Unimaginable, 128 years ago, the green island is an empty land devoid of life. Behind his charm, a remote island in the Sunda Strait that keep dark history. On August 27, 1883, Krakatau erupted superb, leaving only a third of his body that became known as the island of Rakata. Scattering of ashes, pumice, and other material covering the island and destroy the life on it.
However, it was the eruption of Krakatoa and history that attracts people from all over the world to come. Since long the eruption of Krakatoa like magnets that suck travelers. In fact, in May 1883, when Krakatoa erupted first time, a group of curious tourists who come there on a cruise.
Company Netherland Indies Steamship Company, which offers a "package" Krakatau sailed with the steamer Governor General Loudon directly attacked passengers. A total of 86 passengers were taken around Krakatoa, just a week after Krakatoa erupted for the first time in May 1883. In fact, the captain GG Loudon, TH Lindeman, providing a small boat to get participants to gain a foothold on the island of Krakatoa was bubbling.
"The view was fantastic island: the island was bare and dry, rich tropical forests have disappeared, and the smoke rising from the island as out of the oven," wrote AL Schuurman, who participated in a Loudon GG ship.
Sight of smoke coming out of Krakatoa and the peak in the dense forest are burned by the eruption of the rich charming Dutch in Jakarta. GG Loudon ship carrying passengers was routinely passed around Krakatoa. In fact, when Krakatau erupted last great and send a tsunami on August 27, 1883, GG Loudon was in the Sunda Strait carrying 111 passengers. The ship was saved by good fortune.
As the history of its predecessor, the smoke and incandescent rocks thrown at Anak Krakatau is also a major tourist attraction. Since emerging in 1927, to be excellent at Anak Krakatau Krakatau island complex. In fact, tourism in the region Anyer-Carita beach to Lampung not be excited without the carrying capacity and activity of Anak Krakatau.
Chairman of the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) Banten Province Ahmad Alam Sari said, when the wave height is not the Sunda Strait and sunny weather, tourists can be taken to see the full panorama of Anak Krakatau, or with molten lava burst like fireworks in the evening when the volcano is currently active.
Samuel (30) from Italy came to the coast Pasauran, Banten, with three friends, including those interested in the activity of Krakatau. They had heard about the history of the magnitude of the eruption of Krakatoa and spent about two days traveling in the region.
"We can imagine the magnitude of the eruption of Krakatoa. Moreover, in Italy, we also have volcanoes with big eruptions like Etna and Vesuvius that buried Pompeii. In the world, not least the famous Krakatau name," he said.
Not only in Indonesia, the beauty, history, and the phenomena of eruption volcanoes create the potential to be a tourist destination in the world since time immemorial. Haraldur Sigurdsson of the University of Rhode Island and Rosaly Lopes-Gautier of Fet Propulsion Laboratory in writing, Volcanoes and Tourism, said, in the 17th century and the 18th, the aristocrats visited Vesuvius and Etna as a great tour package.
In Europe, Thomas Cook opened the special railway line to the top of Vesuvius in 1880 which carries a lot of the aristocracy. The line is broken three times as lava flows and not rebuilt after the eruption in 1944. Cook also faces the threat of Italian local people who had been earning from transporting tourists to the top of the mountain by sedan chairs.
Travelers to visit the volcano with a variety of reasons, one of which is seen from near the forces of nature. Tension watch from a nearby volcano was erupting attract millions of people every year to visit the mountains of active eruption, such as Kilauea (Hawaii), Stromboli (Italy) and Arenal (Costa Rica).
But behind his charm, a trip to Anak Krakatau is still dangerous. Head of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) Surono said, in the 1980s, teaching at the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) of the United States (U.S.) was killed while watching the eruption of Anak Krakatau.
Therefore, the Chairman of the Mount Anak Krakatau monitoring post Anton S Tripambudi remind tourists and fishermen to remain in compliance with an appeal so as not to close to Anak Krakatau within a radius of 2 kilometers. This distance limitation refers to the experience of last time Anak Krakatau eruption could throw a stone as far as 1.5 kilometers, which has reached the waters around this island. Travelers are prohibited from landing to the island of Anak Krakatau.
"In the case of Mount Anak Krakatau (GAK) may be landed if the normal active status or in Level I. However, after entering Level II (alert), the volcano should not be approached," said Anton.
However, the 2-mile limit is often ignored.
"Information from the boat people, there are sometimes encountered tourists, especially foreigners, who landed at GAK," said Anton.
At the end of August 2011 was seen a few foreign tourists landed and encamped at Anak Krakatau despite the ban on approaching the island's volcano at a radius of 2 km was applied. Not only that, a few other tourists seen swimming in the warm sea water.
In fact, the current status of this mountain was raised to Alert (Level III) on 30 September 2011, visitors who want to Krakatau was also reduced. Volcanic activity in the magma chamber is very high in recent weeks also did not cause hesitant travelers.
Hayun, manager of an inn on the island Sebesi, South Lampung, said the majority of tourists, especially foreign tourists, who visit to his claim was challenged when active Anak Krakatau see up close. They do not quite see the bursts of lava from the crater of Anak Krakatau in the evening can be seen from the island of Krakatau Islands Sebesi or complex.
In fact, the Krakatau eruption was not only the beauty and history of spooky. On Krakatau, travelers can not only adventure and the opportunity to watch the eruption of Krakatoa spewed moments of his bowels, but also can enjoy the flora and fauna that live on the islands.
Moreover, the cluster of islands covering an area of 13 605 hectares of Krakatau is entered into the area and nature reserve by UNESCO as World Heritage (1991) and is a natural laboratory for the theory of succession.
On Krakatau, travelers can learn how life evolved on land grows ever sterile of life. Tourism and government actors should be able to intelligently capture the opportunities that this has not been widely explored
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