How To: Climb Mt. Bromo
If you haven’t toasted a s’more in lava then you haven’t lived, so you’d better get yourself to the top of a volcano.
The Volcano
“Mount Bromo is incredible. Everyone seems to think you climb up Mt. Bromo, but you actually climb the mountain next door, Penanjakan, which overlooks Mt. Bromo’s crater for sunrise. And then afterwards you can hike over to Mt. Bromo in about two hours. Don’t worry about training too hard: you have to be pretty out of shape not to be able to do this hike.”
Ain’t no mountain high
Waking up Early
"There are a number of small guesthouses about an hour from the summit of the mountain. Usually people wake up about 3:30am, and they go to see the sun rise. It’s a good idea to go a bit early as it can be busy.”
Ain’t no valley low
The View
“It’s not just one volcano here, there are about five of them in the region. Mt. Bromo is the most well-known, but it’s surrounded by other volcanoes so it is really a special sight. It always has a plume of smoke coming from the center, so when you are watching sunrise and the mist clears: it’s absolutely beautiful.”
Misty mountain hopping in East Java