Day 01. Bali (Sanur/Kuta/Denpasar) – Ijen area

We pick you up at your hotel in the morning. It is a three hours drive to Gilimanuk, the village where the ferry leaves for Java. The cross over takes one hour, after which we drive to a restaurant at the seashore to have lunch. Then we drive to the Ijen Plateau (1.5 - 2 hours). You still have enough time to enjoy the surroundings and visit the plantation. You spent the night in a home stay at the Ijen Plateau or in a luxurious hotel on the southeastern slope of Mount Ijen.

Day 02. Ijen trekking – Sukamade

You have breakfast with a cup of tea or coffee very early in the morning (05.00 am), before we depart with a 4WD through plantations and rainforest to Paltuding. It takes about one hour to reach Paltuding, the 'entrance' to Kawah Ijen. It will take you around an hour to walk three kilometres up hill to the crater. Finally at the top you have a spectacular view at a sea of colours; the turquoise lake, the yellow sulphur and the brownish red crater rim. A lot of sulphur miners carry loads up to 80 kilograms out of the crater up to the rim and then down to the weighing post in Paltuding. After you inhaled the scenery, there is time to visit the sulphur factory where sulphur is purified and packed. Then we drive via Pesanggaran to the protected Sukamade turtle beach. On your way we drive across the extensive plantations of East Java and the mountain range of the Meru Betiri National Park. The turtle beach is a wild three kilometers strip of sand at the Indian Ocean. Four species of turtles come ashore to lay their eggs at night. But, before the evening falls, you still have time to walk around the local kampong where people make brown sugar. At night a ranger will guide you to see the sea turtles. The sea turtles usually come ashore around at 19.30 and return to the sea at midnight. You overnight in a simple guest house in the Meru Betiri National Park.

Day 03. Sukamade – Kalibaru plantations

The next day, you can explore the surroundings of Sukamade and the National Park, if you like. Then, on our way to Kalibaru we can stop at the bay Teluk Hijau where you can swim or just enjoy the scenery. It is a six hour drive to Kalibaru, We stop on the way to have lunch at local restaurant.

Day 04. Kalibaru – Cemara Lawang (Bromo)

After breakfast, you can visit a local factory where coffee, rubber and chocolate (depending on the season what is harvested) are processed.  Then, we continue to the village Cemara Lawang near mount Bromo. It will take about four to five hours to reach the village. Of course, we will stop for lunch. You spent the night in a village with a view at the Bromo landscape.

Day 05. Sunrise at Mt. Bromo – Drop in Surabaya

It is very early if we wake you up. It is around three o'clock in the morning if you want to see the sun rise over theastonishing landscape. You have coffee or  tea  before leaving to Pananjakan by car. The last three kilometres to the top of Mt Pananjakan (2770 m) you will have to hike. Then we will descend to the Sea of Sand you have to cross if you want to see the crater of mount Bromo. Hereafter, we go back to the hotel to have breakfast. And then suddenly it is time for you transfer to Surabaya. We can either drop you in a hotel or at the airport