If you have not visited Kawah Ijen “The green sulphur crater” in East Java ,Indonesia, then you are not the real adventurer yet . The crater lake is famous for its green and blue appearance. This volcano is located in the border between Bondowoso and Banyuwangi, East Java. Banyuwangi itself is the first district you will reach when you come to Java through Bali. When my friends invited me to join their wild trip, I never thought how amazing the crater is.The air is very cold. If all Indonesian people can come up to Bromo Mountain, only few can stand with the coldness of Ijen volcano area. It really makes Indonesian adventurer frozen. I cooked instant noodle on the top of Ijen and its become cold in a second.
The crater shows the best view in the morning, therefore, we started walking up the path much early. It is about 3 kilometers
before we reached the top. The path to the crater is hard to get through. That is why mostly the visitors are man. But the sulfur miners can climb up easily. They didn’t let me give up when I started felling so powerless.When you reach the top of the volcano, you will forget about how hard the trip is and how tired you feel. The landscape of the crater is so amazing. The green crater deposits sulphur. The volcanic gases keep coming out. If you go down the crater you can see the sulphur production and many sulphur miner carry the sulphur stone in baskets which can weigh up to 100 kg each out of the crater. However they have no difficulty when walking up the narrow path to the crater rim and continue walking down for 3 km before they reach the truck around conservation office.
How You can reach Ijen crater
Through Bondowoso district
We took this route last time because our university is around Bondowoso. Foreign tourists usually take this way too a
fter visiting Bromo mountain. If you don’t take your own car, you can start the trip from Bondowoso terminal. The terminal provides minibus with the special route Terminal - Kawah Ijen. But the minibus operates only twice a day. After leaving the last village in Sempol sub-district, the view along the road is very beautiful and natural. From the village, it takes you about 12 kilometers going up before you arrived at conservation office of Ijen volcano. I felt so small when going through the forest. It is full of huge green trees and coffee plantation. Although the road here is well developed, it is steadily going up forward Through Banyuwangi district
From Banyuwangi you go to Licin. The road Banyuwangi – Licin is well developed. This route is for foreign route is for foreign tourists who continue their trip from Bali. After leaving Licin, It is the wild route. The forest in Banyuwangi is totally wild. You almost can’t see the sky because the trees cover it and make the forest dark. The road about 6 kilometers before conservation office is stony. Even, I and friends had to move a tree lying down before our car. You must prepare your car well and do not use old car unless you will get stuck in the forest.
From Banyuwangi you go to Licin. The road Banyuwangi – Licin is well developed. This route is for foreign route is for foreign tourists who continue their trip from Bali. After leaving Licin, It is the wild route. The forest in Banyuwangi is totally wild. You almost can’t see the sky because the trees cover it and make the forest dark. The road about 6 kilometers before conservation office is stony. Even, I and friends had to move a tree lying down before our car. You must prepare your car well and do not use old car unless you will get stuck in the forest.
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