Dense Smoke, But Peaceful When Looking At Ijen Crater

This crater has an area of about 5466 hectares. Water crater was quite calm and bluish green. The scene there looks so amazing in the morning. Water crater volume of about 200 million cubic meters to reach 200 degrees Celsius heat it emits a golden glow green when the sunlight hits the back of Mount Merapi, the twin brother of Mount Ijen.

Ijen Crater Tourism Area is situated in the middle area of nature reserves included in the crater area regency, District Klobang and Banyuwangi, District slippery. This crater is a green lake tosca arriving at an altitude of 2368 meters above sea level. Caldera crater walls as high as 300-500m. Ijen lake has zero degrees of acidity, has a depth of 200 meters. Acidity is strong enough to dissolve the clothing and the human finger.

If the passing route of Bondowoso, in the course of going through the restricted zone of coffee plantation area which has three different gates. At each gate, visitors will be asked to sign the guest book and write the purpose of his trip. The view area is very attractive with a carpet of green coffee plantations arabikanya regularly, then afterwards there's pine forest and virgin forest also Ijen-Merapi Nature Reserve which is so dense.

To reach this area there are two ways, first through Banyuwangi town 38 km to the west through the slippery-Guava-Paltuding. The second way is through the town eastwards Bondowoso through Wonosari-Sempol-Paltuding far as 70 km. But although much of this second way is the most preferred by visitors because the road is paved smooth. While the route through Banyuwangi still a macadam road with a fairly steep incline.

Travel tour to the crater Ijen, starting from Paltuding which is an outpost at the foot of Mount Merapi-Ijen. From here there is a dirt road climb to an altitude of 2.400m and takes about 2 hours to walk leisurely. Arrive at the lip of the crater, stunning scenery will be presented in front of the eye. A green lake with a diameter of about 1 km is covered in mist and sulfur fumes were far below. From here visitors can see the miner-sulfur miners near the lake. To go to the lake, visitors must down the caldera cliff rocks along the path which is usually passed by the miners. Wet handkerchief is necessary here, because sometimes the wind carried the smoke to the path of decline.

In addition to the surface of the lake, visitors can also surround the caldera, which took less than a full day. Climbing to the crater is generally recommended starting in the morning. For security reasons, the climb to the crater of Paltuding closed after 14:00, because smoke and the possibility of wind direction that leads into the path of ascent. To pursue the journey in the morning, visitors are advised to stay at the nearby town of Bondowoso or Situbondo.