Kelapa Gading Jogging Park in Jakarta City, DKI Province


Jakarta City has become a special region in Indonesia and becomes the capital city, as well. This explains why foreigners choose it as their prime checkpoint during their vacation, before heading to other regions. The good thing is that Jakarta also offers lots of tourist sites including city parks! One of them is located in Kelapa Gading Timur Sub-District, which is called Kelapa Gading Jogging Park. Tourists only need to reach Jakarta Utara City in order to reach the location, actually. Well, as for tourist activities, as the name suggests, the park is suitable for casual sports like jogging and bicycling. Somehow, visitors can also enjoy family recreation and relaxation there.

The Nuance
Once arriving at Kelapa Gading Jogging Park, tourists would feel the comfy and breezy nuance right away. The park features lots of shady trees and green plants, after all. In terms of size, the total area is 1.6 hectares and it comes with a long jogging track (which is about 497 meters). Other impressive features are park benches, acupressure tracks, playground, plaza, gazebos, and much more! Well, the next thing to notice is about the number of visitors, which varies depending on the time of the visit. During holidays and weekends, in this case, more people are seen on the site, so the park becomes quite crowded.

Exploring Kelapa Gading Jogging Park
For the information, the site was inaugurated in 2008 and the official name is Taman Jogging Summarecon Kelapa Gading. The local governments built it in order to provide another green open area to the city. Not to mention the park is able to accommodate both citizens and tourists for numerous types of activities, especially jogging. Moreover, the environment is clean, neat, and well-maintained. Thus, it would feel quite comfortable in exploring the area.

Despite the wide or vast size, the park features lots of directions and signs. This explains why all visitors are able to explore the site easily. Have no worries. Even the park comes with clean toilets! Next, for those who love nature, they can learn the name of trees during exploration. It is because the management has installed a name sign to each tree and plants that grow in the park. For example, there are Trembesi, Tabebuia, and Cambodia.

Aside from jogging, visitors must head to special areas where acupressure tracks are located. After that, tourists must visit a certain location where small cages reside. In that area, they would be able to see local animals like rabbits, pigeons, and guinea pigs. The good news is that everyone is allowed to feed these animals directly! For those who come with children, they must visit the playground and basketball court, too! Have no worries. Visitors can use these facilities freely!

Nearby Attractions

  • Antique Market
  • Transera Waterpark
  • Karnaval Ancol Beach

How to Get There
First, tourists (especially outsiders) should head to Jakarta City by their preferred transportation service. The most recommended one is by airplane, actually. Once they arrive at Soekarno – Hatta International Airport, the next destination is Kelapa Gading Village where the park is located. The best route to take is Pelabuhan Highway and the distance is 34.7 km. Thus, the trip may take around 36 minutes.

For those coming by train, in another method, they should reach Jakarta Kota Train Station first. Next, they should take Jakarta Inner Ring Road and head to the park directly. The distance is 14.7 km, so this trip usually takes around 22 minutes.

Here is another example. Tourists can head to Jakarta City by bus and their destination is Grogol Bus Station. Later, from the station, they only need to take Letjend Suprapto Street and head to the park right away. This trip would take around 24 minutes, as the distance is 16 km.

Where to Stay

  • Favehotel
  • BnB Hotel
  • Harris Hotel
  • Elhan Hotel
  • Pop Hotel


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