Facts Elevation: 2,282 m (7,487 ft) Prominence: 571 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Nusa Tenggara Timur Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: none Eruptions: 1987-89, 1991 Photos Bagging It! Poco Ranakah (‘or “Ranaka’) is a volcano located in the western part of the island of Flores near the large town of Ruteng, the capital of […]
Manado Tua is an inactive volcanic cone island off the west coast of North Sulawesi, close to the capital Manado. There is a good path to the top and the summit offers great views over the other islands and Manado Bay. In good weather you can see the smoking cone of Gunung Soputan almost 60 kilometres away. But be careful you don’t fall into the huge hole at the summit which was made recently by local people looking for buried treasure!
Facts Elevation: 748 m (2,454 ft) Prominence: 748 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Nusa Tenggara Timur Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: none Eruptions: 1852, 2006-2014 Photos Bagging It! The remote Komba island consists of an active volcano, Batu Tara, whose first known eruption was in 1852. In November 2010, I sailed on a Bugis
Facts Elevation: 735 m (2,411 ft) Prominence: 735 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Nusa Tenggara Timur Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: none Photos Bagging It! Doro Ora is the highest point of Rinca island (pronounced ‘Rintja’) – one of the two large islands in Komodo National Park. Closer than Komodo to the port town
Facts Elevation: 914 m (2,999 ft) Prominence: 637 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan) Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: none Bagging It! Gunung Kulat is a huge, spectacular karst area in East Kalimantan about which very little is known. Practicalities Getting there: Unknown Accommodation: Unknown Permits: Unknown Water sources: Unknown Local
Facts Elevation: 849 m (2,785 ft) Prominence: 473 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan) Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: none Photos Bagging It! Gunung Kulat is a huge, spectacular karst area in East Kalimantan about which very little is known. Practicalities Getting there: Unknown Accommodation: Unknown Permits: Unknown Water sources: Unknown
Facts Elevation: 1,042 m (3,419 ft) Prominence: 627 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan) Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: none Photos Bagging It! Gunung Buntung is one of the highest peaks in the huge, spectacular Gunung Kulat karst area in East Kalimantan about which very little is known. Practicalities Getting there:
Facts Elevation: 1,023 m (3,356 ft) Prominence: 772 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan) Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: none Photos Bagging It! Puruk Sandukui is incredibly difficult to get to – it takes several days from the nearest city of Palangkaraya. This may explain why there are so few images
Facts Elevation: 1,580 m (5,184 ft) Prominence: 491 m Ribu category: Spesial Province: Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan) Google Earth: kml Rating: Other names: Betikap Photos Bagging It! Bukit Batikap is one of the northernmost mountains in Central Kalimantan. In 2012, as part of a mapping project with Tumbang Tohan, Heart of Borneo followed three village
Gunung Kerenceng is something of a hidden gem, lying so close to Bandung but little-known outside of local West Java hiking clubs. It can easily be climbed as a day hike, taking no more than 2-3 hours up and 2 hours down. The summit area is a tiny equilateral triangle with sides of just 3 metres and is where three narrow mountain ridges meet. Kerenceng is very accessible but the views from the top easily fool you into thinking you are in a much more remote area.