Bromo From Penanjakan

It certainly needs experience and skills to drive along the road of Bromo-Penanjakan-Bromo route, especially if you pass the road between 3-5 am when visibility is limited, but driving down from Penanjakan on a bright morning is still challenging. Toyota Hardtop 4×4 jeeps are the definitive kings of the Bromo’s road and have become an important icon of Bromo, other than horse, and the chilly weather.

We made a stop on the way down from Penanjakan to Kaldera Bromo (Bromo’s Caldera) and take a few shots of the mountains. The above photo was one of them, and it’s probably one of the best shots that I took during the trip.

Bromo was seen from the parking area. In the car, along the way from Penanjakan to Bromo I collected my spirit in order to prepare myself to climb Bromo. I refreshed my memory at Candi Gedong Songo when I survived riding on a horseback for several hours passing hard terrains to get to the all 9 Candi, and even worse when I did a real horse riding through villages at Puerto Vallarta a few years back that made me couldn’t walk properly for about a week or so.

I also refreshed the experience of walking through a narrow steep path of rough stones at Curug Seribu several weeks ago (haven’t posted about it yet) that I walked extremely slow but constantly with a short pace just like a steady walking zombie on the way back from the Curug (waterfall), and arrived back at the parking area without losing too much of a breath and relatively in good condition. With those in mind, I finally succeeded convincing myself to ride on a horse again, and to climb stairs of Bromo when the car finally made a stop at the parking area of Bromo’s sea of sands.

The stairs towards the edges of Bromo’s crater were not as terrifying and not as hard as what I imagined. Again, I practiced my Curug Seribu zombie’s technique, one step at a time, slowly, constantly and continuously…

Mount Batok and the horses were seen from the middle of Bromo’s stairs.

Visitors were line up at the edges of Bromos’s crater.

Bromo was spewing its sulfuric gas from its belly. The crater was not that visible when we were there, and visitors need to be cautious to watch where the wind would bring the gas to.

Stairs of Bromo and the temple of Bromo were seen from the top of crater.

I felt really good after descending from the top of Bromo’s crater. All worries and uncertainties had been proven unfounded, aside that we were blessed with clear sky during the visit. Penanjakan and Bromo is for everybody with spirits to admire the view of the majestic East Java’s highlands. Plan your visit to Bromo before the rainy season come in November to experience yourself the magical view of Bromo.