Ascent to Bromo volcano

If you go to Bromo after visiting the viewpoint, you must first descend from the agricultural plateau a hundred meters below to the very bottom of the caldera. Surprisingly, in the beginning you do not walk on the volcanic dust, as you might expect, but on a grassy meadow. Routes lead you directly to the volcano.

Looking back, you can see the massive walls of the caldera, which in some places exceed the bottom by up to 600 meters.

Directly in front of Brom, a beautifully symmetrical but already extinct volcano Batok rises from the volcanic plain. For those who have more time, climbing this volcano can be an interesting sidetrip for him.

After passing the Pura Luhur Poten temple, hobbies will definitely come to you, offering a ride to the volcano or back to the visitor center. Prices are relatively high. It is possible to bargain and if there are no more tourists it is possible to get a really good price. Then comes the ascent itself along a relatively well-groomed path directly up to the volcano.

The ascent to Bromo itself is like a march by Mordor from the Lord of the Ring. Incredible how you can get from a world teeming with greenery to a completely dead landscape in no time. Of course, it is sensible to go on this hike early, as around 9 o'clock the clouds begin to spill over the wall of the caldera.

After a short five minutes of ascent, you are at the place where the most horses are waiting for your customers. From here you go to the top by stairs. Without it, it would be a struggle with volcanic rubble and dust.

So you are finally rewarded with a view of hell – a view into the crater of the still active Bromo volcano opens up in front of you.

However, the view of the crater fortified with railings is definitely not the top, but a place where most tourists end the tour. If you want to go even higher, all you have to do is climb carefully along a narrow path along the edge of the craters. However, staggering and falling into a crater is probably the last thing you want to experience in Indonesia.

The path along the ridge is relatively airy, but not significantly dangerous if you do not suffer from dizziness.

A short distance away is a saddle between the two volcanoes. However, the terrain of weathered ridges is not ideal for a possible climb to the adjacent volcano.

From the top of the volcano is a nice view back to the nearby Batok, into the interior of the crater. The worst thing about the whole hike along the ridge is when the wind turns and you disappear in volcanic sulfur fumes.

From the top of Brom, you will probably return the same way and either walk to the visitor center on your own or let yourself be taken on horseback. Alternatively, you can continue further along the ridge to other lookout points.