Mountain Baluran

Mount Baluran is located in the middle of Baluran National Park. Baluran National Park is located at the eastern tip of the island of Java precisely in Situbondo district. The northern part borders the Madura Strait and the eastern part borders the Bali Strait. Baluran National Park has an area of ​​approximately 25,000 hectares. This mountain is no longer active with the crater wall that has a height between 900 to 1,247 m above sea level limits the caldera and the depth of 650 meters. There is an allegation on the eastern side that is higher than this mountain has erupted and threw the big boulders out. The central part of the mountains is fragmented into a deep caldera with an overhanging crater at the bottom. The slopes of the mountain were cleaved by deep valleys of high mountains and followed by rocky ravines in the lower part. These ravines in the rainy season will hold water, and become dry in the dry season. On the eastern side of the crater there is a deep open area where the rippled river out of the mountain at an altitude of 155 mdpl. The mountain slopes are overgrown with forest season. Most of the lower areas are plain and slightly wavy. Some of the hills sticking out of the Glengseran hill 124 mdpl, 65 meters of Hill Begol, and Hill of Priok 211 meters. Around the Baluran mountains a slightly wavy low area is covered with savanna fields interspersed with trees, and a little overgrown areas and vines. While the beach area there is a steep reef area. Baluran National Park entrance is located in Karangtekok and Wonorejo. To go Pesanggrahan in Kelor / Bama can use car with distance about 12 km from entrance Wonorejo.