Ratu Boko

Why go

InJourney Destination Management, the state-owned company that has managed Ratu Boko since 1994 according to its own history, says the site is not a temple but the remains of an ancient palace complex believed to date from the eighth century and the Ancient Mataram period. Its pages describe a two-layered main gate, a hall and paseban likely used for meetings or ceremonies, a complex of pools and enclosed rooms, and two small caves believed to have been used for meditation, on a hill it puts at about 196 metres above sea level and about 3 km south of Prambanan. InJourney's Ratu Boko page links to online ticket purchase and lists sunset visits among its experiences. This record is the archaeological site as a whole, not a ticketed sunset product.