There are two viewing areas, the higher one was not accessible from our location as the road was damaged in a January eruption and following landslides. You can supposedly reach it by bike but ours is a bit underpowered. It had a hard time making it up a couple of hills on the approach forcing Jacqueline to walk a few stretches and me to push with my feet even under full throttle. You start out at 4 am, we took a jeep to the base then climbed the rest of it. In no way were we climbing as in mountain climbing, there are steps leading up and a line of people ahead of you but at the altitude you do feel it a bit in the legs. At the top you're happy to find stalls selling coffe (kopi in Indonesian) and snacks. I recommend the ginger kopi, in fact, I suggest adding ginger to coffee at home. As the sun rose and Semeru erupted which is does every morning you are faced with one of the most astounding natural scenes I've ever witnessed. Shortly later Bromo erupted. Both erupt each morning which I can only assume is related to the heating of the earth's crust by the sun.
Predawn light with the constantly smoking Bromo.
Gunung Semeru erupting.
The Bromo eruption. We would later climb to the rim of the crater and watch as smoke and ash billowed out while the volcano grumbled beneath us.
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