ANAK KRAKATAU MOUNTAIN, SCREAMNESS BEAUTY

Author:B04 Source: KOMPAS

Gray smokes concentrated billowing from the top of the legendary dome. Stand on it slope while remembering again the great explosion of its prime mountain 120 years ago, make nape of the neck make feel suddenly frightened. Maybe not equal if we compare it with stand on top of Everest, but be at under this mountain dome which have tall about 230 meter from sea surface is very screamness.

Anak Krakatau mountain is located on Sunda Strain, at the middle of Java Isaland and Sumatera Island, Indonesia. This mountain is an active vulcano on the middle of sea. This mountain turn up from sea at 1927, in the middle of caldera which submerged with sea, residue of great explosion at 1883.
According to administration, Anak Krakatau, include three islands surrounded it, become a part of Tejang village, Sebesi Island, Rajabasa Sub district, Lampung Selatan District, Lampung Province.
The trip to this mountain begin when ride boat together with goods and many passenger from Canti Beach Quay, Lampung Selatan District. Little ship slowly crack the sea water. East wind season in July make the wave not high. Usually high/scream wave happen at west wind season, about December until February. Trip from Canti Beach to Sebesi Island about 3 hours. The cost is Rp 5,000 or about USD 0, 56.

On Sebesi Island, at a place on islan border, called Gubug Seng, The top of Anak Krakatau seems blue blur. Three islands which surrounded also seems blue, there are Sertung Island, Rakata Island, and Panjang Island. When raining season happen, that mountain seems clear at this place, and more beautiful when vulcanic activity increasing.

Anak Krakatau Mountain also could reach from Selat Sunda beach, Banten area, Java Island. In fact, the traveller mostly rech the mountain from Banten trip area, such as Anyer, Karang Bolong, Carita, even Tanjung Lesung.

At the Banten beach are, some travel agency serve Anak Krakatau trip packet. If you going to trip with boat, several boats ready to use at some beach location in Banten.

With rent a boat from Tejang village (the cost Rp 500,000 or USD 50), the journey begins....!!! The boat owner want to guide us go around Anak Krakatau and come back to Canti Beach.
The boat continue to shaky, follow wave of Sunda Strain. Distance from Sebesi Island until Anak Krakatau is 8 sea miles. The trip to Anak Krakatau about 1, 5 hours.
About 7 am, climbing journey on Anak Krakatau slope begins. The road to island seems clear, not to long, we’ll see forest with sand soil......The top of vulcano seems clearly....more higher we climb, the slope more steep. The scream feeling begins, worry if suddenly throw up a lava. The sand which step on sometimes slip off, make the step more heavy. Snad slope which often slip off growed with pines tree which still small.
A journey to this vulcano dome not too long, its about 30 minutes. The climb reach severals sand heap, lines heap so like fortress. The dome and the heaps bordered with valley about 50 metrers down. This back bone side of Anak Kakratau face at Panjang Island.