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Dempo Mountain (october 11 holiday)

Indonesia Travel - Dempo Mountain

Dempo Mountain is located in the City of Pagar Alam, South Sumatra, the island of Sumatra - Indonesia . Dempo Mountain is the highest mountain in South Sumatra, which is as high as 3195 meters above sea level (asl). Dempo Mountain classified as active volcanoes and still spewing out smoke with a little mud into the lowlands below. The mountain is included in the Bukit Barisan mountain range which has two peaks, namely Dempo Mountain and Marapi Mountain.


Regions Dempo Mountain is the only mountain tourist sites in South Sumatra. In the forest area to the summit of Dempo Mountain have a small river with crystal clear water. The climbers can take advantage of this river water as drinking water during the trip. To climb, visitors must pass through the forest area by tracing a path that is filled with roots of large trees that are encroaching. The situation was dense and silent forest, so the occasional sound can be heard chirping of the birds.

From a certain height, visitors can see the green carpet of tea gardens. If visitors see more will appear Pagar Alam city. Panorama will be more beautiful when seen at night, as will be seen glittering lights that adorn the city of Pagar Alam.

If the visitors or hikers like to stay, there are facilities such as villas, guesthouses, motels, and food stalls around the foot of Dempo Mountain.

Dempo Mountain located about 310 km west of Palembang city. To achieve this mountain, visitors can use a private vehicle or bus to the City Pagar Alam with a travel time of about 7 hours. From Terminal Pagar Alam, visitors can head to the foot of Mount Dempo a distance about 15 km using a private vehicle or charter to the Tea Factory PTPN III. Near this tea factory, it's good to meet with elders of Dempo Mountain visitor, namely the elder person by nature lovers who will climb Dempo Mountain. He will escort visitors to the nearest village from the foot of Dempo Mountain, namely Kampung Empat with travel time about 30 minutes. From here, visitors can continue the journey through the path leading to the summit of Dempo Mountain.
 
 
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