Photo: Papandayan Mountain is Always Tempting

Garut - Mount Papandayan in Garut is so beautiful. Tempting the traveler to climb it and dissolve in its beauty.

Traveler fills the Lebaran holiday by climbing Mount Papandayan. Departing from Jakarta by train to Bandung to avoid the congestion that usually occurs in Cikampek Toll

From Bandung, I use the motor to Garut. Travel time from Bandung to Papandayan located in District Cisurupan taken more than 4 hours and the road was uphill

I arrived at Papandayan at around 15:00 pm. Up at the gate, we have to pay tickets Rp 58 thousand for entrance fee and parking. The fee is included with the insurance

Upon arriving, we rested at the shop that was there at once to rent tents and bedding, tidied up the goods, and climbed at 16.00 pm. Do not forget to report to the front post first with an ID card

There are 10 climbing post on Mount Papandayan. Papandayan including mountain tracks suitable for beginners with a climb that is not too high

But must remain vigilant because this track a lot of large rocks and small easy to shift

There are actually two climbing paths that can be used to get to the top. The first path through the Dead Forest, but this path is quite extreme with steep rocky climb. While the second line is usually used by beginner climber

The sound of wild boar or commonly called 'Omen' by the climbers, began to sound and the atmosphere around is also so quiet. It turned out that in the atmosphere of Lebaran holiday there is still another group behind us in numbers so much

Finally got to the last post at Pondok Saladah at around 19:00 pm. The stars are clearly visible and the air is so cold. But do not worry for climbers who want to go to Papandayan, in each post there are stalls selling instant noodles, mineral water and fried food can also warm up with fire

The journey from Pondok Saladah to the Dead Forest is about 15 minutes and there are many Edelweiss flowers. Smoke from the crater is also visible and the smell of sulfur smells