Jomblang Cave

A Travel Guide, YOEXPLORE – Have you seen Heaven’s Light? No? Why? Oh, I guess, many people will answer because they aren’t dead yet. Hmm, the answer is half true and half wrong. Let me tell you a not-so-secret, actually, you can see Heaven’s Light even you aren’t dead yet! WOW! What a shocking news, right? Hmm, maybe now you are wondering where you can see that Heaven’s Light. Now it is the time to reveal this magic place. You can see Heaven’s Light if you try to tour to Jomblang Cave! WOW! Dare to explore the Jomblang Cave Tour?

Jomblang Cave

Jomblang Cave is located in the karst area of Gunung Mountain. There are hundreds of cave in this area. It is definitely worth exploring Jomblang Cave! The Heaven’s Light that you can see in this cave is actually just a usual ray of light. So what is the amazing thing from this Heaven’s Light? It is an amazing view because you can capture Heaven’s Light from 90 meters depth from the ground.

Jomblang Cave was formed about thousands of years ago because of the geological process where the land along with its vegetation sank to the bottom of the earth. This ruined and formed a sinkhole or well-known in the Javanese Language as Luweng Jomblang. This Luweng Jomblang is about 50 meters wide. UNESCO set the karst area of Sewu Mountain as the member of Global Geopark Network in 2015 and until now Jomblang Cave is set as the icon of world geopark. However, long before that, Jomblang Cave was already known for its amazing experience. It was even used as the shooting location of Amazing Race America in 2011.

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Tour To Jomblang Cave

So, it is the time to begin the real adventure! To tray the tour to Jomblang Cave, you must have the ability of single rope technique (SRT). You will be given special equipment that complies with the security standards of caving in the vertical cave and accompanied by an experienced cave carer. But for those of you who haven’t tried caving, you will be dropped into the cave by the Cave Kalisuci Operator. As you descend the cave at a depth of 60 meters, you will feel a thrilling sensation by looking into the cave. But after a few meters, you will no longer feel panic and even you can’t wait to get to the bottom of the cave. Once you arrive at the mouth of the cave, you must continue the journey towards Luweng Grubung by entering a very large cave mouth. Jomblang and Grubug are connected by a hallway along the 300 meters. Once you arrive at the end of the hall, you definitely will see the sunlight bursts in from Luweng Grubug. That is the Heaven’s Light. Are you excited to try the tour to Jomblang Cave? Now, it’s your turn!