Sangiran Museum

Sangiran is an archaeological site on Java Island, Indonesia. The museum has an area of 48 square kilometers and is located 15 kilometers north of Surakarta in the Solo River valley and administratively Sangiran is in Sragen and Karanganyar. In the year of 1977, Sangiran was determined by the Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia as a cultural heritage. In 1996 the site was listed as the UNESCO world heritage site.

In 1934 an anthropologist Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald began research at the site. In subsequent years, the excavation found the fossil of the first human ancestors, Pithecanthropus erectus, or Java Man. There are about 60 of them over other fossil Meganthropus palaeojavanicus fossils that have been found at the site.

Sangiran Museum has also presented early human history about 2 million years and 200,000 years ago, from end to end when the Pleistocene Pliocene middle. In the museum, there are 13,086 hominid fossil collections and is an upright hominid site, comprehensive in Asia. It can also be found in animal fossils reinforced rear, aquatic fossils, fossils of marine plants, and stone tools.

In the first dome is a study center of Sangiran. The dome opened itself through a process of erosion to form a depression. In the depression found soil layers that contain information about life in ancient times.

Sangiran Museum

Pekalen Rafting

Pekalen River is located in the village of Ranu Gedang, Tiris district, Probolinggo, East Java. The village names Ranu Gedang because there are a lot of banana trees and in Java language called Gedang. The river can be waded would split the water flow of the river, trees, and waterfalls and exotic.

According to local people, Probolinggo has charmed King Hayam Wuruk and Gajah Mada of the Majapahit kingdom. Both were fascinated by the natural beauty of Probolinggo and lingered in the area. The possible name ‘probolinggo' comes from the word 'prabu linggih' which was later amended text to the word 'probolinggo'.

Rafting sport is gaining popularity in Indonesia since 1990. Earlier, mostly done by environmentalists to create the impression that rafting can only be done by people who have skill and experience. Basically rafting can be done by anyone and surely with safety requirements.

Pekalen River is 25 km from Probolinggo, precisely in the three districts are Tiris, Maron, and Gading. Strip river rafting is within 29 miles and is divided into three areas. Spring water comes from mountain streams Pekalen and Gunung Lamongan, the width of the river is between 5 to 20 meters, has a level of grade 2 to 3+, and a water depth of about 1 to 3 meters. Distance of rafting down the river Pekalen is 10 km from the start point to the finish point and 12 km to Pekalen River with the rapids about 50 pieces.

• Location : Probolinggo
• River Name: Pekalen
• Long of raft: 12 km
• Length of rafting: 2.5 hours
• Grade level : II-IV
• Start point : Ranu Gedang Village
• Finish point: Ranu Gedang Village

Pekalen Rafting

Mount Bromo

Bromo is one of the most active volcanoes in Java island, Indonesia. In Javanese recent word suggests the name of Brahma. This is one of the main gods in Hinduism is thought because of the god Brahma. Mount Bromo is an active volcano and is well known as one of the most spectacular highlands for sunrise views by traveler attractions in East Java. Together traveler attraction, mount Bromo is the main tourist attraction as a result of its standing because the volcano is active and contains stunning natural scenery.

The best viewpoint to see the sunrise is on top of Mount Pananjakan which is about 3.330 meters high and Mount Bromo contains 2392 meters on top of the water level and is situated in 4 regions; Pasuruan, Probolinggo, Lumajang, and Malang. Mount Bromo is enclosed by valleys and linked with the volcanic crater or the ocean of ​​sand covering 10 kilometers square.

Mount Bromo contains a crater with a diameter of 800 meters from north to south and 600 meters from east to west. Whereas the danger space of a circle with a radius of 4 kilometers from the central crater of Mount Bromo. The last eruption of Mount Bromo occurred in 2011.

The best time to visit Mount Bromo is May up to October yearly

Mount Bromo