MERAPI VOLCANO
2days/1night
Got burning desire to explore the highest mountain in JOGJA, Central Java, Indonesia to then you will be landed, enjoy the sunrise from the top of Mount Merapi, find Mount Merbabu and Sumbing while sunrise comes up
Itinerary
- 2days/1 night Mount Merapi
Day 01:
At
10.30pm depart for the hotel in Yogyakarta in
1h30mnts driving to reach Selo village as the starting point.
By
midnight, managed by expert trekking guide, ascend the Volcano
Day 02:
At
05.00 AM, reach the summit. For then in short moment enjoy the sunrise (if
weather allows), down in 5 hrs walking.
For then about 1.00pm arrive at your hotel.
Participants must:
01.
Have previous experience in ascending mountain.
02.
No historic of lung, asthma or other respiratory diseases cause of gas
emissions due to the potential harmful effects of volcanic gases.
03.
Must be in best physical condition.
04.
Participants travel on his/her own risk.
Merapi Tour Trekking
Volcanic
activity can change without warning. In the interests of personal safety trip
details may change at short notice due to volcanic activity, weather, or
request from local authorities.
All
reasonable care is taken on tours, but volcanic activity is unpredictable, and
no guarantee can be made about safety on an active volcano. We have never had
an accident in 20 years of conducting tours.
Rate:
Min
1 pax: US$ 310.00/person
Min
2 pax: US$ 169.00/person
Min
3 pax: US$ 143.00/person
Min
4 pax: US$ 137.00/person
Min
7 pax: US$ 129.50/person
Inclusion:
Expert
trekking guide- car – porter – refreshment – simple breakfast- drink
Not Inclusive:
Insurance
By using Russian speaking guide, add. Charge at US$ 150.00/package
Validity:
April 01, 2012 up to March 31, 2012
About Mount Merapi
Merapi
volcano is one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes. It contains
an active lava dome which regularly produces pyroclastic flows. Eruptions occur
at intervals of 1-5 years and are of low gas pressure. Since magma is poor in
gas, eruptions are usually less than VEI 3 in size.
Merapi
is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia and has produced more
pyroclastic flows than any other volcano in the world. It has been active for
10,000 years.
Most
eruptions of Merapi involve a collapse of the lava dome creating pyroclastic
flows which travel 6 to 7 km from the summit. Some awan panas (pyroclastic)
have traveled as far as 13 km from the summit, such as the deposit generated
during the 1969 eruption. Velocity of pyroclastic flows can reach up to 110
km/hour. A slow up flow of andesitic magma leads to an extrusion of viscous
magma, which accumulates and constructs a dome in the crater.
Eruptions at Merapi
volcano
There
is evidence that the current low level of activity may be interrupted by larger
explosive eruptions.
2006 Eruptions
Seismic activity began increasing at Merapi
volcano in March 2006, and 10,000 residents were prepared for evacuation. On
10th April people were banned from climbing the volcano. On 12th April the
Alert Level was raided from 2 to 3. An 8 km exclusion zone was placed around
the volcano. On 27th April nearly 2,000 villagers were evacuated from Sidorejo
and Tegalmulyo villages around Merapi volcano. On 13th May, the Alert Level
was
raised to the highest level 4, and about 4,500 people living near the volcano
were evacuated. On 15th May pyroclastic flows traveled up to 4 km west. By 16th
May, more than 22,000 people had been evacuated. On 8th June, the lava-dome
growth rate at Merapi was an estimated 100,000 cubic meters per day, with an
estimated volume of 4 million cubic meters. Pyroclastic flows and rock falls
decreased in frequency and intensity after 28th June 2006.
2006 Earthquakes
On
27th May 2006 a magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed about 5,400 people produced in
a three-fold increase in activity at Merapi volcano. On 17th July 2006 a
magnitude 7.7 earthquakes hit 50 km south of Merapi volcano. The earthquake was
the result of thrust-faulting on the boundary between the Australian and Sunda
tectonic plates. The earthquake produced an 8 m high tsunami which hit the
southern coast of Java. This event was
classified as a tsunami earthquake, because of the low earthquake magnitude
compared to the tsunami size. The earthquake caused 5,750 deaths, 38,560
injures, and up to 600,000 people displaced in the Bantul-Yogyakarta area
2010 - 5 November
2010
The
biggest eruption within the last 106 years
Merapi Tour Trekking
Volcanic
activity can change without warning. In the interests of personal safety trip
details may change at short notice due to volcanic activity, weather, or
request from local authorities.
All
reasonable care is taken on tours, but volcanic activity is unpredictable, and
no guarantee can be made about safety on an active volcano. We have never had
an accident in 20 years of conducting tours.
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