One of the favorite travel destination in the Magelang, Indonesia is Ketep Pass. From here you can enjoy a panoramic view of five Mount in one place. You can enjoy the scenery of Mount Merapi, Mount Merbabu, Mount Selamet, Mount Sindoro, and Mount Sumbing.
Ketep Pass
situated at an altitude of 1200 meters above sea level, located 116.8 miles
from the Dieng Plateau, and 26.2 km from the city of Magelang. From this
location you enjoy an attractive panorama of Mount Merapi - Merbabu with
terraced plantations and farms. Besides being able to enjoy the natural scenery
with views of Mount Merapi, Merbabu, Mount Selamet, Mount Sindoro and Sumbing,
you also got a great view of mountains that you can see from the Ketep Pass
such as Telomoyo, Dieng, Andong and Menoreh hills.
Facilities
in this place is quite complete and has been organized, Ketep Pass has a large
parking area to accommodate motor vehicles, can also accommodate large bus
commonly used for travel bus. One of the facilities you should visit is Ketep
Volcano Theatre, located in the courtyard of the Panca Arga with admission fee
5000 Rupiah. In this theater you will be presented with a short movie that
lasted about 25 minutes with the title "The Life of Merapi Land"
telling about history and theory of the origin formation of Mount Merapi
Volcano, research activities, climbing dan hiking activities and also history
about the eruption of Mount Merapi.