Air Terjun Grojogan Sewu — Attraction in Java

This is an odd place. The waterfall is beautiful and in itself worth a visit. Let me get that out first. But. However. There is an entrance fee to see the waterfall of well over 100 thousand rupiah (price for foreigners!). The waterfall is easy to get to from entrance nr 2. You walk up there, see the waterfall, take your pictures and go home. Is that worth the price? We went there by car. There was little adventure in it, maybe that was it, not too much effort or worth the money to really go there? Well, the locals pay about 10 (!) times less. There is nothing explained, no sign or text saying how high the waterfall is, how much water is coming through per hour, no comparisons with other famous waterfalls, not even with other waterfalls (plenty of them on Java alone!). They did take care of the monkeys or they were asleep when we came at around 9 AM. And it was also a clean park at that time. That was also sorted. Would I recommend the visit? Hm, locals yes. Foreigners as well? A maybe. If you don't feel this is a bad joke, go and visit. Otherwise, spend the money on your driver or...

One of the most beautiful waterfall I have ever saw in my life. It can be considered a huge waterfall holding its 81 meter spot above the ground. I would suggest people to go and visit this place at around 8 o'clock in the morning since they just opened up on that time therefore you will barely see any other people on the spot and so you will get a sweet photo spot on the bridge later on. Keep in mind that this place closes at 5 o'clock in the evening. In addition, the entrances toward this destination are actually in 2 side, namely loket 1 and loket 2. If you just wanna visit the waterfall with a little walking go for loket 2. Since you will only walk for +- 700 meter around 15 minutes (the path nice with stone based ground finishing, *can be slippery). If you want to go for the whole journey as the name Grojogan Sewu (translated as 1000 Stairs from javanese transcript) then go for loket 1. Bear that it might take a while and tiring. But I am assuring you will get the whole experience with the whole scenery upon the walking (might take 45 - 60 minutes) dependind...

The waterfall was beautiful. From the parking lot you have to walk, there are markets along the way who sell food, plants, clothes, etc. At the waterfall entrance you should buy a ticket, after that you need to get through 1250 stairs to the waterfall, it may be tired but it was worth it to see such a good place that nature has reserved. There are many monkeys all over the place so make sure you do not bring food and beverages around them especially if you bring plastic bag or else they will take it away aggressively from you. There are also canteens, pool and some people who bring camera will offer you to take a photo that can be printing on spot and it will cost you (I forgot how much per photo). The minus point was there is still garbage everywhere, it sad to see people tend to ignore the cleanliness in natural preserved. We should be more aware if we go anywhere especially in natural reserve we need to behave ourselves not to ruin a beautiful place...