Gunung Gede - Pangrango, West Java

"Big Mountain". Major feature visible from many points of West Java.

Add: Taman Nasional Gede - Pangrango (Gede – Pangrango National Park) is one of the preserve natures in Indonesia. The rain forest is still in a very good condition and well preserve. It has 251 birds’ species of 450 species in the Island of Java.

It is the most popular hiking/tracking destination in the west of Java. There are 2 peaks: Mount Gede (2,958 m asl) and Mount Pangrango (3,019 m above sea level).

There are 2 famous routes to reach the summits: Cibodas and Selabintana. Interesting places to see around cibodas:
a. Telaga Biru (Blue Lake), a small lake approx. 1.5 km from Cibodas. On foot is the best way to go there
b. Cibereum Water Fall (500 mtr height)

The north route from Cibodas:
- need approx. 3 hours hiking to reach a hot spring.
- need approx. 4 hours hiking to reach Kandang Badak Flying Camp
- need approx. 5 hours hiking to reach Gn. Gede summit (and enjoying the Crater view)
- need approx. 7 hours hiking to reach Gn. Pangrango summit (and enjoying Edelweiss Field)

The South Route from Selabintana, we will pass Alun-alun Suryakencana before reaching the Gede Summit. If we want to reach the Pangrango Summit as well, we have to go down to Kandang Badak (opposite of Alun-alun Suryakencana) from Gede summit, then claim up to Mount Pangranggo (approx. 4 hours in total).

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