Ijen Crater - Crater Exotic turquoise Watery

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January 1, 2010

ijen Ijen Crater Tourism Region is located in the middle of nature reserve area Ijen crater which is in the Bondowoso District, District Klobang and Banyuwangi, Sub Smooth. This crater lake of green tosca arriving at an altitude of 2368 meters above sea level. Caldera crater walls as high as 300-500m. Lake Ijen has zero degrees of acidity, has a depth of 200 meters. Acid strong enough to dissolve the clothing and the human finger.

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

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

If through route from Bondowoso, the journey will be through a limited area of coffee plantations which have three different gates. At each gate, visitors will be asked to sign the guest book and write the purpose of his journey. The scene is very attractive area with a bed of garden green arabica coffee regularly, then afterwards there’s Perhutani pine forests and virgin forests are also Nature Reserves Ijen-Merapi is so dense.

kawah Travel tour to the crater of Ijen, starting from Paltuding which is a post at the foot of the mountain Perhutani-Ijen Merapi. From here there is a dirt road climb to a height of 2.400m with a 2-hour travel time by walking casually. Arrive at the crater lip, stunning scenery will be presented in front of the eye. A green lake with a diameter of about 1 km are covered in mist and smoke of the sulfur was 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 also usually passed by the miners. Wet handkerchief is necessary here, because sometimes the wind carried the smoke to blow into the path of decline.

There are mining sites also become another major uniqueness of Ijen Crater tour addition to the panoramic beauty there. Sulfur mining here still wear the traditional way in which transport energy use assumed human way. Traditional mining, it is said only occurred in Indonesia is in Welirang and Ijen. Expenses are transported each miner still weighed 85kg. The burden is especially great weight when I have to be transported through the caldera wall is so steep as far as 3km down the mountain. Income received an average miner 25.000, - or about Rp.300, - per kilo. One person miners are usually only able to take one trip per day, due to the weight of work. All the miners would gather in a round building of ancient relics of the Dutch said “Watering Ijen Crater,” which is now known as the Round Pos. In this post miners weigh the cargo and get a piece of paper about the content and value.

Place of extraction of sulfur contained in the crater bottom, parallel to the surface of the lake. Always dense white smoke poured out through the iron pipe which is connected to a source of sulfur. From here the melt bright red fumarole melt out and directly exposed to the cold air freezes, forming solid bright yellow sulfur. Sulfur rocks that would be taken. Cut with the help of a crowbar and then immediately transported dalm basket.

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 of Ijen is generally recommended starting in the morning. For security reasons, the climb to the crater of Paltuding ijen closed after 14:00 o’clock, because the thick smoke and the possibility of wind direction that led to the route. To pursue the journey in the morning, visitors are advised to stay in the nearby town of Bondowoso or Situbondo.

If you liked the atmosphere of the plantation, a memorable place to stay is the Coffee Plantation Guest House PTP Nusantara XII in Kalisat, Jampit. Plantation is passed as to the area via a route Bondowoso Ijen. Serving packages available also agro tourism visiting coffee plantations and see the coffee processing unit .. In addition, there is also a Virtual Library in Paltuding clean enough, or could open tent in the campsite Paltuding.

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