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Ijen crater , situated in Banyuwangi , East Java . This tour never been published and well known Until the French State through Impressions Ushuwaia Adventure which shows the-explorer Nicolai Hulot
Ijen crater was easy to be visited through Banyuwangi or Bondowoso.
The uniqueness of the main tourist Ijen Crater other than a very beautiful panorama view of mining sulfur is transported in a way traditional borne human power. Traditional mining is supposedly found only in Indonesia alone (Welirang and Ijen). Expenses are transported each weighing up to 85kg per person.


This load is unusually heavy for most people, when sulfur is transported through the caldera wall is steep and 800m down the mountain as far as 3km. Income received by a bearer of an average of 25 thousand dollars per day, or about 300 dollars per kilo. A bearer is usually only able to bring down one time every day, because of the weight work. A few hundred yards there is a round building of ancient relics of the Netherlands said "Watering Ijen Crater , "which is now known as the Round Post, a post where the miners weigh the load and get a piece of paper about the content and value.

Trip to Ijen crater , starting from Paltuding 1.600 masl, a post at the foot of Mount Merapi Perhutani-Ijen. From here a dirt road uphill to an altitude of 2.400 m above sea level and takes about 2 hours leisurely stroll. Along the way a lot of sulfur bearers passed a friendly exchange greetings.

Arrive at the lip of the crater, stunning scenery in front of the eye. Tosca a green lake with a diameter of 1 km covered in mist and sulfur fumes were far below. Sulfur miners in small visible from above. To go to the source of sulfur TSB., We need down the caldera cliff rocks along the path trodden by miners. Wet handkerchief is necessary, because sometimes the wind carried the smoke to the path of decline.

Based crater, parallel to the surface of the lake there is a place of extraction of sulfur. Thick white smoke gushed out am iron pipe which is connected to the source of sulfur. 600oC fumaroles colored molten red hot melted out and frozen with cold air, forming a bright yellow solid sulfur.

Sometimes uncontrolled burning coals fumaroles, which usually immediately doused with water to prevent a chain reaction piroporik. Sulfur rocks are cut with a crowbar and transported kedlm basket. Breathing within such environments. It needed its own struggles, the miners generally work, biting piece of cloth or cloth gloves as makeshift air filter.

In addition to face directly toward the lake, around the caldera can be done with more or less takes a full day. Climbing to the crater of Ijen is generally recommended starting in the morning. For security reasons, the climb to the crater of Ijen Paltuding closed after 14:00, because pekatnya smoke and the possibility of wind direction that leads to the hiking trail. To pursue the journey in the morning, visitors are advised to stay at the nearest location Bondowoso, clean mountain town, or in Situbondo a coastal town.

If you like the atmosphere of the plantation, a memorable place to stay is the Coffee Plantation Guest House PTP Nusantara XII in Kalisat, Jampit. Guest house is situated within the complex housing estates at an altitude of about 1.200 masl. Also available in Pondok Wisata Paltuding clean enough, or open the tent at the campground Paltuding. Temparature average around the crater of Ijen is 13 ° C in the daytime and 2 ° C at night.

To reach the Ijen crater today is not too difficult. There are two ways, first through the town of Banyuwangi as far as 38 km to the west through the slippery, Guava, Paltuding (1.600 masl). The second way is through the city to the east through Wonosari Bondowoso, Sempol (800 masl), Paltuding as far as 70 km. The second way is the most widely traveled people because of the smooth asphalt road, whereas the first way through the macadam road with a fairly steep incline. After the visit of foreign tourists in the Bromo usually come through Bondowoso, back through Banyuwangi , on to Bali and Lombok .

The route of this Bondowoso through a limited area of coffee plantation area, with three different gates. At each gate we were asked to sign the guest book and travel destinations. The scenery is very nice route, with the green coffee plantations arabikanya regularly, pine forests and virgin forests Perhutani Nature Reserve Ijen-Merapi dense. Brief one day visit can be done, but spend the night in the coffee plantation is the right choice. Agro-tourism packages available visit coffee plantations and coffee processing unit that is worthy of consideration.