Java & Bali:
Volcano Trails & Ocean Tales;

The Itinerary

Eight days. Volcanoes, waterfalls, jungle gorges, and memories you won’t stop talking about.

• 01

  Day 1 — July 18

  Hello, Java

  Land in Surabaya, meet the group, and drive to Malang. First stop — Jodipan, a rundown riverside neighbourhood turned riot of colour. Every wall, roof and alley painted. Dinner in Malang after.

  Overnight: Malang

  ✦ Walking the streets of Jodipan and realising Indonesia just set the tone for the entire trip
• 02

  Day 2 — July 19

  A Thousand Waterfalls and a Pretty Long Descent

  Tumpak Sewu — a horseshoe of jungle cliffs with water cascading down every face. One of Southeast Asia’s most spectacular sights. Ladders, ropes, steep descent, the full thing. After, the hidden cave springs of Goa Tetes.

  Overnight: Pronojiwo

  ✦ Standing at the base of Tumpak Sewu, completely soaked, looking up at a wall of waterfalls
• 03

  Day 3 — July 20

  Sunrise at the Roof of Java

  Jeeps in the dark, climbing through cloud forest before dawn. Mount Semeru, Indonesia’s highest active volcano at 3,676 metres, exhales a slow plume of smoke as first light turns the clouds gold.

  Overnight: Probolinggo

  ✦ The exact moment the sun clears the horizon and Semeru’s crater catches the first light
• 04

  Day 4 — July 21

  The Sacred Gorge

  A winding jungle trail, canyon walls closing in, the air turning misty and cold. Sacred site of Gajah Mada of the Majapahit Empire. The gorge opens into a circular amphitheatre with a single enormous waterfall. You will get wet.

  Overnight: Probolinggo

  ✦ Walking into that sacred waterfall. It feels like the inside of a secret.
• 05

  Day 5 — July 22

  Bromo. The One You Came For.

  Bromo at sunrise: an active crater inside a vast ancient caldera, the Sea of Sand below, Semeru smoking quietly in the background. Down into the caldera, across the Sea of Sand on foot, 253 steps up to the crater rim.

  Overnight: Banyuwangi

  ✦ Standing on the rim of Bromo’s crater with the whole Tengger caldera laid out behind you. Period.
• 06

  Day 6 — July 23

  Midnight, Blue Fire & the Most Surreal Lake on Earth

  Alarm at midnight. Headlamps on, gas masks in hand, 3km up a rocky trail in the dark. Blue fire. Vivid, electric, impossibly blue flames burning at the bottom of the world’s most acidic lake.

  Overnight: Banyuwangi

  ✦ The moment the blue fire comes into view in the darkness. Nothing can prepare you for it.
• 07

  Day 7 — July 24

  Trade the Volcano for the Ocean

  A 45-minute ferry crossing and the energy shifts completely. Welcome to Bali. Transfer to Seminyak — good restaurants, great beach clubs, streets you can wander for hours.

  Overnight: Seminyak, Bali

  ✦ That first Bali sunset after six days of volcanoes. The contrast is everything.
• 08

  Day 8 — July 25

  Until Next Time

  Transfer to the Bali airport or catch the ferry to Gili and continue the adventure.

  ✈️ Fly Home

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