TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – After a five-year closure, Mount Semeru in East Java has finally reopened to climbers. The decision to reopen the mountain, which stands at 3,676 meters above sea level (masl), comes following a period of closures due to various factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the volcanic eruptions that occurred on December 4, 2021, and December 4, 2022.
The official announcement of Mount Semeru’s hiking route reopening was made on December 23, 2024, by Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni through his personal Instagram account. “Officially, on behalf of the Ministry of Forestry, I announce the reopening of the Mount Semeru hiking route today,” he said on…