I
was off from Jakarta at 8.30pm on Friday with my colleagues to Surabaya and
then continued to Probolinggo with rented car. We arrived at Noars basecamp
around 4am on the next day. After two hours sleeping in a comfortable sleeping
bag, we prepared ourselves to go for rafting and started the rafting at 8am. The
road to the river is steep until we concluded that this is a buy one get one
trip. We bought a rafting trip and got a trekking trip as a bonus.
The
journey on the river was already started with two streams just a couple seconds
after we got on the boat. Pekalen river has beautiful cliff on its both side
with the bats and the waterfall. The streams are also fascinating made from the
combination of the river rocks and the currents. The view was enthralling,
still we had to be cautious with the stream in front of us. For sure, I tried
my best to minimize the risk of falling from the boat like my previous rafting
experience at Cisangkuy river. After passing a stream, we waited for some other
boats to pass it also. Hence we're not only enjoying the stream view, but also
our friend's reaction while passing the stream.
We
were supposed to end the rafting at 4pm. But the operator already pulled us out
from the river at 1.30pm due to the heavy rain. Luckily, we had went through
the great parts of the river.
The next day we went to see sunrise at Bromo.
The trip was arranged by http://joinenterprise.multiply.com
with http://www.noarsrafting.com/?page_id=3 as the rafting operator.
