Ijen Crater, East Java : Volcano, Acid Lake and Blue Flames
Ijen Crater, or known to Indonesians as Kawah Ijen, is one of the top recommended volcano in Indonesia to be visited. This active crater of 134 sq km has a landscape of volcanic cones...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Ijen volcano
Ijen volcano in East Java contains the world's largest acidic volcanic crater lake, called Kawah Ijen, famous for its turquoise color. The active crater measuring 950x600 m is known for its rich sulphur deposits...
Monday, February 22, 2016
Krakatau Islands Nature Reserve
Source: http://www.indonesia.travel/ In the afternoon of 26th August 1883 Mt. Krakatau suddenly erupted with such cataclysmic force that its boom could be heard in Burma to far away Australia. The next day, massive volcanic materials...
Krakatoa Volcano: Facts About 1883 Eruption
Mary Bagley, LiveScience Contributor The eruption of Krakatoa in August 1883 was one of the most deadly volcanic eruptions of modern history. It is estimated that more than 36,000 people died. Many died as...
Describe the 1883 eruption of Krakatau.
The deadlier volcano than its mother Krakatau erupted in 1883, in one of the largest eruptions in recent time. Krakatau is an island volcano along the Indonesian arc, between the much larger islands of...
Visiting Krakatoa volcano in Sumatra, Indonesia
The son Of Krakatau Krakatau, a small island group in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java is one of the world's most famous volcanoes. It is a mostly submerged caldera...
Friday, January 15, 2016
Krakatau volcano, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
Krakatau recently (2015) Krakatau volcano is a small island group in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java. It is one of the world's most famous volcanoes on earth. It is...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Sikulikap fall, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Sikulikap fall by @rubenmk This waterfall is located in North Sumatra, Indonesia. People call it Sikulikap. Sikulikap waterfall is around 30 meters high and take 20 minutes from Berastagi. To get there catch any...
Si Piso Piso fall, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Si Piso Piso fall by @alfansai Some of the tallest waterfalls in South East Asia can be found in Sumatra. Some are found along the Asahan River.One of them is Sipiso-piso waterfall with 120m...
Batee island, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
Batee island by @teuku_chaidil Batee is taken from local language means stone. This island belongs to someone personally and there is no people living there. This island is also surrounded by some island like...
Top 3 popular islands in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
Pulau Pusong (Gosong) by @alfajaroza_20 1. This island is surrounded by white sand all along the beach. This island becomes one of the destination in Aceh province. It is located at Sangkalan village, Susoh,...
Diving and Snorkeling at Olele sea water park, Gorontalo, Sulawei, Indonesia
Olele sea water park For you who like diving, Gorontalo has special spot where you can see the bauty of Gorontalo undewater. It is located at south of Gorontalo. It is in Bone Bolango...
Great 4 reasons to visit Gorontalo, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Limboto lake (by @serlinvjtaib) 1. This lake is one of the biggest lake in Gorontalo. Gorontalo is a new province in Indonesia but they have discovered many beautiful spots. You can see some eagles...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Top 5 Island trips in Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
Pisang island in West Lampung, Lampung 1. This island is so beautiful with white sand around the island. We can see sun set at the evening. This island has some families living there and...
Top 3 hidden falls in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Ngungun Saok fall (by @nobletonga) 1. This fall is popular because of the social media. Its pictures are spreading through facebook, path, twitter, instagram and blog. It is located around 11 kilometers from Padang...
Wall climbing at Aek maratua fall, Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia
Aek Maratua fall (by @alizarjourney) For you who like wall climbing, you can try at this waterfall as it has wall created by the flow of the water. While climbing you can enjoy the...
Surfing in Bono river, Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia
Surfers in Bono river (tripus.com This river is one of the river that we can do surfing as it has enormous wave on November to December. This river located at Muara Sungai Kampar, Pelalawan,...
Top 5 Touristic places in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia
Aek Maratua fall (by @alizarjourney) 1. For you who like wall climbing, you can try at this waterfall as it has wall created by the flow of the water. While climbing you can enjoy...
Monday, January 11, 2016
Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Lampung, Indonesia
Camping ground This is one of national park located in Sumatra. It is settled at West Lampung, Lampung province. We can make tent in the camping ground which is close from the main road....
