Anak Krakatau(Son of Krakatau) is the young volcano which was born exactly in the same place where main krakatau island collapsed after a catastrophic eruption in 1883. It was born in 1927 and now its height is already 800 metres. Every year its growing by 6 to 12 inches. Its a beautiful volcano with great history behind it.

Krakatau island in 1883 contained three volcanoes that is Rakata, Perbuwaten and Danan. Only perbuwaten and danan were active at that time. Both of this volcanoes started erupting from may 1883. Then the big eruption happened on 26th August 1883 and 10:21 am. Ash and debris was shot to 50 km altitude. In all the directions the deadly pyroclastic flows were released. This pyroclastic flows reached the shore of anyer,carita, teluk betung and others. Till today, its a mystery how could a pyroclastic flow travel over sea for 40 kms. This deadly pyroclastic flows generated massive tsunamis in west java, sumatera. It killed over 36,000 people. The tsunamis generated was almost 40 metres tall.

The explosions were heard 4653 km away on the Island of Rodrigez in the Indian Ocean.
A 2 m high wave was recorded in Auckland, 7767 km away.
A bank of pumice floated to Durban, South Africa by September 1884, over a year after the eruption.
Volcanic dust and gases reached the stratosphere and circled the world in two weeks.
Beautiful sunsets were visible around the world.
The old island of Krakatau was destroyed. The former volcanic cones of Perboewatan and Danan fell into a hole in the crust which flooded with sea water. Only the southern part of Rakata remained. Two-thirds of the original island was destroyed.

Two temporary islands were formed from pumice - Steers and Calmejer. They were eventually eroded by the waves.

Total fatalities 36,417.
Causes of death:
Tsunamis: 32,000
Nuee ardentes: 4,400

Deaths according to area.
Ketimbang (Sumatra) 8,038
Teloeq Betoeng (Sumatra) 2,260
Semangka (Sumatra) 2,160
Tjiringin (Java) 12,022
Anjer (Java) 7,610
Tangerang (Java) 2,340
Serang (Java) 1,933

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Getting There

There are two ways to krakatau island. One way is hiring a boat from Anyer a beach resort town and second is hiring boat from bakaheuni(sumatera).

If you are hiring a speed boat form town of anyer, it will cost you anything between 3.5 to 5 million rupiah. It takes 2 hours to get there.

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You need to get a climbing permit from Forestry department situated in labuan or you can directly go to Pulau sertung which is just behing the anak krakatau volcano.

Camping

There is no camping allowed in Anak Krakatau Island. But if you wish to camp you have two options.

1. You can directly go to Pulau sertung which is just behing the Anak Krakatau island. In there you can get your climbing permits which is usually under 1 dollar per person. There you have clean drinking waters, camping sites. Incase you reach the volcano in the evening its advised that you go to pulau sertung and camp there. Next day early morning you can come back to krakatau volcano for climbing.

2. The second option is go to Pulau sebesi which is also close to kraktau island. Here you find lots of lodges and other food items, water etc. But in either case you have to come to pulau sertung to obtain climbing permits.

3. Its always dangerous to climb Anak krakatau bcoz of its activity and tough track which comprises of loose scorcia, rocks, lava bombs etc. Pls check with the local authorities about the current activity of this volcano before climbing to summit.

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