Kyai Langgeng Park located at the western part of Magelang and occupying land of about 19 hectares functions not only as a means. The park with the tranquility of rural atmosphere is easily accessible as it lies only about 1 km from the centre of the town. Convenient public transports bring you there, leaving the business of town life to go back to nature. Built by the Local Government of Magelang Municipality and opened its gate to the public in 1987, Kyai Langgeng Park is now providing you with,: Collection of many kinds of rare plants from all over Indonesia, collection of dinosaurs statues, fishing pond, traffic gardens, aquariums green house, swimming pool, open air theatre, large cages of various kinds of tropical birds, various kinds of animals from the bigger to the smaller ones, arena for go carting, a river for canoing and wild water surfing, restaurants, souvenir shops, tropical fruit market, indoor tennis court, hotel and many other things to see, to do and to en joy. This park is named after the name of one of the followers of Prince Diponegoro, one of the Indonesian heroes who fought bravely againts the Dutch Colonialist during Diponegoro's war (1825-1830). The late Kyai Langgeng was buried in this area and his burial can still be found here. For now and the future the Local Government of Magelang Municipality will keep on the move to invest new things in the frame of providing recreational facilities for all levels of the community.
