Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park — Attraction in Lumajang

Less of a review, more of a word of advice and warning. Keep reading to know what to watch out for and keep in mind if you are planning on travelling here especially if you are a foreigner.

If you plan on coming, it's best to come on june and august. As it has the best chance of giving the best sunrise view. The reason i skipped july is because it is holiday month for indonesia therefore it is gonna be way more crowded.

If you are signed with any bromo travel agencies, you will get a jeep that can transport you from your hotel to the mountain. Each jeep can carry up to 5 people. The ride will get very bumpy so if you are prone to motion sickness, stay on the front seat and look at the road. Depending on where you stay it can take around 1 hour. Try to be on the way on 2 a.m or even better 1 a.m to catch the sunrise. DO NOT drive any vehicles on your own, the road is very dangerous, leave it to the professional drivers.

On the mountain, there are a few hills/spot to view the sunrise, but to get there is a not very big road and many jeeps will have to stop there blocking the road as there isn't an official parking spot and we are forced to exit the jeep. Depending on how early you are, you can get higher by the jeep, but if you are late and there's already many people, you'll stop very far from the hills/peak.

There are a few hills like i said, Love Hill, and the higher one Kingkong Hill (i went here since its a better view). To get here from where you stop, there are motor cycle rides (ojek). Now pay attention here. The ojek can take you to love hill and wait for you for 30.000 ($2) and kingkong hill 50.000 ($3.5). The guy will drop you off AND wait for you until you're finished watching the sunrise and take you back down the mountain to where your jeep stopped.

In holiday season or crowded scenarios, this price will inflate by a lot. If it's crowded and they charge you more than this, don't agree as you are getting scammed. They think in crowded places you will not have a lot of time to think and therefore charge crazy prices. I also recommend just ask them to drop off and not wait for you as it is cheaper, and there more ojek that can take you back down anyway so there is no need for someone to wait for you.

I got charged idr 150k/person ($11) for kingkong hill and i was with 4 other people, so i payed idr 750k ($53) just for a +- 3 km ride. If you are a foreigner they WILL charge more and you need to be very strict to them in this situation. Be assertive and tell them you know the real prices. Haggle if you can. They will refuse but be persistent.

The hilltops will get very cold, on the months i recommended, it can get to below zero degrees celsius. Be very prepared for the cold. For now that's all info i can provide for you to keep in mind.

This tourism spot despite very popular, it is poorly maintained and needs more care from the local government to manage better. Provide more space for the jeeps and motorcycles to move, fix the roads, fix the scamming ojek problem and also clean the whole place from trash and litter. Enforce rules to not litter and smoke in the mountain. Don't ruin the natural air and clean grounds.

Attached 2 pictures of the view from kingkong...

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