RED ISLAND BANYUWANGI IS SO AMAZING

Red Island is the one of the unique beach in Banyuwangi that popular among the community of East Java. Also, is one of the preferred destinations for foreign tourists especially sport lovers surfing (surfing). Red Island Beach, locals often refer to it as Pulo Merah, located in Subdistricts Pesanggaran, Banyuwangi. Although called "Red Island", one of the attractions in these Countries have indeed white sand is somewhat browned. But when the dry season comes, the coastal area it will look reddish.

Red Island Beach Banyuwangi has its uniqueness on a small hill just off shore. Against the backdrop of a ridge 200 yards and this is what causes the reddish-colored beach is known as the Red Island Beach. This Hill is surrounded by the green plants that are able to cover the color red. You can climb the Hill on when sea water is receding. In addition, there are coral rocks around this small hill.

The existence of these beaches also could not escape the mystical stories and myths around it. Red Island beach it is believed by some people to have deposits of gold. There is also which relates that there was a spike of Earth that can be found in the mountain that is located across the street from the beach. The other myth is a story that anyone can enter a cave in Red Island, will gain sustenance in abundance. There is also which relates that there was a red glow that is causing this red beach so that eventually was named Red Island Beach.

This coastal area is also being supported with good facilities, including umbrella and sun loungers for rent by the Manager. There are a number of hotels and accommodation facilities in the coastal area of Banyuwangi on this one. Red Island beach is in line with the beaches of Plengkung. You can relax on the beach while enjoying the coastal breeze and watching the beautiful panoramanya. With a long coastline of up to 3 km coral rocks on the beach, this adds an exotic addition to pikatnya power bebukitan green that looks beautiful. At noon, you can see the beauty of sunset (sunset) on the coast of the island of red. Sunset on the beach of this charm is beautiful. The area around the beach is clean with a smooth sand texture. This is because, some among the travel connoisseur considers the Red Island Beach as a wonderful combination of Kuta Beach, Legian, and Seminyak in Bali.

Red Island beach in Banyuwangi is one that is well known in East Java. This beach as one of the preferred tourist destinations interesting family, is also a favorite place to enjoy the sunset and winds typical of the coast, take pictures, play sand, Sun, and so on. For admission to a coastal location, you must pay the cost of the entrance ticket to the Red Island Beach is Rp 2,500 per person.

Many foreign tourists and no less well among domestic Red Island beaches for surfing purposes. Waves on the Red Island Beach is touted as one of the best in East Java and Indonesia making it suitable for surfing. Several international surfing event ever held in this beach. High sea waves can be seen on medio April-May and September-December. You can learn how to surf on the beaches of the island with an elevation of Red waves that range from 2 to 5 ft.

One of most spectacular scenery of this place is when the sunset comes where you can find beautiful panorama: a reddish-orange shining sky which shine behind the Red Island. That will be a beautiful moment for everyone who see it. For you who loves photography, don't forget to prepare your camera to capture that beautiful moment.

Another reason why people love to come here is because this beach has great waves to surfing as well as Plengkung Beach (G-Land). The waves on this Red Island different with Plengkung Beach's waves which has strong waves and only suitable for professional surfer. Red Island got cool n safety waves which suitable for beginner to amateur surfer with approximately two meters height. This place also becomes a new destination for both domestic and international surfers. There was the first international surf competition held in this beach on May 24-26th, 2013, "Red Red Island Banyuwangi International Surf Competition 2013

Green belt (green belt0) which encircle along the coast, become a great barrier for a safer area for the Tsunami disaster that ever occurred here, in 1993. But the enormity of the disaster was almost obliterate the beauty of the island. But now Red Island rebounded with its trademark: the red soil. Remarkably, the place is clean of trash and you can find some colorful shells.

Not enough to enjoy the beauty of the red beach, visitors might enjoy watching a professional surfer who tried to conquer the waves of the Red Island. With its 4-5 meters high wave, it makes Red Island frequently visited by tourists from France, Germany, and Australia.

RED ISLAND BANYUWANGI

LET'S ADVENTURE TO BROMO MOUNTAIN TOURISM

Bromo Mountain is one of incredible mountain in Indonesia and spending the time in the morning here becomes a dream for anyone. Why? Because you will feel the tranquil atmosphere, cool temperature, wonderful scenery and local tradition that has been preserved as eternal attraction. Bromo Mountain is also an ideal tourist destination for you to relax and refresh your mind. Most of visitors who visit Bromo Mountain has a desire to see the sunrise. They so excited to come because the mountain is an active volcano and has elevation about 2.393 meters above the sea surface.

