My tour ended up being just me, Irvan our guide and Elun our driver. All very relaxed as I knew Irvan already from a previous tour that I took with him in May. He was just as friendly and helpful as he was then. Elun is also a very safe driver. Irvan and Elun made it a really lovely day. You should be prepared for your day to last 11 + hours, rather than the 9-10 as described. A long day, but very worthwhile and I wasn’t rushed at any point. Once off the highway, the drive up to the crater is beautiful - panoramic views over tea plantations and quite peaceful. All the reviews about this trip are accurate. A lot is packed into the day - but my highlights would be the walk through the forest to the Domas Crater, chilling there (soaking my legs in one of the thermal pools while waiting for our eggs to boil) and the hotsprings later. It’s a good idea to have lots of cash available to tip the forest guide, for your eggs, a massage if you choose to have one at the Crater (about 100K rupiah for 30 minutes), to buy any souvenirs at the stalls on the walk, a coffee at Kopi Luwak and for massage at the hotsprings if you want one. I was lucky as I took my tour on a Wednesday and it was very quiet. I wasn’t overly hastled by people trying to sell me things, but can imagine that at the weekends or on holidays it is a different story - especially at Tangkuban Perahu. I personally didn’t rate the stop at Kopi Luwak Coffee as I found the tour very basic, but it was never going to be the main event for me and the coffee was very good. I also didn’t go to D’Castello as I didn’t want to, but if you have children you may want to do this. I enjoyed the hot springs very much. This is a separate complex - with man made pools and river. You can rent towels and sarongs at the Crater if you want to relax in the pools there (30 or 40 C) if you want a more natural, but muddier experience. Water is clear and hot both at the river and in the “swimming pool” at the complex and you can choose from a range of options - just river, river and pool etc. I had a great leg, arm and neck massage in the river for 100k rupiah. You can have full body massages but these are done on yoga mats, laid out on platforms next to the river. One thing to note is that I wore my most modest one-piece swimming costume and still felt quite exposed as most women went into the river fully clothed, minimum shorts and T shirts. Slightly different in the pool, where some women wore modest one piece swimming costumes but still some women in trousers and shirts. Maybe take a loose shirt or beach dress to wear either in the river or while moving around. I should stress that I wasn’t made to feel uncomfortable, but just felt different. I don’t think bikinis are allowed and I would suggest not wearing revealing swimming costumes. It really was a lovely day - thank you Irvan and Elun.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Sundanesse "local food"
- Free Pick up and Drop off Jakarta Area
- Entrance ticket to 2 craters and D'castello
- English licensed Guide
- Bottled water
- Pick Up and Drop off service within Jakarta area
- Air-conditioned vehicle
Excludes
- Tips for Guide and Driver
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
We leave Jakarta with car in 3 hours drive and after arriving spend 1 hours in the volcano in the high level (1830m) at sea level. Tangkuban perahu "Overturned Boat" with astonishing view, breezing and cooling area. The name translated roughly referring to local legend of its creation. The story tells of Dayang Sumbi and son "Sangkuriang. it is stratovolcano 30 km north of the city of Bandung, the provincial capital of West Java. it is erupted 1826, 1829, 1842, 1846, 1896, 1910, 1926, 1929, 1952, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1983,2013 and 2019. it becomes popular tourist attraction where the tourists hike to the edge of crater to view hot springs and boiled mud up close. There are three of remnant of the ancient Sunda after erupted caused the caldera to collapse. While you there, a lot of shops are selling the gifts that you can buy. We can do track down and up see closer or nice view and smoky crater.
Still in the area of Volcano, Domas crater is located approximately 1 km downhill from Ratu crater, when you get you can dip your feet inside or swamp feet to the hot springs as a therapeutic foot massage using sulphuric mud. You have chance to boil eggs and eat them. The most interesting area you hear the sound of the bubbling hot springs near you which is the most experience, step on hot stone apart but not swim, the crater on your feet.
After finish the tour volcano we still in the city to go to other place, a lot of pineapple shop and seller along the street, not only the pineapple but also the authentic fruits you can try and buy
Along in Lembang road you will see a lot of rice field and also tea plantation. While in Lembang we get Lunch time and will continue for coffee or tea time.
