Surabaya Ijen Bromo Tour 3D2N

SURABAYA – HOTEL IN BONDOWOSO (IJEN CRATER AREA)

Ijen Crater Tour will start at your Hotel in Surabaya area at 9:00 AM, our driver and tour guide will pick you up at the hotel in Surabaya area, if you are arriving from Surabaya Juanda International Airport or Surabaya Gubeng Train Station, we recommend to take morning arrival because we will have a long drive on day 1.

After picking you up at your location in Surabaya, we will start to drive for about 8-9 hours more/less. If you don't want to drive so long, we can recommend you take a flight from Surabaya to Banyuwangi Town. There are some schedules that you can check.

IJEN CRATER/IJEN BLUE FIRE TOUR – HOTEL IN MOUNT BROMO AREA

Ijen Crater tour will start at 00:00 from your hotel in Bondowoso, you will be met by your guide, he will escort you to Paltuding area. Paltuding is a parking area and starting point before you do trekking to Ijen Crater (2836m), it will take about 1H30M drive. Arriving in Paltuding, you can do some stretching and warm-up before 2 hours trekking to the Mount Ijen and also the Bluefire spot. Blue fire phenomenon is the must-see attraction in Mount Ijen due to is an unusual thing that you can only see two in the world in Mount Ijen and Dallol Volcano in Ethiopia.

When you have reached the top of Ijen Crater a.k.a Mount Ijen, we will be waiting for the sunrise that will brighten the view of Mount Ijen from the top. When the sun rises, you will amaze at the view of Ijen Crater/Mount Ijen, it has a beautiful sulfuric lake with its turquoise color, and it’s surrounded by a huge crater. Moreover is one of the most active volcanoes in Java and it’s one of the biggest sulfuric lakes in the world with the lowest acidity. The acidity here can reach 0,8 ph – 0,5 ph. Besides the gorgeous landscape here, you will be surprised at the local people who work in the sulfur mining here, they are workers who walk up and down by carrying a huge block of sulfur, and they only earn USD 8 per day. Their salary really depends on how many sulfurs that they can carry. Make sure you give something to them as appreciate after you take portraits of them.

After enjoying the enchanting scenery at Crater of Ijen Crater/Mount Ijen then we will go down to the parking area where our car is waiting for escorting you back to our accommodation in Bondowoso town for having breakfast, taking shower and having a breakfast and then we will continue to the next destination, which is Mount Bromo, we will drive for about 5 hours.

Mount Bromo tour will start from your hotel at 3:30 AM when you come on the weekend or holiday season, you are required to start the tour earlier.  From your hotel, we will ride a jeep to sunrise point for about 40 minutes by passing a bumpy and steep road. Upon your arrival at the sunrise point, you will escort to the best position to watch the sunrise and the view of Mount Bromo itself and the sun will rise at 5:20 AM here. When the sun rises, all visitors will get their good position to watch the sunrise. Besides the sunrise, you will see the 3 mountains those are Bromo, Batok, and Semeru which stand firmly with the red-yellow light on the top. Make sure you have enough space of memory inside your camera to capture the moment. After you enjoy the view from the sunrise hill, you must go back to your jeep then the jeep will continue your tour to reach the sea of sands in Mount Bromo area. We will stop at the parking area then you will do Mount Bromo trekking by crossing the sea of sands by riding a horse or on foot (it is optional) till reach the stairs at the slope of Mount Bromo where it will lead you to reach the peak of Mt. Bromo. After enjoying the volcanic activity on the top of Mount Bromo, you have to go back to your jeep then the jeep will bring you back to the hotel for breakfast, take shower, packing, loading bags into our car afterward we will continue our trip to the Surabaya (airport, train station or hotel). The trip will take about 3-4 hours.

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