Yogyakarta's Merapi Mountain

5 Tourist Attractions on Yogyakarta's Merapi Mountain 

For everyone who has lived in Jogjakarta, surely they agree that this student city is romantic and full of memories. But it turns out, romanticism and student cities are not the only reason many people want to visit Jogja. This Gudeg city also witnessed a natural disaster, the Merapi eruption in 2010. But behind the disaster, Jogja still looks resilient.

Yogyakarta's Merapi Mountain

Now, Merapi and its surroundings are often visited by local and foreign tourists, because many places present extraordinary things. Starting from the beautiful natural scenery, until the place smells of history there are all here. Maybe this is the reason groups of students from outside Jogja come to visit tourist attractions around Mount Merapi. In addition to picnics, tourist attractions in Merapi do provide educational trips for visitors.

For those of you fans of adventure and emotional journey, you will definitely be happy to do these things in the area around Merapi. Recommendation of this tourist spot on Jogjakarta Merapi Mountain is indeed a must you visit.

Visit the Kaliadem Bunker
Underground bunkers were used by people in Kepuharjo Village, Cangkringan, to protect themselves when hot clouds from Merapi arrived. The new Merapi Bunker was successfully excavated after three years buried by the material of Mount Merapi. This trip will be full of emotion when tourists are presented sad stories related to the Kaliadem Bunker by the tour guide there.

Tourists usually capture images inside the bunker and outside. Around the bunker there are also many photo points, such as flower gates and some old saung. Even the area around the bunker is the right point for visitors to take pictures with Merapi.

Rent a Jeep Lava Tour around the Merapi Bunker

Rent a Jeep Lava

After enjoying the history of the bunkers and the scenery there, visitors usually rent a jeep that is provided. The rental price that applies there is around Rp. 350,000 - Rp. 600,000, depending on the travel package chosen by the visitor. Although the price is quite expensive, there are rarely tourists who regret adventuring with the Jeep Lava Tour. Maybe this is because the Jeep adventure makes us seem to be on one of the adventure TV shows, My Trip My Adventure.

My Time Museum

This museum is not like the museums that we know so far, namely a museum built in storied with items stored in a glass cabinet. As the name implies, the rest of my treasure museum is a museum for the storage of residents' items that remained after the eruption of Mount Merapi.

The museum is not in the form of a building, but in the form of a building that was once a house, now the house is only left with walls. There we can see many everyday tools that are no longer suitable for use, ranging from motorbikes, TVs, tables, chairs, to various kitchen utensils.

Mbah Marijan's tomb

This tomb is quite famous because Mbah Marijan himself is known as the caretaker of Mount Merapi which was killed by an eruption in 2010. He used to live in Kinahrejo Hamlet, a village located west of the Kaliadem Bunker. Even though it is just an ordinary tomb, but until now many tourists visit there, both for pilgrimage, and just want to know the story of Mbah Marijam as a caretaker of Merapi.

Merapi Stonehenge

No need to go all the way to England or Australia, because in Yogyakarta we also have Stonehenge itself. This place is located in Kepuharjo Village, Cangkringan. The large rocks arranged and stacked there are Merapi eruption waste rocks in 2010. This uniqueness makes Stonehenge Cangkringan often dubbed The Lost World Herritage.

Tourists are guaranteed not to regret visiting Merapi Stonehenge. Aside from washing my eyes and capturing lots of pictures, another good fortune is free parking fees and affordable entry fees, which is Rp. 7,500.