Mount Papandayan, Garut, West Java (2,665 mdpl)

Let's start from the nearest mountain from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Mount Papandayan is everyone's favorite mountain, especially for those living in the Capital. Two days is more than enough time to climb Mount Papandayan, unless you want to stay longer there. Therefore climbing Mount Papandayan is perfect for beginner climber.

The uniqueness of Mount Papandayan is located at the crater, where most of the crater can be seen after climbing to the top. That means the base camp is usually built on the opposite side of the crater, on Mount Papandayan, the base camp position is just below the crater. Many of the steam coming out of the crater makes the view even more amazing. The other interesting from Mount Papandayan is the dead forest and edelweiss padang in a place called Tegal Alun.