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Bromo Mountain located at Tengger Semeru National Park covers some 800 square kilometers in the centre of East Java. It is the largest volcanic region in the province and there stands Mt. Semeru, which rises 3676 meters above sea level. At its northern end is the spectacular Tengger Caldera with its 10 km barren desert-like sea of sand where volcanic cones of Batok and Bromo rise the deeply fissured volcanic cones of Batok and Bromo. Temperatures at the top of mount Bromo range about 5 to 18 degrees Celsius. Tengger sandy area has been protected since 1919, and its believed to be the only conservation area in Indonesia. There are several mountains inside the calderas namely: Mt Watangan (2,661 m asl)., Mt Batok (2,470 m asl), Mt Kursi (2,581 asl), Mt Watangan (2,661 m asl), and Mt Widadaren (2,650 m asl). To reach Bromo takes about 5 hours from Surabaya.

What to see during the tour?

SEAAIR tour will take the delegates to Bromo area and will stay 1 night in a resort hotel nearby.

At dawn, delegates will use a jeep ( one jeep can be for 5 people ) to go up to Pananjakan hill where the amazing sunrise slowly come up dragging the wonderful scene of chains of mountains of Bromo National Park. The way from the hotel to go up the hill passes the desert-like sea of sand where the volcanic cones of Batok and Bromo are there. But dawn does not offer good scene.

After seeing sunrise, jeeps will move down the the desert-like sea of sand of Batok and Bromo mountains. Batok mountains offers an amazing nature and is mostly taken as photo background. Jeep drive will be happy to stop here for taking photo. To get closer to the caldera of Bromo delegates may ride on a horse.

Batok mountain is just next to Bromo mountain, so after stopping at Batok mountain, delegates can climb up to the caldera through about 250 steps of stair. Local people of Tengger climb up this caldera for religious ceremony.

What to wear ?

At Pananjakan Hill at dawn will be very cold and can be a bit windy in November. Delegates are expected to wear: long sleeve T-shirt, jacket, glove, cap covering ears ( see the photo ), sport shoes, glasses .

Pasuruan Embroidery Home Industry

On the way back to Surabaya, delegates will stop at embroidery home industry in Pasuruan. If we are lucky, we can see the manggo festival, since November is the season for mango and Pasuruan is very well known with its good manggo.

CITY TOUR

( 5 November, 2008)

Delegates will be taken to see Surabaya more by visiting an art handycraft shop where various batik and handycrafts representing many places of Indonesia.

Many ethnic item can be bought, such as metal handicraft, leather handicraft , embroidered needlework, woven handicraft, batik, woodwork & fretwork, rattanwork, wooden furniture, ceramics, onyx & marbleware, platework, flower arrangement, painting, statues, carvings, antique, basket works, Silver works.

Then delegates will be taken to see the west part of Surabaya that is a bit away from the downtown to have dinner with a different nuance.

Note: The activity of spouse or accompanying persons during the day will be decided later when the number of spouse is fixed.