About ijen mount, Ijen is located in Banyuwangi regency, it’s famous with sun rise of java. The Fabled ijen plateau is vast volcanic region dominated by three cones of ijen (2368m), merapi(2800m) and raung (3332m). The turquoise lake in the Ijen Crater and the mystical world that the smoke creates around it attract tourists from all over the globe. The Ijen Crater is not only a major tourist attraction it is also a source of an important natural resource Sulfur.
One day the volcano produces around 60 tons of sulphur that is collected around 300 local people work here. The miners carry the sulfur rocks from the Crater down to the post in bamboo baskets; miner carries sulfur with load 60kg to 80kg. This is far from an easy task
Around the last of 2016 some miners made modification, they use push cart for carrying Sulphur , that only from the top to paltuding (name of parking area) from crater hole to the top of mount sulphur miners still use bamboo baskets
Now, some of sulphur miners one by one they learn English and they change their job in to local guide because it easier job. according sulphur miner’s information from 500 worker per day before – now only around 250 till 300 people per day now.
Besides sulfur, in ijen also contains natural gas. At night, the combination of heat and sulfur creates a magnificent, natural phenomenon referred to as blue fire.
rajegwesi village. This village is also located in meru betiri national park area. We will spend a night in this village. More important is we can see village people activities one of them is natural process of coconut sugar.
The next destination is Teluk hijau (green bay) with its Cliffs and white sand beach. A trail leads 1 km from the road down to teluk hijau
There are two way to get green bay first having jungle tracking across jungle about 1 kilometers
And by boat from rajewesi beach
In our tour we will use traditional boat if the wives is not big, but if the wave is big we will walking 1 kilo meter to get green bay.
The best destination that we are going to visit is sukamade turtle-spawning ground its located in meru betiri national park, this place is most important turtle-spawning ground. Where five species of turtle come ashore to laying their eggs. Green turtle most common, but giant leatherbacks also visit (now almost every night we can find turtle in shore ). In the middle of jungle still many wild animal such as leopard, wild boars, monkeys, banteng, black giant squirrels, civets, reticulated pythons (the world’s longest snake) bird life is prolific, with Javanese eagle and large number of hornbills – including rhinoceros hornbill which emit a bark –like horn
Let’s fill your vocation by visiting excellent destination with our team
Here the itinerary is:
Day 1. Ijen Blue Fire – green bay – sukamade tour
We take you from hotel then we go to ijen crater at 01.00 am ( please check out from hotel first, because from ijen we will directly to sukamade, not come back to hotel) . and you will be accompanied by local guide. The driver takes us to paltuding the name of parking area. From here you you walk up to the top of ijen. You will walk up around 90 minutes or 3 kilometer, after arriving in the top. You walk down to the sulfur source near from Crater Lake. Then you can enjoy blue fire and take photos. My suggestion don’t take long time to take photo or enjoy the blue fire, because if the thick smoke come to your eyes, it will make biting in the eyes. After finishing taking photos we directly walk up to the top of ijen mount and waiting for amazing few in top of ijen. Usually finishes around 8 am. and we have breakfast in ijen , so we should prepare breakfast box from hotel a day before,
The next destination is Teluk hijau (green bay) with its Cliffs and white sand beach. A trail leads 1 km from the road down to teluk hijau.
Ijen to green bay around 4 hour, after arriving in green bay area we will walk down 1 Km to white sand beach , we can enjoy nice beach by swimming, sun bathing
Go to Sukamade
After from green bay we drive to sukamade around 1.5 hour We across a river to Sukamade by 4-WD vehicle, When the river flow is too high and strong, we will cross the river with bamboo boat and walk around one hour to Sukamade, and across very bumpy road, and across cacao, coffee, rubber plantation
after arriving in sukamade mess pantai then we have break, around 7 PM we have dinner in small restaurant with very simple food, and get prepare for watching turtle at night at 8 PM we will gather in ranger post to get some information about what we should and should not do during in the beach,
leaving to Sukamade beach with local rangers. In beach we can see turtles lay eggs One turtle can lay eggs around 100, local ranger visits the beach every night to check turtles come ashore. after from beach we can see small turtle rise from sand in cage , then it’s time for having rest, Tonight we will stay at the accommodation of Meru Betiri National Park.
Include :
– ijen ticket
– standard gas mask in blue fire tour
– speaking English tour guide
– Jeep 4 WD
– Merubetiri national park ticket
– ranger in turtle conservation
– speaking English tour guide
– accommodation in Mess pantai (Mrubetiri National park)
– rain coat
– dinner in mess pantai sukamade
Exclude
– breakfast, lunch
– lamp / torch light
Day 2: (release baby turtle in the beach – back to city/harnour)
Weak up at 6:00 then go to beach by carrying baby turtle and release them in beach. After finishing back to mess pantai and have breakfast after ward off road again across rubber plantation, cacao plantation rivers etc. then go to city
We eat lunch on the way to city, normally tour finish around at 2:00 in the city
Include :
– Jeep 4 WD
– speaking English tour guide
– home stay
– break fast , lunch , dinner
Exclude :
Release baby tutle , how much , it is up to you.
Lunch in the city