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KrakatauTwo Days Trip To KrakatauBy Ludy Andria
I was offered this journey by a fellow co-worker who arranged a two days – one night trip to Krakatau Island. There are 10 of us who are mostly visiting friends from Houston on their business trip to Jakarta. It cost each of us Rp. 1.25 millions, which includes speed boat ride from Carita, camping equipments (tents and sleeping bag), and 3 meals. The trip is organized by Iyan from Krakatau Tour. For more detail information, please visit their website on krakatautour.com.
We sailed NW direction and took about 1 hour to reach the Krakatau Islands complex. The weather was good with almost flat water and sunshine. There was a little worry when we saw clouds from behind Krakatau Island, but later on we found no rain throughout our journey.
When the main body of Krakatau erupted in 1883, most of the island was disappeared and left only 3 small islands, they are the Sertung Island and 2 islands mentioned above. Since then, slowly the Anak Krakatau re-appears from the middle of this group of islands, and now standing about 600 M above sea level. As we go around to the east flank, things are looked very different. There are a lot of trees with black sandy beach. We saw a group of 5 tents with a boat have set up their camp site. We went further 300 M before we land, and set up our own.
After 1 hour hiking in a steaming hot sun and sands, we reached a saddle area, about half way to the crest. From here, Anak Krakatau peak is standing majestically before us. The view down is even more beautiful looking at the surrounding islands and deep blue sea. The guide refused to continue climbing since the ground is still too hot. Some of us try to continue, but return back after few hundreds meters. It was too hot and the smell of the sulfur was just too strong. So, we decided to hang around to enjoy the view. The sun has disappeared behind the volcano and made the air much cooler.
The night was clear with a slow blowing wind. It was a nice breeze, so couple of us decided to sleep on the beach, and just lay on the sleeping bag by the fire place.
Around 10.00 AM, we were heading back to Carita and continue drove back to Jakarta. —oo0oo—
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