SURABAYA – MT. SEMERU – MT. BROMO – MT. IJEN
5DAYS/4NIGHTS
TOUR CODE:SGA-SSB 5D/4N
DAY.01: SURABAYA – TUMPANG
Upon arrival in Surabaya Airport my team will picked up by air – conditioning coach for transfer to Tumpang where we stay at local house . If time allow sight seeing around the area, during the dinner time my team will explain the excursion and free program.
DAY.02: TUMPANG – RANUPANE VILLAGE – RANUMKUMBOLO – KALIMATI – ARCOPODO(B,L,D)
Breakfast 5.30 am, at 6 am using driving 1,5 hours to Ranupane where the starting point to track Ranumkumbolo for lunch stooped then walking 2 hours to kalimati then another 1 hour walks to Arcopodo where our camp site is.
DAY.03: ARCOPODO – SUMMIT MT. SEMERU – RANUMKUMBOLO – RANUPANE – CEMOROLAWANG(B,L,D)
Tea or coffee will be served before walking to summit. At early morning (about 02.00) commence the climb with our tour guide team to ascend the summit of Mt. Semeru (3,676 m a.s.j). After photograph and enjoying the spectacular panorama descend to campsite for breakfast then continue walking to Ranumkumbolo campsite for our lunch. After lunch continue walking back to Ranupane then using the 4 WD for our next destination Cemorolawang check in at Lava View lodge.
DAY.04: CEMOROLAWANG – MT. IJEN (B,L,D)
At 4 am the 4 WD will bring you to the world’s most famous view point at Mt. Pananjakan on the rim of the Tengger caldera to see sunrise with its young volcanic including Mt. Bromo and an active Mt. Semeru in the background is breathtaking the play light shadow with sunrise mountain succession from the top to the bottom and the usual fog of the caldera. Afterward the adventure be continued to an active Mt. Bromo volcano to visit crater until it is finished. The 4 WD will bring you to the Savannah until finished then driving back to the lodge for breakfast, showering , packing , loading bags to the vehicle. At 9 am we drive through scenic landscape until we reach ijen plateau where the spend the night in the middle of caldera and world’s famous coffee plantation in a comfortable and charming hotel Arabica for Catimoer (build by the dutch colonialist as the head quarter of the coffee plantation in around the century ago). Before dinner in the old colonial style dinning room, a hot bath nearby natural top springs will be unforgettable relaxing experiences. After dinner a briefing about the following excursion to item volcano will be given.
DAY.05: MT. IJEN – SURABAYA(B,L,D)
At 5 am we check out the home stay and drive a short way (paltuding) to the start of the trial that lead up to the active beautiful crater of Kawah Ijen Volcano ( 2 hours walking) with it famous blue acid lake ( actually the most acid in the world) and the hot partly liquid sulfur deposit. The demurrals are so hot that sulfur came out as green vapor. The vapor is collected by large pipie at the excited of which its condenses, forming red rivulets of liquid sulfur than freeze to solid deposit are carried to obtain huge block of pure sulfur with primitive , healthy devastating method and incredibly hard job. After observation time we leave Ijen plateau and drive 7 hours down to Surabaya airport for next flight.