This place is located in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, in the eastern city of Malang. The beauty of this mountain has attract many visitors from many countries in the world. Watching the sunrise is an interesting event. The visitors are willing to wait from 05.00 am facing east, in order to not lose this special moment. You also do not always get to see this event, because if the cloudy sky, the sun is not seen clearly. However, when the sky is clear, you can see the sun sphere. First, the sun looks like a blotter matches, slowly enlarge until it formed a complete circle and enlighten. So we can see the mountains surrounded.

After watching the sunrise, you can go back down of Mount Pananjakan and go to Mount Bromo. Sunlight can make you see the scenery around. You will pass through the sea of sand which covers 10 square kilometers. Arid areas filled with sand and only a little dry grasses grow there. Wind, making the sand fly and can make it difficult for you to breathe.

To reach the foot of Mount Bromo, you can’t use the vehicle. Instead, you should hire a horse or when you feel powerful, you can choose to walk with the challenges of the scorching sun, the distance, and the flying dust. When you arrive at the foot of Bromo and want to see the crater, you have to climb about 250 stairs. At the top, you can see the crater of Mount Bromo that emit smoke. You also can look down and see the sea of sand with a temple in the middle. It’s really incredibly and extraordinary scenery that we can enjoy!

For you who love adventure, the mountain becomes one of the best destinations in Indonesia you may not miss because it offers you an amazing panorama and unique culture. The accommodations to Bromo Mountain is quite adequate. If you come here in Kesada month (a name of local month), you will see Kesada ritual. It is the ceremony to send the harvests into the crater of Bromo Mountain and usually it is managed from August to September. 

Local resident that is recognized as Tengger tribe believes that Bromo is a sacred mountain. That is why they organize Kesada ceremony once a year. The center of the ceremony is located in the temple at the northern foot of the mountain. Then, the ceremony will be continued to the peak of Bromo. Hundred participants would join and the ceremony will be held from night till midnight every full moon.

Bromo have known by all of visitor of the worlds. They come to Bromo to watch the sunrise. The visitor also can look down to the crater that full of its smoke, and feel the cold of the air, is probably could only be done in Bromo. Our eyes will also completed by the sea of sand that the way to reach Bromo’s peak. The main gate to the sea of sand and mount Bromo is through Cemorolawang. This is the most crowded visiting area, espesially on holidays. There are many kinds activities that could be carried on this area such as; Camping, watching the scenery, horse riding to sea of sand or walking. To get to the peak Bromo with its largely open crater, which belch of smoke expelling from its bottom. 

Mount Bromo has settled by Tenggerese for about thousands years. They who are good of God follower and always do their custom strickly, has historical relationship with Majapahit. The Antropologist from our country or other country are interesting to do some research, because the Tenggerese are strickly in keeping custom for centuries, without influenced by world’s change. So there so many version of the unique of Tenggerese in Probolinggo, it can be in the forth of tale, folktale, serat and kidung, legend and science report. 

As a good follower of God, which have Hinduism belief, they have many kinds of traditional ceremony such as; marriage ceremony, Entas-entas, Wilujengan Karo, Wilujengan Kapat, Wilujengan Kapitu, Wilujengan Kawolu, Wilujengan Kasanga, Wilujengan Kasada. Those of ceremony are lead by a person who supposed to have a magic power to make a communication with powerful things (roh halus) that called ‘Dukun’.  However, the ancestor of Tenggerese are married couple named Rara Anteng (Teng) and Jaka Seger (Ger). The combination of the two syllables were than abbreviated as Tengger. They had not child for some years, then they decided to had a meditation. They orayed to God in order that he granted their wish. 

One day there is aa misterious voice that said: that one day when Sang Hyang Widhi (God) wanted to give them children, one of them had to sacrifice to Bromo Crater (Bromo Mountain). Many days later, Rara Anteng birth her first son named Tumenggung Klewung, then followed by other children and they had 25 children. Firstly, they didn’t want to sacrifice one of their children, but they had a sign from Bromo that they must to keep the promise. Finally, their last son named Raden Kusuma had take by Bromo crater as a requirement for Dewata Sang Hyang Agung (God). Next, the misterious voice of Raden Kusuma gave an order to provide half of the harvest to be sent to Raden Kusuma in Bromo Crater every Full Moon at 14th, Kasada month. 

