This place is frequented by all walks of life ranging from children to adults. OPI lake can be an alternative place of recreation at the weekend.

Around the OPI lake have a snack, such as roasted corn, pempek panggang, siomay, etc.

Adress : Housing Ogan Permata Indah – Jaka Baring

Open on everyday from 08.00 until 18.00, with price Rp 35.000,- per ticket (Monday-Friday) and Rp 45.000,- per ticket (weekend and other national holiday) make this place have always been visited by people from Palembang or outside Palembang. With wide empty space of the land on the Fantasy Island, give an opportunity for another development with new interesting games.

Address:

Jl. Sriwijaya ( Palembang – Indralaya) KM 13
Kelurahan Karya Jaya Kecamatan Kertapati
Palembang – South Sumatera

Cineplex 21 Groups is the biggest cineplex network in Indonesia and frontier of cineplex groups. Palembang’s 21 cineplex are on Palembang Indah Mall, International Plaza, and cineplex studio building.

The PIM’s 21 cineplex is specialized for the latest import movies and Indonesian movies are usually on IP’s 21 Cineplex and 21 Studio.

Address :

21 PIM
PALEMBANG INDAH MALL 3th Floor
Jl. LETKOL ISKANDAR
Phone: (0711) 7623064
PALEMBANG

21 International
INTERNASIONAL PLAZA, Top Floor
JL. JEND. SUDIRMAN 147
Phone: (0711) 351 132
PALEMBANG

21 Studio
JL. RADEN MUHAMMAD NO. 16
Phone: (0711) 313 420
PALEMBANG

website: http://www.21cineplex.com

Punti Kayu nature park is a conservation place that the development of it’s concept based on the principle of protecting miscellaneous animals and plants. In this complex are to be found a children’s playground, a cultural park, a souvenirs shop, restaurants, horse riding arena, elephant attraction area, flower garden, boat deck, swimming pool for kids, hang bridge, open stage, joglo/pendopo (balkon) and an information booth.

Because of its proximity to the capital, only 6 km from the centre of the city, and easy accessibility, this complex actually caters mainly to the local inhabitants of Palembang city, however, international tourists may enjoy passing a calm day here to watch urbanites amuse themself.

Website: http://puntikayu.com

Kemaro Island, a small island with a Buddhist temple and the grave of a Palembang princess. The legend tells that the princess was sent to marry the king of china. When she arrived, boats with big pottery pots were sent ashore. The king expected gold and opened them, but the first one only had vegetables. He ordered the other pots to be thrown in the river. When the princess saw that happening, she jumped in the river and drowned. Several of the pots broke, and they indeed contained gold. The princess was buried on the island, and the temple, which is built next to it, is said to bring luck.

The visitors can make an interesting or unique boat trip down the river, start from Benteng Kuto Besak with cost Rp 50.000,- until Rp 100.000,-, maybe going to Kemaro Island, Ratu Bagus Kuning graveyard, Warung Legenda or Rumah Rakit. If the visitors do not care to make an interesting or unique boat trip down the river, they could still take a walk halfway over the bridge to see the vast panorama surrounding them, rare at any other place in Indonesia. Down below they will see unbelievable traffic of boats, big and small, crisscrossing water lines without accidents as if steered by the most able navigators. From the same spot both halves of the city are clearly visible as well. And if the times were right, sunrises and sunsets as witnessed from the bridge would be an unforgettable sight of beauty.

Worthwhile noticing are the floating restaurants and shops on both sides of the river, and other curious scenes of daily habits of the city’s inhabitants. Some special festivals like Festival Air is usully celebrated around the river. Many attractive competitions such as bidar (boat tournament), boat-decorating contest and swimming tournament are held during the festivals.

At first, this mosque had size 30×36 m square. There are four side which serves as its entrance except the west side for mihrab. Its roof using three stages with flower-shape pod on its edge.

Its architecture is combination between western and eastern. Its middle roof architecture similar to chinnese pagodas, its veranda (front terrace) like the classical Greek-Dorik architecture with calligraphy decoration.

After several times renovation, the mosque is able to accommodate 9.000 visitors with size 42×54 meters and maximum 15.000 visitors with its yards added.

Started in 1970, the Legendaries Bridge does not make a move to fluctuate again. The moving bridge build, besides to connected Ulu and Ilir that separated by Musi River, also to anticipate if there is big ship, which sail in the river. Each time, when the bridge body make a move to go up or go down always interesting to look up, and caught up to king sized ships pass under the bridge, make amazing moment for the citizen who have see it from the river boundary, or from other ship. The construction build started in April 1962, after getting approval of President of Soekarno. An expense of its development is taken away from fund of Japan.

In initially, bridge as long as 1.177 meters widely this 22 meters, named ‘Bung Karno’s Bridge’. A historian of Djohan Hanafiah, the name mentioned as appreciation to The President of Republic Indonesia. Bung Karno had fight seriously for desire of Palembang citizen, to have a bridge above Musi River. 1965 is an opening usage of bridge ceremony, at the same time, Bung Karno name as a name of the bridge. However, after turbulence of politics happened in 1966, when there was a movement of anti-Soekarno very strong, name of that bridge even also turned into Ampera Bridge. At this time, the name of Ampera Bridge had not changed yet. There are some citizens in Palembang wish its name return to Bung Karno’s Bridge. According to Djohan, the commutation request of name of Ampera Bridge become Bung Karno as a streamlining effort of middle story.

The parts of Ampera Bridge, when it has been woke up, as long as 71,90 meters, widely 22 meters. Part of bridge heavy entirety 944 that ton can be lifted with speed about 10 meters per minute. Two jacking tower of the bridge upstanding as high as 63 meters. Apart between these two tower is 75 meters. This two Tower provided with two pendulum of about 500 ton weight. Then the bridge lifted up, wide ship of the size 60 meters and highly maximum 44,50 meters, can pass to ford of Musi River. And when middle shares of this bridge did not lifted, maximum high of ships, which can pass under the bridge only 9 meters of water level of river.

Since 1970, the bridge shall no longer fluctuate again. Time used to lift this bridge that is about 30 minute, assumed to bother traffic current between defecting Ulu and Ilir, two Town of Palembang area dissociated by Musi River. The river is only connecting by Ampera Bridge. But Arsyad anticipate, the reason of Ampera Bridge do not fluctuate again because of there is no big ship which can sail in Musi River. The river become worse superficiality that cannot navigate by king sized ship.

Ampera Bridge has been renovated in 1981, by finishing fund about Rp 850 million. Renovating conducted after emerging care of threat damage of the bridge can make it fall down. Today, expanding discourse about the important thing to development of Musi III Bridge and Musi IV Bridge as another way to connective Ulu and Ilir, at the same time the development meant to develop Ulu area.

Nowadays, the area surrounding the fortress are being developed for tourism, to support Visit Musi program. There are wide-open area for enjoying the scene around Musi River by visitors. Especially at night, we can feel another nice atmosphere from this place, there are lights from decorated-lamps which make color-reflection at surface of the Musi River.

In 1920, it had found Buddha statue in Amarawati style and supposed from 11th centuries A.D. This statue put in Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin Museum, beside Kuto Besak Fortress. There are sacred graves on the top of Bukit Siguntang. One of them is Sigentar Alam grave that become the oath place of the pilgrimage. According to the legend, Sigentar Alam is a King in Sriwijaya period. Nowadays, Bukit Siguntang has beautiful scenery.