MOUNT BROMO TOUR – HOTEL IN BANYUWANGI

Mount Bromo tour will start at 3.30 AM but when you come on the holiday season or weekend, you should start your tour earlier. Mount Bromo tour will start from your hotel by riding a jeep, the jeep will take us to the most favorable hill for enjoying the best sunrise in this place, Penanjakan Hill. We have to cross the sea of sand before we arrive onto the hill. It will take about 40 minutes’ drive. The sun will rise around 5.20 AM, so you still have time to wait for the sunrise while buying a cup of coffee or tea in the shop near the sunrise point. When the sun is rising, all people will yell to welcome the sun from the east. Besides the great sunrise with mountains as a background, you will see the beautiful scenery of Mount Bromo, Batok and the highest volcano in Java, Mount Semeru. The best time to take a great photo of the view is around 5.50 – 6.10 AM.

After enjoying the great sunrise and beautiful scenery, you have to go back to the jeep then we will go back to the sea of sands where we can start to do the trekking to Mount Bromo. The jeep will stop in the parking place then we can start to walk up to the peak of Mount Bromo, the trekking will take about ±1,5 hours. If you feel tired, you can ride a horse, there are a lot of horses that are ready to be sent. Before you reach the top of Mount Bromo, you have to climb ±250 stairs, the stairs will lead you to the top of Mount Bromo when you have reached the top of the volcano, you will see the volcanic activity of Mount Bromo. You will hear the sound and smell the sulfuric gasses from the hole. After you enjoy the volcanic activity of Mount Bromo, you must go back to your jeep then drive to your hotel for having breakfast. Around 10.00 AM, you should be ready to continue our trip to your Hotel in Banyuwangi. The journey will take ± 5 hours by passing a rural landscape, villages, beach and rice fields. You will stop around Pasir Putih beach for your lunch stop. On the late afternoon, you will arrive at your hotel in Banyuwangi, you will stay in Ketapang Indah Hotel for your enjoyable stay before you do trekking in Ijen Crater tomorrow morning.