Tour Kawah Ijen
Fire as it is known for sure the buy oleh oleh khas surabaya color is red, then what if you want to see a different-colored flame, not red but blue and out of a crater. Can you imagine standing and watch the phenomenon with your own head, the moment of natural wonders beyond compare. Very special to pass up because in the world there are only two phenomena that happen like this and one of them exist in Indonesia.
Is blue or blue cauldron of fire, natural phenomenon unique and can only be seen in the crater - Banyuwangi only. Because of the beauty of this phenomenon even beat the popularity of sunrise in Banyuwangi which is referred to as the first sun in Java. Not only that, many tourists from various countries willing to come all this way just to see the appearance of the Blue Flame in Ijen crater.
How to Achieve Blue Flame
Now what if you want to witness this phenomenon? The first thing you should do is go first to Banyuwangi and everything by road using public bus transportation. You can reach the crater or mountain from two directions, namely, from the north or from the south. From the north, can be achieved through Situbondo towards Sempol (Bondowoso) through Wonosari and dilajutkan to Paltuding. Distance Situbondo to Paltuding about 93 km and can be reached about 2.5 hours.
While from the south can be passed from Banyuwangi towards Slippery within 15 Km. From Slick towards Paltuding within 18 Km and forwarded using the Jeep or other heavy car about 6 km before to Paltuding. This is because the roads are winding and uphill.
This area can be reached by public transportation from Banyuwangi towards Jambu.Dari Guava, you can proceed to Travel Park Reserve crater located in Paltuding by using a motorcycle and then proceed on foot.
You'll want to spend the night in the Area crater because you can enjoy a moment of seeing a blue flame with the help of a trained tour guide. At the end of the post Paltuding no simple inn run by the Department of prices ranging from rooms for Rp 100,000 per night up to a three bedroom villa for Rp 500,000 per night. From here you live up to the crater of Mount Ijen waiting time of the morning.
If you want to stay in other places, there is also a guest house owned by PTP in Plantation Belawan and Jampit with prices starting at Rp 135,000 per room per night. But of these two estates you have to rent a vehicle to get to the post Paltuding six kilometers for the purposes of mountain climbing. However there is one thing that should be taken into consideration before to Ijen, which keep the body condition to keep fit.
Best Time Seeing Blue Flame
The best time to visit Mount Ijen is in the dry season from July to September. In the rainy season very dangerous to climb because the road was slippery. The best time to climb the mountain at 05 000 until 6:00 pm because in the morning the sun is not shining and the long trip up and down the mountain for about four hours. The scenery is beautiful in the morning because of fog that menyelumuti mountain and not smelling sulfur vapor.
Blue flame can only be seen in the early hours in the crater, which is at 1:00 to 02:00, before sunrise. The peak of the crater lies the beauty of the moment when the sun was in the other hemisphere. The bright color is derived from the high temperatures in the crater.
An overview of the crater
Mount Ijen or more in the know with the crater is one of the mountains which is still active today. Ijen volcano is a complex consisting of the crater of Ijen and high plains. This area is located in three districts namely Situbondo, Bondowoso and Banyuwangi. Has a height of 2,443 m above sea level, walled caldera as high as 300-500 m and the mountain has erupted four times that in the year 1796, 1817, 1913 and 1936.
Ijen Crater is the largest crater lake in the center of the world, which can produce 36 million cubic meters of sulfur and hydrogen chloride with an area of approximately 5466 hectares. Dangerous crater has incredible beauty with turquoise colored sulfur lake with dramatic and elegant touch. Lake Ijen has zero degrees of acidity and has a depth of 200 meters. Very strong acidity can dissolve clothing and human finger.
After stopping at the Beach Papuma so exotic and Watu Ulo with stone snake, mbolangku journey to the next attraction Ijen Crater. I departed from Watu Ulo 14.30 heading to Bondowoso. I had to find accommodation before heading to the crater, because I might not directly to Paltuding (entrance crater) at night because the road is very quiet so prone to crime.
