Guests (4) : Single Traveller from Malaysia

After negotiation and communication by g-mail, my guest decided to trip Jakarta - Surabaya - Bromo - Ijen, then homeflight to Jakarta from Surabaya Airport

My tourist name is Mr Boon WK, from Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia. Since February 2010, he worked in Jakarta - Indonesia, in Insurance Company. He went from Jakarta on 28 May 2010 and the tour was began from 28th May to 30th May 2010

Herewith the Mr Boon's schedule with my tour service :

1st day : Surabaya - Probolinggo - Bromo (28 May 2010)
1. Pick up at Probolinggo bus station at 03.30 pm
2. Rest for 1 hour at Mahameru Travel as our pool to shared transport
3. Around Probolinggo city by motorcycle
4. Having pre-dinner at Bakso (meat ball) Pak Mantep
5. Visiting Probolinggo Harbour, enjoy the Sunset
6. Then to Pelabuhan Pelelangan Ikan (Fish Probolinggo Terminal)
7. Back to shared transport terminal
8. At 07.00 pm, leave Probolinggo by Shared Minibus to Bromo area
9. Check in Sion Hostel (with Superior Room)
10. Relax and sleep

2nd day : Bromo Sunrise Tour - Ijen Plateau area (29 May 2010)
1. Wake up at 03.00 am with morning call
2. Already to explore Bromo, first to Penanjakan Peak by Jeep 4WD (shared transport) to see amazing sunrise
3. Enjoy the sunrise and head forward to Bromo Crater
4. Explore Bromo Crater
5. Return to hotel, breakfast and check out
6. Driving down to Probolinggo
7. Continue to Ijen Plateau by private transport
8. Arrive Ijen area after 6 hours on car
9. Check in hotel, in Catimor Hotel and free program

3rd day : Ijen Plateau Tour - Probolinggo - Surabaya (30 May 2010)
1. Wake up at 05.00 am with morning call
2. Simple breakfast
3. Check out hotel
4. Continue to Paltuding, the last post before hiking to Ijen Plateau
5. Hiking up for 2 hours (3,1 km), enjoy the rim of Ijen Plateau and explore
6. Back to Paltuding
7. Having lunch in Bhayangkara Restaurant - Pasir Putih Beach, Bondowoso district
8. Ahead to Probolinggo and arrive after total 6 hours on car
9. Arrive at Probolinggo bus station
10. My tour service is ended and Mr Boon returned to Surabaya Airport by bus at 03.00 pm

Facility :
1. Shared transport Probolinggo - Bromo - Probolinggo by Big Minibus
2. Shared transport for Jeep 4WD (Bromo Sunrise Tour)
3. Private transport for Probolinggo - Ijen - Probolinggo route
4. 1 night at Sion Hostel (Bromo area)
5. 1 night at Catimor Hotel (Ijen area)
6. 2xbreakfast
7. Entrance fee for Bromo and Ijen
8. Petrol, driver, tool parking

Tour excluded :
1. Laundry
2. Minibar
3. Bus ticket Surabaya - Probolinggo - Surabaya

Price :
rp 1,300,000 / pax

Picture :
1. Boon & me
2. Boon with Bakso
3. Boon in front of Warung Bakso

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Bromo - Ijen Plateau Tour

Duration : 3 days / 2 nights
Itinerary:

1st day :
Surabaya - Bromo
1. Pick you up at Surabaya International Airport or Train Station, Hotel or other places that we arrangement made in advance
2. Transfer you in to Bromo by our tourist car for 3 hours driving
3. Check in Yoschi Hotel
4. Having dinner
5. Free program

2nd day :
Bromo - Sunrise Tour - Ijen
1. Wake up at 03.00 am
2. Pick you up at hotel at 03.30 am and we already to do the Bromo Sunrise Tour, by Jeep 4 Wheel Drive
3. Through the sea of sand, driving up to Penanjakan Peak to see the Amazing Sunrise, the trip is a hour
4. Afterwards back to the Jeep 4 WD and we visit to Bromo Crater
5. Driving down and after a hour arrive in the bottom of Bromo Crater
6. Walking up the upstairs and arrive at the rim of Bromo Crater after 30 minutes
7. After 1 hour, back to the Jeep 4 WD, return to the hotel to have breakfast, showering and loading your bags
8. Check out hotel at 10.30 am
9. Transfer you out to Ijen Plateau Area
10. The trip from Bromo to Ijen Plateau area need 6 hours (5 hours = real way, 1 hour = lunch program)
11. After 2 hours in trip, having lunch and rest in the local restaurant at Pasir Putih (White Sand) Beach
12. Continue and arrive at Ijen Plateau area, not direcly check in hotel, but visit "Blawan Waterfall"
13. Afterwards, leave the waterfall and check in hotel, in Arabica or Catimor Hotel
14. Unloading your bags, showering and having dinner
15. Free program

