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Mt Ijen Crater (2300 m)

Ijen Crater is an active one, which is combination of Mt Raung and Mt Ijen. There are two main routes leading to the crater. The first route is from Banyuwangi to the southwest through Jambu village. By mini bus from Banyuwangi, we go to Licin village and by another mini bus go to Jambu village, as the last village. From the Jambu village, we start trekking by passing Coffee and Clove Plantation along the way to a splendid tropical forest. This way is used daily by the workers to carry sulfur stores from Ijen Crater, so the path is quite wide and good. In the middle of the journey, we will find cold water from a small river. It will take 4 hours before getting at a prairie. There are three locked huts and some water from rain. We need another 1 and half hours to reach to the crater. On the way, there is a small office managing sulfur mining, in which we can buy drinks or cigarettes. The second route is from Bondowoso to southeast passing Wonosari and Ijen caldera which is the bigge...
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Mt Arjuna (3339 m) and Mt Welirang (3156 m)

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Mt Pangrango (3019 m) and Mt Gede (2958 m)

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