Kawah Ijen is an acidic crater lake located at the top of Mount Ijen, East Java, has a height of 2368 meters above sea level with a depth of 200 meters and a vast lake crater reached 5466 hectares. Crater located within the Park Reserve Travel Ijen, the regency, East Java.
ijen crater
Ijen Crater
After approximately 2 hours drive, I also found a pretty good budget hotel, the name had Bed. After inquiring about the availability of rooms, I was staying there with a rate of $ 110 thousand / night with fan and TV facilities. I also asked a hotel employee, and it turned out like my estimation, that the location of the crater is still far about 2-3 hours drive from this hotel.
ijen crater
Bed
05.30, I was getting ready to move on. As usual I had to stop several times to ask the right direction toward the crater. For information, if you're into the crater do not forget to fill up the fuel tank and that can provide a backup gasoline is placed in a bottle of mineral water as a precaution, because to get to the crater, visitors must pass through the forest very quiet and very long.
On the way (approximately 15 minutes before the crater), I stopped at a stream-like waterfalls. I also take pictures there. The water is clear enough but it contains sulfur. Usually visitors who are going to the crater of Bondowoso stop by in the river that looks like a waterfall.
Ijen crater tour
Similar Waterfall
Finally, after nearly 3 hours on the road I was to also post Paltuding. It turns out that there are already many visitors who mayoritasmembawa vehicle wheel 4. It turns out that most of them come through the village, Glossy, Banyuwangi, while I was passing the village Sukosari, Bondowoso.
After parking the motor, I bought a ticket for Rp 2 thousand / person. Tickets are very cheap but the way to the crater that is not "cheap". Prior to proceed as far as 3 miles, I fill the stomach at the food stalls located in Paltuding with fried rice and egg menu cow eyes. Two plates nasgor + 2 cups of hot tea + 1 large bottle of mineral water = Rp 30 thousand, quite murahlah rather than make their own, complicated.
ijen crater
Motorcycle parking
Ijen crater tour
Car Parking
At 9:30 pm, I started the start of Paltuding to the crater. Actually the track relative ease but whose names do not climb there were not tired, must be exhausted. Along the path there are outposts retreat built for a place to unwind the visitors.
ijen crater
Early tracks
ijen crater
The Post-Post
Hiking trail to the crater is actually not suitable for family tourism, but also many families with small children who dare to visit this place. In the midst of this hiking trail there is a hostel that is a sulfur weighing taken by the miners of Kawah Ijen. Here also there are various forms of sulfur sellers such as animals, flowers, and other decoration, the price is quite cheap Rp 5 thousand. From this hostel, I had to run again for 45 minutes to get to the crater, the information that I can from the guard huts.
Ijen crater tour
Postal Weighing Sulfur
Ijen Crater Bondowoso
Old building not far from the hostel
ijen crater
Strip before crater
Finally, after two hours' walk from the post Paltuding, I arrived at the crater rim. Kawah Ijen sulfur smoke is always enough to sting. To reduce the smell of sulfur, using a mask soaked with water so that the poison can be filtered portion.
The scenery is quite beautiful crater. Green crater with hills that surround it makes this crater as the object of interest. However, because the camera I brought perfunctory and sulfur fumes are quite disturbing scene, the resulting image was not optimal.
ijen crater
green
Kawah Ijen is also known for the phenomenon of blue flame. This phenomenon can only be seen when we came in early in the morning before sunrise. Taking the picture is quite difficult. Visitors to the site should be close to the crater sulfur mining. And the camera used was not the usual pocket camera, but must DSLR.
Ijen crater blue flame
Blue Fire (photo: google)
Actually I want to see the crater of a fairly high hill on the edge of the crater, but due to sulfur fumes that leads to the visitor, and even then I undo intention because it is very disturbing pernafasanku. With so tiring journey, very disappointed like when should quickly dropped because the sulfur fumes.
ijen crater
The road beside the crater
There I had asked one of the miners who I met on their wages. Apparently they only paid USD 780 per 1 pound of sulfur that they transport from the mine site to post weighing. The price is not in accordance with the risk and effort they spend.
ijen crater
Sulfur Seller Ornamental
Because the sulfur fumes increasingly interfere with breathing, I finally decided to go back down. The trip down to Paltuding pretty fast but be careful because the road is downhill to make the visitors often fall slip. From the crater to post Paltuding, I take 1 hour. From Paltuding trip I go to Surabaya to return to his beloved home. The journey from the crater to Surabaya takes 7 hours by using a motor.
