Cemoro Lawang Gate, Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park

Posted by annosmile on 27 February, 2010

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Cemoro Lawang name is familiar to the tourists who love the mountain tourism. Cemoro Lawang is one path to go to Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (id: Taman Nasional Bromo Tengger Semeru). Name Cemoro Lawang also called the Cemara Lawang. To go to Cemoro Lawang can be take using private vehicles such as cars and motorcycles or public vehicles such as minivans and pickup.

There are four lines to go to Mount Bromo, Malang through the village of Ngadas, from Pasuruan through Tosari, from Lumajang through the village of Burno, and from Probolinggo through Cemoro Lawang village.

Entering Cemoro Lawang village, we parked the car and renting a home stay for the rest to prepare for the next morning to get to the summit of Mount Penanjakan by using the Jeep hardtop.

Bromo entrance area is on Cemoro Lawang village (2200 m above sea level) is the closest point to the Bromo. Cemoro Lawang has supporting facilities such as hotels, souvenir shops, rental jacket, jeep and horse rentals.

While waiting for the next day to enjoy the sunrise at the summit of Mount Penanjakan and closer to the crater of Mount Bromo, which is a tour package Mount Bromo, we tour around Cemoro Lawang as conditioned body in a cold environment. As we see several buildings around the temple. The majority of the population of Cemoro Lawang village are Hindus because supposedly a descendant of the Majapahit kingdom during evacuation declining empire. Many offerings placed in front of the house so we must be careful in the foot.

Some providers horse around inns and hotels to offer transportation to go to the crater of Mount Bromo. Although there was a modern transportation, services of this horse is still enough to attract tourists around Mount Bromo. Regarding the use of language here is slightly different from most of the Java language, the Tengger people can only speak Javanese crude and Indonesian Language (Bahasa). The food on offer at this place is a typical meal of rice pecel in East Java.

From Cemoro Lawang, we can see the scenery of Mount Bromo and Mount Batok and the mist-covered and sea sand. When you go to Mount Bromo crater through Cemoro Lawang, tourists not allowed using private vehicles. Some transportation offered in Cemoro Lawang to go to Bromo for example by using hardtop jeep, horses, motorcycles and motorcycle-taxis. If you like a challenge, you can walk to Mount Bromo through the desert and when headed to the summit there Penanjakan walking path taken for 4 hours.

== Route to Bromo

From Probolinggo: Tongas – Lumbang – Sukapura – Sapikerep – Wonokerto – Ngadisari- Cemoro Lawang
From Malang: Tumpang – Gubuk Klakah – Jemplang – Tosari – Penanjakan
From Pasuruan: Warungdowo – Pasrepan – Puspo – Tosari – Wonokitri – Penanjakan (Pananjakan)
From Lumajang: Burno village

=== Map