This is the Appearance of Mount Kerinci Around 1933

Kerinci is a district since the inception of Jambi Province.

While the name Kerinci comes from the Tamil language, namely Kurinji, which is the name of a flower that grows in the mountainous areas of South India.

It is known, this area is 418 km from the city of Jambi.

The area of Kerinci Regency itself is 3,355.27 km².

Kerinci Regency is indeed famous for its natural beauty.

This can be seen from the large number of domestic and foreign tourists who come here.

One of the goals of tourists here is none other than climbing Mount Kerinci.

Also known as Mount Gadang

As we all know, Mount Kerinci is the highest Mount Merapi on the island of Sumatra.

The other name for Mount Kerinci is Mount Gadang.

The location of this mountain is on the border of Kerinci Regency, Jambi and South Solok Regency, West Sumatra.

To be precise, in the Bukit Barisan Mountains with an altitude of 3,805 meters above sea level.

This volcano is a stratovulcano type which is still active and last erupted on Thursday, October 20 2022.

Even though it often erupts, until now the mountain is still a magnet for climbers.

Reporting from the id.wikipedia.org page, the first climbers to the summit of Mount Kerinci were von Hasselt with Veth in 1877.

This is also stated in the note on R10, Kersik Tuo Village, Kayu Aro, Kerinci.

While the peak conditions, in the form of rock areas without vegetation and surrounding the deep crater.

While the oldest documentation of the peak Appearance of Mount Kerinci was taken in 1933.

Amazingly, from the top of the mountain you can see beautiful views of Jambi City, Padang City and Bengkulu City.

Mount Kerinci itself has a crater that is approximately 400 x 120 meters wide.

While on the east side, you can find a Bento swamp.

Well, for the back there is Mount Seven with an almost untouched crater.

So, if you want to climb by land, to get to Mount Kerinci you have to go to the city of the full river.

However, if you use the air route from Sultan Thaha Airport to Depati Parbo Airport in Kerinci Regency, Jambi.

For climbing to the top of Mount Kerinci you need two days and two nights.

For the easiest route, you can climb from the village of Kersik Tuo.