Mt. Bromo, a Short Trip

It’s been a while since my last trip, a real trip. Biasanya numpang jalan – jalan when i was on duty. I rarely have a trip with girl friend. Most of my trips are accompanied by bf. Well, I’m such a picky person ketika menyangkut teman bepergian. I can’t easily match with any person. But this time I went with my girl friends.

Biasanya bepergian dengan cewek-cewek itu repot. Terlalu banyak pertimbangan dan tidak praktis. Oke, it doesn’t always happened, but most does. Mungkin sebabnya kamu tidak bersama orang yang tepat. Like me, meskipun bepergian dengan cewek – cewek, tapi kami menikmatinya, tidak ribet, dan sangat spontan.

This was my first time visiting Mt. Bromo, I and Putri exactly. We’ve heard many stories about Mt. Bromo. It’s beauty, the breathtaking panorama, and of course a perfect spot for taking photos.

Mt. Bromo is located in East Java regency, tepatnya Kabupaten Pasuruan. Untuk menuju Bromo, kita dapat melalui Kota Surabaya atau Malang. Kebetulan kali ini kami semua berada di Malang (I only know that Mt. Bromo is located in Malang). We use travel from Harris Hotel Malang. Oh ya, a little review about Harris Hotel Malang, the place is so good, the foods are delicious, It has beautiful pool, lovely view, but the only but is the bad service by the Sales named R. We’re really disappointed of him.

Travel from Harris Hotel costs IDR 1.350.000 for full package trip to Mt. Bromo  (exclude the entrance ticket and the horse). We can share it with 6 persons actually, but unfortunately no one want to join us. Awalnya ada ide sharing dengan guests yang lain, tapi apa daya no one guests has same ideas with us. Kami berangkat dari hotel tepat pukul 01.00 pagi. Rute Malang – Bromo termasuk yang paling cepat (kurang lebih 1,5 jam kalau lancar). Kalau dari Surabaya kita harus berangkat sekitar jam 00.00 dini hari. Benar-benar perjuangan keras bagi orang seperti saya yang tidak pernah terjaga malam – malam.

That package we took includes acomodation (return) with Avanza and Jeep for visiting 4 spots. So these are the spots:

      Penanjakan Satu

We arrived at Bromo at 2.30 am. We’re transfered to Jeep in a parking space to reach the spots. Masih dengan mata terkantuk – kantuk kami keluar mobil menuju Jeep sewaan. I’ve heard about the cold weather jadi saya, Putri dan Bu Aris sudah bersiap-siap dengan peralatan perang baju berlapis-lapis dibungkus baju hangat. But if you don’t have enough preparation don’t be worry, begitu keluar mobil akan ada banyak masyarakat Suku Tengger (masyarakat sekitar Bromo) yang menawarkan perlengkapan mulai dari sarung tangan, topi rajut, shawl, sampai menyewakan baju hangat. And what surprises me is not too-markup-price. The price is reasonable.

Please do not mind my huge arm. It's all about the angle :P

The beautiful scenery of Bromo

Kami menempuh 30 menit untuk sampai ke Penanjakan Satu. Kami sengaja ingin sampai secepat-cepatnya agar mendapatkan momen sunrise Bromo terbaik. Ketika kami sampai, everything is still dark no view. I told my self berulang-ulang, told Putri, “Mana bagusnya?”. Well, after 30 minutes waiting, the sun rised. Mungkin karena  semalam hujan jadi langit sedikit berkabut dan kami harus menunggu lama agar dapat melihat warna langit pagi idaman, tapi view Bromo dengan lembah tertutup kabut really breathtaking.

     Bukit “Teletubbies”

I never understand why the hill was named “Teletubbies”. We had a quick visit here dan belum sempat melihat tampak sebenarnya dari Bukit Teletubbies karena kabut tebal yang masih menutupinya.

Oh ya, finally I can check my list, praying at Bromo Temple. Beruntung pemilik Jeep bersedia mengantarkan saya. Many thanks.

     Pasir Berbisik

Dinamai demikian konon karena pergerakan pasir-pasir di lembah Bromo ini menimbulkan gesekan yang terdengar seperti sedang berbisik-bisik. Taking photos here is a must! Lembah berpasir yang cantik dan fotogenik.

Kawah Bromo

This is our last spot to visit. Quite hard to reach the crater. Jika memilih berjalan kaki, perjalanan ke kawah ditempuh sekitar 30-40 menit. Kami traveller yang manja memilih riding a horse. Believe it or not, this was my first time riding a horse. Although riding horse, we had to walkng up 200 stairs to reach the crater. Lucunya, saat kami menaiki tangga, di sepanjang perjalanan banyak pendaki yang menyemangati kami. Bukan hanya kami tepatnya, pendaki tangga saling menyemangati untuk tetap bertahan melalui tangga ke-200. Super!

Those were 4 spots we reached in our quick getaway. Such a quick visit that we returned to Hotel at 9.00 am. We’re so satisfy with this trip.

Sunrise, checked.

Praying at Bromo Temple, checked.

Riding horse, checked.

Taking pretty photos, checked.

Our return trip to hotel took more times because of traffic. Arrived at 11.30 am, we prepared our luggage quickly then went toward airport to catch our flight to Jakarta.

See you again in another trip!

Xoxo, Putu Gian

*all photos by : Fardhani Hamiputri (@fardhaniputri)