Mount Merbabu (3,142 m) Central Java, Indonesia -- the sleeping mountain

The shape of Mount Merbabu and Mount Lawu are identical. Both have no active craters as they were part of old volcanic mountains. The peaks of these two mountains formed plateau caused by erosion and nearly lost its natural forest.

the forest-less ridge of mount merbabu

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From the south, we may walk through Selo village to reach both Mount Merapi and Mount Merbabu. From the north, Kopeng village, we can reach only Mount Merbabu.
To rach Kopeng, we may travel by bus from Yogyakarta to Magelang, than Salatiga and finally to Kopeng village. In Kopeng village, there are many hotels and inns, also touorist park where we can put up a tent for overnight stay. We should continue trekking to Tekala village where we should complete preparation for the climbing and carry water since there is no water on the way. In care we need a guide we may obtain in Kopeng village.
Walking through vegetable and acacia garden, we continue our journey upward and finally reach a ridge. In the ridge , we can find a dilapidated hut at 2,400 m high. Walking upward from the hut, we will pass another incline, where we can get a scenic panorama of the surrounding without any hindrance.

scenic panorama of merbabu

There is another hut for weather measurement on the first peak (2,800 m high). From this place we can look at the higest hours to reach the peak. On the way to the peak we come acress the dead salfatara and steep ridge.

a steep ridge of merbabu

Climbing the peak from Kopeng takes nearly 8 ours whereas the return will spend nearly 5 hours. The easiet way to climb successfully both Mount Merbabu adn Mount Merapi is from Selo village, Boyolali. But we will find steep paths and it will make us exhausted. Also, we have to climb another mountain as high as the main peak of Mount Merbabu. Climbing the peak of Mount Merbabu from Selo takes approximately 6  or 7 hours, and about 5 hours to return.

 Mount Merbabu from Merapi peak