3rd day :
Ijen Plateau Tour - Surabaya (or Ketapang Harbour Terminal)
1. Wake up at 04.30 am
2. Pick you up at 05.00 am, leave hotel by tourist car and already to do the Ijen Plateau Tour
3. Direction to Paltuding, the last post and parking area, the trip is 30 minutes
4. At Paltuding and start to trekking up to Ijen Plateau, the trip is 1,5 hours
5. Arrive in the rim of Ijen Plateau, enjoy here
6. Back to Paltuding and then continue to hotel
7. Having breakfast, showering and loading your bags
8. Check out hotel
9. Having lunch in the local restaurant on the route
10. Transfer you out to Surabaya International Airport or Ketapang Harbour Terminal (if you continue to Bali), and our tour is ended



Tour Include :
- Tourist car
- Jeep 4 Wheel Drive
- 1 night at Yoschi Hotel for Bromo Sunrise Tour
- 1 night at Catimor or Arabica Hotel for Ijen Plateau Tour
- 2x breakfast, 2x lunch, 2x dinner
- Entrance fee in Bromo & Ijen
- English speaking driver
- Mineral drinking water
- Tour guide


Tour Exclude :
- Horse
- Meals
- Tips & donation
- Laundry
- Travel Insurance



What to Bring? :
- Camera
- Raincoat
- Good mask
- Head cover
- Good grip shoes
- Sun cream
- Warmest clothes
- Any medicine



Others :
- Minimum joiners = 2 pax
- Transportation option from Surabaya to Bromo

* Tourist car

* Executive Train Class

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Bromo Sunrise Tour

Duration : 2 days / 1 night

Itinerary:

1st day : Surabaya - Bromo

1. Pick you up at Surabaya International Airport or Train Station, Hotel or other places that we arrangement made in advance

2. Transfer you in to Bromo by our tourist car for 3 hours driving

3. Check in Yoschi Hotel

4. Having dinner

5. Free program

2nd day : Bromo - Sunrise Tour - Surabaya

1. Wake up at 03.00 am

2. Pick you up at hotel at 03.30 am and we already to do the Bromo Sunrise Tour, by Jeep 4 Wheel Drive

3. Through the sea of sand, driving up to Penanjakan Peak to see the Amazing Sunrise, the trip is a hour

4. Afterwards back to the Jeep 4 WD and we visit to Bromo Crater

5. Driving down and after a hour arrive in the bottom of Bromo Crater

6. Walking up the upstairs and arrive at the rim of Bromo Crater after 30 minutes

7. After 1 hour, back to the Jeep 4 WD, return to the hotel to have breakfast, showering and loading your bags

8. Check out hotel

9. Having lunch in the local restaurant on the route

10. Transfer you out to Surabaya International Airport and our tour is ended



Tour Include :

- Tourist car

- Jeep 4 Wheel Drive

- 1 night at Yoschi Hotel

- 1x breakfast, 1x lunch, 1x dinner

- Entrance fee in Bromo

- English speaking driver

- Mineral drinking water



Tour Exclude :

- Horse

- Tour guide

- Meals

- Tips & donation

- Laundry

- Travel Insurance



What to Bring? :

- Camera

- Raincoat

- Head cover

- Good grip shoes

- Sun cream

- Warmest clothes

- Any medicine



Others :

- Minimum joiners = 2 pax

- Transportation option from Surabaya to Bromo

* Tourist car

* Executive Train Class

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Ijen Plateau (2) : Route to Ijen Crater area

We assume from Bromo and you leave there by standart tourist car or minibus due to usually the both is famous by tourist and being main purpose. Or otherwise, it's meant Ijen as first and then to Bromo

The route is as follow :

Through Bondowoso district
Probolinggo - Bondowoso = 137 km (3 hours)
Bondowoso - Gardu Atak = 12 km (30 minutes)
Gardu Atak - Kalisat = 43 km (60 minutes)
Kalisat - Blawan = 7 km (15 minutes)
Kalisat - Jampit = 14 km (30 minutes)
Kalisat - Paltuding = 14 km (30 minutes)
Paltuding - Ijen Crater = 3 km (trekking for 1,5 hours)

