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Mt Bromo (2,329 metres), sitting rather idly in the middle of ... For a while, it is only a sound of collective heaves and sighs and the soft thud of hiking boots on the steep trail, lit up by the ...

During the Yadnya Kasada Festival in Java Tenggerese worshippers trek across the 'Sea of Sand ... Sea of Sand' to give their offerings to Mount Bromo during the Yadnya Kasada Festival at crater ...

The early morning trek involves a rough ... jumping on horseback for a leisurely one-hour ride to the base of Mount Bromo itself. Visitors perched along the Mount Bromo crater edge viewing ...

Batok, Mt. Bromo, and the majestic Mt. Semeru. Mount Penanjakan 2 offers a roomier alternative, though getting there requires a longer trek through bushes. Besides the sunrise and the mountain views, ...

Flights extra. See contiki.com. You’ll start near the contestants’ finishing point, in Jakarta, Indonesia, before trekking to the peak of Mount Bromo, one of the most famous active volcanoes ...

Mount Bromo, on the island of East Java ... Every year, hundreds of Indonesians mark the festival of Yadnya Kasada by trekking up to the summit to throw offerings into the crater beyond.

Here’s how it works. Eta Aquarid meteor above Mount Bromo taken in May 2013. [Read the full story behind these photos here] A record shot of Mount Bromo taken during sunrise on Sept. 8 ...

Every year people from the Tengger tribe gather from villages in the highlands around Mount Bromo to trek to its peak to cast goats, chickens, fruit, flowers and vegetables into its crater as part ...