KAWAH IJEN & THE PLANTATION
3 Days / 2 Nights - US$ 280
Included : Two nights accommodation in twin sharing basis at Ijen
Resort and Villas. Private car with driver and English speaking guide.
Itinerary as programmed including entrance fees. Two Dinners and three
lunches. Minimum 2 persons.
Day
1 : Denpasar – Banyuwangi
A morning departure from your hotel in Bali via minibus whisks you along
the island’s scenic west coast, a slice of the real Bali few tourist
see. Stop for photos and refreshments amid terraced ricefields, rustic
villages, surging surf beaches and beautiful Bali National Park during
the two and a half hour drive to Gilimanuk. Short ferry crossing to
Java. Lunch is provided in a local restaurant, afterward proceed for
a city tour in the small town of Banyuwangi, bechak (pedi-cab) ride
visiting the kampongs in the city, traditional market and Chinese temple.
End of the afternoon drive to Ijen Resort and Villas. Dinner and night.
Day
2 : Ijen Crater
Early wake-up call. After breakfast at the hotel drive on a four wheel
drive vehicle to the slope of Mount Ijen, passing through plantations
and rainforest. This is one of the few left in the island of Java with
giant ferns and big trees. Pause at the Park Ranger’s post before
hiking further up to the slope of the crater. About one hour and a half
to two hours is needed to ascend the rim of the crater along a shady
track with amazing views. Take a rest on the edge of the crater at 2883
meter altitude. The sulfuric lake reflects eerie color over the surrounding
walls to give an apocalypse like impression. Men seeking the sulfur
descend into the crater and climb back up along the dangerous rim with
loads of up to 80 kilos on their shoulders. The crater observation will
take at leisure, Afterwards drive back to the hotel for lunch and in
the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and over night at Ijen Resort and Villas.
Day 3 : Ijen Resort – Kali Selogiri – Denpasar
Leaving
in the morning to Kaliselogiri, a beautifully located plantation of
coffee. This is one of the plantations which established by Dutch colonial
government in this area. Banyuwangi has a concentration of plantation
of coffee, cocoa, clove and rubber. All those plantations still run
very well and represent the most important resource of the economic
sector in the area. The visit covers the coffee plant, the plantation
itself and the Social and cultural side of the life of the planters
and its labour inhabitants. Lunch in a restaurant near the port and
then cross the strait and back to Bali.
