Mount Bromo Travel Tips

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Take the ultimate selfie, at the top of an active volcano’s crater rim.

Mount Bromo is an easy place to do it. A lot easier than Mount Rinjani since the actual trek to Mount Bromo’s crater rim only takes less than an hour.

Trek on stairs to the summit crater of Mount Bromo, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

Mount Bromo summit crater, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

Slope farms in Ngadas Village near Mount Bromo, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

Homestay roof at Ngadas village, near Mount Bromo, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

Mount Bromo view from Cemoro Lawang village, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

Sea of Sand near Mount Bromo, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

Ngadas Bakso (soup) at Ngadas village, near Mount Bromo, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

Mount Bromo summit crater, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

Madakaripura Waterfall in Cemoro Lawang, near Mount Bromo, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

Farmers at Cemoro Lawang village, near Mount Bromo, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

Vegetable farms at Cemoro Lawang village, near Mount Bromo, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

The savanna near Mount Bromo, in Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

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