Ijen Travel Guide

Ijen Crater Tour Baluran National Park 2 Days | Mount Ijen is one of the most popular places and attractions in East Java. which is popular to tourists from abroad due to the beauty of natural charms. The beauty of the Ijen Crater that attracts tourists, is the blue fire crater, Ijen sunrise, crater lakes (the largest crater lake in Indonesia). Visitors can also interact with traditional sulfur miners passing through steep hills carrying sulfur. Another interesting point at Mount Ijen is the Mount Ijen jazz festival. which is held  every year at the Ijen crater slope. This is similar to the jazz of Mount Bromo and Jazz of Mount Dieng.

Mount Ijen is located in Banyuwangi Regency, part of East Java Province, Indonesia. The crater has a diameter of 722 metres and a surface area of 0.41 square kilometres. which is 200 metres deep. The right time to visit the ijen crater is early morning in order to see the charm of the Blue Fire (Blue Fire). At 01.00 a.m you need to prepare to climb to the peak. It starts from Paltuding post and continues to the Ijen Summit with duration of 2 hours and down to crater about 30 minutes. It’s advicable if you are vacationing at  Mount ijen to prepare medicines because the tour of Ijen crater is quite heavy and the temperature is quite cold. The crater often issues sulfuric smoke and strong stink.

And the other destination tour is Baluran National Park. located in Situbondo Regency which consist of about 25,000 hectares of forest conservation. It is well-known as Little Africa in Indonesia. you would see savanna like in Africa (in Sunny Season). and bamma beach with mangroves.

The Tour Package strats from Surabaya/Malang or Banyuangi and travel towards Hotel in Ijen area. to stay over night in order to climb to Ijen Crater and then continues to Baluran in the following day.

The itinerary of Ijen Crater Tour Baluran National Park 2 Days is below:

• Our travel agent will pick you up at Surabaya/Malang/Banyuangi. proceed the journey to  the closest Hotel to Mount Ijen. The journey will take about 7 hours driving from Surabaya.
• After arrived in hotel, check in and free program.

• At 01.00 a.m our driver will wake you up and drive to the Paltuding post. (Paltuding is the initial location of climbing to the top of ijen). When arrived there, walk or climb to the summit about 2 hours and enjoy the beauty of Ijen Crater and blue fire.
• After satisfied enjoying the scenery and activities of sulfur miners. then back down to the Paltuding post and Hotel.
• And then the tour continues to natural conservation, Baluran national park. The journey takes about 2 hours. In Baluran, you can see and observe the activity of wild animals in Bekol savana and visit bama beach.
• After you have finished in Baluran, return to Surabaya / Malang / Banyuangi. When you reach at the agreement place, the Ijen Crater Tour Baluran National Park 2 Days is finished.

Ijen Crater Tour Baluran National Park 2 Days 

Fcilities Included:

• Tour Guide
• Private Transportation car
• All Enterance Ticket
• Hotel at Ijen area
• Breakfast and Mineral Water
• Driver and English Speaking Guide

Not Included :

• Airport Tax
• Personal expenses
• Insurance
• Dinner and Lunch

If you still have a lot of vacation time in East Java. we can prepare a volcano combination tour package on the island of Java. specifically mount bromo tour package, semeru trekking tour, madakaripura waterfall, and songa rafting which is also an icon of East Java tourism and has always been the choice of domestic and foreign rafting lovers. for accommodation information and ijen baluran tour package prices please contact us

Ijen Crater Tour Baluran National Park 2 Days