Ijen Crater Tour From Pemuteran Bali

Ijen blue fire tour will start from your hotel in Pemuteran, Bali about 11.00 PM (Balinese Time). Your driver will bring you to the western part of Bali, Gilimanuk Ferry Port is one of the busiest ports that help people who want to travel to Java Island by land.

It will take about 2 hours and then take a ferry for about an hour. Upon arrival at Ketapang Ferry Port (Java Island), you will be escorted by your other driver and local guide for the Ijen blue fire tour.

Ijen blue fire tour will start at 1.00 AM when you still have enough time, you will be suggested to buy some food in the minimart nearby for your breakfast on the top of the mountain.

Then the car will take you to Paltuding, Paltuding is a parking place where we will park our car and start our trekking to Ijen Crater. Paltuding stands around 1850m and Ijen Crater is around 2386m.

The journey to your hotel in Paltuding will take about an hour. Upon your arrival in Paltuding, you will be asked by your guide to prepare everything that you need such as torchlight and so on. We will walk 3 km and we need ± 1, 5 hours to the top of Ijen Crater.

When you have reached the top of Ijen Crater, you will see the blue fire in small size from the top of the Crater, if you are still fit enough, you will be guided to go down for 30 minutes to see the blue fire closer, make sure you have put the gas mask on your neck. The path to go down into Bluefire point is so dangerous, it’s rocky and slippery, and you must walk slowly and listen to your guide.

Upon your arrival in blue fire point, you will be amazed by it, because it’s only two in the world, Ijen Crater, Indonesia, and Dallol Volcano in Ethiopia.

The blue fire is actually from the hydrogen sulfate gas that meets oxygen in the air, and it only appears at night. At 5.00 AM, you have to go back to the top of the Ijen Crater to see the sunrise and the view of Ijen Crater from above.

The scenery will be wonderful when the sun shines perfectly on the crater because Ijen Crater has a beautiful big sulfur lake with turquoise color.

Ijen Crater is one of the most active volcanoes with the most acid lake in the world, the acidity reaches 0,8 ph – 0,5 ph.

After enjoying the beautiful scenery around 6:40 AM, we have to go back to Paltuding then drive to you for having breakfast and take a shower. Around 11.00, we will take you to Keatapang Ferry Port, then we will take a ferry to Bali for about an hour, upon your arrival at Gilimanuk Ferry Port (Bali Side), you will meet your driver who will escort you your hotel to Pemuteran Bali.

Here is the completed detail of the tour:

• 11:00 PM (Balinese Time): Pick up service from Pemuteran and transfer to Gilimanuk Ferry Harbor
• 11:40 PM (Balinese Time): Meet your guide and take a ferry going to Banyuwangi, Java Island
• 01:00 AM (Javanese Time): Start driving to Paltuding (the Start Point of the Trekking)
• 2:00 AM (Javanese Time): Trekking to Ijen Crater/Kawah Ijen

The trekking will take about 1 – 2 hours, depending on your fitness. Upon arrival at the top of the crater, you will be invited to see the most famous natural phenomenon of blue fire. It’s only 2 in the world, in Kawah Ijen, Indonesia, and Dallol Volcano, Ethiopia. But to see closer, you must go down into the crater of Kawah Ijen. It’s pretty dangerous, so if you feel doubt to go down, we suggest staying on the top while waiting for the sunrise.

• 5:30 AM (Javanese Time): Sunrise Time
• 7:00 AM (Javanese Time): Go down to the parking place
• 8:00 AM (Javanese Time): Driving back to the city and we will stop at the local place if you want to have breakfast before dropping off at the ferry harbor.
• 9:00 AM (Javanese Time): Having a Local breakfast (at your own cost) - Optional
• 10:30 AM (Javanese Time): Back to Ferry port
• 12:30 PM (Balinese Time): Driving back to your place in Pemuteran, Bali

TOUR’S FINISHED