Gunung Bagging Introduction
Welcome to the Gunung Bagging website, a non-profit initiative founded in 2009 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Here you will find information on how to hike hundreds of mountains across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Timor-Leste (East Timor) including trip reports, photographs, trail maps, practicalities and information on required logistics such as permits, guides and equipment. Everyone is encouraged to add their own trip reports as comments on mountain pages. Gunung Bagging is the birthplace of the Ribu concept (pronounced ree-boo), defined as a mountain with a topographic prominence of 1000 metres or more, of which there are 7149 on Earth.
In 2025, we are widening the coverage of Gunung Bagging to all of Southeast Asia. This means adding individual and regional reports for mountains in Lao, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia and the Philippines. This represents a doubling of the geographical area we cover. Please bear with us as pages are created and populated over the coming months. This expansion is currently a work in progress, with many areas of the site under construction. This expansion will grow our readership significantly and offer many new possibilities for collaboration. As part of our development plans, we are now offering new Premium tiers plus an exclusive partnership opportunity. We also welcome one-off donations to support us to carry out this major expansion.
What is a Ribu?
A prominent summit with at least 1,000 metre elevation drop all around
What is Bagging?
‘Collecting’ a mountain by reaching the highest point.
Mailing List
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Gunung Bagging Premium
In 2025, we are developing the Gunung Bagging Premium service to better serve the needs of our users and help us develop the website to cover all of Southeast Asia. Here is an overview of the new annual options from mARCH 2025:
Premium - As a Premium member you gain access to our guides database, GPS tracks library, PDF downloads, two free e-books by co-founder Dan Quinn, access to a private forum for Gunung Bagging Premium subscribers (coming Spring 2025), receive special offers such as exclusive hiking gear discounts and join monthly online Gunung Bagging discussions about hiking in Southeast Asia and trip plans.
Premium Extra - As a Premium Extra member you gain access to all of the above plus basic trip planning assistance from Dan Quinn (via WhatsApp and email), personal invites from Dan to join Gunung Bagging hikes, a special Gunung Bagging digital certificate if you manage to hike at least 10 new Ribus within a year, and an invite to the Gunung Bagging Annual Meetup.
Premium Elite - As a Premium Elite member you gain access to all of the above plus detailed trip planning assistance from Dan Quinn (via WhatsApp, email and up to 5 videocalls per year).
Read more about Gunung Bagging Premium and join up here.
Explore by Category
Sangat Tinggi
(Very High) Over 3000 m elevation
Sedang Tinggi
(Fairly High) 2000 to 3000 m elevation
Kurang Tinggi
(Less High) Below 2000 m elevation
Spesial
(Non-Ribu) A special reason to bag it