Ijen Crater ( Kawah Ijen )

Ijen Crater is located on Mount Ijen at an altitude of 2368 meters above sea level, precisely located in the district is slippery, Banyuwangi and Klobang district, Bondowoso Regency.

What's interesting is the crater Ijen crater is located in the middle of the largest caldera on the island of Java. Caldera size around 20 km2 while the size of Ijen crater about 960 meters X 600 meters and the crater is located at a depth 300 below the caldera wall.

Ijen Crater has a very high acidity level that is close to zero and including one of the most acidic crater in the world.

Ijen Crater has a unique and distinctive charm, that  the occasional greenish water of the crater surface was covered by smoke billowing sulfur on the edge of the crater. When viewed from close range as if the crater was boiling, because of the large air bubbles from the bottom of the crater. This is possible because of volcanic activity beneath the crater. The bubbles are sometimes followed by a blast of steam and gases that endanger, so visitors should be careful when watching this lake up close.

Ijen Crater is very beautiful views of the crater lip, occasionally we will also witness the sulfur miners down the crater to take sulfur.

There are two routes used to reach the crater lake. The first route through Banyuwangi and the second route through Bondowoso. If from Banyuwangi, the vehicle stopped at Jambu. From Jambu journey continues towards to Paltuding by motorcycle taxi. The main gate to the Nature Reserve Park is located in Paltuding, which is also a Post PHPA (Forest Protection and Nature Conservation). Other facilities that can be enjoyed by visitors such as tourist huts and stalls that sell for ascent to witness the beauty of the Crater Ijen.

From Paltuding walk a distance of about 3 km. Initial trajectory distance of 1.5 km is quite heavy for uphill. Most of the lines with a slope of 25-35 degrees. Heavy hiking trip became excited when he saw the miners back down the mountain by carrying sulfur sulfur from the crater could even weigh 80 untill 130 kg. In addition to the soil structure is also a sandy uphill so add more heavy footsteps because they have to maintain their body weight so as not to degenerate into the rear.