Kumba Island lies in the Banda Sea of Eastern Indonesia and north of the island of Lembata. The island must be sitting over a hot spot in the earth’s mantle as it seems to have been active over many years. The sailing ship Vega stopped at Pulau Kumba in 2015 and its captain Shane Granger took these beautiful photographs of the island and its active volcano.

And the amazing donut like cloud formation surrounding the eruption

And how about this night image of Pulau Kumba erupting with the full moon in the background.

Subject to the usual sailing conditions, Sea Trek Sailing Adventures plans to visit Pulau Kumba this year in September during their 14 day East Indies Spice Exploration voyage around the islands of the eastern Indonesian Archipelago – please see the map below and go to their website for details.

The Ombak Putih

The East Indies Spice Exploration voyage from Maumere to Ambon

I will leave you with this video taken in 2014 from the Blue Dragon LOB showing a spectacular eruption.

Full details of the East Indies Spice Exploration 2016 can be found the SeaTrek website

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