Java Bali Overland Tour: Yogyakarta City, Mount Bromo & Ijen Crater (5D/4N)

After breakfast and at the agreed time, your guide will pick you up at the hotel and together you will head towards the heart of the city. You will visit the Keraton, or also known as the Sultan’s Palace. The palace is a complex building two centuries old. Next, you will hear the song of the “freedom” of the birds in the bird market, you will visit the “Water Castle” that occupies the highest part at the northern end of the vast complex of Taman Sari. Then, stroll around Malioboro Street, one of the main streets of Yogyakarta, with its merchants, horse carriages, taxi-bikes and markets. An incredible experience that will make the hours fly by.

Leaving the city, an hour and a half away, you will visit the infamous Borobudur Temple The great Stupa, the largest Buddhist monument in the world and one of the seven wonders. You will walk around the temple area, observe the hundreds and centenary statues of Buddha and witness how dozens of Buddhists come to preach from all over the world. Historically it was established during the relatively brief Syailendra dynasty of Central Java between 778 and 856 BC and is in constant restoration due to the breaks that the tremors of the neighbouring Merapi volcano has been producing during its history.

After having this intense day of visits, we return to the hotel to rest.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel in Yogyakarta: Three options across different categories

Ready with your suitcases, the time has come to say a farewell to this dream city. You will enjoy your breakfast at the hotel, and at the indicated time, with your guide, you will travel to Mojokerta by train.

Then by private car you will go to your hotel located on the slopes of the Bromo volcano. In total it will be about 8 hours of travel.  Check-in at the hotel and deserved rest.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel at Bromo: Three options across different categories

Very early, your guide and a jeep driver will be waiting for you at the hotel to attend one of the most spectacular sunrises in Indonesia. Even though you have to get up early, it will be worth it. You will climb to a high point first in full darkness and, little by little the first rays of sun are giving way to a huge and indescribable caldera that makes up the entire view of the Bromo and Semeru Natural Park. With Bromo, a volcano of great fumaroles and behind it, the Semeru Volcano with explosions every 20 minutes exactly, will make you have one of the most rewarding experiences ever. After enjoying the sunset, by jeep, we will go to the slopes of the volcano where you can go to the Bromo volcano and after climbing some stairs you can reach the very edge of its crater and see the impressive activity it has. We return to the hotel to cool off and enjoy your breakfast.

At the agreed time, we will leave for our next destination, the Ijen volcano. This section lasts about 7-8 hours by car where we will make a stop to eat. Take this trip to rest. Arriving in Ijen, we will leave you at your hotel, check in and enjoy your deserved rest.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel at Ijen: Three options across different categories

The day has finally come to visit one of the most attractive volcanoes in Indonesia! One of the last open pit sulfur mines that survive on the planet.

Once we pick you up at your hotel, you will head towards the village of Licin to reach the slope of the volcano to begin the steep climb to the crater of the volcano. During this trek, your guide will give you double filter masks to protect you from the natural chemicals of sulfur.

At an altitude of 2883 meters and when dawn begins, an incredible contrast of colors will open before your eyes. A yellow earth scene and a large turquoise blue lake inside the crater that contrast with a suspended white cloud that is continuously expelling the volcano. In turn, among so much beauty you will see the local miners do what is said to be one of the toughest jobs in the world. These miners go down to the crater of the volcano to load 80 to 100 kilos of sulfur on their shoulders and then sell it. After this amazing experience on the edge of Ijen volcano crater, we begin the descent with an incredible panoramic view of the mountains that make up the national park.

We will take you to your hotel to cool off and have breakfast and we start the journey to Bali for about 5 hours at least, depending on where you stay in Bali. To do this, we will go first to the port of Banyuwangi where we will take the ferry to cross to Bali. It is a journey of only 30 minutes, but remember to adjust your watch by an hour due to the time zone change. Welcome to the island of the Gods.

Note: Ijen is closed on Friday of the first week of every month, and Blue Fire is not guaranteed.
Note: Every MONDAY Borobudur Temple. Prambanan Temple , and Keraton are CLOSED

Meals: Breakfast

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