Is blue or blue cauldron of fire, natural phenomenon unique and can only be seen in the crater - Banyuwangi only. Because of the beauty of this phenomenon even beat the popularity of sunrise in Banyuwangi which is referred to as the first sun in Java. Not only that, many tourists from various countries willing to come all this way just to see the appearance of the Blue Flame in Ijen crater.
How to Achieve Blue Flame
Now what if you want to witness this phenomenon? The first thing you should do is go first to Banyuwangi and everything by road using public bus transportation. You can reach the crater or mountain from two directions, namely, from the north or from the south. From the north, can be achieved through Situbondo towards Sempol (Bondowoso) through Wonosari and dilajutkan to Paltuding. Distance Situbondo to Paltuding about 93 km and can be reached about 2.5 hours.
While from the south can be passed from Banyuwangi towards Slippery within 15 Km. From Slick towards Paltuding within 18 Km and forwarded using the Jeep or other heavy car about 6 km before to Paltuding. This is because the roads are winding and uphill.
This area can be reached by public transportation from Banyuwangi towards Jambu.Dari Guava, you can proceed to Travel Park Reserve crater located in Paltuding by using a motorcycle and then proceed on foot.
You'll want to spend the night in the Area crater because you can enjoy a moment of seeing a blue flame with the help of a trained tour guide. At the end of the post Paltuding no simple inn run by the Department of prices ranging from rooms for Rp 100,000 per night up to a three bedroom villa for Rp 500,000 per night. From here you live up to the crater of Mount Ijen waiting time of the morning.
If you want to stay in other places, there is also a guest house owned by PTP in Plantation Belawan and Jampit with prices starting at Rp 135,000 per room per night. But of these two estates you have to rent a vehicle to get to the post Paltuding six kilometers for the purposes of mountain climbing. However there is one thing that should be taken into consideration before to Ijen, which keep the body condition to keep fit.
Best Time Seeing Blue Flame
The best time to visit Mount Ijen is in the dry season from July to September. In the rainy season very dangerous to climb because the road was slippery. The best time to climb the mountain at 05 000 until 6:00 pm because in the morning the sun is not shining and the long trip up and down the mountain for about four hours. The scenery is beautiful in the morning because of fog that menyelumuti mountain and not smelling sulfur vapor.
Blue flame can only be seen in the early hours in the crater, which is at 1:00 to 02:00, before sunrise. The peak of the crater lies the beauty of the moment when the sun was in the other hemisphere. The bright color is derived from the high temperatures in the crater.
An overview of the crater
Mount Ijen or more in the know with the crater is one of the mountains which is still active today. Ijen volcano is a complex consisting of the crater of Ijen and high plains. This area is located in three districts namely Situbondo, Bondowoso and Banyuwangi. Has a height of 2,443 m above sea level, walled caldera as high as 300-500 m and the mountain has erupted four times that in the year 1796, 1817, 1913 and 1936.
Ijen Crater is the largest crater lake in the center of the world, which can produce 36 million cubic meters of sulfur and hydrogen chloride with an area of approximately 5466 hectares. Dangerous crater has incredible beauty with turquoise colored sulfur lake with dramatic and elegant touch. Lake Ijen has zero degrees of acidity and has a depth of 200 meters. Very strong acidity can dissolve clothing and human finger.
After stopping at the Beach Papuma so exotic and Watu Ulo with stone snake, mbolangku journey to the next attraction Ijen Crater. I departed from Watu Ulo 14.30 heading to Bondowoso. I had to find accommodation before heading to the crater, because I might not directly to Paltuding (entrance crater) at night because the road is very quiet so prone to crime.
