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TN-BTS (Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park) area is awell known natural tourism objects and one of tourism destination places. Both for domestic and foreign tourists.

Tourism objects that exist in TN-BTS area are:

1. Tengger Caldera.

The mayor atractivenees of TN-BTS is its unique and spectacular natural phenomena and those are easily enjoyed from a relative cloose positition.
Tengger caldera (crater) in which 5 (five) mounts are located could be a special interesting thing in the tourism, including its history of formation.

According to Esher (1980 et al) formerly Mount Tengger was a very big /large mountain with a peak level of 4,000 meters above sea level. About one milion and a half years ago have head activities to from a very large caldera of 8-10 Km mount Tengger activities does not stop only to that , but its activities is still seem with emergency of a new crater at center of the caldera the crater is higher and higher until sometime it erupt.
Tengger Caldera is very large and well known with the name Laut Pasir Tengger.
Because of its unique, so this caldera was handled by the goverment in 1919 and stated as a natural conservation.

2. Lava Crater

The lava crater is at a sand sea of kutho part, from far looks like a pile of bricks of ex-palace, the local people call the well/crater as Sumur Pitu (seven-well).
Based on geological history, lava craters have come from lava burning mold of Mount Kursi.
This time lava is vomited from the crater and floods out directly down to the sand sea because the slope of the sand sea leads to horizontal, velocity of the mold is slower and slower to 5 meters per hour and its surface is firstly frozen and solidified while the inside part ist still mold/ more liquid.
The lava flow will stop after the lava matters have undergone all solidification .
The next eruptions cause shaking that affected the weak ceilings fall and from some wells. There are more than 20 wells and they are scattered around.

3. Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo is one of five mounts located within Tengger mountains on its sand sea.
Atractiveness of this mount is bat to the date it is still active and easily visited /ascended. This mount bromo tourism objec has a natural atraction that atrac visitor because of this unique natural phenomena in from of of a crater on the crater covered by sand sea.
The natural beauty and wondervul valley are vascinating panorama, plus ist serene atmosphere and peace we well fel while visiting this area. To get the peak of mount Bromo , we use prepared stairs /steps of concrete stuff. When we get the peak we will see Brome a large caving crater whit is smoke out of the bottom . it shows the vulcano is still active. From the peak we see / enjoy the view of brome crater whit ist thin cloudy smoke, and the backward side we can see the beautifullness land countains sand see whit its natural silhuets that very impresisive.



Its other atracctiveess, is that volcano is a place of afinal ritual ceremony (kasada) of Tengger commuity that has is reprensented by throwing farming product like the fruits and grains onto Mount Bromo crater.
This ceremony has attrated tourists to see the annual ceremony.

4. Mount Widodaren

Mount /cave Widodaren is located beside Mount Batok and is tourism potentials objects with the special atractivenes. One of the appeal of this objec is that this location consitutes a sacred tourism objects thar from a cave and a sacred water resource.
Inside of that cave and a sacred water resources. Inside of the cave there is a somewhat broader place and inside that place there is a big stone that is used to provide somethings to be sacrificied and put nadar that also utilized as the place for meditation especially for comunities of Tengger for praying to The Syang Yang Widi.
Around that cave , exactly beside there are believe that eficacy of the water resource that will never dry and according to comonity of Tengger , it is sacred water from Widodaren (Mendhak Tira) beside, there is belive that the efficacy of the water may keep young and may get the spouse for the unmaried person
In order to reach this object has been made a narrow lane with the trend nearly forty five degree. So that suggested to tourits for carefuly walking when passing this lane.
Another atlaractivenes, when we have already reached the cave , we will see a beautifull view at the bottom. I,e sand sea and the adjancent. The more beautifull view when we are enjoiying the view at morning whith the yellow shine sun rise appears at our front.

