Announcement, This Is The Schedule For Closing The Mount Merbabu Climbing Line For Ecosystem Recovery

Mount Merbabu (Instagram/btn_gn_merbabu)

JAKARTA - Mount Merbabu has closed all hiking trails starting October 31, 2024. This was conveyed by the Gunung Merbabu National Park Center on its official Instagram.

The closure of the hiking trail is carried out for the restoration of the ecosystem on Mount Merbabu, after almost a year of human protection. The closure is also a period of tariff transition which is likely to be updated.

"In the context of ecosystem recovery and transitional period of implementing Government Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 36 of 2024 concerning Types and Tariffs for Types of Non-Tax State Revenue Applicable to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry," wrote the Gunung Merbabu National Park Center on Instagram, quoted on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.

"So all hiking trails in Mount Merbabu National Park are temporarily closed from October 31, 2024, to an undetermined time. Thus to become understanding," he added.

There are five hiking trails on Mount Merbabu. Starting from the Selo Climbing Line, the Suwanting Climbing Line, the Wekas Climbing Line, the Thekelan Climbing Line, and the Cuntel Climbing Line.

For information, climbers to Mount Merbabu are required to use the official climbing route. The Gunung Merbabu National Park Office previously explained that climbing through official routes is safer and climber data will be well recorded.

If you take the official route, your data will be recorded in the climber's data manifest. Climbing is safer and more comfortable," their statement some time ago.