When
hearing the name Ijen Crater, for most people of Indonesia, the thought is the
existence of a majestic blue-fire lights coming out of the Crater of Ijen. This
majestic blue-fire lights is a tourist attraction located in the crater of
Ijen, in the area of Ijen mountain, Banyuwangi, Indonesia. In addition
to Ijen Crater, this majestic blue-fire lights is only found in the country of
Iceland.
Mount
Ijen itself is one of the active volcanoes owned by Indonesia. This volcano has
a height of about 2443 mdpl. This mountain erupted last time in 1999. In 2012,
Ijen volcano is in a state of standby, although in the end it does not erupt.
By 2016, the Ijen crater is
designated by UN UNESCO as one of the world's biosphere reserves. This of
course can be added value promotion from the mountain area Ijen.
Mountain
Hiking
To
see the crater Ijen located on top of Mount Ijen, of course you are required to
walk up the mountain. For those of you who are hobbies to climb the mountain
and love to walk, enjoying the crater Ijen can be the goal of your tour
detination. To get to the crater Ijen, it takes a walk of about two to three
hours for about three kilometers. When approaching the crater of ijen, a
one-and-a-half kilometer hiking trail is quite difficult as it is quite steep,
including a path down to a crater of about seven hundred meters, which is a
steep road roughly made by the sulfur miners around the crater.
You
have to be careful when going down the crater Ijen, especially because of the
crowd of mountaineers who want to also see the crater and the activity of
sulfur miners who use the same road to go up and down to the crater. Sulfur
mining activity is also a special attraction for tourists, in addition to
seeing the crater Ijen itself. These brave miners use only human labor to
harvest and carry sulfur from the bottom of the crater. This sulfur mining
activity is in the spotlight of local media and foreign media because of the
lack of safety and health tools for miners due to the threat of inhaling toxic
sulfur gases.
When you reach the crater area,
you will be presented beautiful scenery of bluish green lake bluish.
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| Ijen Sulfur Water Lake |
Taxi
Ijen
When
you hear the word taxi, which is pictured in our minds of course is a public
transport car with a mounted argometer on the dashboard. In Ijen crater,
"taxi ijen" is a two wheeled cart pulled by man. This cart is a
means of transportation raised by the sulfur miners to bring tourists to the
crater Ijen.
This
Ijen taxi appears in 2015, originated from the desire and idea of sulfur miners to increase income, apart from mining.
The average day miner can earn around one hundred thousand Indonesian rupiah
from transporting a brimstone.
Tariff for using taxi Ijen is
about three hundred thousand rupiah for one ride, with maximum capacity is for one person. If you want to use Ijen taxi to travel up and down the crater,
you have to prepare money of seven hundred thousand rupiah.
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| Human Taxi of Ijen |
Tips
Visiting Mount Ijen
§ According
to one of the tour guides in the area of Mount Ijen, the best time to
visit Ijen mountain and Ijen crater is after December. That's because, after
the month of December the intensity of the mist in the crater Ijen thinner so
you can see the crater scenery with better and clearer. For those of you who
like calm, try not choose climbing Mount Ijen on the eve of the turn of the
year, because at that time, the area of Mount Ijen is the peak tourist
visit. You should visit the crater Ijen in January or February to be more
satisfied to enjoy the scenery in the crater.
§ Try
to start climbing Mount Ijen at 10 pm so that you can be more relaxed on the
way and can enjoy the majestic blue-fire lights that burn at the top of the
mountain longer.
§ We
recommend that you prepare your physical condition and warm up before climbing
to the top of the mountain.
§ We
recommend you use a mask to avoid fainting because it can not stand to breathe
the scent of sulfurous gas.
§ We
recommend that you hire the services of tour guides if you do not know the
crater Ijen.
§
Entrance
fee for foreign tourists is for one hundred thousand rupiah on weekdays, and
one hundred and fifty thousand rupiah on holidays. There is an additional
charge of two hundred and fifty thousand rupiah for those of you who carry a
camera, and one million rupiah for those carrying a video camera. If you do not
want to be exposed to additional costs, just use your phone camera.
Joyful
Indonesia.
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