Five Spectacular Volcano that Obligation Visited

Mount Bromo, Indonesia

For volcanic action and stunning scenery, Mount Bromo in East Java has no equivalent opponent. Mount as high as 2329 m above sea level is always out and sometimes covered with sulfur smoke dense fog. The beauty is quite feasible to preserve.



Gunung Bromo adalah gunung “termuda” dari kompleks gunung api Tengger yang luas dan berumur 820 ribu tahun. Dari Gunung Bromo, pengunjung bisa melihat puncak tertinggi di Jawa, yaitu Gunung Semeru, yang aktif mengeluarkan asap dalam jumlah besar tiap 20 menit.

Mount Bromo is relatively easily accessible (can be with 45-minute walk or climb the jeep from the nearest village, Cemoro Lawang). But conditions are not always safe. Two tourists died of exposed rock explosion in 2004.

Mount Hallasan, South Korea

Mount Hallasan, the highest peak in Korea (1950 masl), is included in group Jejudo volcano.

There are about 4 thousand species of animals and 1800 plants that make Hallasan as their habitat. See also Baekrokkdam crater lake at the summit. Baekrokkdam or "Hundred Deer Lake" beautiful inspiring folklore about fairies that come down from heaven to play with the white deer. Many tourists who visit Hallasan in the spring to see the azaleas blooming in the mountains.

The mountain is also quite easy to climb. Path length of 10 km to finish you live in a day.

Mount Aso, Japan

The world's largest caldera (width 24 km) has its own cult temple. Mount Aso is a marker of Japan's most famous and generating money for the prefecture of Kumamoto in Kyushu, Japan.

The main attractions in the crater lake of Mount Aso is a steamy blue on Mount Nakadake. Cable car will transport tourists to the top of the volcano, and there was a complex full of souvenir stalls and hawker. On the edge of the crater there is also a kind of neat sidewalks. In Aso, you will also find a collection of hot water baths.

Mount Pinatubo, Philippines

Mount Pinatubo is not just "recover" from a large explosion disaster in 1991, but now also become the main source of income for the location of extreme sports.

In 1991, Mount Pinatubo released the world's second largest volcanic explosion in the last 100 years. The explosion caused the world temperature dropped 17.27 degrees Celsius and the death toll reached 800 people. Financial losses estimated at about $ 250 million.

Two decades later, the towns around Mount Pinatubo living from the tourism sector since the legendary blast.

You can make the climb extreme in Angeles City and drive packages of lava flows Pinatubo, which forms a giant mud pool containing volcanic material. There are also activities parachuting and air tour for $ 55 per person.

Mount Fuji, Japan

It is impossible to write about the major volcanoes in Asia without including Mount Fuji in the list. Mount Fuji or Fuji-san is the highest mountain in Japan and national icons on the beauty of the scenery and the altitude (3776 m).

In addition to being the most important places to take pictures and show it off to friends or family at home, Mount Fuji is the location of extreme sport for adrenaline seekers. Each summer, about 200 thousand people climb this mountain. The time they need between 4-8 hours. There is also a "school" and paragliding center in the fifth Gotemba station parking area.

Visitors may be lucky not to come to Mount Fuji during cloudy. Instead, you can visit the scenic Hakone in the east of Mount Fuji, and Fuji Five Lakes, north of the volcano.