Sibayak Mountain
Mount Sibayak is a mountain located in the karo land, North Sumatra indonesia. Locale people is karo people. Karo people call Sibayak Mountain with name "mountain of the king". Mount Sibayak is a volcano and erupted last year in 1881. Mount Sibayak is an active volcano class that has hot steam. The condition is quite "irregular" on this peak rock, it becomes uniqueness that attracts tourists. who love to test the adrenaline to try to conquer Mount Sibayak to reach its peak. The view of the rising sun will hit your face giving a warm atmosphere, replacing the cold air that overnight enveloped your journey. Another area that is often used as a photo object for the climbers is the crater of Mount Sibayak. Inside this crater lies rocks with 40,000 meters sulfur crater. Solfatara content makes it not stop spitting hot steam.
Mount Sibayak is located in the Karo highlands, Karo District, North Sumatra. Indonesia. The height of this mountain reaches 2,094 mdpl. The highest peak of Mount Sibayak is named Takal Kuda. This is the Karo language which means "Horse Head". Its peak coordinate position is at 97 ° 30'BT and 4 ° 15'LS.
Departure from Medan City, you will travel 75 km distance with time more or less 2 hour to reach in Berastagi. You can choose two-wheeled vehicles or four wheels. After that, to reach the location there are two choices of routes such as a trip from Berastagi or from Semangat Gunung Village.
There are three mountain forest entrances that you can choose to reach the summit of Mount Sibayak. namely through the village of Raja Berneh (Semangat Gunung), Jalur 54, Penatapan and Jaranguda which is about 500 meters from the city of Berastagi which is the path for tourists. foreign tourists are advised to choose Jaranguda. besides easy at this village there are also many hotels and tour guides for foreign tourists who want to climb sibayak mountain. also through the Raja berneh village path. there are many pools of hot spring water that source from mountain sibayak.
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