Kawah Ijen Plateau - East Java
The Ijen Plateau lies in the centre of the ijen - Merapi - Malang Reserve, which extends over much of the mountainous region to the west of Banyuwangi, bordering or, the Baluran National Park. A luminous blue/green crater lake lies at the far eastern end of the plateau and is without doubt one of the most impressive of East Java's natural wonders.
The lake can be reached from either the east or the west. The latter is the more popular approach, since it takes just an hour and a half to hike up the mountainside from the road's end. From the Banyuwangi side, however, the trek takes six to seven hours from the village of Licin.
Kawah Ijen is 2,300 meters above sea-level. The enormous lake, which is 200 meters deep, contains approximately 36,000,000 cubic meters of steaming, acid water. A walk around the crater takes a full day.
Sculpture is mined at the lake's edge and the average yield is nine to twelve tons per day. Experienced sculpture collectors, who are paid by weight, are able to transport loads of up to 70 kg to the top of the crater and then 17 km down the mountainside to Banyuwangi, mostly on foot. After arrival at the factory, the sculpture is treated for use in the production of medicines as well as for processing sugar.
The lake can be reached from either the east or the west. The latter is the more popular approach, since it takes just an hour and a half to hike up the mountainside from the road's end. From the Banyuwangi side, however, the trek takes six to seven hours from the village of Licin.
Kawah Ijen is 2,300 meters above sea-level. The enormous lake, which is 200 meters deep, contains approximately 36,000,000 cubic meters of steaming, acid water. A walk around the crater takes a full day.
Sculpture is mined at the lake's edge and the average yield is nine to twelve tons per day. Experienced sculpture collectors, who are paid by weight, are able to transport loads of up to 70 kg to the top of the crater and then 17 km down the mountainside to Banyuwangi, mostly on foot. After arrival at the factory, the sculpture is treated for use in the production of medicines as well as for processing sugar.
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