Watu Ulo Beach

Watu Ulo is one of the tourist objects which lies in the side of Indonesian ocean that has beautiful panorama and it is the right place for enjoying the sea. It is called "watu ulo" by the native inhabitants because in the former time there was a snake making asceticism. After succeeding his asceticism, it became a stone resembling a snake, sticking into the sea, and its body lied on the land. In the Japanese occupation period at the coastal area, the Japanese soldiers made fortresses which are used for fortifying against the attacking enemies and now some of the fortresses become tourist objects. The people in the coastal area called it Japanese fortress because beside the Japanese fortress, there is also a bat cave inhabited thousands of bats. The visitors can across along the shore and the sand to get to the cave. The lonely situation of the cave is often used for meditation by people, remembering that the cave has 100m depth. To get there, the visitors can use public transportation or rental car in 30 minutes from down town.

Gerbong Maut Monument

On November 23, 1947 the history has wrote with a golden pen about the heroically battle of Bondowoso society against the Dutch colony. 100 civil soldiers were carried by three cars. The car number GR.10152 contained 30 people, the car number GR.446 contained 32 people, and the car number GR5769 contained 38 people. The people were carried by train from Bondowoso station to the jail at Kalisosok Surabaya. Those carts departed from Bondowoso train station at 03.00 a.m. The soldiers who were in those cars felt hot and stuffy because the lack of air inside those cars and they pushed each other to get the air through the small holes on that broken cars. The worst thing was that those cars' walls were so hot because of the sunshine. The soldiers were dehydrated, and the result of this happened was 46 people of 100 people were dead. That historical moment had known as Gerbong Maut Incident, and Gerbong Maut Monument was built to memorize this deadly incident. It has become an important historical monument of Bondowoso. This monument is located in the heart of Bondowoso city and to remember the dedication of those heroes to this nation, it is held a ceremony on the hero day every year.

Bosamba Rafting

One of develop tourism object in Bondowoso is Bosamba rafting. It has full of adventures and challenge activity. Bosamba Rafting has complete equipment for rafting and Bondowoso has big river with beautiful nature scenery to support rafting activity. Visit and having rafting with Bosamba rafting, you will feel the real nature adventures.

The Ancient Heritage Sarcophagus

Sarcophagus is a part of Megalithic Sites. It is also known as “Keranda” which is made of stones or other kind of container, but it has a lid or cover as well. Remains from a megalithic period are found in the center of the town, on the slope of Besar Hill. There is a stone sarcophagus, stone statues and a stone chair.

Its function is the same as a stone grave / dolmen. It is appears in several villages, for example, one is found in Glinseran village, Wringin district, about 19 km west of Bondowoso town. The distance between Bondowoso to Wringin is about 17 km and can reached by public transportation.

Mount Raung

Mount Raung lies east of Bondowoso on the edge of the giant ancient Ijen Crater. It is located within the Sumber Wringin village, Sumber Wringin district. Mount Raung is a big mount that unique and different with the other mountain in Java Island. The unique thing of mount Raung is its caldera, which about 500 meters depth and always smoked with sprinkle the fire.

Mount Raung is an old mount with the caldera in its peak and surrounded by many small hills, makes its panorama looks beautiful and fantastic. The scenery is very interesting as there are many types of plants and animals. The tour activity in this area is very interesting and it will become a good opportunity for visitors, especially those interested in mountain climbing. The peak of this mountain lies at 3,332 meters above sea level. The tourist can begin climbing the mountain from Pos I (Pesanggrahan Sumber Wringin) which provides a number of guides who are ready to give services to hikers.

The easy way to climb Mount Raung is through Bondowoso direction. From Bondowoso continued to Sumber Waringin village by colt through Sukosani. The journey begins from Sumber Waringin village through Pinus forest and coffee plantation to go toward Pondok Motor or the climber post. Then the visitors can meet a guide in that place. The tourists can spend the night here, and then continue the journey to peak took about 9 hours.

From Pondok Motor to Mount Raung, we will pass coffee plantation, Pinus forest, spruce-fir forest, and then the tourists arrive in a campground. The journey continued through sedge grass field about 1 hour, to Mount Raung peak that sandy and stony. It will take about 2 hours.