Crater tour area ijen located in middle area crater nature preserve ijen that enter in regency area Bondowoso, district Klobang and regency Banyuwangi, slippery district. this crater is shaped green coloured lake tosca berda at height 2.368 meter above sea level. that crater is walled kaldera as high as 300-500m. lake ijen has acidity degree zero, has depth 200 meters. the acidity enough strong to dissolve clothes and human finger.

This crater has vast around 5.466 hectare. that crater water is enough calm and rather blue green coloured. scenery there seen so amaze at morning. crater water the volume around 200 million meter cubic hotly achieve 200 degrees celcius that send out light golden green shiny moment sun light rushes from return mount Merapi, mount twin brother ijen.

Tour trip to crater Ijen, start from paltuding that be a Office of Forest at hillside merapi-ijen. from here found soil road rises to height 2.400m with time goes 2 clocks with walk to relax. arrive at crater lip, scenery will amaze soon saji before very eyes. a green lake with diameter around 1 km covered mist and sulphur smoke presents far under. from here visitor can see sulphur mineworkers that reside in near lake. to aim to lake, visitor must descend ledge stoney kaldera pass footpath also usually be passed by mineworkers. wet handkerchief here very is need, because oftentimes wind direction blews to bring smoke aims to depreciation stripe.

Found also be principal uniqueness from crater tour ijen besides of course panorama beauty exist in there.

Besides aim lake surface, visitor can also surround kaldera that consume time approximately all day long full. ascent to crater ijen usually suggested begun in morning. by security reason, ascent to crater ijen from paltuding closed as free as blow 14: 00, because the thick smoke and wind direction possibility that aim to ascent stripe. to chase trip at morning, suggested visitor stays at city closest that is Bondowoso or Situbondo.

If like estate atmosphere, place that leave an impression to spend the night guest house coffee estate ptp archipelago xii at kalisat, jampit. this estate is passed by when aim area ijen pass route bondowoso. available also package dish agro tour visits coffee garden and see coffee seed processing unit. . besides also found also tour hovel at paltuding enough clean, or can open tent under the sun camp paltuding