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Plantation tour

At your own pace and according to your own interest walking throughng to the coffee plantation Blawan? If you spent an extra day at the Ijen Plateau you have at least some time to inhale the amazing scenery. Especially in the morning, when the sun is not yet at it's highest point, views are terribly dramatic and colours are still bright and fresh. You have the opportunity to see people at work in de plantation, in the vegetable fields or in the coffee greenhouses. For example, drive by car, motor cycle or by bicycle to a place you realy would love to hike, feel free to wander around and get in contact with the locals.

Always wanted to pick your own coffee?

But, if you rather have an organised tour around the coffee plantation in stead of discover it by yourself, Arabica Homestay offers an organised tour. The tour is availbale during picking season, from May untill August. In the morning you leave for the coffee plantation where you are offered the opportunity to pick coffee yourself. After your basket is full, you bring it to the weighing area where your load is weighed. You will be back in your homestay around 12.00 o'clock, but that of course depends on the location where you picked coffee. the time of departure to the plantation and the time you like to spent there. You have a break, before you visit the nextdoor factory at around 15.00 o'clock. It takes about two hours to tour the factory and to understand the processing of coffee. You see all facets involved.
A tour costs Rp 115,000 per 10 people. If your group is smaller it costs Rp 25,000 per person. Included is a visit at the shed where the around 80 luwaks are housed.

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Women on their way to work in the coffee plantation Blawan

Get There

The Ijen Plateau can be reached through Bondowoso from either the northern or the southern coast. It is closer to Banyuwangi, but the road is very steep and badly deteriorated. A 4 WD is essential, although difficult to hire in Banyuwangi and outrageously expensive. Most people walk the last 8 km (from about 64 km)Â along the road to Pos Paltuding (the PHPA Post, the starting point or the trek to the crater) from Bondowoso.

To Stay

You can choose your places of stay at Bondowoso or Banyuwangi. There are a few types of accommodation with varying prices and facilities.

To Buy

The sulphur diggers will approach you for playing a guide and sell some nice sulphur statues for Rp5,000 to Rp10,000.

Get Around

You can take a walk for about 1 to 1.5 hour to the crater rim.

To Do

At the rim itself you have a nice view on the lake. You can walk around the rim or approach the lake (about a 40-minute walk).

Tips

The walk starts at Pal Tuding. Its a basic camp where you can stay overnight. There is a block with showers and toilets
At night it can be pretty cold up there,(it is suggested that you carry a sleeping bag). Take your own picnic, since the food you can buy at the parking lot isn't up to much.
The walk up to the crater rim takes 60-90 minutes. It's pretty steep. Halfway is a small post where the sulphurworkers take a break. A cup of tea is available here.
The path is just one-way so there is no need for any guidance.
An absolute must is a handkerchief to put in front of your mouth and nose to avoid inhalation of the sulphur gases.
If you buy some souvenirs like statues, they are very breakable so tape them in with toilet paper and take precious care of it.

Coffee plantation tour at Ijen

Plantation tour

Always wanted to pick your own coffee?

To Buy

To Do

Tips

Place of interest around mount Ijen

Places of interest at the plantation

Ijen is certainly a highlight, but it is undeniable that other spots in East Java are worth visiting. Are you looking for adventurous posibilities, check the Baluran National Park, Alas Purwo National Park with it's worldwide famous surfspot Plengkung, the protected Sukamade turtle beach in Meru Betiri National Park, the plantations in Kalibaru and the volcano in the spectecular landscape of the Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park.

	Baluran National Park Java has a number of national parks and reserves that are Java's best kept secret. One of them is Baluran National Park. more...	Alas Purwo NP and surfspot Plengkung This park has fine beaches and good opportunities for wildlife spotting. The waves at Plengkung at the peninsula are legendary among surfers more...

	Sukamade turtle beach in Meru Betiri NP The major attraction are the turtles, and with magnificent coastal rainforest, wildlife, beaches and superb coastal scenery, it is one of Java's finest parks.more...	Mt Bromo in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru NP Mt Bromo is not one of the great volcanoes, but it is the whole landscape that is breathtaking; one of the most impressive sights in Indonesia. more..

	The plantations at Kalibaru	Map of 'places of interest' Click on the map to found out where all these interesting places are situated near mount Ijen in East Java. more...

If you realy want to visit the Ijen Plateau and are interested in what it has to offer, environmentally and historicaly, you need to spent more than one night. Browse through this website and find out what Ijen Plateau offers you.

	Waterfall When the sulphurous murky brown water meets cool clear water, the colour difference is striking, making the waterfall truly unique.	H0t spring with sulphur Hear the famous river Bunyuputih babbling in the background, while enjoying the sulphuric hot spring; inhale and relax.

	Nose out the coffee plantation Views are terribly dramatic and colours are bright and fresh in the morning. Experience the coffee plantation life and pick some coffee yourself...	Discover Ijen's strawberries Strawberries are not that common in Java. One very simple reasons is that the average Javanese fruitvendor does not have a fridge at his disposal.

	Coffee factory There are two coffee factories at the Ijen Plateau; one near Sempol and one in Blawan. The factory at Blawan runs already when the harvest is still small.	Looking luwak Luwak coffee is coffee that has passed the intestines of the mongoose or palm civet. Civet coffee is the most expensive coffee in the world.

	Coffee breeding center The coffee seedling centre in Blawan raises seedlings in nurseries that are then planted outside at six to twelve months...