Yogyakarta ()ogja) has so many adventure tourism destinations. One of the most exotic tour is Merapi Lava Tour which located in Kaliurang, right at the foot of Mount Merapi.. There are many reasons to pay a visit, because the tours goes to unmainstream places such as BUNKER, RUINED VILLAGE, MASS TOMB, MBAH MARIDJAN HOUSE, ALIEN STONE, MERAPI MUSEUM, ULEN SENTALU MUSEUM, KALIURANG etc. Those places are so close to each other so people can combine the trips.
The exciting part in this tour is that they use jeep cars to travel to those places. The journey are super shaky so passangers need to hold on tight, but rest assured because it's of course under professional driver. Before the rides begin, you will be given a masker to filter dusts. The Jeep itself is very old school. Trying Jeep at Merapi Lava Tour can pumping up your adrenaline and is a nice also unforgettable experience in whole your life.
The exciting part in this tour is that they use jeep cars to travel to those places. The journey are super shaky so passangers need to hold on tight, but rest assured because it's of course under professional driver. Before the rides begin, you will be given a masker to filter dusts. The Jeep itself is very old school. Trying Jeep at Merapi Lava Tour can pumping up your adrenaline and is a nice also unforgettable experience in whole your life.
Merapi Lava Tour is divided into three routes you can take, those are short package (1.5 hours), medium package (2.5 hours), and long package (4-5 hours). Short Package route trip with Jeep contains maximum 4 adults for IDR 350K price, while for medium IDR 450K and for long IDR 600K. They also offers special package called "Sunrise" but you will need to arrive at Merapi museum on 4.30 am. You have to booking first for this package.
Any routes you choose will all start from the Museum Merapi. You will also visiting mass tomb/funeral of local people as victim of Merapi eruption on 2010. You will see the whole things inside that left after the incident. All the things in the house are burned and broke. Even the glass plate are melted and unified because of super hot material (pyroclastic flow). You can’t imagine how super hot when it was happened. You will see there's a remaining clock which it pointer stopped right at the time when the Merapi mountain erupted, and has become the witnessed of the tragedy.
Any routes you choose will all start from the Museum Merapi. You will also visiting mass tomb/funeral of local people as victim of Merapi eruption on 2010. You will see the whole things inside that left after the incident. All the things in the house are burned and broke. Even the glass plate are melted and unified because of super hot material (pyroclastic flow). You can’t imagine how super hot when it was happened. You will see there's a remaining clock which it pointer stopped right at the time when the Merapi mountain erupted, and has become the witnessed of the tragedy.
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http://www.yogya-backpacker.com/jeep-lava-tour-merapi-merapi-volcano-museum/
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