crater of Ijen
The volcanic cone of Ijen dominates the landscape at the eastern end of Java. Crater of Ijen is filled by a spectacular turquoise blue lake, its surface streaked in wind-blown patterns of yellow sulfur.
- Ijen Crater Yellow Sulfur
Ijen crater ( Kawah Ijen) is the world’s largest highly acidic lake and is the site of a labor-intensive sulfur mining operation in which sulfur-laden baskets are hand-carried from the crater floor.
Many other post-caldera cones and craters are located within the caldera or along its rim. The largest concentration of post-caldera cones forms an E-W-trending zone across the southern side of the caldera.
Coffee plantations cover much of the Ijen caldera floor, and tourists are drawn to its waterfalls, hot springs, and dramatic volcanic scenery.
- Ijen Crater Sceenery
Mount Jayawijaya
Mount Jayawijaya. It is hardly to imagine sometimes that the tropics country like Indonesia has a snowy spot. More over the eternal snow one. Like this one, it is called Mount Jayawijaya.
Mount jayawijaya lies on 4862m sea level, in province of Papua. The height of the mountain top has made Mount Jayawijaya’ Top be eternally snow-capped.
- Snowy Peak of Mount Jayawijaya
At first, Mount Jayawijaya is called Mount Top Sukarno ( Puncak Sukarno in Indonesian) .
Jayawijaya is one of the Sudirman’s Mountain Range ( Barisan Sudirman in Indonesian ), and is the second highest mount in South-East Asia, and has been one of World’s Premiere Seven Mount Top
mount bromo and tengger tribe
Bromo tengger Semeru National Park is the one and only Indonesian conservatory, in which having a unique sand-ocean for about 5.250 hectares, and lies on ± 2.100 meters sea level.
- Mount Bromo Landscape View
Sand-ocean is the main tourism spot. In this cool air we can see the wide desert and grassy sphere.
- Mount Bromo Sand Ocean
While the most awaited from mount Bromo is the sightview of sunrise and sunset, where those two nature phenomenon can be depicted very clearly from mount Bromo.
Though the journey to Bromo is quite dusty, but still it feels worthy compared to the beauty scenery served.
As for the Bromo’s origins, the Suku Tengger ( the Tengger Tribe), Mount Bromo is believed as a sacred mountain.
Once in a year the Tengger Tribe is holding a Yadnya or Kasodo ceremony as part of their culture. This ceremony is held in a Pura ( Hinduist sacred temple) in the hillside of the mountain then continued to the top of the mountain.
The Kasodo ceremony is held in the amidst of the night until early morning in every fulmoon, around the 14th or 15th day, by the month of Kasodo (the 10th) month of Javanese Calendar.