D'Castello tourism is a relatively new tourist attraction in the Ciater District, Subang Regency. However, this tourist attraction has become a favorite location visited by the public. This tour is a flora tourism tour with instagrammable spots The location is at the foot of Mount Tangkuban Perahu. *This is the optional tour
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We a Family of 5 had great fun on this exciting trip to the Domas Crater. It's was once in a lifetime experience for us. We were picked up from the hotel in central Jakarta by our Guide Ivan and the driver to a trip to the mountains where the craters were. It was a 4 hours drive up to the mountains with scenic views up the mountains in the clouds. We walked down the mountains on a trail to the crater where we got ourselves massaged in the mud and dipped our legs in volcanic hot spring. Boiled eggs in the boiling water of the crater. Massage and boiling egg were for an extra fee. After the relaxing massage and dip we had lunch at a beautiful village. The food was really tasty. It's included in the package. The kopi Luwak coffee trip was informative too for coffee lovers. Saw tea plantation on the way back. The guide Ivan was fun to be around, jovial taking care of our needs and Very respectful. In all we had an amazing day.
Borneo, our tour guide, was great. Driver Elun was a very good driver. Terima kasih. Our day lasted 11 hours (not 9-10 as described). We did not go to D'castello and did not have lunch. These were our choices but the day was very full. Walking down (and up) through the forested paths was wonderful. Our eggs cooked for 12 minutes in the very hot water of the crater were the best tasting eggs we've had in years. Bring a bunch more cash for purchases, your guide through the forest and tips.
Amazing trip. Agung (guide) planned and organized it well. Over all great experience. Had a great time visiting volcano
Great, expérience at the Volcano, this is a must see here in Jakarta, I had a massage with Sulphur and body, scrub. Bubble are every where 🫧 (not just in my head) I recommend 100%. Ask for Agung the guide. Really helpful, so gentle with my mom. God bless Indonesia and Indonesian.
Super glad we did this tour. Worth it and would recommend! The volcano/crater was stunning to see, don't think I will get such an opportunity again. Also, fun stop at Kopi Luwak coffee shop which has the best tasting coffee, followed by a delicious lunch. Our guide Ms. Ine and Mr. Riswan were amazing - I would recommend requesting them for any tours offered by the same company! They amplified the experience and turned it into a fun day. Punctual, great English, friendly, knowledgeable and accommodating. They went beyond. Very glad we had them as our tour guide and driver. Thank you!!!
Very nice visit at the Vulcan site with a guide. Thanks a lot to Fitri which assisted us in all the phases of this fabulous trip. Really appreciated so I absolutely recommend this experience.
We just spend a very nice and interesting day visiting the volcano. Pick up was punctual and the driver did a great job (it was a loooooong drive/day) in this crazy traffic. Very friendly people. We received a lot of interesting and fun information about the places we visited and about Indonesia in general. English was very good so we had no problem communicating at all. I would book with them again if I wanted to go somewhere next time.
This was a fantastic day trip made all the better by our Agung and driver Samsul. I was a bit concerned with the trip to start because my wife had developed a leg problem and was having some problem with too much walking, this presented no problem for Agung and the day was altered to accomadate this. We had not seen a Volcano crater before and this was excellent Agung provided information about it and some traditional stories as to the formation of the Volcano. The hot springs were crowed but we found our own little piece of solitude and enjoyed the afternoon. Lunch was a great meal sitting down with both Agung and Samsul. The beauty of this trip was the flexibility offered by Agung very accomadating and nothing was a problem it is a reasonably drive but it is broken up and our guide was very mindful of this. Again a great day and thanks so much. When in Jakarta certainly give this a go.
Thank you to Agung for an amazing tour. Agung is a wonderful guide - knowledgeable, with very interesting insights and patient, making it a relaxing and enjoyable day trip. There is so much to do on this tour, the highlights being the craters, which were unique and impressive, and the excellent lunch! A great option for solo travellers as you can go at your own pace, with freedom to decide where you want to go and what you’d like to see, and while feeling confident that you are in safe hands the whole trip.
