Loko Tour

Semboro Sugar Factory, 35 km west of Jember, was built in Colonial Dutch period by Handles Vereniging Amsterdam (a Dutch private company) in 1921 with 2103 hectares of sugar cane field which spreads out in the western and the northern part of Jember. In colonial Japanese period, the producing sugar activities stopped and at the same time it was changed as soda factory to fulfill the needs of Japanese Government. Few years after Indonesian Independence Day, precisely in 1949, it was made as an ammunition factory to provide supplies for the Indonesian freedom fighters against the colonial to reoccupy Indonesian country. From 1950 to 1957 the milling activities began producing sugar which was already taken over by Indonesian government. Due to its demands since 1978, Semboro sugar factory has tried to increase its production from 24.000 kw to 54.000 kw per day by processing carbonization into sulfitation with the area of more or less 10.500 hectares. The foreign visitors can make nostalgic tour by steam loco for 2 hours as well as they can see the beautiful view along the trip. To get there, the visitors can take rental car and transportation in 120 minutes from central town.