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It's getting crowded already in the Paltuding Kawah Ijen area with a temperature of 13 degrees. Yes, it's already feeling cold. I also had time to rest for a little over 2 hours from the inn and then came here to look for
Join a backpacking journey to Kawah Ijen to witness the blue fire, navigate the challenging trek, and learn practical tips for visiting this iconic Indonesian crater.
Key Takeaways
- Bring sufficient cash for all purchases and rentals at Kawah Ijen.
- Prepare for a physically demanding trek with steep climbs and cold temperatures.
- Masks are highly recommended due to strong sulfur fumes near the crater.
- Advance ticket booking and health checks are mandatory for entry.
- Motorcycle taxis offer an alternative for those who cannot complete the hike on foot but are costly.
What the video covers
- The video documents a visit to Kawah Ijen, focusing on the blue fire phenomenon and the surrounding crater area.
- The temperature at the starting point, Paltuding, is around 13 degrees Celsius, indicating a cold environment.
- Cash is essential for transactions such as renting masks, buying tea, and other logistics since non-cash payments are limited.
- Visitors must purchase tickets online, undergo health checks, and fill in visitor data before trekking.
- The climb to the crater is about 4.5 km with six rest posts, featuring steep gradients up to 45 degrees.
- Motorcycle taxis and carts are available for those unable to walk, but prices can be very high (up to Rp 1 million).
- The sulfur smell intensifies near the crater, making masks necessary for comfort and safety.
- There are food stalls and prayer areas along the trail to support climbers.
- The video shares insights about the local environment, sulfur mining, and the physical demands of the trek.
- The journey ends with reflections on the experience and practical advice for future visitors.
Chapters
- 00:00Arrival and Preparation at Paltuding
- 01:43Cash and Equipment Rental Tips
- 02:46Ticketing and Health Check Process
- 03:39Meeting Fellow Backpackers and Starting the Trek
- 05:17Trail Conditions and Rest Stops
- 09:15Sulfur Smell and Safety Measures
- 19:29Souvenirs and Final Reflections
- 29:15Return Journey and Additional Travel Info
Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown
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tea before entering the blue fire trekking route and the Ijen crater first. Wow, that's really great. Well, here's the update, friends. I was a little worried because I didn't have any cash at all. Yesterday I didn't have time
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and didn't think about withdrawing cash. So, I can say I'm a little bit busy looking for non-cash payments.
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Meanwhile, I need something like this for tea. Then maybe later the equipment I will need is a mask and so on. Yes.
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Pay later tonight. So it's mandatory for friends who want to come here to prepare cash. Okay, friends, what will it be like in Kawah and the Blue Fire? I will share the experience I got with the story of
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backpacking around Indonesia in this episode. It's already crowded, have you tried it? Oh, yes, it's a mask.
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Yes, a mask. How much is this, bro? 25. 25, yeah. Where are you from, bro?
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From Malang, sir. From where? Malang. Yeah. Do you know how to use it, sir?
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Like this. Hey, this will just be clicked. Clicked on the two yellow necks like this.
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Okay. Done. Just install it. Oh, I see. Like that. Put it here. Oh, he fell like this. Up. Oh, yeah.
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Ready. Oh, how much is a trekking ball? Trekking ball 20. Oh, 20, yeah. Oh, I don't think it's necessary. This is enough preparation.
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The important thing is just that. Just a mask. Just a mask. Okay, still healthy except here, bro.
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Ladies, that means 25. Yes, 25. Oh, and. This is the 25 tea. The tea is Rp 5,000.
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The tea is Rp 5,000. Well, that's my Rp 10,000. Oh, I have the funds. Oh, if I'd better be here, the number is 0858. It's already 228. So, I continued moving from where I tested and rented a mask
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there. I wanted to go to the ticket checkpoint and the TRK route to Kawah and Blue Fire here. Well, there I saw a Damri. The night Damri from Banyuwangi city to here.
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For backpacker friends or those who don't bring private vehicles, don't join an open trip, going to Ijen from Banyuwangi City with a curfew until here is around 10:30. It turns out that he was the last point. Okay, so let's
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continue there and once again, friends, it's better to bring cash here because things like breakfast or buying logistics, renting equipment, they prefer to pay in cash. Well, I just brought a mask. I don't know if I'll use it or not. So I just prepared it.
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For supplies, I only brought two bottles of mineral water. These were from the inn. I already bought gloves when I was in Bromo. Huh. Let's continue moving to Ijen Crater. Well, it's really crowded. W. Oh, do you have
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to queue? Queue. To take pictures there, you have to take pictures. But how did this come in? The visit data was successfully sent. So you do have to fill this in first. But the antenna is like this, the system is
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not satsat huh. I've spent a lot of time here. 02:53 name of the orderer Umbu Adi. Umbu Adi.
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Hello, Sir. I filled it in earlier under your name okay, it's safe, okay. Oh okay, okay.
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So I have to fill in something unclear. Okay, sir, you have to fill it in first, sir, so it's quick.
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You have to fill in first, visitors fill it in first, sir. So it's comfortable.
