Manuel Secher
Sunrise on Bromo
We were staying in Cemoro Lawang, a small town close to the Sea of Sand. We were told by the jeep tour organizers that the road was broken, that we needed 3 hours to reach the view point by foot and that we really needed to take the jeep tour. :)
But with some fellow travelers, we decided to do the hike. We were told that, by foot, we needed to get up at 1:30 am if we wanted to do it in time before sunrise.
We kind of knew we were lied to, to make us buy their tour but we didn't know by how much!
So we left at 2:30 am...
An hour later we were there... A local confirmed that we were at the best spot: high point with no tourist around!
We sure could have get 2 hours of extra sleep!
So I suggest anybody going there to do the hike: only 5km! You will have the same view but without the 500 daily aggregation of tourists where the jeeps brings you.
Sunrise on Bromo
We were staying in Cemoro Lawang, a small town close to the Sea of Sand. We were told by the jeep tour organizers that the road was broken, that we needed 3 hours to reach the view point by foot and that we really needed to take the jeep tour. :)
But with some fellow travelers, we decided to do the hike. We were told that, by foot, we needed to get up at 1:30 am if we wanted to do it in time before sunrise.
We kind of knew we were lied to, to make us buy their tour but we didn't know by how much!
So we left at 2:30 am...
An hour later we were there... A local confirmed that we were at the best spot: high point with no tourist around!
We sure could have get 2 hours of extra sleep!
So I suggest anybody going there to do the hike: only 5km! You will have the same view but without the 500 daily aggregation of tourists where the jeeps brings you.