If you leave from east direction, i mean from Bali, you can do the trip from Banyuwangi, and the route is as follow :

Through Banyuwangi district
Banyuwangi - Licin (sub district) = 20 km (3o minutes)
Licin (sub district) - Paltuding = 30 km (1 hour)
Paltuding - Ijen Crater = 3 km (trekking for 1,5 hours)


The Map :

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Ijen Plateau (1)

Wonderful

That’s the first impression for everyone who saw the beautiful overlooking about the “Kawah Ijen” (Ijen Crater / Plateau). Kawah Ijen is as crater of Mt Ijen which Mt Ijen is one of the active volcanoes, located between Bondowoso (Klobang Subdistrict) and Banyuwangi (Licin Subdistrict), part of Alas Purwo National Park, one of national conservation area in East Java

The short description about Kawah Ijen :
Elevation = 2,386 m (edge) and 2,145 m (lake) from sea level
Type = Stratovolcano
Coordinat = 8°03,5' S dan 114°14,5' E
Eruption = 1817 ; 1917 ; 1936 ; 1950 ; 1952 ; 1993 ; 1994 ; 1999

This crater, surely will offer us a lot of matter. The crater with large around 5,466 hectares has volcano crater eksotism, beautiful and charming nature. The quiet lake that has tosca colour of water is look like an elegance to everyone who saw it. The best time to enjoy the crater scenery is at morning, when the yellow sunlight glows the yellow water with their volume almost 200 million cubic and temperature around 200 Celcius degree, and shines also the surrounding mountain like mount Merapi (Mt Merapi in East Java I mean), the sister of Mount Ijen

Ijen crater is the acid lake, one of biggest lake acid in the world. It has zero degree of acid, and the acid is enough to dissolve clothes and your finger on water. This crater is famous, not only for local tourist, but all the world.

The lake is covered by crater’s wall stone which the kind of stone material’s is built by “Solfatra” and “Lapili”. This stone materials was created by volcano eruption, making sediment with black colour, real black. You can walk up here with your family, specialy for mountain adventure lovers who always looking for a new adventure objects. It has supported by local government with any representative facilities such as road (I think we must repair the road in some area, not whole), camping ground, hotel or lodging house that provided in near by Kawah Ijen

After you arrive at around of Ijen area, tourist generally choose hotel for their overnight at Jampit or Blawan village. They both are nice area, quiet, fresh and around by coffee plantation, specialy your trip to reach the hotel. You can choose at Arabica and Catimor homestay (hostel), or if you prefer to stay with higher quality and service, please visit and overnight at Ijen Resort. As your information, the Arabica and Catimor homestay (hostel), coffee plantation, coffee factory, strawberry plantation, it’s all managed by Plantation Department of local government. Please enjoy at hotel and in next morning, you will start to walk up to Ijen Crater

All of vehicle must stop at “Paltuding”, the last post before we walk up to Ijen Crater, take entrance fee and start to reach the Ijen Crater. The trip is 2 hours, up and easy road. 2 hours is similar with 33 small post on the edge of street and each small post has distance more and last 100 metres. So, you walk up to Ijen crater from Paltuding 3,3 km, good for your health .....

As long as your time walking up to Ijen Crater from the start point, around after 30 minutes you walk up, in your right and left side, you can see another beautiful objects, they are “Savanah” and “Stepa forest” in the faraway, with wild grass that height around 1 meter. Large of this “Savanah” and “Stepa forest” are around 10,000 hectares and lied between mountain groups that has the high up to peak in 2000 meters. The mountain groups is lied from Banyuwangi to Bondowoso and in green scenery

Mt Ijen is not the only one between Banyuwangi and Bondowoso, but the mountain group, such as Mt Kendeng, Mt Ringgih, Mt Merapi, Mt Ijen, Mt Papak, Mt Widodaren, Mt Pawenan, Mt Rante, Mt Jampit, Mt Raung, Mt Suket, Mt Kukusan, Mt Deleman, Mt Pendil, Mt Kenteng, Mt Panduan, Mt Anyar, Mt Gunung Lingker, This mountain groups will challenge us to also, climbing to the mountain group anywhere

The right month for us to climbing, recommend to do this around July – September although everyday we keep to handle visitors. Because, in July to September, we will find the edelweiss flower (everlasting flower), flower as mascot with easier during our climbing, at the slope of Mt Ijen and the mountain group, look like white colour in the faraway. …… (continue)

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