengah pepohonan lebat, saran Saya pakailah alas kaki yg nyaman dan sesuai seperti sepatu outdoor atau sandal gunung supaya tidak kesusahan menuruni perbukitan ini.

Bukan 'Gereja Ayam'

Ketika menukarkan tiket di pintu masuk Kita akan disambut oleh petugas yang akan menjelaskan sejarah singkat dari bangunan ini. Sang petugas menjelaskan kepada Saya bahwasannya tempat ini bukanlah sebuah gereja melainkan rumah doa yang bisa dipakai bagi seluruh umat beragama.



Bangunan ini memang dibangun oleh seorang Kristiani bernama Daniel Alamsjah, yang menurut cerita yang Saya baca dari beberapa artikel.

Dikatakan bahwa beliau mendapatkan pesan dari Tuhan untuk membangun sebuah rumah ibadah dalam bentuk burung merpati. Hanya karena Daniel seorang Kristiani banyak warga sekitar menganggap kalau bangunan ini adalah sebuah gereja.

Selain itu bentuk dari bangunan inipun juga bukan ayam melainkan seekor burung merpati putih dengan badan yang lebih panjang dan terdapat mahkota di kepalanya. Just for your information nih, rumah ibadah ini sudah dibangun tubuh bangunan mulai tahun 1991 sampai kepala bangunan tahun 1995 dan sempat ditutup pada tahun 2000 karena adanya pertentangan dengan warga sekitar, dan sampai sekarang masih dalam tahap pembangunan.

Memiliki banyak ruang bawah tanah 

Wisata edukasi, setelah melihat matahari terbit dari mahkota Bukit Rhema yang menyerupai ayam ini. Pengunjung bisa melihat sambil berfoto di lukisan-lukisan yang ada di dinding Bukit Rhema ini. Tiap lantai memiliki lukisan dengan tema yang berbeda beda mulai dari bahaya narkoba bagi generasi muda, perjalanan hidup sampai dengan nasionalisme terhadap bangsa kita ini.


Bukit Rhema juga menjadi cikal bakal berdirinya Panti Rehabilitasi Betesda yaitu Panti Rehab yang menampung dan mendidik orang yang terkena gangguan jiwa, kenakalan remaja maupun terjerumus dalam Narkoba.

Wisata alam, masih ingat gambar apa yang sering Kiga gambar ketika pelajaran menggambar waktu masih sekolah dasar ?, pasti gambar matahari terbit diantara dua gunung, hayo ngaku saja ?, Saya juga sama kok hehehe.


Pastinya kalau kamu datang ke Bukit Rhema kamu bisa melihat perwujudan asli gambar matahari terbit diantara dua gunung tersebut. Kamu bisa melihat indahnya sunrise di Bukit Rhema. Tak heran banyak orang rela menunggu dari subuh untuk melihat sang mentari muncul diantara dua gunung.

Mungkin inilah yang menjadi inspirasinya pelajaran menggambar kita dulu itu hahaha. Bukit Rhema dikenal karena menjadi salah satu lokasi Private Sunrise Terbaik dan terindah di Magelang selain Punthuk Setumbu.

Wisata kuliner, tidak usah khawatir kelaparan karena berada ditengah-tengah bukit dan hutan lebat ya, Sekarang sudah dibuka Kedai Rakyat W’Dank Bukit Rhema. Kedai ini posisinya berada di bagian belakang Bukit Rhema. Pemandangannya pun tak kalah indah dengan pemandangan dari mahkota gedung merpati.


Kedai Rakyat W’dank Bukit Rhema baru di buka pertengahan tahun 2017 dan langsung jadi tempat wisata kuliner paling hits di Magelang, Selain lokasinya yang berada di atas bukit, tempat ini menyajikan makanan tradisional yang enak banget. Buat kamu yang pernah ke Bukit Rhema atau yang dikenal dengan Gereja Ayam pasti tidak kesulitan untuk menemukan lokasi kuliner kedai rakyat ini. Yup, karena memang lokasinya berada di sisi belakang bangunan Gereja Ayam.


Bisa bayangin kan asiknya makan ditempat ini? Setelah berlelah-lelah menikmati setiap sudut Bukit Rhema yang cocok banget buat selfie atau wefie sama teman kamu, kamu bisa langsung menikmati hidangan Singkong Goreng yang spesial banget karena setiap tiket yang kamu bayar untuk masuk ke Bukit Rhema / Gereja Ayam bisa kamu tukar dengan Singkong Goreng dengan sambal tradisional yang diberi nama Latela Gombong Cassava.

Singkong yang disajikan di Kedai Rakyat W’Dank Bukit Rhema diolah oleh penduduk sekitar daerah Bukit Rhema berdiri yaitu Dusun Gombong.

Selain Singkong Goreng yang bisa kamu dapatkan gratis dari penukaran tiket masuk tadi, kamu juga bisa membeli berbagai menu minuman hangat (wedang) maupun minuman dingin. Kalau ingin mengisi perut dengan makanan yang agak berat, Kamu bisa juga pesan aneka gorengan ataupun aneka menu angkringan.

Sajian menu angkringan ini juga dibuat oleh warga sekitar Bukit Rhema / Gereja Ayam. Jadi, buat Kamu yang mampir ke tempat kuliner ini belum lengkap kalau belum foto minuman menghadap pemandangan indah lembah menoreh apalagi sambil ditemani sang pujaan hati hehehe.



So, tunggu apalagi !!
Let's pack your stuff and go travelling ke Gereja Ayam, Bukit Rhema, dan for your information ya guys tiket masuk tempat wisata ini juga sangat murah hanya dua puluh ribu rupiah saja dan sudah include ketela goreng GRATISSS di cafe nya.