When I was visited Bromo on July 2011, the stairs was covered by the ash so it’s hard to reach the crater so I need to crawl.

After having tasted some of the ash from Bromo’s ongoing eruption (which has caused many flights to Bali to be cancelled) yesterday on my hike up to the top of Gunung Tarub – the highest peak of Lamongan – I decided I ought to check out Bromo closer up while in the area. I woke at 3am this morning and set off up to Cemoro Lawang – it takes just under 2 hours from Probolinggo. Beyond Sukapura I began to notice the ash collecting on the windscreen and we began to cough! When we finally reached the end of the road at Cemoro Lawang, on the edge of the Tengger crater rim overlooking Bromo itself, it sounded like light rain hitting the windows. Even with the windows and doors shut, very fine volcanic sand was finding its way into the vehicle so I had to cover my mouth and nose. There were occasional flashes of light from the crater itself – at present you can apparently see lava during the middle of the night if you get up there for 3am.
At first light I ventured out – a very eerie scene indeed. There were no other ‘tourists’ about and the entire area was coated in about a centimetre of brown sand from the eruption for many miles around and it was raining ash particles. It was difficult to take photos – simple a case of covering your head and pressing the button on the camera and hoping for the best. Birds were hopping around dirty brown farm fields looking for food as very occasional motocyclists negotiated the treacherous dusty road. It was a desolate scene and the few villagers I saw were coughing as they swept the dust from front of their homes. I’ve never experienced anything like it – the closest would have to be a thin covering of snow in the UK with medium continuous ‘snowfall’.
There was no sunrise to speak of and certainly no classic postcard panorama for anyone waiting on Pananjakan – the entire sky was simply filled with volcanic dust. Now and then, a bit of blue sky above was visible and allowed a limited panorama of Bromo ejecting vast amounts of material continuously. It was mostly inaudible (from just under 3km from the Bromo crater itself) but now and again sounds similar to gunfire and thunder were heard.
Jeep tracks were visible on the Sea of Sand below but I didn’t see any vehicles down there this morning – perhaps the wind has changed from blowing to the east to blowing to the north-east. After an hour or so, we headed back down the road and took some more shots from near Wonokerto, where the huge plume of dark volcanic material was contrasted sharply with the bright blue sky above. I finally spotted another ‘tourist’ car heading the opposite direction. Back at the hotel I had a much needed mandi to get rid of the coating of sand on me.
I’ll be uploading some of these photos from Cemoro Lawang in the next few days….

Bromo is on high alert…..
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesian-villagers-set-for-evacuation-in-case-of-eruption-at-bromo/408403
It’s been a pretty explosive year.

yes, i think Bromo is one of gorgeous montains in indonesia, good viewing and beautiful

Nice place for vacation to enjoy the atmosphere of the mountain.

I Choose to take a Package Tour for Bromo Trip. with shuttle bus From jogja to bromo (it took 9 hours), hotel room for a night (plus breakfast), and jeep ride around Bromo. The Package only cost Rp.400.000.