Ijen - BANYUWANGI crater situated in Banyuwangi, East Java. This tour has been published and well known to the French state through the impressions ushuwaia Nicolai hulot adventure that shows the explorers.
Ijen crater was easy to be visited through Banyuwangi or Bondowoso, the uniqueness of the main crater of the tour apart from the exquisite a view is to see the traditional sulfur mine is transported by human power endured.
traditional mining was supposedly found only in Indonesia alone (Welirang and Ijen). This remarkable heavy burden for most people, when sulfur is transported through the steep caldera wall and 800 feet down the mountain as far as three kilometers. income received by a taker - average 25 thousand rupiah per day, or about 300 rupiah per kilo.
a bearer is usually only able to bring down one time each day, because the weight of the job. a few hundred yards there is a round building of ancient relics dutch reads 'irrigation crater', is now known as the postal round, a post where the miners weigh the load and get a piece of paper about the content and value.
trips to the crater, starting from paltuding 1600 meters from sea level, a forestry post at the foot of Mount Merapi - Ijen. from here a dirt road climb to an altitude of 2400 meters above sea level with a two hour road travel time to relax. passed along the way a lot of sulfur bearing a friendly exchange greetings. arrived at the crater lip, menabjubkan scene in front of the eye. Tosca green lake with a diameter of 1 kilometer covered in mist and sulfur fumes were far below. miners - these sulfur miners, we need to down the rocky cliffs of the caldera through the impassable trail jaln miners. wet handkerchief is necessary, since often the wind blew the smoke toward the path carrying a decline.
based crater, parallel to the surface of the lake there is a place-making sulfur. thick white smoke came out spraying am iron pipe which is connected to a source of sulfur. 600-degree molten red hot fumaroles calcius tiring out and frozen with cold air, forming a bright yellow solid sulfur.
sometimes uncontrolled burning embers fumaroles, which are usually drenched with water immediately to prevent a chain reaction piroporik. rock - rock sulfur was cut with a crowbar and transported into the basket. miners generally worked, biting piece of fabric or cloth gloves as makeshift air filter.
than directly toward the front of the lake, Tour caldera can be done with more or less takes a whole day. ascent to the crater is generally recommended starting in the morning. for the sake of security welds, climbing down from paltuding Ijen closed after 14:00, because the thick smoke and the possibility of wind direction that leads to a climbing lane. to pursue the journey in the morning, visitors are advised to stay at the nearest location in Bondowoso, montains a clean city, or in Situbondo a coastal town. if you liked the atmosphere of the plantation, a memorable place to stay is the guest house a coffee plantation in kalisat PTP Nusantara XII, jampit. This guest house is located within the plantation housing complex at an altitude of about 1200 meters above sea level. it is also available at the tourist lodge paltuding clean enough, or open the tent at the campground paltuding. temperature - average around the crater is 13 degrees calcius at noon and 2 degrees calcius at night.
to reach the crater today is not too difficult. There are two ways, first through the town of Banyuwangi, as far as 38 miles to the west through the slippery, cashew, paltuding (1600 meters above sea level). The second way is through the city to the east melelui Bondowoso Wonosari, sempol (800 meters above sea level), as far as 70 kilometers paltuding. The second way is the most widely traveled people because of the smooth asphalt roads, while the first way through the rocky road with a fairly steep incline. tourists after a visit in Bondowoso bromo usually comes through, again through Banyuwangi, on to Bali and Lombok.
routes from this Bondowoso through the restricted area of coffee plantations, with three different gates. at every gate we were asked to fill the guest book and travel destinations. sights on this route is very good, with a green garden arabikanya regular coffee, forestry and forest pine forest nature reserve perwan Ijen - trim the foliage. short visit one day can be done, but spent the night in the coffee plantation is the right choice.