MOUNT KELUD WITH CRATER-LAKE
(Before Erupted in November 2007)
Mount
Kelud tourism area is about 40 km, 45 Minutes from
Kediri City. Kelud is a volcano. Breezes of fresh
air and charming scenery make this area interesting
for ecotourism, adventuring, and health purposes.
Here we can enjoy the shady cool plantation, an area
for rock climbing, jogging, cross country, and camping
ground, a channel to the crater through the mountain,
sulfur lake down the mountain volcanology information
service, and entertainment performances on weekends
/ holidays.
Mount Kelud is a relatively small stratovolcano with
a summit elevation at 1731m above sea level or 1650m
above the densely populated and fertile plains of
Kediri and Blitar that surround the volcano. Kelud
volcano is located at about 27 km from Kediri city
and lies between the volcanic massif of Mount Wilis
to the West and the complex of Kawi and Butak volcanoes
to the East.
Kelud volcano is considered as one
of the most dangerous volcanoes of Java because of
its frequent eruptions. The eruptive activity has
typically generated deadly lahars, pyroclastic flows
and surges that have claimed more than 15,000 lives
since 1500 AD and caused widespread fatalities and
destruction. The crater lake of Kelud is famous for
its potential to release devastating lahars whenever
an eruption occurs.
The 1586 eruption produced one of the worst lahar
in the historical record of volcanic eruptions and
took the lives of about 10,000 people. Extensive works
to control lahars have been achieved around the volcano.
A system of drainage of the Crater Lake was completed
in 1926. Today, this drainage tunnel still works and
maintains the volume of the lake at a low level (2
million m3). Several dams were also built on the slopes
of this volcano in order to protect the largest towns.
The tourism objects of mount Kelud:
- Ampera tunnel 110 m comes out at the Gajah Mungkur
top was built in 1940 by Japanese; the function is
to drain the lava.
- The cauldron of Mount Kelud that is believed by
society can make peaceful and prosperity.
- The top of Sumbing, which was the characteristic
of slope rocks structure with 90 % declining, used
as medium for wall climbing.
- The observation posts of mount Kelud.
-The ritual ceremony of Larung Sesaji in cauldron
of Mount Kelud is held every September.
