HI , i intend to go trekking in Mt Merapi then follow by Mt Semeru and Mt Bromo . Can you please advise me how to go Selo from Yog airport and also from Selo to Surabaya?
any good and reliable trekking guide or company can introduce to me ? Tks

Hi, the 150,000 guide is for how many persons?

Also, are the guides available at midnight if I choose to go to Selo at that time? Tq

Hi Sandip
The local price for a Merapi guide is just about 150,000 (just ask at the basecamp or sort it out in Yogya) but if you arrange in advance online you will end up paying over 1 million (including transport etc..). December is not the best time for hiking in Indonesia. I would choose Merapi because you can be up and down in 8 or 9 hours whereas Rinjani is a 3 or 4 day trek.

Hi, will anyone let me know the price of trek? I am planning to trek Mount Marapi in December. Is it good time to give a try for it?
A bit confused also. which one will be better? MOunt MErapi or Mount Rinjani?

Had a great trip up Merapi on Saturday night. Contrary to earlier reports, the mountain is still well over 2,900m (2,930 to be precise, as opposed to 2968m which was the official height prior to the 2010 eruptions) but the summit area is drastically altered. The summit can now be bagged but only by confident scramblers. Attempting it in poor weather would be asking for serious trouble. Luckily we had wonderful weather and there were so many locals climbing up (with it being Saturday night) that we didn’t need to bother with a guide.
Have a look at the new pictures and compare them to ones from before October 2010! Java certainly is a difficult land for cartographers – I wonder how long it will be before Google Earth revises its current (out of date) imagery and terrain data.

you’re wellcome dan, and good luck there… dont forget to share your exprerience

Many thanks for this info Ricky. I will be climbing October 29/30 so I hope the weather is fine so I can take some photos of the new summit. Even if it’s 200 metres shorter now, it is still a Ribu!

on 15th oct ago, i climbed this montain for the 4th times. The track along summit area is dramaticaly after last eruption changing make it more difficult to ascend although its just a short track. U’ll need your both hands & legs to keep your balance & not slip. really chalenging. the summit altitude now has decrease 200 M, become 2700 M (at 2009 ago the altitude is 2900). Just be careful if u want to climb there because the sand area is slipery & beware of rockslide.

wah sori mas, balesnya super telat nih. klo soal guide q ga taw mas soale q gak pernah make. coba cari infonya di base camp, ntar dibantu sama penjaga base campnya buat cari guide yang bagus.

Mas , bisa info guide yg recommended utk naik Merapi? Saya rencana weekend ini kesana. Kalau punya no hp guide tsb tolong email saya dong..
(rhogdson@gmail.com)

Tksh.
(Suria)