This is recomended tour very Good place beautiful panorama and very Good guide haidar. He is very profesional guide and Good experience explore of Bandung
Great trip out of jakarta. Will do it again next time. But coming from different areas, hard to get used to, so much traffic in Jakarta. Everytime we are always stuck in traffic so be prepared to take a couple hours to go to your destinations. Did this twice already with this tour. Easy communication. There is a separate guide who took us to the crater. The first time, we got a nice young man with great English. The second time we were assigned to someone with more challenging English to understand who also demanded a lot of tip afterwards. But overall, what a beautiful place of nature to visit
Volcano tour was exceptional, educational, and a trip I'd be happy to tour again. Next trip we will be happy to book another tour.
We had a wonderful time on this tour! Our guide Fitri was super lovely, full of great information, and she accommodated for anything we asked her. Our driver Elun was safe and reliable, we felt very comfortable driving with him. Ferdy and the team were also very helpful at the booking stage. All the tours that we could find included visits to the civet coffee farms which was not included in this tour. The company and guide triple confirmed with us that there would be no civets so that put our minds at ease as we dont like the practice :-) The volcano and dolma crater were beautiful. We enjoyed a nice walk and soaking our feet in the warm crater bubbles. We also loved the fair that we visited, full of great views, beautiful flowers, and such a fun vibe! Lunch was also included and we could not fault the spread we received- absolutely delicious! Thank you so much Fitri, Elun, Ferdy and team. We has a great day!
I took the second long trip made other extraordinary day to see the crater boiling with the color of ash, my guide was very skilled at taking me down the hill and walking on the rocks that sounded, after everything was finished I tried to have lunch and stop by a place to drink coffee and stop once at local fruit, and additionally visited the palace colored over the tea garden. Thank you Ms. Fitri and Elun was my driver, Next should come back see the city with them
We have excellent day with guide who speak well, best behavior and super friendly. Even have long distance to reach Volcano but I got amazing volcano and other crater, we just move after to colored place which so many local people holiday and take photos. They are excited to have photo with us for unsure. This trip are good combination for family.
We had a wonderful experience with our guide, Ferdy and driver Antonio. Ferdy was beyond amazing. He is well verse in English and knowledgeable about the area. He also helped me a lot on our journey down to the hot springs. He was patient throughout the entire trip. Both of them able to find alternatives routes to avoid traffics. And those alternatives routes allowed us to see stunning views of the rice fields and tea plantations. I highly recommend going on this trip. Thank you again Ferdy and Antonio for a wonderful day trip.
Tangkuban perahau they called as queen crater, that crater is real with magnificient view with that smoke and grey mud color. It was very memorable in my travel. Then I went down to see the beautiful panoramic of Domas. I really happy with the trip provide the best place and close each other also went to colorful palace while this is not one of the nature but it was best for breaking up, see the tea plant view and recomment to take some pictures. This is best colaburation program is fantastic. The guide, Saleh was the best! He was friendly and very helpful during the tour. He shared everything about city and countryside. Apart from that, Saleh suggested to go restaurant after time up from trek side and manage the time to go back. Overall worthed.
It was a wonderful experience with the Volcano and Crater. Got picked up from Jakarta by our guide Ferdy. He was very friendly and take care of us really well. The lunch was also very good. Highly recommended for people want to have a day trip apart from Jakarta
There was great experience day trip to bandung by group, I got memorable again in my holiday. Thanks to our guide. The driver saved me. Excellent
One of the highlight of our stay in Indonesia . This place is beautiful and you csn see the crater from very near. Our tour guide was very helpful in explaining the area and the people living in the area . This tour is highly appreciated recommended .
The Castello is part of the Bandung tour it's a refreshing area, beautiful colours & well kept place. Here you can take beautiful photos. Tea fields are seen from here. We ate at the on site restaurant & all food was fresh & tasty. Our tour guide Ferdy was with us & showed us around this beautiful place. Ferdy is so patient, full of advice & made this experience a beautiful one We continued our trip to the volcano where you can see the beautiful scenery on arrival. We hiked down along the volcano crater to Domas.This was the only tour which we found with a combination of these places together. Local women here offer massage with water from the volcano which is amazing (Bargain a lot for the price beforehand & be specific what massage you want, I suggest you pay beforehand!) We highly recommend this tour.
I tried to book the tour to travel agen, from hotel Jakarta to get here need 3 hour more, it was long trip and arrived track to short way to crater. It was amazing that I can step on the rock with smoke, then the volcano is so beautiful amazing view, I would to love with this trip. The guide is humble and smart, driver saved me on the way back.
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