Mount Bromo
If the makers of Mad Max trilogy made it a tetralogy – Gunung (Mount) Bromo in East Java (Indonesia) is the place where they would film it. Mount Bromo and the surrounding 5 volcanoes make a perfect post apocalyptic scene. Smoking calderas, piles of ash and people wearing balaclavas everywhere.
Sea of Sand
Mount Bromo is surrounded by a vast plain called Sea of Sand. If you want to get to the Bromo’s crater and peak inside you must cross this landscape of endless amounts of ash and sand.
Temple at the foothill of the volcano
In the middle of the Sand Sea, just perfectly positioned, stands a lonely Hindu temple, a very sacred place for the Hindus from all over Indonesia, particularly to the local Tengger tribe.
Volcano erupted in 2016
Mount Bromo (named after Brahma, the Hindu god of creation) is not the only volcano or even the tallest one in the area, but it is certainly the most famous one. It is also still active! It erupted in 2011. and then again in 2016.
Goats and chickens are offered as sacrifices
Local people as well as travelers climb up to the very edge where you can have a peak at the boiling sulfurous crater lake. During important ceremonial dates offerings of chickens, goats, bundles of veggies and money are thrown as an offering into the crater.
Don’t miss the amazing sunrise
Even if you are not a morning person it is definitely worth getting up at 2:30 am to climb up the viewpoint at the nearby Mount Penanjakan to witness the spectacular sunrise and unbelievable colors of Bromo and Mount Semeru. It is truly a unique experience.
Just wear something warm brrr.