Kawah Ijen is an acidic crater lake located at the top of Mount Ijen, East Java, has a height of 2368 meters above sea level with a depth of 200 meters and a vast lake crater reached 5466 hectares. Crater located within the Park Reserve Travel Ijen, the regency, East Java.
ijen crater
Ijen Crater
After approximately 2 hours drive, I also found a pretty good budget hotel, the name had Bed. After inquiring about the availability of rooms, I was staying there with a rate of $ 110 thousand / night with fan and TV facilities. I also asked a hotel employee, and it turned out like my estimation, that the location of the crater is still far about 2-3 hours drive from this hotel.
ijen crater
Bed
05.30, I was getting ready to move on. As usual I had to stop several times to ask the right direction toward the crater. For information, if you're into the crater do not forget to fill up the fuel tank and that can provide a backup gasoline is placed in a bottle of mineral water as a precaution, because to get to the crater, visitors must pass through the forest very quiet and very long.
On the way (approximately 15 minutes before the crater), I stopped at a stream-like waterfalls. I also take pictures there. The water is clear enough but it contains sulfur. Usually visitors who are going to the crater of Bondowoso stop by in the river that looks like a waterfall.
Ijen crater tour
Similar Waterfall
Finally, after nearly 3 hours on the road I was to also post Paltuding. It turns out that there are already many visitors who mayoritasmembawa vehicle wheel 4. It turns out that most of them come through the village, Glossy, Banyuwangi, while I was passing the village Sukosari, Bondowoso.
After parking the motor, I bought a ticket for Rp 2 thousand / person. Tickets are very cheap but the way to the crater that is not "cheap". Prior to proceed as far as 3 miles, I fill the stomach at the food stalls located in Paltuding with fried rice and egg menu cow eyes. Two plates nasgor + 2 cups of hot tea + 1 large bottle of mineral water = Rp 30 thousand, quite murahlah rather than make their own, complicated.
ijen crater
Motorcycle parking
Ijen crater tour
Car Parking
At 9:30 pm, I started the start of Paltuding to the crater. Actually the track relative ease but whose names do not climb there were not tired, must be exhausted. Along the path there are outposts retreat built for a place to unwind the visitors.
ijen crater
Early tracks
ijen crater
The Post-Post
Hiking trail to the crater is actually not suitable for family tourism, but also many families with small children who dare to visit this place. In the midst of this hiking trail there is a hostel that is a sulfur weighing taken by the miners of Kawah Ijen. Here also there are various forms of sulfur sellers such as animals, flowers, and other decoration, the price is quite cheap Rp 5 thousand. From this hostel, I had to run again for 45 minutes to get to the crater, the information that I can from the guard huts.
Ijen crater tour
Postal Weighing Sulfur
Ijen Crater Bondowoso
Old building not far from the hostel
ijen crater
Strip before crater
Finally, after two hours' walk from the post Paltuding, I arrived at the crater rim. Kawah Ijen sulfur smoke is always enough to sting. To reduce the smell of sulfur, using a mask soaked with water so that the poison can be filtered portion.
The scenery is quite beautiful crater. Green crater with hills that surround it makes this crater as the object of interest. However, because the camera I brought perfunctory and sulfur fumes are quite disturbing scene, the resulting image was not optimal.
ijen crater
green
Kawah Ijen is also known for the phenomenon of blue flame. This phenomenon can only be seen when we came in early in the morning before sunrise. Taking the picture is quite difficult. Visitors to the site should be close to the crater sulfur mining. And the camera used was not the usual pocket camera, but must DSLR.
Ijen crater blue flame
Blue Fire (photo: google)
Actually I want to see the crater of a fairly high hill on the edge of the crater, but due to sulfur fumes that leads to the visitor, and even then I undo intention because it is very disturbing pernafasanku. With so tiring journey, very disappointed like when should quickly dropped because the sulfur fumes.
ijen crater
The road beside the crater
There I had asked one of the miners who I met on their wages. Apparently they only paid USD 780 per 1 pound of sulfur that they transport from the mine site to post weighing. The price is not in accordance with the risk and effort they spend.
ijen crater
Sulfur Seller Ornamental
Because the sulfur fumes increasingly interfere with breathing, I finally decided to go back down. The trip down to Paltuding pretty fast but be careful because the road is downhill to make the visitors often fall slip. From the crater to post Paltuding, I take 1 hour. From Paltuding trip I go to Surabaya to return to his beloved home. The journey from the crater to Surabaya takes 7 hours by using a motor.