5 Ezgi Özkan Preisinger - 2 weeks ago
Johanes and his team are amazing! They deserve all of the five stars I give them.
They were all helpful from the start which was the pick-up from the Banyuwangi harbour. Until the drop-off back to the Banyuwangi harbour. Johanes picked us up himself drove us to the homestay and gave us detailed instructions, tips u0026 warnings. Which was very helpful during the hike. At midnight his team Tulus and Hendrik picked us up and we drove to the entrance together. From then on we continued with Tulus and he was very informative during the entire hike. He also helped us at the tricky parts and took us to the sunrise point to have a marvelous view of the lake and the sulfur mine. And I can recommend the cake that Tulus offered us. We were happy to have him as our tour guide.
After the hike, Hendrik drove us through a clove farm and a rubber farm. After our breakfast, they brought us from the homestay and drove us to the harbour.
They provided us a full service and it was very satisfying. We chose package C which included a homestay. It was called 1911 cafe u0026 resto. The homestay was the least satisfying part of the entire journey. Due to the amount of dead insect it didn't feel clean, and the shower didn't provide enough hot water. I will write a separate review about that. I recommend Johanes to work with a different homestay to provide the perfect service. But he offers another option package B, without a homestay. For now, I would recommend taking package B and finding another staying place since he picks you up from your staying place at midnight.
Thanks again Johanes for this experience. If we ever come to Ijen, we will contact you. Terima kasih!!