Along misty mountain landscape and lush green leaf tea plantations of Bandung lies the fabled crater of Mt. Tangkuban Perahu, the only ‘drive-up’ volcano on the island of Java, West Indonesia. The three-hour drive from Jakarta into the craters edge travels through long winding pebbly roads, dense shrub, enthusiastic hikers, toiling farmers and occasional cars. But simply when you thought you were lost at the serpentine road, the crater reveals itself in all its splendour.Previously it was born 100 thousand years ago and at 2,084 meters high Tangkuban Perahu is an active stratovolcano that could have a twin crater (Kawah Ratu and Kawah Upas) along at the summit. It really is located thirty kilometres north of Bandung, a sleepy city that is situated 768 meters above sea level.
Don't be fooled by its quiet demeanour, it is very much active while it have not vented its fury lately. It is widely thought that between 2000 to 6000 issue multiple eruptions happened in Tangkuban Perahu as well as the lava, mud, rock and ash it spewed blocked the Pedalarang valley. The eruptions blocked the course of the Citarum River and the Bandung basin filled to form a lake sprawling approximately 700 square kilometres. Recently, the lake seems to have mysteriously drained away causing an excellent ongoing debate among geologists.
One can return this mystical mountain by hiring a car, a taxi, through various tour operators and groups or just simply hiking in the mountain trail if you are as much as it. Identify and more comfortable option would be to hire car or truck and driver and explore the mountain by yourself time compared to being pressed for time which has been allocated to say a tour group. It s always best to are certain that your guide or driver knows his way around the roads and tourist spots of Bandung before starting about this trip.
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