Ijen crater blue fire tour from Banyuwangi – local guide service included

00:00am We will pick up you at your hotel or any places inside Banyuwangi city, take simple introduction with our crew and short brief of the tour. Then departs to Paltuding at the foot of Mt. Ijen, it will takes around 2 hours drive depends to the traffic conditions. We strongly recommend you to use your time for rest and sleeping
02:00am We will arrive at Paltuding camp at the foot of Mt. Ijen. Take a short rest while arrange the administration entrance for you.
02:30am Start trekking to the crater of Ijen, it takes around 1,5-2 hours depend your stamina and power, during this ascent, we will meet with many traditional miners are starting they daily job. You can make a conversation with them and get to know their life.
04:30am From the crater rim, we should get down into the crater, this is the only way to see the blue fire. Then enjoy the amazing blue fire of Ijen, you can also watch traditional miners are taking sulfurs and carry it in their bamboo basket. The blue fire will also start to fade along with the sun shine.
05:30am Trekking up to the crater rim and then continue going back down to Paltuding, it will be much shorter when you do trekking down.
07:00am Rest and breakfast at Paltuding.
08:00am Transfer you back to Banyuwangi, takes another 2 hours drive.
10:00am Finish the tour in Banyuwangi.

• Warm Jacket, the temperature in Ijen at midnight ranges between 5-15 celcius degree
• Good shoe (trekking shoe is better)
• Rain coat (Only on rainy season)
• Gloves, required additionally to make your hands warm
• Camera, maybe you want to take picture during this trip
• Masker, you will need it to protect your breathing from the smoke

• This tour is available everyday with minimum booking is 2 persons
• If you’re a foreigner tourist, you should pay additional entrance ticket fee for foreign tourist. Find this additional option charge at booking page detail and mark it to include into the package.
• If you book this tour for departure during rainy season (within Desember up to May), we strongly recommend you to bring a raincoat.
• The average temperature in Mt. Ijen are between 5-15 celcius degree, depends to the season, the coldest temperature usually in the dry season or within June up to October
• Booking must be completed at the latest 1 day before tour departure
• Itinerary may changes depends to the pick up location, pick up time, traffic conditions and other situations during the tour.

Where do I can start this tour?
You can start this tour at any places in Banyuwangi, could be at your hotel, airport, train station or any other public places inside the city.

When is the tour started?
You can start this tour in between 11:00pm up to 00:30am everyday, the ideal time to start this tour is on 11pm.

How much is the additional cost of entrance ticket fee for foreign tourists?
Please check more details about this point at booking page details

I forgot to add optional terms of additional entrance ticket fee for foreign tourists when booking, what should I do?
On the first day of the tour, our crew will charge you for the additional entrance tickets fee.

What if I want to be picked up at another nearby town?
We added some optional pickup service from other nearby cities with additional cost, find about additional service  at the price more option in booking page details.

How do I know that Ijen crater is open for tourist activity on the date of my visit?
For advance information bout this forcast, you can contact our customer services

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