18 May 2025
For those that are "sunchasers", this is a must-do activity. If you are not a "morning person", this one will be tough. We stayed in Usa Dua so they picked us up at 2:30 a.m. for the 2- hour drive. Obviously, if you stay closer, your pickup time will change. I highly recommend that you bring a towel to sit on in case there was rain the night before or condensation as you will be riding in an open-air off-road vehicle. I also suggest that you bring long pants and a sweatshirt. If I did it again, I would bring my tripod. I like to record my sunrises in "time warp" mode. Your driver will take a variety of photos. Our driver was amazing. We were above the clouds. There was one point at roughly 5:15-5:30 that the clouds blocked our view of where the sun was expected to rise, but 10 minutes later, it cleared and the stage was set. We were told that is normal. What followed was indescribable. Hopefully, I will be allowed to attach photos. Don't think about it. Just do it. You won't be sorry.