IJEN CRATER

Ijen crater is a tourist attraction that has been widely recognized by the domestic and foreign tourists for its natural beauty. Every day the crater never empty of visitors. On a typical day visitors crater average of only hundreds of people, but on a week end or holidays can be reached over two thousand people, even at certain moments such as New Year's Eve, visitors can reach 4 thousand more. Every year is always an increase in the number of visitors, both domestic and foreign, along with the increasing popularity of the crater.

If in 2011 the number of visitors of the crater has only reached about 16 thousand people, then in 2015 has increased almost 10-fold to 150 thousand visitors. It's official data, it could be more real facts. With the enactment of Mount Ijen as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in March 2016, certainly charm the crater will be increasingly global and draw more foreign tourists. Moreover the Banyuwangi regency more aggressively promote the crater as the mainstay of Banyuwangi travel.

Ijen Crater region included in the region Park Reserve Travel Ijen with an area of ​​2,560 hectares, including 92 hectares of forest covering travel. Ijen crater is located on top of Mount Ijen in the District, Glossy, Banyuwangi and Klobang subdistrict, regency. Mount Ijen is an active volcano which has a height of 2,443 meters above sea level above sea level which is located adjacent to Mount roar and Mount Merapi.

Ijen is a lake on top of Mount Ijen is formed by the eruption of Mount Ijen, making the craters filled with water to form a crater lake is fabulous. Of particular interest is the crater is located in the middle of the largest caldera in Java with a diameter of 6 km. The size of the crater itself is around 960 meters x 600 meters with a depth of 200 meters. This crater is located at a depth of more than 300 meters below the caldera wall.

Kawah Ijen crater is one of the most acidic in the world. That has acidity levels close to zero, so that the human body can dissolve quickly. However, behind all that, it turns out this crater presents the charm of stunning beauty.
The beauty charm crater

Above the crater of Mount Ijen looks very beautiful. This crater is a large lake with a bluish-green mist and smoke of sulfur that is fascinating.

In addition, the cold air with a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, can reach a temperature of 2 degrees Celsius, will add its own sensation. A variety of plants that exist only in the highlands can also be found, such as Edelweiss Flowers and Pine Mountain.

In the morning, when the sun begins to illuminate the crater area, a beautiful view you can enjoy. Kawah Ijen is bluish green will be added golden sunlight bounces in the crater.

Around the slopes of the crater lay Manisrejo tree (cantiqi) leafy reddish, while the sulfur-colored crater wall rocks, yellowish, the conditions that make the panorama of nature here is so impressive to be enjoyed.

From the crater hover view to the surrounding areas, you will see another mountain range in Ijen Mountains region, such as Mount Merapi to the east, Mt roar, Mount Suket, Mount Rante and so forth.

Besides other natural phenomena contained in Ijen crater that should not be missed is Blue Fire or Blue Flame, which appears in the middle of the sulfur mining, and can only be seen in the early morning until late morning around 05.00 pm.

The phenomenon of blue fire there are only two in the world, in addition to the Ijen only exists in Iceland. So no wonder the existence of the blue flame is so highly hunted by tourists, especially foreign tourists.