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Mt Ijen Crater (2300 m)

Ijen Crater is an active one, which is combination of Mt Raung and Mt Ijen. There are two main routes leading to the crater. The first route is from Banyuwangi to the southwest through Jambu village. By mini bus from Banyuwangi, we go to Licin village and by another mini bus go to Jambu village, as the last village. From the Jambu village, we start trekking by passing Coffee and Clove Plantation along the way to a splendid tropical forest. This way is used daily by the workers to carry sulfur stores from Ijen Crater, so the path is quite wide and good. In the middle of the journey, we will find cold water from a small river. It will take 4 hours before getting at a prairie. There are three locked huts and some water from rain. We need another 1 and half hours to reach to the crater. On the way, there is a small office managing sulfur mining, in which we can buy drinks or cigarettes. The second route is from Bondowoso to southeast passing Wonosari and Ijen caldera which is the bigge...
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Mt Slamet (3481 m)

Mt Slamet is the second highest mountain in Java. There are three routes leading to the mountain; one from west side of the mountain, one from Batu Raden, and another from Bambangan, out of which is the shortest route to the mountain. To go to Bambangan, we should travel from Purwokerto to Purbalingga and from Purbalingga to Bobotsari. From Bobotsari we can travel through villages surrounded by many trees to Penjangan village by truck. This is the last village that allows cars and vehicles to pass through. It takes about another 1 hour trekking to Bambangan from Penjangan villages. There is an Information Center, were mountaineers can get information. We may take a rest in this place, too. We can hire a guide in Bambangan. In case we will put up a tent on the way, we should obtain the permission from the Forest Authority (Perhutani) of Serang (Bambangan). If we go up the hill a bit further, we will find a new large hut, but no water or electricity is available. We may take a rest h...
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Mt Pangrango (3019 m) and Mt Gede (2958 m)

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 ...
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