In the Mount Tujuh
area, there is a beautiful lake, which is
derived from a volcanic crater that erupted of the
past, then fill with rain, finally created a beautiful
lake. The lake is surrounded by several mountains, there
are: Mount Hulu Tebo Tebo (2525m asl), Mount Mandura Besi (2418 m asl), Mount Basil
(2230 m asl), Mount Jar Panggang (2418 masl), and the
last one is Mount Tujuh with the height 2732 m asl. This lake has 12 square kilometers.
This lake has Mount Tujuh areas is one
of the Kerinci Seblat National Park, which
is administratively located at Desa Pelompek, Kecamatan Kayu
Aro, Kabupaten Kerinci. The National Park has an area of almost 1.4 million
hectares, wich is in the region there are so
many beautiful nature places and the right for
the tourist destinations. In addition, people in
the around area has a unique culture of Sumatra with the
beauty and uniqueness.
Kerinci Seblat National Park
Management, providing option of two pathways to reach the Mount Tujuh Lake,
there are:
· Path trail that extends from the gatehouse Mount
Tujuh to the lakeside, along 3 kilometers, with travel time for about 2 hours,
with the field conditions are fairly mild.
· Path trail behind the guest house of Mount Tujuh
to the lakeside, stretching along 2.5 km, and takes about 3 hours with are
steep terrain and harder.
The lake is located an
altitude around 1400 m asl, is also has the other beauty place that we can
visit, that is high waterfalls we can trought paths, that is trought the near
of the guest house, with travel time for 2 – 3 hours.
An uniqueness and beauty of
it’s owned region of Mount Tujuh, wich has a temperature 17° - 25°C, is an area
that resembles a beach on the mountain, the gently sloping plateu in the
highland with white sand. This place is perfect for camping, while enjoying the
beautiful area of Mount Tujuh, especially at the sunrise. Place with white sand
is located in the eastern part of the lake of the Mount Tujuh.
This area also has wildlife, in
the fared good we could meet on the way, the siamang, Sumatran tigers,
honey bear, boars, tapirs, and many species of birds and beautiful butterflies.
In addition, many also see the natural orchid and flower Kantong Semar (Nepenthes sp.).
To achieve this amazing
region, if we depart from the city of Padang and using motor vehicle, we need 4
hours until the gatehouse area of Mount Tujuh. Meanwhile, when the City of
Sungai Penuh, Jambi, it takes about 2 houra until the gatehouse.
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