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theo1006 Says: A few paces east of the Paltuding post we found a shed where the sulfur collectors bring their loads.Here the sulfur is sorted - dirty pieces are not allowed - and packed in bags.Trucks will collect the bags and take them by the mountain road to Banyuwangi.As far as we know...
theo1006 Says: All the while one hikes up the path to Ijen crater, one meets sulfur carriers coming down with their load. They ask for a cigarette or let themselves be photographed for a small tip. And they try to sell a particularly nice piece of frozen sulfur, a "sulfur flower".Where the...
theo1006 Says: The PHKA (Forest Protection and Nature Conservation) post at Paltuding is the starting point for your hike to Ijen crater. Near here also the sulfur collectors bring their load to be packed and shipped.There is a small office where one has to register and pay the entrance...
theo1006 Says: With luck when you are staying on the crater rim, the fumes clear temporarily and you get a full view of the turquoise crater lake. They say the best chances for that are early in the morning.We were not that early (had already risen early the day before at Bromo), so we...
theo1006 Says: And this it what you did it all for: the boiling sulfur vents.There is some risk the sulfur may take fire, rendering it useless. That's why a basin has been created nearby in which water is pumped from the lake. In case of need the water will be used to extinguish the fire.
theo1006 Says: It is difficult to judge how deep the crater is. But from the time it took Theo to go down and back up again (20 minutes each way), we estimate that it is about 150 m.Most tourists prefer to stay on the crater rim as soon as they smell a whiff of the stinging sulfur fumes....
theo1006 Says: It seems like a short distance, only 3 km to the crater's edge. On level ground one could walk the distance in half an hour? But one also has to gain 536 m in altitude. About 1 km of the path is almost level, therefore it must be steep indeed where it rises! It took us -...
Aan_Anugrah Says: Hiking to Kawah Ijen is considered on moderate level where walks and hike is made on availabe track but sometime inclined path appears. Wearing good hiking boot is recommended, not always mountain shoes, since this is to eliminate from slipery and sore especially on the way...
1 Review and 30 Opinions They call it a home stay, actually it is the Kalisat Coffee Plantation's guest house. In our opinion...
Catimor Homestay: If the Arabica is full
theo1006 Says: We did not stay here, but were advised to go there in case we found the Arabica Home Stay fully booked.And - if the Catimor is full too or if you are on a tight budget - there is also some very basic accommodation at Pos Paltuding, at the start of the footpath to Ijen...
Pos Paltuding Shelther: Pos Paltuding Shelther
Aan_Anugrah Says: Measured off from Kawah Ijen, of couse the nearest homestay is at Pos Paltuding, there are few modest shelters which you can choose from. “Still the best option for travelers who want to start hiking very early to catch the sunrise on the summit of the volcano. This is a...
yuet29 Says: A very basic accommodation at the entrance of Ijen crater. Minimal facility .. no electricity, shared bathroom, Ijen Crater nearby, 3km away by foot. There is one small cafe selling instant noodle and water. The Ijen ranger is there for the night, so no worry. A simple room...
Quiet and freezing, this would be the best definition to describe the night on Paltuding. But there are few people start working on the quietness. Yes, those are working for collectig sulfur. They start to go after dusk and even in the middle of night. Bring only a lantern to light the only worn path they follow to the rim of the crater.
Written Jun 8, 2008
Rare pubic transportion to Sempol
whahaha Says: We took Bus from Surabaya (Purabaya/Bungurasih) to get Bondowoso. We reached Bondowoso at 4 PM, and shocked that the last public transportation to Sempol has been said already departed by 1PM.We luckily have some locals connections. And he found us a driver to bring us to...
The road from Ijen to Banyuwangi
theo1006 Says: The usual road to Ijen is from Bondowoso, but it is possible to get to Ijen from Banyuwangi.We took this road leaving, wanting to proceed to Bali.Most of the road is in good repair, but a few stretches go through virgin forest and are badly maintained. Going down it is not...
Aan_Anugrah Says: How to Get There and AwayThe direction of Ijen tourism destination can be accesed via two alternative routes. Either the route from Bondowoso or Banyuwangi. Today, any vehicle could run all the way to Kawah Ijen. Sometimes many travelers choose to go by public transportation...
In Ijen it's been more less 5 sulphur miner died because they slipped when they walk up from the crater.
Not to point one group of tourists, but since most tourists who go there are French, the worse tourists is French. Some French don't wanna listen to explanation that standing or taking photos too close with the ed of crater rim is so dangerous.
There are lots of small rocks that are really slippery when your shoes aren't so good (with pull like in football shoes).
Once, there was a French fell in to the crater and hit the rocks, he died.
Last time I was there with a friend from France. She warned three old French not to stand too close to the crater. They were NOT LISTENING!!! Even she said it in French!!
I think French should learn from what already happened to their partner.
Written May 12, 2011
Helpfulness
Once one leaves Blawan village one enters the nature reservation of which Ijen volcano is a part. No more plantations or habitations here.
Halfway to Paltuding we encountered a picnic spot, a gazebo near a stream. The water flowing over the rocks looked clear enough, but tasted terribly acrid. We think it must be an outflow of the sulfurous crater lake.
Written Nov 8, 2009
With a wink to bpacker: The real Mordor on Java is not Dieng, but Ijen. Here are boiling sulfur, stinging fumes and toiling orcs. Most visitors stay on the crater rim and decline to join the latter......
“There is a breathtaking view of landscape at the eastern end of Java created within the huge 20km in size of caldera, the largest one in Java. The famous coffee production delivered worldwide comes...
Ijen Crater is a giant sulphur mine also. The lake is in a beautiful milky tosca color. You will meet so many sulphur miner there, all of them are friendly. Here i have some note when you going to...
mt ijen amazing volcano with nice walk up
Crater lakes covering active volcanic vents are sometimes known as volcanic lakes, and the water within them is often acidic, saturated with volcanic gases and cloudy with a greenish colour.......
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