Mount Bromo Adventure, East Java - Indonesia.

Mount Bromo (from Sanskrit: Brahma, one of the main Hindu Gods), the volcano is still active and best known as a tourist attraction in East Java - Indonesia. As a tourist attraction, Mount Bromo to be attractive because of its status as a still active volcano.Bromo has a height of 2392 meters above sea level is located in four regions, namely Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang, and the District of Malang. Mount Bromo mesh body shape between the valleys and canyons with a caldera or a sea of ​​sand covering approximately 10 square kilometers.Mount Bromo has a crater with a diameter of ± 800 meters (north-south) and ± 600 meters (east-west). While the danger area of ​​a circle with a radius of 4 km from the center of the crater of Bromo.

For residents of Bromo Tengger tribe, Mount Brahma (Bromo) believed to be a sacred mountain. Once a year the community held a ceremony Yadnya Tengger Kasada or Kasodo. This ceremony is held at a temple located at the foot of Mount Bromo and proceed north to the top of Mount Bromo. The ceremony was held at midnight to early morning every full moon around 14 or 15 in Kasodo (tenth) according to the Javanese calendar.

The atmosphere in the morning at Mount Bromo

Waiting for the sunrise on Mount Bromo.

From a vantage point on Mount Penanjakan (2,770 meters above sea level), 2.5 hours from Malang. visitors from around the world come to see the sunrise over Mt Bromo. From this spot the vista is magnificent. All you will hear is the click of cameras as visitors snap their camera’s hoping to capture the incredible scene of Mt Bromo in the foreground with Mt Semeru smoking in the distance and the sun shining brightly, quickly rising in the sky.

Mt Bromo has particular significance for the Tengger people who believe that this was the site where a brave prince sacrificed his life for his family. The people here appease the Gods once a year during the annual Kasada festival where offerings of vegetables, chickens and money are thrown into the crater of the volcano.

Beautiful scenery of Mount Bromo is not only when the sun rises, but the area around the mountain, surrounded by savanna and desert large enough. To further explore the mountain bromo satisfied we have to rent a Jeep at a cost of Rp 650.000 a lot to offer in the area around the inn at Mount Bromo. We are very lucky a friend of the good city of Solo would take us to his jeep around the mountain.

Mount Bromo Map.