Trolley Tour for the Foreign Tourists
It’s very impressive to travel by a trolley passing the tunnel and enjoying the green and cool village nature
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T o travel by a trolley makes a different kind of experience to compare with other vehicles. Anyone who has this experience will never disappointed. Let alone the trolley that belongs to PT Kereta Api(Persero) of the IX train operation area in Jember which is still operated.Passing through the Tunnel This trip will be more thrilled when the trolley slowly goes into the Mrawan’s dark tunnel. The tunnel with 690m length that built in 1903 by SS(Staatsspoorwegen-State Railway) together with the line of Mrawan-Rogojampi-Banyuwangi. The moisture and cool air as well as the water drops of the tunnel’s ceiling will make your trip more impressive. For a while this trolley tour will make a regular halt because the other train, Sri Tanjung, is about to pass the same railway. At this Station, the air becomes cooler as the height is about 524 above sea level. It’s said that this station is the highest one in the train operation area IX in Jember. It is not that long after the halt, the trip continues. After 200m from that station, this trolley passes a bridge with 178m long hanging above a valley. The trip passing this bridge really thrills you. That trolley later pass through that tunnel which is about 90m. The panorama around this area is as beautiful as the ones you’ve seen at the previous stations. Finally, we come to the last destination, Station Garahan.
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A Trolley with the capacity of 7 passengers has a route of Kalibaru-Mrawan-Garahan with duration 3 hours for a visa-versa trip. To rent this trip will cost you about Rp 400.000. The cool air and beautiful picturesque of the nature along the away never will create such a boredom. This trolley will slowly bring tourists to reach the height of 428m above the sea level. Along the way you may enjoy the beautiful view of Gumitir mountains which is still pure with its coffee, tea and cocoa plantations as well as the rubber, cypress and pine trees.
Interesting for the Foreign Tourists To make a tour with trolley is considered as a new touristic attraction but actually the overseas tourists quite often rent this trolley. A resort at the front of Kalibaru Station makes it easy possibility for the foreign tourists who stay there to rent this trolley. These tourists will later continue their trip to Bali. |
Autor; Zudi Susanto, Henny Puspitasari
Translated by James.D from Antarin.
2009