CRACATOA/KRAKATOA/ KRAKATAU TOUR

KRAKATOA (Indonesian: Krakatau), also spelled Krakatao or Krakatowa, is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. The name is used for the island group, the main island (also called Rakata), and the volcano as a whole. It has erupted repeatedly, massively, and with disastrous consequences throughout recorded history. The best known eruption culminated in a series of massive explosions on August 26 - 27, 1883, which was among the most violent volcanic events in modern times. With a Volcanic Exclusivity Index of 6, it was equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT — about 13,000 times the yield of the Little Boy bomb (13 to 16 KT) that devastated Hiroshima, Japan.

The 1883 eruption ejected more than 25 cubic kilometers of rock, ash, and pumice, and generated the loudest sound historically reported: the cataclysmic explosion was distinctly heard as far away as Perth in Australia approx. 1,930 miles (3,110 km), and the island of Rodrigues near Mauritius approx. 3,000 miles (5,000 km). Near Krakatoa, according to official records, 165 villages and towns were destroyed and 132 seriously damaged, at least 36,417 (official toll) people died, and many thousands were injured by the eruption, mostly from the tsunamis that followed the explosion.

The eruption destroyed two-thirds of the island of Krakatoa. Eruptions at the volcano since 1927 have built a new island in the same location, called Anak Krakatau (child of Krakatoa).This island has a radius of roughly 2 kilometers and a high point around 200 meters above sea level. The original island of Krakatoa had a high point at an estimated 2000 meters above sea level and had a radius of 9 kilometers.

Climate in Krakatau
Wet season start on November and last ob April with an average annul rain volume of 2620 mm. Weather temperatures are relatively constant with a ravage peak temperature of 28,7° C on October and the lowest average peak temperature in July and November of 26,9°C.

The Krakatau or Krakatoa Island are part of the Ujung Kulon National Park, to anyone interested in natural posses, Krakatau or Krakatoa is one of the most fascinating areas in the world. The cataclysmic eruption of 1883 captures the imagination, and spectacular volcanic activity continuous to the present. To those interested in biology and the way island are colonized by plants and animals - not only the island from which life was eradicated by the 1883 eruption, but also the new island of Anak Krakatau - the area holds a unique attraction.

CRACATOA TOUR/ KRAKATAU TOUR Arrangement
Program: Depart from Carita at 8:00 AM than we board the boat speed boat) to krakatau volcano approximately 2 hours, landed and climb up the volcano than back to the boat to old Krakatao island for snorkeling to see variety of fish at coral reef, lunch will be served on the beach, back to Carita in the afthernoon. (end of trip)
UJUNG KULON TOUR NATIONAL PARK Arrangement
Ujung Kulon National Park is one of the last remaining natural forest on Java and one of very few areas offering a profile of sea-shore to mountain top tropical vegetation.The park holds well over 700 species of plant life of which at 57 are classified as rare in Java and perhaps the world. Learn more the animal life in Ujung Kulon click here !

Have a nice trip to Ujung Kulon National Park and Mt. Krakatoa/Krakatau/Krakatoa, with CRACATOA TOUR Indonesia !