Because of that, every full moon at 14th in Kasada Month, people sent Raden Kusuma many kinds of harvest in Bromo mountain. That ceremony, which called “Yadnya Kasada” becomes a tradition (custom) that held up to know.

BALURAN NATIONAL PARK SITUBONDO IS LITTLE SAVVANA IN AFRICA

The best adventure in savvana, you can enjoy in Situbondo. No need to go to Africa, Indonesia has the best one.It is called as Baluran national park.

Baluran National Park is located in Situbondo Regency, East Java, Indonesia. It has a relatively dry climate and mainly consists of savanna (40%), as well as lowland forests, mangrove forests and hills, with Mount Baluran (1,247m) as its highest peak.

In stark contrast to the lush green scenery found elsewhere on the island of Java, the Baluran National Park, located on the east-most edge of Java, consists predominantly of open savannahs, where wildlife roam free. Here one can watch grazing, the large Javan water buffaloes called “banteng”, small Java mouse deer known as “kancil”, peacocks strutting about displaying their colorful plumage, eagles flying overhead and macaques fishing for crabs with their tails.

Baluran National Park is situated at the north-eastern extremity of Java, close to the islands of Bali and Madura. The park is bordered by the Madura Strait to the north, the Bali Strait to the east, the river Bajulmati (Wonorejo village) to the west and the river Klokoran (Sumberanyar village) to the south.

This park is a forest preservation area that covers about 25,000 hectares of the north coast of East Java. The park offers some great scenery and has organised safari activities. Safari is a much misused term in Asian travel circles but in this case it is appropriate - there is something very African about the savannah grasslands of Baluran. Of the three large national parks in East Java, this is the easiest reached and by far the easiest to travel around.

During the dry season, the land parches and water becomes scarce, while when it rains, water slides over the black alluvial land with little being absorbed, forming water pools especially along the Park’s southern part that connects Talpat with Bama Beach.

when you visit Baluran during the rainy season, you will see ample water holes, but during this time the Banteng and the wild bulls prefer to wander in the forests, although other animals like peacocks, mouse deer, and wild fowl do come out and can still be observed.

Baluran National Park boasts 444 species of trees, some unique to the area like the widoro bukol (Ziziphus rotundifolia), mimba (Azadirachta indica), and pilang (Acacia leucophloea). These plants are able to adapt to dry conditions when others have long wilted. Other trees also remaining green are the candle trees or kemiri (Aleurites moluccana), gebang (Corypha utan), api-api (Avicennia sp), the tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica), gadung(Dioscorea hispida), kendal (Cordia obliqua), manting (Syzygium polyanthum), and kepuh (Sterculia foetida).

 Additionally, Baluran is habitat to 155 types of birds, among which are the rare fire kite (Hirundo rustica), the red forest fowl (Gallus gallus), kangkareng (Anthracoceros convecus), hornbills (Buceros rhinoceros), tuwuk or asian tuwur  (Eudynamys scolopacea), peacocks  (Pavo muticus), and herons (Leptoptilos javanicus).

There are several activities that you can do in this park such as: - Safari Forest - forest adventure - Diving and snorkeling - Mountain hiking and mount climbing - Hill walking - Beach adventure to watch the fishermen's daily activities and seed seekers - Canoeing, rowing or boating until you the Fresh Water Gulf, Sejile Gulf and Bilik Beach.

A safari trip to Baluran is indeed a precious journey.

BEAUTIFUL G-LAND PLENGKUNG BEACH

G-Land, also known as Plengkung Beach, is an internationally renowned surf break situated on the Grajagan Bay, Alas Purwo National Park, East Java, Indonesia about half a day by road from the popular tourist destinations of Bali. G-Land is most commonly reached via boat charter from Bali.

The waves of G-Land are  considered 2^nd best waves in the world after Hawaii only. But, whereas, Hawaii offers  constant waves all year, the peak of waves in Plengkung Beach occur predominantly  between the months of April to August. Besides Plengkung and Hawaii, similar waves can be found only in Australia and South Africa.

