Day 01; Pangkalan Bun – Kumai Port – Tanjung Puting National Park
Upon arrival in Pangkalan Bun airport, you will be picked up by our local staff and take you to kumai port by car for 20 minutes and then proceed to National Park Tanjung Puting area by Boat for 2 hours. The boat is wooden river boat for tourist specialist. It’s 12m by 2,5m with a roof and called by Klotok, which forms the upper deck, you can view the natural rainforest. We will slowly explore the quite river by Klotok to observe wild animals and natural environment along the river sides. Cabin with Simple mattress, pillow, meals, bottled mineral water, mosquito net, kitchen and simple toilet are available on Boat. You can choose to take dinner and stay over night on Boat or at Rimba Lodge.
Day 02; Boat/Lodge – Pondok Tangguy – Camp Leaky
After breakfast, we will travel up the river for 2 hours boating to Camp Leaky where the older orangutans are reintroduced into the rainforest. Before arrive in Camp Leaky, we will stop in Pondok Tangguy to see feeding time at 09:00 then proceed to Camp Leaky. After lunch on Boat you have opportunity to take small trek before see feeding time in Camp Leaky area at 14:00. Enjoy the river safari when you are on way back to stay over night on boat or at Lodge.
Day 03; Pangkalan Bun – Banjarmasin – Surabaya to Mount Bromo
After breakfast, we will transfer you to Kumai port by Klotok about 2 hours then take car to Pangkalan Bun airport to catch flight leaving for Banjarmasin/South Borneo then take connecting flight from Banjarmasin to Surabaya airport in East Java. Upon arrival in Surabaya Airport then transfer you to the small village of Cemoro Lawang in the Tengger region. The journey takes approximately three and a half hours, with possible stops en route to a leather-producing town and an Indonesian restaurant famous for its lamb satay. Overnight at Lava View Lodge, a unique lodge located on the rim of the Mt. Tengger crater with a superb view of Mt.Bromo, Mt. Batok and Mt. Kursi. If time permits, it is possible to walk through the countryside or go horseback riding in the area
Day 04; Mt. Bromo Hotel – Mt. Penanjakan – Mt. Bromo – Ijen Crater
At 4 am the 4 WD will bring you to the world’s most famous view point at Mt. Pananjakan on the rim of the Tengger – caldera to see sunrise with its young volcanic including Mt. Bromo and an active Mt. Semeru in the back ground is breathtaking the play light shadow with sunrise reach Mountain succession from the top to the bottom and the usual fog of the caldera. Afterward the adventure be continued to an active Mt. Bromo volcano to visit crater until it is finished. The 4 WD will bring you back to the lodge for breakfast, showering, packing, loading bags to the vehicle. At 9 am we drive trough scenic landscape until we reach Ijen plateau where the spend the night in the middle of caldera and world’s famous coffee plantation in a comfortable and charming hotel Arabica or Catimoer (build by the Dutch colonialist as the head quarter of the coffee plantation around the century ago) or stay over night in hotel Ijen Plateau area. Before dinner in the old colonial style dinning room, a hot bath nearby natural hot springs will be unforgettable relaxing experience. After dinner a briefing about the following excursion to Ijen volcano will be given.
Day 05; Ijen Crater/Kawah Ijen – Bali or Back to Surabaya
At 5 am we drive a short way ( paltuding ) to the start of the trail that lead up to the active beautiful crater of Kawah Ijen volcano ( 2 hours walking ) with its famous blue acid lake ( actually the most acid in the world ) and the hot partly liquid sulphur deposit .The dumorales are so hot that sulphur come out as green vapour. The vapour is collected by large pipe at the excite of which its condenses , forming red rivulets of liquid sulphur than freeze to solid deposit are carried to obtain huge block of pure sulphur with primitive , healthy devastating method and incredibly hard job .After observation time we leave Ijen plateau and drive down to Banyuwangi town then directly transfer you back to Surabaya or Bali by crossing ferry port in eastern tip of Java Island and the adventure is ended.
