Welcome To Indonesia: Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo is one of the volcanoes are still active, which is in Java, the Mountain with the altitude 2392 m above sea level, located between County Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang, and the District of Malang, East Java. However, administratively Bromo area is part of Probolinggo regency, East Java.

Bromo name comes from Sanskrit, Brahma, which is one god in Hindu religion. For the communities, namely Tenggerese, Mount Bromo is a holy mountain, so every once a year ritual ceremonies are always held "Yadnya Kasada / Kaosodo", which is a kind of ritual of throwing the earth into the crater of Mount Bromo as offerings. The ritual ceremony is held at midnight until the early hours each month Kasodo (Tenth) according to the Javanese calendar. Through this ceremony the public ritual begging perch abundant harvest or ask for "starting backup" and the healing of various diseases.

Mount Bromo is part of the National Park area of Bromo Tengger Semeru (TN-BTS). This national park has a sea of sand to reach 5250 ha and an altitude of about 2.100m above sea level. Sea of sand is part of the ecological history of the formation of the Tengger caldera area.

Mount Bromo famous stretch of sand and sea of the vast mountain crater. From the top of Bromo, tourists can see a wide crater with a puff of smoke coming from the bottom. Bromo crater has a diameter of ± m (north-south) and ± 600 m (east-west). From the top of Bromo also, tourists see the beauty of the panorama dapt expanse of sea sand with "silhouette" charming landscape.

At the foot of Mount Bromo is a temple used for ceremonial and religious. Tourists can enjoy the sun also rises (sunrise), a walk by riding horses, and enjoy the warmth of the drink and fight fires for the cold. In addition to natural attractions, tourists can also enjoy a cultural tour by following the ceremony "Yadnya Kasada"

To achieve Bromo, tourists can take two routes. First, "the western door" of the pasuruan. Travel melaluli "western door" is somewhat difficult because it can not pass regular 4-wheeled vehicles, except by hiring jeeps. Distance via this route from Wonokitri village about 13 km to reach Bromo. Second, through the "eastern door" of the direction of Probolinggo. through the "eastern door" of this, tourists can use any vehicle, because the road is not too steep. If tourists want to see the expanse of ocean sand, it is advisable to go through "the door of the north", but if tourists want to see the sunrise, it is more practical through the "door of the west". The nearest village to reach Bromo is about 45 km from Probolinggo, namely Cemorolawang Village.

During the 20th century, known as the mountain resort that has erupted three times, with regular intervals, namely 30 years. Largest eruption occurred in 1974, while the last eruption occurred in 2004.

From the top of the mountain Bromo, we also can enjoy the ocean of sand and a vast expanse of grass and watching the grandeur of Mount Semeru rose through the clouds and the other mountains surrounding it. One way to enjoy the beauty at the top of Bromo is to hire a horse or a jeep that had been prepared the managers of tourist attractions to take us around the desert.