Mount Gede Pangrango Opens Again Via 3 Entrances, Only Accepts 600 Climbers Every Day

Photo via Antara

JAKARTA - The Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park (TNGGP) Center in Cianjur, West Java, has reopened hiking trails with a climbing limit of only 75 percent of capacity according to government regulations.

Public Relations of TNGGP Agus Dedi, said that Mount Gede Pangrango was closed for a month due to extreme weather factors and the restoration of the ecosystem. However, starting today, Tuesday, May 10, it is re-opened. For climbing from the three entrances Cibodas, Gunung Putri and Salabintana-Sukabumi.

"For climbing which has been opened today, Tuesday, prospective climbers can register online or contact our call center. The number of climbers allowed is only 75 percent of the capacity according to government regulations or as many as 600 people per day," said Agus quoted from Antara.

The climbing quota is divided into three gates, the Cibodas entrance is 300 people, Gunung Putri is 200 people and Selabintana is 100 people. His party also appealed to prospective climbers to continue to apply strict procedures during the journey until they came back down.

Hikers are asked to continue to preserve nature by not leaving food waste and preserving plants and habitats in the national park, including not picking edelweiss flowers or perennial flowers on the top of the mountain.

"We ask climbers to stay smart, protect the environment and ecosystem on the hiking trail and comply with applicable regulations, not to pick flowers and carry food waste when descending the mountain," he said.

Monitoring until Tuesday evening, hundreds of climbers are ready to climb one of the highest mountains in West Java, the reopening of the climbing route has been awaited by climbers from various regions in West Java, Greater Jakarta and several other provinces.

"We have registered since one month before the closing of the climb, we chose to re-register because it was planned to climb Mount Gede after Eid. We happened to have received a notification that the climb had opened today," said climber from Bogor, Fajar Islami.