This is if you have four days three nights and want to visit Bromo and kawah Ijen, yet want to add another night at an off the beaten track unlike what normally people do. Normally people will add one night Malang or Batu or Surabaya. But for this tour you will enjoy one night at Seloliman, located on slope of Mount Penanggungan. Make sure on the last day, Day 4, your flight back to your home country is in the evening.
Surabaya-Ijen-Bromo-Madakaripura-Seloliman 4 Days 3 Nights
Itinerary:
Day 1: Surabaya-Banyuwangi/Bondowoso
Arrival in Surabaya in the morning then long drive to Ijen Area. (about 7 hours drive) . Check in hotel. Recommended to depart in the morning or at least noon.
Day 2: Ijen Blue Fire – Bromo (Breakfast)
Pick up at 01.00 and driving about 1 hour to Paltuding. From Paltuding then trek about 3.5 km or 1 hour to Ijen Crater and watch Ijen Blue Fire . Afterwards expecting sunrise and enjoy Ijen Crater and take photograph. About 06.00 descend to Paltuding and drive back to hotel and check out. Drive (about 4 hours) to Bromo Area. Check in.
Day 3: Bromo Sunrise- Madakaripura Waterfall-Seloliman(Breakfast)
Pick up at 03.30 by 4WD vehicle and enjoy the bumping offroad trip to Mt Penanjakan. Walk about 10 minutes from Jeep Parking Area to Mt Penanjakan view point where you can see the famous magnificent Bromo sunrise. Afterwards return to jeep and then drive to sea of sand and then soft trek about 30 minutes to the peak of Mt Bromo. From up the Bromo Crater Rim you can see the active Bromo Crater, Hindu Temple , Caldera and mountainous view in the vicinity, including Mt Semeru, the highest peak in Java. Return to Jeep and drive to hotel to have breakfast and check out. Drive to Madakaripura and then drive to Seloliman. Check in.
Day 4:Seloliman-Surabaya(Breakfast)
then enjoy cycling through rice fields and enjoy the rice terraces and view of Mt Penanggungan and Mt Arjuna and Mount Welirang. And then soak your self at Jalatunda Spring Temple to refresh. Jalatunda Spring Temple was built in the period of King Udayana from Bali, in the 9th Century, the water is known as one of the best quality in the world and believed to have a healing virtue. Return to hotel and check out. Visit Belahan Temple or known as spring temple with its beautiful relief of Laksmi and Dewi Sri and the water came out from the breasts of Laksmi. Walk few hundreds meters where you can see the rice terrace. Drive back to Surabaya. ETA Surabaya: 14.00.
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Include:
Hotel with bfast
Private Car
All Entrance Tickets
Jeep (4WD), Ijen Mask
English Speaking Guide
Parking/Toll Charges
Mineral Water 2 bottles/day
Exclude:
Travel Insurance
Horse Ride
Tipping
Air Ticket
Lunch and Dinner (Inform us to include)
What to prepare:
Warm clothing
Flashlight
Some Cash
Personal Medication (if any)