About Senduro District The northern border of Senduro District in Lumajang Regency is formed by the curving brim of the Tengger Caldera, the home of the infamous Mt. Bromo. The whole district slants upwards towards this ridge, with leek and potato farms plastering the steep walls near the ridge, durian farms undulating through the middle, […]
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Waturiti Durian; the Reward for Hiking Bromo on Foot
The large durian statue next to the blue sign reading REST AREA is kind unmissable if you’re a durian lover driving along the road that leads to Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java, Indonesia. That, combined with the sign reading DURIAN ADA will likely cause you to swerve off the road whichever direction […]
Subang Red, a variety of Durian Lai from Desa Bunihayu Village
About Bunihayu Village Although Desa Bunihayu Village is famous for durians, it is located in a District more well-known for sweet, low-acid pineapples. When you turn off the Trans-Java Tollroad and start heading up the mountain toward Bunihayu, you will suddenly find yourself in a long corridor of dangling pineapples. There are stalls filled with […]
Semarang Durian Kholil
Durian Kholil is a small brick house in the sprawling outskirts of Semarang City that has become famous for several contest-winning durians and a 100-year-old tree. Meet Kholil & his son Fadly Pak Kholil’s family has sold durian his whole life from the small 1.6 ha plot in the village. It wasn’t a huge Thing, […]
Krinjing Kopi Emper Coffee & Durian Village
Some people know that what they have is worth fighting for, and Pak Nasopi is doing his best to rekindle the next generation’s enthusiasm for their ancestral farmland, the beautiful and bountiful land covered in Javanese spices, gingers and cardamoms, hillside coffee, and of course – old durian trees. Desa Krinjing Village, Salaman Desa Krinjing […]
Gudang Durian Mas Andri | Durian Lokal Karanganyar
What is a Gudang Durian? If you durian hunt on Google Maps, you may one day find yourself winding through narrow village alleyways, trying not to scrape your car against the cement walls, searching for a Gudang Durian. Gudang Durians are popular places to eat durian in Java. They sprout up all in all the […]
Jepara Durian Survival Guide at Ngabul Durian Market
Ngabul Durian Market is surely one of the most-visited durian sites in Jepara, famous among durian-munching tourists from around Indonesia and the world. Some of the best durian in Indonesia churns through this high-volume durian market. Also some of the worst. It’s possible to have both the best intoxicating, honeyed-cream durian dream and also a […]
4 Epic Jepara Durian Stops in Kecapi Telahap
Kecapi Village is a large, spread-out durian zone filled with durian trees and durian sellers. It’s an excellent destination for a Jepara Durian Hop, which is exactly what we did one dusty afternoon. Here are 5 Kecapi Durian Sellers we visited and the best durians we’ve eaten in Kecapi from each of them. About Kecapi […]
10 Top Picks at De’Petruk Specialty Durian Jepara
Isnul’s life was changed for the durian when in 2017 he joined an online chat group called Durian Maniak. He was a durian lover already, who loved Jepara’s distinctive honey-and-cream aroma of durians, and was annoyed that the only durian variety people seemed to know from Jepara was the mythical Petruk, which doesn’t even really […]
Korek Durian Flagship Store, South Jakarta
Our first night in Jakarta, 2020, we were invited out on the town to the flagship store of Korek Durian, one of the first dedicated durian shops for durian connoisseurs in Jakarta. It was my first time back to Jakarta since I wrote a Jakarta Durian Guide in 2016. How the world has changed! In […]
Putussibau Durian Abundance
If you travel up the Kapuas River to the small city of Putussibau, you will find a place where durian is so abundant that no one knows what to do with it. Durian is boring. It’s everywhere. It’s not expensive. There’s really too much of it around. And it’s really good quality. What a problem […]
Durian Lai (Durio connatus) at Pasar Ace Mijen Durian Market
I remembered Pasar Ace, but not with fondness. When I visited in January 2017, it was dumping rain and the growl of heavy motorbike traffic filled the small damp space, overcrowded with splitting, ugly durians and ladies tugging at my elbows to buy — yes it’s 3x the normal price and splitting at the seams […]