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Using what card? For what? Using what card? Okay, so for the Ijen Crater Nature Tourism Park, the entrance ticket is IDR 20,000 and after that, they check the health certificate and fill in the visitor data. I spent quite a long time here in
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this queue. I continued to the Kawah hiking trail in that direction. But it seems like this friend's stuff is nice to have a chat. His friend is a backpacker himself. Let's go together, okay?
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03:02 It's cold again. Huh? Cold. Cold huh? Already wearing a nest. Oh yeah, I'm wearing gloves, right? So what's this again? What other writing is this? Go straight to the scan again.
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Oh, scan again. The one from the counter on the right. Oh, how many people?
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One person, sir. I'm welcome, sir. Okay, thank you. Here are two people. Yes. Is it colder up there?
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Colder than here. If here, the grandson, yes, there can be 5 or four, usually until what time is it like this sir?
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Until almost sun sun. Sun is about 10:30 hours here, right? 10:30 here, if there, it's earlier, earlier, right.
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How many hours, sir, approximately, the track? Normally, 1 hour and a half, then stop.
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1 hour and a half, at the latest there is a 2-hour stop. Okay. Come on, sir. Come on, let's continue.
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Wow, cingcy. Please. Mandatory requirements for purchasing tickets for health checks are booking online. Scan the barcode payment for checking tickets.
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I'm Adi. Fuat. Mas Fuad. Who? Adi Adi, yes. Oh, these are the carts. But why aren't there any people? Maybe there were motorcycle taxis earlier. These are the motorcycle taxis. For your information, friends, the distance of the Ijen climb from the
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ticket counter to the sunrise point according to the data I got is about 4.5 km. Well, this distance is divided into six posts that will be found along the way as points that climbers can use for rest or reference during the trip.
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The climbing terrain to Puncak Ijen is also quite challenging, guys. Because there are several climbs with a gradient of up to 45 degrees. Well, so with this fairly tough route here, there are many motorcycle taxis, carts, taxis, or Ferraris, they say, for
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climbers who can't walk, but the price can be up to Rp 1 million or more for a single trip up to the peak. 3:18. Not yet, if you want to walk, just say yes, sir.
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Yes, there's a stall here. It says Warung Pos 02. Okay, let's keep moving. Mas, I want to buy a drink first.
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Oh, I see. S no no not safe. I've already bought two mesra climbs. Wow, this is going up again, that means.
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H is going up again, Masra climb. This is starting to get quite a climb. Anyway, I want to get belang, sir.
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Yes. How many kilos will it be, sir? One pikul is 75. Huh. There are 50, there are 90.
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Uh, one pitul depends on your strength. Huh. With a TRK like this, sir. This is quite 2 kilos. Two times up this, sir.
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Okay. A little bonus, yeah. The bonus is only a little more. We'll climb 2 kilos like this. Well, I'm starting to feel it. My thighs too, bro.
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Huh, great. Dangdut. Huh. Huh. Huh. Yeah, continue 3:30 because I'm so lazy. Eh, why are you leaning up? 3:38. Huh.
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Sit down, sit down. There's a food stall. You guys have a drink first. Drink. Oh, but the network here is still okay.
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Botal Komso 4G isat first, okay? Yeah, about 10 minutes. This post is 03:42. Yeah, it looks like the crater is going up.
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This is the place to eat, this is for a break. What? Do you want to continue or do you want to rest?
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No way. Continue. Okay. Oh, this food stall is big here. Heeh. Dog. Oh, he's still up there.
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Take turns. Oh, there have to be three people working. Oh, not two. One pulling, one pushing.
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No holding. Huh. Huh. Pulling is so hard. What's so hard about walking empty like this? Let alone carrying a load like that. Oh.
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Oh, the path is mixed now. This is rocky ground now. II. Let's separate first. But can you smell it yet? It's starting to get rocky. The path is narrowing, isn't it?
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The path is narrowing. Cheer up, cheer up. The smell of sulfur is almost starting to be strong. Uh, this is a deep ravine on the right. You have to focus, huh. Oh, yeah. That means this mask is useful
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too. Right. I thought it was only for the blue fire. It's nice to get a spot on the floor.
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Uh, visibility is starting to decrease, huh. Wear a mask. Wear a mask. Oh, there's a prayer area and a toilet stall. Oh, this is probably post 6.
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We're already at post 6 there. There's a toilet, there's a place for prayer, and we're lifting it ourselves.
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This could be really nice, guys. It's cold from the fire. Our fire is already lit. Why are these sulfur trinkets?
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Souvenirs, sir. Souvenirs. Souvenirs, huh? How much are these, sir? How much are these?
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Which ones? Various. Oh, various things. 30. Hmm. 40 to go to the fire there, sir.
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Yes. Go down but there's nothin
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Oh, it's gone on the road, your time. It should be earlier, huh. Well, this is the sulfur that was just taken. The one that was just taken. See, this one that was stripped, the one that was just taken,
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can it be heated differently or not, the color is not the same. Can you touch it? Yes. Yes. Yes.
