Ancient Volcano Named Nglanggeran

On 1^st December 2013 I and my friends did a trip to Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. We Climbed an ancient volcano named Nglanggeran located in Patuk area. We set off from the hostel at 8:30 am and arrived 45 minutes later. We paid 5000 rupias every single person for the ticket, then we are ready to hike this ancient volcano. The trip to the summit top of Nglanggeran was very enjoyable. We passed the stairs of stone and earth. Indeed, there were many large boulders that were very beautiful. In fact, sometimes we had to pass through a very narrow route, passing between two narrow rock cliffs. In Nglanggeran there is also a camping ground. But as it happened, when we were there no one was camping.

Before reaching the top we want to turn first to Mata Air Comberan (Comberan spring). We climbed the wooden stairs to the large rock that was in front of us, after arrived on the high stone, I saw that the road was difficult for me. I did not dare go there because it passes through two narrow cliffs. Unlike the previous cliff where we walked on land between the two cliffs,  this time we were not walking on the soil, we have to stick to the cliff because under us is like a small and narrow gap. although it is not too narrow and steep, for me it was too extreme. Only two friends passed, me and my other friends followed the route back to the peak, the road to the top was more slippery than before. With the peak already in sight, we met a friend of our group  who had reached the summit long before us. We just reached the peak when he was  already going down. Then I told him about our friends who were in the Mata Air Comberan and they were going there too.

To get to the second rocky peak we had to climb the stairs, there was only one path. Because of many visitors going down, we has to queue up first. While we were sitting, suddenly two friends who went to Mata Air Comberan arrived through other routes. Indeed, there is more than one road to the summit, and more than one  summit, there are two peaks. We chose 2^nd peaks because the main top would require passing a long route. Once the queue was finished, we climbed the log stairs one by one. After reaching the peak, we lost all sense of fatigue. How beautiful the scenery we can see from the 2^nd top. From the second peak , we can also see the main top. At the top, the wind is blowing pretty hard, so it is not recommended to smoke cigarettes at the top because it will quickly run out.  From the top we can also see Embung, water storage reservoirs. How beautiful the scenery on top of Nglanggeran.