More Than 300 Climbers Crowded The Volcano Of Bukit Kaba Rejang Lebong

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BENGKULU - Hundreds of climbers from various regions in Bengkulu Province, and outside the area crowded the Bukit Kaba Volcano, Rejang Lebong Regency.

Bukit Kaba Volcano, which is located in Sumber Urip Village, Selupu Rejang District, every school holiday season and commemoration of the Republic of Indonesia's Independence Day and Youth Pledge are always crowded with climbers who come from various regions.

"Based on data from climbers who registered at the Sumber Urip Village Climbing Post, which rose on Saturday afternoon, more than 300 people. This number has not been added to those who entered through the Seppiang Kepahiang Water Post," said the head of the Pokdarwis, Sumber Urip Village, Yulian Adi Pratama, ANTARA, Sunday, December 24.

He explained that the climbers who climbed to Bukit Kaba apart from coming from sub-districts in Rejang Lebong, then districts/cities in Bengkulu Province, also from a number of areas in South Sumatra Province such as Lubuklinggau City, Musi Rawas, Palembang to Jambi Province.

The climber who climbed into the active volcano in Bengkulu Province, he said, was to fill the school holidays and the 2023 Christmas holidays. The number of climbers will continue to grow until the New Year 2024.

According to him, the number of climbers who climb Bukit Kaba every year is the highest during the New Year holidays and the commemoration of the Republic of Indonesia's Independence Day. At this moment the number of climbers who rose could be more than 1,000 people.

"To climbers, we always campaign for the cleanliness of the Bukit Kaba area, we urge climbers to maintain cleanliness and bring down personal waste," he said.

Head of the Rejang Lebong Regency Tourism Office, M Budianto, stated that Bukit Kaba Nature Tourism Park (TWA) is one of the tourist destinations in Rejang Lebong Regency which is always crowded with tourists, both from the Bengkulu Province and outside the province.

Although the Bukit Kaba TWA is included in the management of the Bengkulu Province BKSDA, the Rejang Lebong Regency Government, he added, continues to strive for additional supporting facilities for this tourist area by building roads and bridges so that it makes it easier for people to climb to Bukit Kaba.