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Not hot. No. That's it. Uh. Oh, hold it with a pair of shoes. This is hard. Here, come in. Come in.
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Sorry, sorry. Well, here's 503, guys. What a shame. The blue fire is almost gone.
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Actually, to go to the blue fire, it's through here, but the man said it's almost gone at this hour.
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If you buy it, if you go down, you won't have time. If you burn it. Okay, my friend, the sunr spot warehouse is still climbing up, and yes, I'm a bit disappointed because my main goal was all blue fire. Maybe
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next time I should start the track earlier from the ticket checkpoint. The blue fire phenomenon in the Ijen crater is one of the rarest natural wonders in the world, caused by the combustion of high-temperature sulfur gas reaching 200 to 600 degrees Celsius when it
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comes into direct contact with oxygen in the air. Well, this phenomenon apparently only exists in two places worldwide: one in the Ijen crater and the other in the volcanic area in Dalol , Ethiopia. However, the permit is the
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only location that is most easily accessible for tourists. Yes, unfortunately, the conditions for seeing the blue fire at Ijen are currently between still and not. This is because, according to the information I heard, the blue fire is intentionally extinguished or prevented
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from appearing by sulfur miners so that their sulfur production is not burned out. This means it forms when it's hot, right, sir?
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Yes. Below the purchase, it goes far down, sir. Yes, sir. Oh, below, not above? No, I'm not carrying it.
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Oh, doesn't it mean the stone is below or above? Below. Oh below. In the crater. Yes.
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Why not, it can't, can't? It can't. It's cold, isn't it, sir? It's already hard.
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It's cold, the sulfur is still hot these months. June, July, August, 10 standard. Where's the sun? Head that way later. Oh yes, the sun rises over there.
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Thank God, relieved. Relieved to find an emergency toilet. The place is nice too. Oh, so it's still up again, huh?
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What? Because the east is still there, huh. Two or three, you forgot. Fun fact about Hijen Crater Lake that you guys need to know is that this lake is the largest acidic lake in the world, covering an area of about 5.46 hectares
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with a depth of up to 200 m and located at an altitude of 2,386 meters above sea level. This lake is also the most acidic crater lake in the world with an acidity level or pH close to zero. This
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means that the water is able to dissolve clothes and even metals such as zinc, iron, aluminum, and magnesium.
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Sir, may I know, How much does it cost to go down? If it's normally 500 300, it's okay, the question is, can I do this? I'll just try to go down, how much? I'll just go down, check it myself, no knees, sir, pity
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it's far away, it's okay, guys, you guys, yes, if the house is 500, okay, okay, thank you, sir, so when I went up at dawn, I still couldn't see the diakoni, quickly, I took a picture, finally, I validated the
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route above, the route down, so it's like this, the view is paluding in that part, meaning the accommodation in that direction, Karon Nabek, then wait down here, say Grilled corn, young coconut. Durian, guava, fruits are all here.
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Well, that was when Damri was heading to Banyuwangi City in the morning. At 097, it was fully loaded, I saw that Damri. Okay, I want to return the mask first. Well, that part over there is Bondowoso area. Here is still
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Banyuwangi. So, KWJ is located right between the two regencies of Banyuwangi and Bondowoso. Just put it there. Okay, thank you.
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Okay, so I'm going back to the inn to rest for a while because my Damri will be at 00 noon. I'm already feeling really tired. And from the travel notes, it means that the journey from or up to KW
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and Sunrise Point takes 2 hours and then down. But that's with the road conditions or relaxed tracking, so there are also breaks. Well, for the motorbike taxi service for the climb, I had asked earlier, in the price range
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of Rp million to go or up to the crater . If it's down, it can be cheaper. It's quite good, my lungs have been pounded since dawn. My heart is also pounding.
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Unfortunately, I didn't get the blue fire. Next time I have to come later. Start if possible from the opening hours. White rice, fried chicken, fried Indomie. At 13:20 hours. Here I am at the Damri place. There is also a place
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to eat. 13:45. Yeah. So Damri is here at the post. This is a place to eat. So after eating earlier, there is a food stall. You can pay using non-cash. This is already in the Bondowoso section. I will see the
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time. This is the Damri moving towards Banyuwangi City. 1355. Damri will be leaving soon. So for the story in Ejen, I think that's enough for now. This is what I can share with BPK Kelly Indonesia's trip.
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Coming from Banyuwangi City to here. Damri got the accommodation at Paluding Tracking and what it was like in Kawijen earlier. Then back to Banyuwangi City again with Dum Breez.
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Okay, thank you for following along on this trip. So I'm back in Banyuangi City, taking some time to rest, editing the videos of the trip I've been on for the past few days. Thank you, Jen. See you again next time. almost full from
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here, if you've entered Bondoso, yes, Bondoso in the middle, this is the border, the area is already quiet. It's only busy in the middle of the night.
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Yes. until the morning at
Topics:Kawah IjenBlue FireIndonesia TravelBackpackingSulfur CraterTrekkingTravel TipsBanyuwangiNature TourismAdventure
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