As an active volcano on the Sunda Strait, Krakatoa famous because of its 1883 big bang. It was supposed as one of the largest volcano eruptions in the history of mankind, which destroyed the surrounding area, killing more than 36,000 of innocent. Countless of tons of volcanic material were ejected and blown in to the air.
Huge tsunami hitting all west coast of Java and southeastern coast of Sumatra, the sound were heard over 4000 away from the explosion center. The Tsunami even reach Batavia nearly at a height of 2,5 meter. The coastal line of Lampung and west Java were swept by almost 15 m depth of sea water inland.
The Krakatoa eruption also caused significant change of the environment surround the volcano. The volcanic material covered the islands surrounded the volcano, all turned into iceberg. Half cone of the huge Krakatoa disappeared.
The volcano's temperature at that time reached 800 C Degrees, devastated everytthing at the surrounding, however just in several years, the land again densely covered by rain forest and housed various faunas. Currently the volcano regarded as quite dormat, however any activities could be happen.
KRAKATOA VOLCANO TRIP
In these trips we take you an island right across the volcano as your base camp. We will anchor of a quite, lunar landscape of the Krakatoa volcano if it is not in big eruption, and ascending the creater in 30 minutes to observe the legendary crater and enjoy the abundance of beauty surround you ….
During the free time we trek through the dense vegetation cover the surrounding islands to discover the unique new colony by increasing numbers of species, after the big eruption in 1883. The islands also offer a pristine crystal clear water to swim or snorkel.In the evening, you will have dinner over the campfire and overnight in tents on the base camp island.
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