Mountains

Both the peaks of the Mt Arjuna and Mt Welirang lie on the same mountain. We can climb Mt Arjuna either from northeast (from Tretes through Mt Welirang), from east (from Lawang), and from west (from Batu-Selecta). From Surabaya take a bus going to Malang and get off in Pandaan then take a mini bus to Tretes. Tretes is a tourist spot. It has a tourist forest where we can find a beautiful waterfall called ‘Kakek Bodo’, and a camping area. Tretes has cool climate and many hotels and inns to rest comfortably. We can start climbing both Mt Arjuna and Mt Welirang, start from PHPA office in Tretes. Trekking towards southwest for about 4 or 5 hours, we can pause and spend the night in about for people looking for sulfur stores. Here we can have water for cooking and take a bath as the water is in abundant. Everyday, about 20-30 workers look for and bring the sulfuric stores to Tretes. In next morning we can start climbing forward to Mt Welirang, or turn left to go directly to Mt Arjuna. Climbi...

The shape of Mt Sundoro and Mt Sumbing are identical, conical in shape, and having active craters. It shows that these two mountains originated from the same source and period. They are separated by a main road connecting Wonosobo and Magelang. To go to Mt Sundoro from Magelang we may travel by bus to Wonosobo and get off at the highest place in Kledung village. Coming to the village we should meet the village headman, to obtain information and guidance about the mountain. If we wish, we can stay at the village headman’s house as there is no inn or special place to have a rest. Since there is no water available throughout the journey, we should prepare water in this village. The path behind the village headman’s house is the track leading to the mountain. Walking along this path through the vegetable garden for about 1 hour, we will reach pine forest and straight up to the peak of the mountain. Close the peak we may turn the hill from the left to right towards the peak. Journey from Kl...

Mt Ciremai has it own characteristics compared with other mountains in Java Island. This mountains is far away from the other mountains and situated close to the Java Sea. To reach the mountain, we may travel by bus from Cirebon going to Kuningan and get off at Cilimus. From Cilimus we can travel by motor cycle or mini bus to Linggarjati. To climb the mountain, we should obtain a letter of permission from Kuningan’s Forest Authority (Perhutani) and formerly from the police station of Kuningan. After receiving the letter, the village headman of Linggarjati will give us the permission by return to go on further. We may stay overnight in Linggarjati Hotel. Walking 700 m westward to Gedung Naskah from the Hotel, we will reach Linggarjati village hall where we will find many guides who will lead us to the mountain. One of them is Mr. Akhmad who is a quite experienced guide. If we walk from this place towards the mountain, we will come across a pine woods and find a place called Cibunar, whe...

Situated in West Java, we can see the peaks of Mt Pangrango and Mt Gede from Cibodas. Mt Pangrango is of steep triangular shape whereas Mt Gede is of domed shape. The most common routes leading to these mountains is the route from Cibodas. From Bogor or Cianjur, we can travel by bus going towards Cipanas and get off at be entrance of Cibodas, approximately 2 km away from the west of Cipanas. From that bus stop we can go on towards the gate of Cibodas’ Botanical Garden by mini bus. We can obtain a permission of climbing from ‘Wisma Cinta Alam’ (the local authority office), which is on the right side of the gate. Guides are also available here. Mt Pangrango and Mt Gede are part from the National Park, where we can enjoy the beauty of nature. We can obtain Guide Map of the National Park from Wisma Cinta Alam. To enter the park, we have to walk through the Botanical Garden gate and come to the Guard House where we have to register our identity for personal security. If we wish, we can put ...