5. Mount Penanjakan

Peak of Mount Pananjakan is the highets place if compared with another places of mountainous Tengger. For these reason. In this are we may see the natural beautifulness in the bottom side such as sand sea and Mt. Bromo complex.
That is backgrounded by Mt.Semeru with its thick smoke come out this peak of Pananjakan may be seen the beautifulnes of sunrise in the eastward behind the hill we can enjoy the situation mentioned above with the peacefull situations without the noisiness.
The provided facilitation are shelter, plaza MCK (places for washing and bath) and cafetaria.

6. Ranu Pane and Ranu Regulo

Ranu Pane (1 ha) and Ranu Regulo (0.75 ha) are two of four lake availabel inTN-BTS.
Both lakes the height is 2,200 m of sea surface. Both are having a sufficient beauty view , from this place we can see the very fascinating view of Mt.Semeru with its smoke comes out and enjoying the wonderfullnes of situations around the lake observing the wild animal in particular the living of Belibis bird and observing the culture and custom of the native inhabitants



Around the lake there is a rural residence (pendukuhan) that consituate last place for TN-BTS tourists in particular for the climber .
Beside in this rural residence there are several little shops offering the food and beverage and the equipment for the climber .
Beside in this rural residence there are in habittants who quiding or carrying the equipment of the climber until reach to top of Mt.Mahameru (poter).
Beside the tourist for the purpose of climbing , Ranu Pane - Ranu Regulo usualy utilized by the tourist for camping obseving the field and activites of open natural tourism.
The facilities are provided in Ranu Pane - Ranu Regulo are Pondok pendaki , Pondok jaga , Information center , Pondok peneliti and Camping ground.

7. Ranu Kumbolo

Ranu Kumbolo (8ha) is located at the heigt 22,390 m over the sea surface, Ranu Pane and Mt.Semeru historically and geologicaly.
Ranu Kumbolo is shaped from masive craters Mt.Jambangan that has solidefied so that the filing water otomatically not flows down.Until today, Ranu Kumbolo is the potentials of delighfullly tourism object.

The atractiveneses are that at a yard in which relatively higger than the sea surfarce there is a lake whit the clear, fresh and unpolluted water, so that atracted the tourist to visit this park.
For the climbers Ranu Kumbolo is the stop place to prepare next journey.
A another attractiveness in the west fringe of lake there is a monument. It is the legacy of ancient, supposed that this monument is the legacy of Majapahit Empire. However until today has not earned the certainty.
In particulary at the watery area of the lake we can see the living of wild animal ,I,e Belibis birds . for the enviromental observers Ranu Kumbolo is essentially the natural laboratory for the studiy and observation of nature that full whiththe very rich knowledge.
The facilities are provided in Ranu Kumbolo are Pendok Pendaki (70m) and MCK that are utilized by the climbers for taking rest, beside the availability of a relative evenly for camping ground.
Needs of water may be meet with lake water.

8. Kalimati

Kalimati is the last camping location before sustain the journey.This places usually used for taking rest, because availabellity of water source. That is gap about 500 m from Kalimati.
And both the yard is relative evenly and also it has been established facility of pondok pendaki and MCK.Temperature in Kalimati relatively cooler than other places, because Kalimati area is the valley of any adjacent hills.

9. Arcopodo

Arcopodo or recopodo is located in the middle between Kalimati and Mount Semeru. In this place there are twin statue (Arcopodo or rercopodo ) and some monuments of the died and lost climbers when climbing the Mt.Semeru in this places utilized for temporarily resting before sustain the journey to the top of Mahameru.

8. Mahameru and Kawah Jonggring Saloko

Mahameru is another name of the Peak of Semeru Mountain in Java (3,676 m asl) it has wide crater called Jonggring Saloko. Since it is the highes Mountain, from its peak , we can enjoy wonderfull scenery below it such as
west side : Malang City,
north side : Kepolo mountain and Tengger,
south side : South beach line,
east side : Argopuro Mountain

Among nature lovers, especialy climber from eastjava, even some climber from Yojakarta, Bandung , Surabaya, the Semeru Mountain is challenging one and always be place for nice climbing every year.