Ijen mountain is an active volcano located on the border between Banyuwangi and Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia. This mountain has an altitude of 2,443 m and has several times erupted. The last eruption occurred in 1999. One of the most famous natural phenomenon of Mount Ijen crater is located at the peak. To climb this mountain to be departing from Banyuwangi or from Bondowoso.
Kawah Ijen
Kawah Ijen is an acidic crater lake located on top of Mount Ijen with 2,443 meters high above sea level to a depth of 200 meters and a vast lake crater reached 5,466 hectares. Ijen crater lake known as a highly acidic lake water world. Ijen crater is within the Park Reserve Travel Ijen, Banyuwangi, East Java. Every morning at around 02.00 until 04:00, around the crater can be found the phenomenon of blue or blue flame of fire, which is the uniqueness of this place, because the natural scenery of this only occurs in two places in the world, Iceland and Ijen. From the crater, we can see another mountain scenery in the complex Ijen Mountains, among which is the peak of Mount Merapi, which is located in the east of the crater, Mount roar, Mount Suket, Mountain Chain, and so on.
image : Blue fire kawah ijen
Ijen crater blue fire is a natural phenomenon that is in the crater of Ijen.Event at Kawah Ijen
Many events are often held, mainly by the Government of Banyuwangi are now in full swing to promote the crater in the list of tourist objects. Events that include: Tour de Ijen (now renamed 'International Tour de Ijen'), Jazz Ijen Banyuwangi, etc.
The sulfur miners in Mount Ijen Crater Tourism
Mount Ijen crater known besides their stunning natural beauty, also known as sulfur mine every day by people around taken and used as a source of income. Thus making the tourists alternated come to enjoy the beauty of the formations in the crater of Ijen mountain that lies between Bondowoso and Banyuwangi. Travel Ijen crater is already known by the public at large in Indonesia to around the world. One concern over rating is the traditional sulfur miners still better than digging up the way carriage way.
Ijen crater on the mountain there is a very big source of sulfur that came out of the pit crater Ijen crater. The miners at the crater of Ijen, they have a high mental and embroidery. Although they have to enter the area bursts of smoke very bad for his health, they never complained or despair. In addition, the equipment they use is also very far from the advanced equipment. After that, they must be transported by means of the colonies bear the crater up to About a storage area within 4 km.
Travel Ijen Crater as sulfur miners Livelihood
Equipment they use can be categorized as traditional equipment, they only use iron bars to break the sulfur that has been hardened, then they haul by using a basket made of bamboo can be a heavy load reaches 70 to 80 Klo Klo. One day they could have done twice, from the post where they are willing to do the weighing back and forth to get purse purse rupiah.
Pera miners sulfur in Ijen crater, also can become enthusiastic for the tourists who are visiting in the crater of Ijen. In because they seemed to do the attractions in an open space by using a strong balance. Where they have to bear a very heavy burden to set foot on the path that the towering. That's the life of the activity undertaken by people on the slopes of the crater of Ijen.
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