Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo (Indonesian: Gunung Bromo) is an active volcano and part of the Tengger Massif in East Java, Indonesia. At 2,329 metres (7,641 ft) it is not the highest peak of the massif, but is the most well known.

The massif area is one of the most visited tourist attractions in East Java. The volcano belongs to the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. The name of Bromo is derived from the Javanese pronunciation of Brahma, the Hindu creator god.

In the tour show below are three panoramas taken for different locations. The first is from a popular lookout, Penanjakan Bromo, the second while standing at the rim of the caldera itself and the third a remote lookout called Mentigen Hill.

Stairs.

In order to reach the rim of the Mount Bromo caldera you cross a plain called the Sea of Sand, then up a long slope to a set of concrete stairs leading you up to the rim. It’s quite a climb but for those of us with heavy camera gear there are local cowboys with horses you can hire.

Mount Ijen and the Sulphur Miners

Mount Ijen and the Sulphur Miners

In late 2013, in the company of Nick & Janelle Rains and my wife Kelly, we arrived at the Paltuding base camp around midday. What followed was a 3km hike to the rim of the caldera and an experience like no other. As we climbed there was a steady stream of men coming the other way, down the mountain, all carrying what looked like impossible weights in two wicker baskets suspended on a small pole across their shoulders. Reaching the rim it’s like looking down into hell, a landscape of choking sulpher dioxide, a barren landscape, a luminous green lake of acid and the never ending line of miners carrying their loads up from the floor of the volcano.

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