Mataram Highlights
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Port
Lembar, Lombok, Indonesia
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Activity Level
Moderate
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Excursion Type
All
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At
$89.95
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
Approximately 5½ Hours
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Meals Included
Meals included
Your Mataram city tour starts with a visit to the large Lingsar temple complex built in 1714. This is the most important temple on the island for the Balinese and for the local Sasak people who adhere to Wetu Telu Islam. Not to be outdone, the Hindu temple lies in the northern section and is higher than the Wetu Telu temple. Its fountain contains fish that are believed to appear only when a person’s wish is going to be granted. Do you see them? Lombok is renowned for its pearls, so you will visit the pearl shops in the center of Mataram. You’ll also stop at the Sesela Art Market. Lombok’s potters are excellent craftsmen, and Lombok is also famous for its baskets, finely woven from strips of rattan, banana leaves and other vegetable fibers, and as well as wood carvings. Finally, you’ll visit the Nusa Tenggara Barat Museum to see its cloth collection, the Kris knives and a small Dongson drum. Most of the displays have captions in English. Don’t miss the display of "mystical" paraphernalia—amulets used to acquire supernatural force, immunity from weapons or to foretell the future. Your immediate future holds a motor coach ride back to the pier.