Idjen Crater in the Banyuwangi ( one of the triangle diamond in banyuwangi )

Bunder  cottage, a cottage which  was built during the Dutch  East Indies (around 1920).  The main function is to  measure the cottage Bunder rainfall per year.  The location of Pondok Bunder from Paltuding is at 2.3 kilometers. In addition to these main functions, which can  be enjoyed around the  cabin air environment  Bunder is cool, can  see the natural scenery of Mount Ijen Caldera Giants (Crater  Wurung) which includes G. Roared, G.  Ranti, G.  Bread, G.  Papak, Kalisat  Plantation, Plantation Belawan, and Plantation  Ijen.

River Banyupahit, a river that drains the water seepage from the crater where the water has a very acidic nature. Travelers can perform activities of a steep-walled river fringe. During the fringe of the river water will be found that acidic, yellow-green and contains a very high sulfur.

View in Ijen Resort
Ijen Resort and Villas is the new and first luxury hotel in this spectacular scenic area.
Perched at the edge of the rainforest of Ijen National Pak and overlooking terraced rice fields to a row of volcanoes, each of Ijen Resorst’s 30 room boasts superb views from their spacious bed rooms and balconies. Bungalows with standard superior and suite accommodations are equipped with all facilities for modern comfort. Four hectares of beautiful garden and 360 degrees panoramic vistas of volcanoes,rainforest, terraced rice fields and view of Bali Strait afar make Ijen Resort and Villas itself a tourist destination.
Ijen Resort and Villas is located at 643 meters above sea level, in the remote village of Randu Agung, Licin Banyuwangi. The closest village is a group of dozen of houses 700 meters downhill, or another one 900 meter across the valley. The nearest real village is located at about 6 kilometers away. The hotel offers a comfortable base for travellers to enjoy unspoiled beauty if the rural East Java and resort staff organizes tours to mount Ijen to see its eerie sulfuric crater and other inspirational natural attractions.

to get to the Idjen crater Paltuding required special vehicles such as trooper, land rover or jeep

 

Sulfur is a mineral which, until now at the mine by people around the traditional way. although they remain extremely dangerous mine with minimal tools and not the national standart for their use mine.

Paltuding, is the last place that can be achieved with a motor vehicle. This place is equipped with facilities and infrastructure for day trips, and from these places tourists can see the scenery is quite beautiful, among other circumstances mountains are nearby, among others, G. Merapi, G. Ijen, G. Widodaren, G. Papak and G. Ranti.

Idjen Crater with the highest point 2386 m above sea level is one of the crater that has a stunning natural beauty in Indonesia. The walls of the crater resembles a beautiful rock reliefs, so it can be interpreted by various tourists. From the lips of Idjen crater can be seen that the crater lake water situation every time the color change, with dominated by the color green or blue. At the bottom of the crater, which is the kitchen miners sulfur, sulfur mining process can be seen, where the sulfur miners take chunks of frozen sulfur from sulfur mining pipes. The road to the mine kitchen for some tourists also be a challenge because the road is quite difficult, with gradients of 400-600 with a distance of about 275 meters. not only that you can also see the Dam hedge / Door Water Crater, built in conjunction with the development of cottage Bunder. In the hedge there are four tunnels Dam water that serves to keep the water in the crater so as not to overflow and Dam when the water level reaches a hedge, then flowed into the River Banyupahit overflow, so as not to endanger the area underneath. Flora and Fauna that can be enjoyed from this location, including Pine Mountain, Acacia, Eidelweiss, ferns, Vaccinium, while the fauna is Chicken Forest, Java monkey and several species of birds.

The beautiful white of Ijen crater

White flowers that can live on dry land Ijen crater. Edelweiss or Perennial Flowers are often used to symbolize the sincerity of their love to their partner. Edelweiss flowers that usually appear between the months of April and August.

beauty blue flame in the cold temperature of the Ijen crater

Ascent at midnight to witness the beauty of the Ijen Crater, cold and tired that we feel. All of our struggles have paid off because we get to watch beauty blue flame in the Ijen Crater. The emergence of a blue flame a very short time has made us complacent, with the climbing we had done. Our ascent was added along with the emergence of sunrise and the beauty of the crater that were shown to us.