Sugeng Rawuh ing Jawi Wetan

Pada Tahun 1861 A.R. Wallace pernah menyatakan : " Secara keseluruhan dan dari berbagai sudut pandang. Jawa mungkin merupakan pulau tropis yang paling menarik di dunia. Di seluruh bagiannya, terutama di bagian timur terletak hutan yang lebat, candi, kuburan, dan patung-patung yang sangat indah, dan peninggalan kota-kota yang sangat luas dimana harimau, banteng, dan kerbau hutan berkeliaran tanpa gangguan. (Wallace 1869)

Gunung Semeru adalah gunung tertinggi di Jawa, menjadi impian para pendaki untuk menaklukkannya. Gunung yang masih aktif ini setiap 15 menit menghembuskan abu, pasir, batu, dan debu ke angkasa. Momen inilah yang sering ditunggu oleh para pendaki untuk mengambil foto.

Gunung di Jawa Timur terkenal dengan banyaknya tempat angker. Kejadian-kejadian aneh sering dialami para pendaki ketika mendaki gunung Raung Argopuro, Arjuno, Welirang, Semeru, Gunung Kawi, dll. Gunung Bromo terkenal dengan upacara Kasada, serta adanya sumber tirta suci di gunung Widodaren. Begitu juga danau Ranu Kumbolo juga terkenal sangat angker.

The spine of East Java is dominated by a series of rugged, spectacular volcanic peaks. The most famous of these are in the Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park and Semeru and Bromo together make up one of the great iconic images of Indonesia. There are four volcanic peaks higher than 3,000 m in the region. This volcanic activity has created a largely fertile area and verdant agriculture is a prominent feature of the area.
Both the north and south coasts offer some beautiful, deep, fine sand beaches and these are another key attraction of the region.
The two large southern national parks of Alas Purwo and Meru Betiri are remote and sparsely populated and represent the nearest thing to a wilderness experience that you will find on Java. In the north-east, Baluran National Park recalls African Savannah plains.
The island of Madura sits off the north eastern coast of the region and is as off-the-beaten-track as you can get in this part of Indonesia. That is slowly changing as the road bridge linking Surabaya to Madura opened in mid-2009.
Surabaya is the capital city and Indonesia's second largest. It is though largely bereft of attractions, over-crowded, polluted and supports sprawling industry. Few visitors stay in Surabaya for reasons of tourism. Malang is the second city of the region and a bigger contrast to Surabaya could not be imagined. It is a clean, airy city with an important and interesting history.

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