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Galih did a great job in guiding me well throughout the trip. This was certainly a superb tour and wonderful exploration of the active volcanoes of east Java within the limits of time and possibility of all that can be done. I came back to Switzerland well after a great holiday in Indonesia. Hope you guys are doing fine, perhaps busy with some volcanic adventures!. Restless mount Semeru, September 2016 (image: Aravind P.) A delicious barbeque dinner will be prepared to celebrate our volcano adventures. With the help of local cooks we built our camp for the night, and enjoy the scenery of the active volcano as the night grows dark. From here, Semeru's present strong strombolian activity can be best (and safely) observed. After a presentation of Semeru's present and recent activity as well as its monitoring, we continue for about 30 mins to drive through little villages, rice terraces, and a forest, to reach an excellent scenic observation point located on the volcano's S flank. After that, we drive to visit the local volcanological observation station of Semeru, where Semeru's activity is continuously monitored 24hrs/7days. You are invited to join the tour guide to shop for our next camp in the market. We cross an impressive rainforest before we reach the cultivated areas and a small town where have lunch near the local market. After breakfast we leave the hotel and continue our journey on open jeeps, first crossing the Tengger caldera, then descending the wild slopes of the Natl. hike, where we first descend around 400m onto the lower caldera rim and then follow it all the way to the village Cemoro Lawang back to our hotel. The early morning views of the caldera with its young volcanic craters including Bromo and the active volcano Semeru in the background are breathtaking - the play of light and shadow with sunrays reaching the mountains in succession from top to bottom and the usual fog in the bottom of the caldera is unique.After sunrise, those who feel like are invited to a beautiful, easy 2-hrs. We get up in the morning early before sunrise (at around 4), have only a hot tea or coffee, and drive to one of the world's most famous viewpoints near the highest point on the rim of the Tengger caldera. 8 hrs)Īn optional alternative to skip the very long transfer (10 hrs total) is to choose the train from Malang to Yogya or fly from Yogya to Surabaya and transfer to Tumpang from there. In the early afternoon, you continue to Malang town where you arrive (possibly a bit late) in the evening and stay in a nice hotel in the lively colonial city centre of Malang, the regional center.
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These elements reveal the historical existence of probably orgiastic initiation rites. Situated in the middle of forests and tea plantations, the temple is an example of original Hindu iconography, including phallic symbols and turtle-shaped tables. Lawu was the last bastion of Hinduism in Central Java following the expansion of Islam. This region on the northwest slopes of Mt.
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3 hrs total) to the Sukuh temple, hiking along the Grojogan Sewu waterfall and through forests home to a sizeable population of monkeys. In the early morning, you are picked up at your hotel in Yogya and drive to Tawangmanggu on the slopes of Lawu volcano.