Climbing Mount Carstensz Papua One of the Most Expensive in the World

                               
  Climbing Mount Carstensz Pyramid, Papua proved to cost more expensive than climbing Mount Elbrus in Russia and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The cost of climbing Mount Carstensz is around Rp 5-10 million more expensive than the two mountains.

Owner Operators Patagonia Adventure Travel, Fandhi Achmad or familiarly called Agi mention climbing Mount Carstensz dibanderol with prices ranging from Rp 55 million per person. The climb of Mount Carstensz takes about two weeks.

"As we go to Mount Elbrus with higher mountains, with better facilities, better levels of security and certainty, the ascent of Mount Elbrus is still cheaper," said one of the climbing climbers.

According to him, the price of Mount Elbrus climbing package with an altitude of 5,642 meters above sea level (mdpl) ranges around Rp 45 million per person for 10 days of ascent. He continued, whereas Mount Elbrus is located overseas ie in Continental Europe far from Indonesia.

"There, the facilities are good, food is guaranteed, security is guaranteed compared to Papua," he said.

According to him, Mount Carstensz climbing package is also included in the third most expensive in the world. In charge, Mount Carstensz is under Mount Everest in Nepal and Mount Vinson Massif at the South Pole.

"But if it is Mount Everest, it will be as long as three months, Vinson Massif is much later in the South Pole, if in Carstensz this problem is a safety factor, that makes it expensive," Agi explained.

Meanwhile, Marketing Staff from Indonesia Expeditions climbing operator, Alvin Egie Perdana, said, the average operator climbing in Indonesia sells climbing package to Mount Elbrus around Rp 40-50 million per person. The price includes plane tickets Jakarta - Moscow PP, group climbing equipment, food and beverage, lodging, and the cost of porter and guide.

"If in Mount Kilimanjaro million ranges from Rp 45-50 million, that is for climbing for 10 days," according to the expression of the experience of a climber who has made the mountain climbing.

Mount Cartensz with an altitude of 4,884 mdpl belongs to the seven highest peaks on the continental plate, along with Mount Everest, Asia; Kilimanjaro in Africa with a height of 5,885 meters above sea level; Elbrus in Europe with a height of 5,642 meters above sea level; Aconcagua in South America with an altitude of 6,962 mpdl; Mckinley in North America with an altitude of 6,670 mdpl, and Vinson Massif in Antarctica with an altitude of 5,535 mas