Mount Gede is a volcano located on the island of Java in the province of West Java. Mount Gede National Park area located in Gede Pangarango. Pangarango Gede National Park itself is one of the five national parks that were first made in Indonesia in the 1980s. Mountain tourism Gede located between three districts namely Kabupaten Cianjur and Bogor, Sukabumi district, with an altitude of 1,000 to 3,000 metres from surface-water sea. The average temperature at the peak of Mount Gede approximately 18 ° Celsius and at night the temperature on top of the range more or less 5 ° Celsius, with rainfall averaging between 3,700 mm/year. The main gateway to this mountain is from Cibodas and Cipanas.
Some of the famous attractions and interesting Sights to visit in Mount Gede, among others.
1. Telaga Biru. Is a small lake, measuring five hectares located at an altitude of 1,575 meters above sea level. The Lake is located 1.5 kilometres from Cibodas. This Lake will be blue when sunlight, because the other side is covered by blue algae.
2. Waterfall Cibeureum. The waterfall, which has an altitude of about 50 meters more or less is more or less about 2.8 km from Cibodas. Around the waterfall Cibeureum sex you could see the Red Moss endemic to West Java.
3. The Suryakencana square. Plain covering an area of 50 hectares are covered with wildflowers edelweiss. Located at an altitude of 2750 meters above sea level to approximately 11.8 kilometers from Cibodas.
Once upon a time, there is a legend that became a local community trust which is about the existence of the Suryakencana Prabu Siliwangi and Grandparents in the area of Mount Gede. The local community still believe that the spirit of Grandparents Suryakencana and Prabu Siliwangi would still keep the mount Gede in order not to erupt. So it's no wonder at any given time, there are some people who go to goa-goa around Mount Gede to semedhi/meditation or religious ceremony.
Mount Gede Pangrango National Park is owned by Indonesia's West Java. The mountain's height reaches 2958 meters above sea level to mount Gede and 3019 yards from sea level to Mount Pangrango. For those of you who comes from Mount Gede Pangrango Jakarta, can be reached from Jakarta through the toll, and in line with the Summit takes about two hours. Mount Gede is very suitable for beginners to try to do his first ascent.
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