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The Kawah Ijen volcano complex is a group of stratovolcanoes located at Banyuwangi Regency of East Java in Indonesia. It is inside a larger caldera Ijen, which is about 20 kilometers wide. The Gunung Merapi stratovolcano is the highest point of that complex. The name "Merapi" means "mountain of fire".. West of Gunung Merapi is the Ijen volcano, which has a one-kilometer-wide turquoise-colored acid crater lake. The lake is the site of a labor-intensive of sulfur mining operation, in which sulfur-laden baskets are carried by hand from the crater floor to the nearby Paltuding Valley to get paid. The work is low-paid and very onerous… Many other post-caldera cones and craters are located within the caldera or along its rim. The largest concentration of post-caldera cones run east-west across the southern side of the caldera. The active crater at Kawah Ijen has a diameter of 722 meters (2,369 ft) and a surface area of 0.41 square kilometers (0.16 sq mi). It is 200 meters (660 ft) deep and has a volume of 36 cubic hectometers (29,000 acre·ft). The lake is recognized as the largest highly acidic Crater Lake in the world. It is also a source for the river Banyupahit, resulting in highly acidic and metal-enriched river water which has a significant detrimental effect on the downstream river ecosystem.
Trail to the Kawah Ijen
Getting there and Away
Getting there and Away
From Bali
From Bali
Depart from the northern part is much closer to get there. By private car from Lovina to the port of Gilimanuk approximately 1,5 hours drive and continue crossing by ferry to Ketapang for one hour ride. From there take the jeep to the starting point Pos Paltuding..
Overnight in Ketapang or Banyuwangi is a good option before proceeding to hike the next day early morning to see the sunrise, Blue fire and meet the sulpur miners.. After hiking return to Banyuwangi or continue drive Mount Bromo 5 - 6 hours. If you are planning to visit the Meru Betiri National Park you need to return to Banyuwangi and continue another 6 hours drive by jeep passing the villages, rice-fields, coffee Cocoa and Rubber plantation...
Daily trip to the kawah ijen depart from Kuta, Ubud, Munduk, Lovina and Pemuteran in Bali. Learn more about this trip here...
The sulfur miners at Kawah Ijen
The Kawah Ijen
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Hike the kawah Ijen on east java. We organize this trip with daily departure from Kuta, Seminyak Ubud, Munduk, Lovina and Pemuteran with reasonable price. Suits for family, small group, couples or honeymooners !
05 Days / 04 Nights: If you are planning your trip to Bali start from Yogyakarta and want to do some activities overland, here is the option that we give includes; hike to The Mount Bromo which is easy to do, explore The National Park of Merubetiri to see the turtles, driving by jeep in the jungle, relax by the beach et Green Bay, see the countryside and the typical villages of Javanese, learning about tropical plants etc. Here is our program that suits for family, small group, couples or honeymooners !
05 Days / 04 Nights: Discover the turtles laying the eggs, at the beach of Sukamade in the National Park of Meru betiri. We organize the daily departure from Munduk, Lovina, Pemuteran and also from Banyuwangi on east java. Suits for family, small group, couples or honeymooners !
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