hi,

i'm planning to travel to sumatra to climb gunung kerinci next year, may i know if the KERINCI SEBLAT National Park is still closed because of high volcanic activity? is trekking to the summit of mt Kerinci still possible? or can someone please recommend me some other exotic mountains or volcanoes in indonesia to climb. thanks a lot. :)

Hi aloyteo,
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My sugestion is Mount Bromo and Mount Merapi as the most popular mount to climb in Indonesia :)

The easy one will be bromo. It is a well established tourist area. Join a tour company. Wake up early, and take the horse, or walk the caldera to reach the peak. Its an easy walk.

The rest... will require you to meet up many officials etc. At least that what happen to me years ago. I dont know now.

And DONT DONT DONT ever try to steal some Edelweis. They will make you run back to the top of the mountain to return them..

^^
interesting advise sanhen
Are u the guy who must run back to the top of the mountain?? :D

hi,

i'm planning to travel to sumatra to climb gunung kerinci next year, may i know if the KERINCI SEBLAT National Park is still closed because of high volcanic activity? is trekking to the summit of mt Kerinci still possible? or can someone please recommend me some other exotic mountains or volcanoes in indonesia to climb. thanks a lot. :)

I would highly recommend you to climb mount Rinjani on Lombok island. The height's 'only' around 3700m but in fact it's quite tough. The scenery is very2 beatiful and plus you can enjoy Danau Segara Anakan.
Afterwards you can go down and go Kuta (not kuta Bali but Kuta Lombok). So at 1 trip you'll get: Mountain, lake and beach.
Enjoy and have a nice adventure!

^^
interesting advise sanhen
Are u the guy who must run back to the top of the mountain?? :D

nope, luckily. i wasnt there. the flower was hidden inside a carefully opened indomie instant noodle packet. but the ranger still find it!!! it was run back to top of Gede mountain for him, and push up for the rest of the group.

i do have a bunch of edelweis at home. been in my room for at least 12 years. still ok. no sign of breaking up. what an amazing flower. i bought them at borobudur temple.

thanks guys for your help! heard about mt bromo and Rinjani before, but the flights from singapore to padang on tigerairways is the cheapest @ only SGD110 and there are no direct budget airline flights to lombok. the direct flight to surabaya on valuair costs SGD278 too expensive! i'm on a budget backpacking trip. so anyone can confirm whether mt kerinci is still open for climbers? haha cannot steal edelweis but can steal the volcanic rock from the mountain or not?

I'm not sure about mt kerinci
but i believe it still open for climber

Usually govt will announced tourist if there is any sign the mt will errupt

Hi Aloyteo :D

about ur Question I will try to find some details about MT KERINCI btw

can I knoe ur filght plan (from SG to ??)

Thanks!

the top of the website @ http://www.kerinci.org/ states "Because of high volcanic activity, Mount Kerinci has been CLOSED for visitor since June 19th, 2004 until further notice" but i dunno whether it is updated or not.

@encon, i'm planning to travel on tigerairways to padang from which i will take a bus to kerinci seblat national park, thanks.

There's a contact number and address on the site u mentioned above. Maybe you should give the partk a call before proceeding there. :)

Jl. Basuki Rahmat No. 11
Sungai Penuh, Jambi 37101
Indonesia

Phone: +62.(748) 22240/22250
Fax: +62.(748) 22300
E-mail: btnks@pdg.vision.net.id

hmm i contacted them and waited more than a week and still there are no replies...

This might be slightly costly, but if u want to be real sure try giving them a call.