Semeru (3.676 M or 12.060 ft) ranked 44th

Mount Semeru is a volcano located in East Java Indonesia. It is the highest mountain on the Island of Java. The name is also known as Mahameru meaning “the Greatest Mountain”.

Semeru lies at the south end of The Tengger Volcanic Complex. Since 1818, at least 55 eruptions have been recorded. Semeru has been in a state of near constant eruption from 1967 to the present. At times, small eruption happen every 20 minutes end so.

Mount Semeru is a beautiful place to go hiking and tracking. This mount often visited by climber and adventurer. We can enjoy the beautiful of Semeru scenery’s and a special experience of climb. It has two beautiful lakes we can enjoy on the way to Mahameru. We can enjoy it by hiking 3-5 days in good weather.

From the base camp in Ranu Pane village we may hike 4 hours to the Ranu Kumbolo Lake. In this beautiful lake we can camp, fish or swim in cold fresh natural water.

If we want to reach the summit, we may have a hike for 4 hours and camp at Kalimati area. Early in the morning at 2 AM, we have to start for the summit to reach at around 5 or 6 AM for seeing and enjoying the most marvelous sunrise on earth.   

Mount Semeru is an active volcano. Be careful on summit, maybe poisonous gas will occur after an eruption. We have to be aware of the wind direction.