Mt.KERINCI

by Paulinka

You can find a few pictures of my trip to Kerinci's mountain in Sumatra. It's the second highest peak of Indonesia, an active volcano which can let you fell and admire the power of our Earth.

Mont Kerinci 3805m
Gunung Kerinci is the second highest peak in Indonesia.

Gunung Kerinci
There is only one trail to the summit of Gunung Kerinci

Entrance of National Park
this is probably the last tiger that you will see on your trip

The path
will quide you to the beautiful tropical forest with an exceptional flora and...

It's better
to start early in the morning because the weather changes a lot, especially...

This picture
was taken at 5am, we were lucky to see the "gunung tujuh" - seven...

The volcano
is still active, you can smell the sulfure everyvwhere but the view is...

Unfortunately
it's not possible to walk around the entire crater but the...

This is how the path looks
at the "puncak" - peak. Above the last shelter the vegetation...

Beautiful Gunung Tujuh
or "seven summits".

Many fishermans
are coming to tahe lake Gunung Tujuh. They stay in small cottages at the...

fisherman.
Who knows what is he thinking about...

article published 01/10/2007

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