Trekking at Anak Krakatau volcano, Lampung, Indonesia
Krakatu volcano Krakatau volcano is popular around the world as its eruption on 1883 that killed more than 30.000 people. Since the eruption, it came out another new island in 1927 called Anak Krakatau...
The forgotten lake "Lake Ranau", Lampung,Indonesia
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| The resort in Ranau lake |
This lake becomes the main place for the local fishermen to find fish where it is located in southern of South Sumatra province and northern of Lampung province. This lakes is beautiful with its scenery like the fog in the morning.
Megalithic site Batu Brak, West Lampung, Indonesia
The megalith stone Purawiwitan village is one of the village in West lampung. It is popular because this village has an area of megalith site. People call it as Baru Berak megalith site. This...
Visiting popular spot "Mengkudu island", Lampung, Indonesia
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| Mengkudu island framed from the hill |
This island becomes so popular because its pictures are spreading through social media like facebook, path, instagram, twitter and blog. It is popular because it is not far from another popular beach, Batu Lapis beach check this
So when you visit Mengkudu island, you should also visit Batu Lapis beach and vice versa. It is like packet of trip as you should visit them both. This island is like another island in Lampung which hase some spots for snorkeling, white sand beach and coral beach. Some parts are also dominated by mangroves. And one more thing, there is long white sand beach that connect Sumatra island and Mengkudu island which come up around 2 PM. So we do not need to rent a boat to go to the island as we can just walk through this long white beach.
Herewith the route:
Bandar Lampung - Kalianda (South Lampung) - Canti village - Kahai beach - Mengkudu island
"Transit' at Sebesi island, Lampung, IndonesiaThe harbor
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| The harbor of Sebesi island |
Sebesi island is popular since couple years ago when some people want to go to Krakatau volcano, they should stop and sleep in this island. They must sleep and take a rest there and early morning around 3 AM they should wake up to go to Krakatu volcano. It is easy to find cottage there and also sleep at local's house. It is also allowed to make tent along the beach. When you stay in Sebesi island, keep on your mind that you must visit Sebesi's neighbor, its Umang island check this
This island is also suitable place to observe the activity of Krakatoa volcano as it is the closest island. It has 1.600 hectares area with 3000 people living there in family and another 1000 are "come and leave" people. This island is known by travelers as a transit spot when they want to visit Krakatoa volcano. The local already make some places to stay for visitor. Of course they rent it with different prices based on the size of the room. We also can order our meals from the host and they will cook for us.
Sebesi Island is located in the Sunda Strait which is located
in South Lampung regency. This island is close to Sebuku island and at the east of the island there is Legundi serdang. At the middle of the island, we can see a mount which is called Sebesi mount. Its quiet high because the top of the mount is usually covered by the clouds. If you are interested in climbing, you can try to climb this mount when you are in Sebesi island. It is predicted that Sebesi mount was very high but because of the umpact Krakatoa eruption, it becomes lower like now.
How to get there:
1. Bandar Lampung - Kalianda (South Lampung) - Canti harbor - Sebesi island
2. Jakarta - Bakauheni - Kalianda (South Lampung) - Canti harbor - Sebesi island
3. Jakarta - Merak - Sebesi (by boat)
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Sunday, January 10, 2016
Meet the elephants in Way Kambas National Park, Lampung, Indonesia
An elephant with his animal tamer Way Kambas is a national park and also as an elephant training center located in Lampung province, Indonesia. It takes around 3 hours from Bandar Lampung by car....
See the shore line from the Tower in Maitam island, Lampung, Indonesia
Taken from the tower When you go to Ketapang beach check this for camping, one of the spot that you can visit is this island called Maitam. You just need to walk for two...
Giant coral rocks in Gigi Hiu/ Pegadung/ Gigi Hiu beachBatu Layar beach, Lampung, Indonesia
Gigi Hiu beach Some people call it Gigi Hiu beach as it looks like some teeth of shark . Gigi Hiu is taken from Bahasa Indonesia words that mean tooth for Gigi and shark...
Meet the sunset at Umang island, Lampung, Indonesia
Sun set from Umang island When you travel to Krakatau vulcano, usually you should stay in an island called Sebesi island. This island is a transit for people who wanna go to Krakatau vulcano....