Plengkung is known as one of the best surfing beaches in the world. The word of “G” in “G-Land” derives from Grajagan, the name of the bay where the huge waves were found at the south of the Banyuwangi. It is surrounded by virgin tropical land forest. G lad offers the worlds most demanding surfing sport, and recommended for professional surfers only. May to October is the best time for surfing. No doubt it is a world of surfer paradise. Most surfers start from Bali, take an overland to Banyuwangi and directly to National Park of Alas Purwo, G-Land or cross the Grajagan Bay to Plengkung beach where the waves challenge invite the surfers. However it is not recommended for novices

The wind at G-Land blows offshore between the months of April and September, which also happens to be when the swells are at their largest and most consistent. Since the swells are generated by low pressure systems circling Antarctica, their regularity coincides with the passage of these lows. So, the swell arrive in pulses, each lasting for a couple of days, with a couple of days between each swell.

Waves tend to be bigger and better at high tide, so it's best to plan a surf trip for the week following a full or new moon, since this is when the tide is high during the middle of the day.

Come to G-land and get the Beautiful Experiences...

THE BEAUTY IJEN CRATER AMAZE FOREIGN TRAVELERS

Scientist estimate that between 100-150 of these volcanoes are still active, containing 75 percent of all active volcanos on the planet. the one country is Indonesia.

These volcanoes form the backbone of Sumatra, Java and Bali. Kawah Ijen (Ijen Crater) in the nature reserve Ijen Park is located between Banyuwangi and Bondowoso District, East Java, Indonesia. The crater is located at the exact top of Mount Ijen, one of a series of volcanoes in East Java including Raung, Bromo, Semeru and Merapi.

With an elevation 2,799 m (9,183 ft), air temperatures at the crater are cold, usually around 10° Celsius, although sometimes the temperature drops as low as 2° Celsius. The cold ambient air temperature combined with the heat escaping from the volcanic crater increase the sensation of the experience of visiting Kawah Ijen. Various plants that exist only in the highlands can also be found here, including edelweis flowers and pine.

The principal attraction at Ijen is the large Crater Lake that has much sulfur, which lies hidden between sheer walls of deeply furrowed rock at more than 200 meters. The Ijen crater itself lies at approximately 2,300 meters above sea level. It forms a twin volcano with the now extinct Mount Merapi. The enormous Crater Lake, which is 200 meters deep and covers an area of more than meters, a million square meters, contains about 36 million cubic meters of steaming, acid water.

Ijen crater shows a special type of volcanic feature common to Indonesia, about 1 kilometer in diameter and 175 meters deep. The floor is covered completely by a warm lake, milky blue green in colours held back by a dam built many years ago by the Dutch, in order to keep the hot, mineral laden water from raining the crop lands below.

This beautiful warm crater lake with its blue-green water looks very inviting, but it is corrosive and dangerous! The crater of Kawah Ijen is about 960 meters x 600 meters with a depth of 200 meters and contains water so acidic that it can dissolve clothes and human flesh. The acid measure is almost zero (pH)

The best time to start hiking to Kawah Ijen is in the early morning, around 3 or 4 AM (some enthusiast hikers and photographers start out even earlier). This will allow you to reach the crater just in time to watch a beautiful sunrise peeping through the mountain tops.

The crater can be reached from either the east or the west by any kinds of vehicles, but the second part of the trip covers distance 3 km on foot (jungle track). However, the latter is more popular approach, since the climb from the road's end to the edge of the lake is only one and a half hours. And a walk around the lake takes a full day.

The temperature drops at night, near the crater rim it can fall to about 5° Celsius. The road ends at Jampit, where very basic shelter is available. It is also possible to sleep in the old vulcanology station further up the hill, now used by sulfur collectors, but permission must be obtained in advance.

The sulfur is transported entirely on foot. In the past, horses were used but they were found to be less practical on the hazardous terrain. Today, the mine yields nine to twelve tons of sulfur per day.

Men carry individual loads of up to 70 kg, often barefooted, up to the rim of crater and then 17 km down the mountainside to a factory near Banyuwangi. The porters are paid by weight. The most important advice if you are traveling to Ijen is: "If you lose your way, just look out for the sulfur trail". The meaning was clear, since a continuous flow of two ways traffic, carrying the sulfur down the mountainside from the lake and trudging up again to re-load, had left a yellow trail on the well-worn path. 

A morning trip to the crater is imperative. By around 10 AM the wind starts to blow the acidic sulfur smoke towards the walk path. It is difficult to climb down or up when covered by the smoke. If you find yourself in this situation and you don’t have a mask, pour some water on a tissue or handkerchief and use it to cover your mouth and nose. Breath through your mouth and stay low behind the rocks. Don’t panic! By 2 PM the access to the crater is closed due to heavy white sulfuric smoke that makes hiking impossible.