Review of SEMERU HOSTEL MALANG 1*

Great driver. Great locations. But dishonest company. Just to fill everyone in that this company has not been able to take people down to the actual blue fire in April 2026. They have known about it this whole time and are just barely making guests aware on their Instagram story today. They have made fake statements about taking people down there. They also posted pictures about said people. The blue fire they take you to is fake. They put some flammable concoction with something that makes it blue and light it with a lighter on a rock. Not real. Anyone making it to the real blue fire is told they are not allowed to go down there and that it is against the law. Our group was told by the guide that if we went down there we could get in big trouble. And that he would not be going down there (even though he was our guide and that was literally what he was supposed to do). He said that we could go down, but we may or may not get in trouble with the LAW. None of us went down bc we don’t want to go to jail in Indonesia. That would suck. So we get back and I write a review about it. And the semeru hostel tell me I am wrong and that the only reason I didn’t see the blue fire was b/c of bad luck and all this other garbage. I just relooked at their response today and they have completely changed their response. Not in a good way. But they realize they messed up now, but have not admitted it or apologized to our group for being dishonest to us about our trip. They just want the numbers. They don’t care if the tour doesn’t see the blue fire. Now that I wrote a review and people are calling them out on their dishonesty they are finally posting it on their story. Very late. 19 days late. And they need to take it a step further and share this information with everyone signing up for the tour. And change their itinerary from “get a blue fire moment” to “watch dudes light a freaking rock on fire with a lighter, something you could do at home wherever you live”. Thanks for reading. They will reply to this with more lies FYI. I am telling the truth.