Mount Batur Trekking Tour

We are fit and experienced hikers in our early sixties but still found this climb quite challenging and the toughest we've done. It's a short hike in terms of time of around two hours but the steepness and the extremely rocky surface makes it quite a challenge. Almost the entire route is covered with loose volcanic rock which is very slippery and needs great care especially when descending. Tour operators should give people more information about the nature of this climb and the fitness required. They all say it is easy to get the business and of course there are motor cycles waiting to take you to the top from the halfway point for a fee of course which would have been so boring and counter productive! We saw many people struggling even those much younger than us. About two hundred people or more climb each morning and they are mostly young people in a hurry to get to the top without much patience for those who do it at a slower pace. With so many people climbing in the dark we lost our guides until we got to the halfway point and found them again. She was most helpful with good advice and assistance through the toughest parts of the climb and the descent. We were given torches for the climb which was in darkness but it would have been much better to have head torches so you have both hands free for the scramble up the mountain. We were fortunate that sunrise and views from the top were magnificent and well worth the effort but special care is needed to climb and descend this mountain safely.

If you are visiting Bali and you love hiking and mountaineering then you should surely go for Mt. Batur Sunrise Trekking. A moderate trek to the top, but you need to be in shape if you want to reach on the top in time. The view from the top is simply amazing. You will need to take a guide along with you because there is no specific route, you might get lost and you leave for hiking in the dark at around 4 AM. So its verry thrilling. I would recommend everybody to take this if you are in Bali.

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It's a beautiful sunrise at Natural, near the mountain.. There is hardened Lava on the mountainside, black in colour.. the tell starts early in the morning, so be on time for that..

A life time experience..