Never Ending Beauty of Mount Bromo
Mount Bromo Photo by abius
Mount Bromo (from Sanskrit / Ancient Java: Brahma, one of the Main Hindu Gods), is an active volcano and best known as a tourist attraction in East Java, Indonesia. As a tourism destination in Indonesia, Mount Bromo is attractive because of its status as an active volcano that is still active. In addition, the Kasodo tradition of the Tengger tribe really gives us a spiritual and mystical experience.
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Bromo has a height of 2392 meters above sea level, located in four regions, namely Kabupaten Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang, and Malang Regency. Mount Bromo shape mesh between valleys and canyons with the caldera or the ocean of sand covering around 10 square kilometers.
Pura Poten of the Tenggerese photo by blueplanet_2009
Bromo is included in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. It has a type of sub-montane ecosystems, montane and sub-alphin with hundreds of years old large trees. Some plant species found in the National Park include jamuju (Dacrycarpus imbricatus), mountain pine (Casuarina sp.) Eidelweis (Anaphalis javanica), various species of orchids and rare species of grass (Styphelia pungieus).
There are approximately 137 species of birds, 22 species of mammals and 4 species of reptile in this national park.
View in Bromo National Park Indonesia photo by chmod999
Protected rare animals found in this national parks, among others, mongoose (Pardofelis marmorata), deer (Cervus timorensis), long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), kijang (Muntiacus muntjak), red jungle chicken (Gallus gallus), leopard (Panthera pardus), ajag (Cuon alpinus), and various species of birds such as alap-alap birds (Accipiter virgatus), hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros silvestris), bido serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela bido), black thrush (Dicrurus macrocercus), Scaly-breasted falcon (Haliastur indus), and grouse that live in Ranu Pani, Ranu Regulo, and Ranu Kumbolo.
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I couldn’t agree more that Mount Bromo is really beautiful. Even though I have never been there. I live in Malang, and it is only about 80 km from my hometown. I wish that soon enough I would be there. Not only to take pictures but also to share those photos with all of you.
Great post buddy!!!