Bromo (2,392 M or 7.641 ft)

Bromo is a small pyroclastic cone which rises 133 meters above the surrounding floor of the massive Tengger Caldera.

This caldera also referred to as the sand sea caldera, is the result of collapse of top half of Tengger Caldera over 250,000 years ago.

The Tengger was built up by a pyroclastic volcano about 4,500 meters. This would be made it the highest mountain in Java at the present day.

In a further slightly a smaller volcano, named Ngadisari collapsed a massive eruption around 150,000 years ago.   

At a later time, eruption from vent in the Ngadisari caldera resulted of significant and also some lava flows. The product of this eruption built up the Tengger 

Caldera, also refered as Cemoro Lawang (The gate of Spruce)

The Tengger Caldera it self formed over 4,500 years ago and emplacement of 6 calderas vent.

1.      Segara Wedi Kidul (2661 m)

2.     Segara Wedi Lor I (2,561 m

3.     Segara Wedi Lor II

4.     Mount Kursi (2,581 m)

5.     Mount Bromo (2,392 m)

6.    Mount Batok (2,470 m)

Bromo maybe more knew then others vents, because only Bromo is presently active.

Located 4 hours drive from Surabaya, the capital city of East Java Indonesia, Mount Bromo is a part of The Bromo Tengger National Park. That covers a massive area of 800 square kilometers.

While Mount Bromo may be small when measured against with other volcanoes in Indonesia, but the Mount Bromo will not disappoint with its spectacular views and dramatic landscape.    

From vantage point of Mount Pananjakan 2,5 hours from Malang, visitors from around the world come to see the sunrise over Mount Bromo. From this spot we can take picture of the magnificent sunrise.

After countless photo opportunity in Pananjakan we could back down to car park near the base of Bromo. From the car park we can walk or ride by horse across the sea sand to the base of Bromo where you can start to climb up the 253 steps to the top of Bromo.

There is a small Hindu Temple located around this National Park. One of this traditional customs of the Tenggeresse people is Yadnya Kasada ceremony. The annual ceremony (usually in September – November) offering of foods are thrown into the Crater of Bromo Volcano.

To reach Mount Bromo you can fly to Juanda International Airport in Surabaya.  The distance from Surabaya to Bromo is about 3 hours drive. From the airport in Surabaya we can get a lot mode transportation to get to Mount Bromo.

We can take the bus from Purabaya bus terminal (or know as Bungur Asih Terminal) to Probolinggo about 1.5 hours drive. From Probolinggo we take a minibus to Sukapura about 45 minutes. From Sukapura take a minibus to Ngadisari.

The easiest way to get to Mount Bromo is using one mode transportation. Take a vehicle like inova or similar from the airport to Cemoro Lawang directly.  

There are numbers of guest house (losmen) or basic hotels around Mount Bromo located in Ngadisari or Cemoro Lawang. We can also stay at Tretes Pasuruan or Malang the nearest town to Bromo. There are a number of cool mountain resorts with a good hot water.