The Blue Flame Ijen Crater Volcano in Banyuwangi

The Blue Flame Ijen Crater Volcano in Banyuwangi is a unique natural phenomena that always appears everynight from the bottom of volcano crater, and can only be found in a few places in the world, one of which is Iceland.

This phenomenon occurs due to sulfur gas coming out of rock crevices in the crater at very high temperatures, reaching around 600 degrees Celsius. When this sulfur gas meets oxygen, combustion occurs which produces a blue flame.

The Ijen Crater is one of the most popular volcano tourism located in Banyuwangi Regency, East Java Island. to reach its location, need trekking down to the bottom crater accross a small path following the local tour guide or local miners.

After they get the Ijen volcano rim, they are really gain original response that Blue Flame on Ijen Volcano is really exist every night. moreover, they also know about a processing how the local miners doing activity taking sulfur from the bottom crater, green acid lake and yellowish sulfur which appears from the crater pipe and only appears every night exactly begin at 18.00 PM and finish at 05.30 AM. Since National Geographic mentioned about the electric – blue flame on Mount Ijen, Banyuwangi tourist numbers visit this crater increased up to thousands in every week.

The existance for Blue Flame Ijen Crater of Banyuwangi

The Blue Flame Ijen Crater contain a stunning electric flames that erupted from volcano and only accored every night wherein a dazzling electric-blue fire can often be seen streaming down the mountain at night, the blue fire glow unusual for a volcano with lava. The glow of this Ijen flame is actually the light from the combustion of sulfuric gases, Grunewald explained, taht the gases emerge from cracks in the volcano at high pressure with temperature up to 1,112°F (600°C). When they come in contact with the air, they ignited, sending flames up to 16 feet (5 meters) high. Some of the gases condense into liquid sulfur, “which continues to burn as it flows down to the Ijen volcano slopes.

How to enjoy the Blue Flame Ijen Crater tour?

Ijen Crater tour package is the most popular tour package mostly booked by Our clients, The nearest route to enjoy the Blue Flame tour is from Bali or Banyuwangi, through Ferry Ketapang Port of Banyuwangi hotel. Our partner will lead your trip to Mount Ijen by private from Banyuwangi begin at midnight time around 00.00, then your trip will ended at 12.00 PM (day time) to Banyuwangi again.

The detail itinerary related with the Ijen Crater tour :

• Mount Bromo Ijen Crater tour from Bali
• Mount Bromo, Blue Flame Ijen Crater tour
• Mount Bromo, Ijen Crater, Tumpak Sewu Waterfall tour

Before the Blue Flame Ijen tour begin, We suggest You to bring a jacket, gloves, trekking pole and a bottle of mineral drinks. You will do trekking for 2 hours from Paltuding (rest area) with the local tour guide following the steep route to the Mount Ijen summit, then trek down to the bottom crater (Blue Fire location) for 45 minutes.