Mount Mahawu
Mount Mahawu
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Nohero_23
Stockholm, Sweden132 contributions
Dec 2014 • Family
I was here many times few years ago, I used to guide some tourists but also alone or together with friends. I liked a lot this place, was naturally beautiful. Visitors used to walk from the main road about 30-45 minutes to the top of the volcano through a natural path between veggies plantation and crossing a rainforest which were really interesting and surprisingly beautiful. Plenty of birds, butterflies, sometimes you can see snake or lizard and you can meet friendly local farmers. I met quiet often a farmer on their way home after collecting palm wine and they always willing to share some for tourists to taste it.
Its very pity now the local government or whoever it was, they built a long concrete road until the new parking place just couple of hundreds meter from the top.
Its very pity now the local government or whoever it was, they built a long concrete road until the new parking place just couple of hundreds meter from the top.
Written 12 February 2015
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ManadoJeremy
Manado, Indonesia362 contributions
Sept 2020 • Business
This is truly accessible for all ages, such great views and pretty well cleaned up this time I went!
Written 18 November 2020
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Jobke
Erp, The Netherlands37 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
If you like a stiff walk and are interested in a volcano you must go here. From the main road in Tondano you follow the road passing the pagoda and the road will take you there. It gradually narrows to a path and finally to stairs. This 5km walk will reward you with a superb view of a perfect 50 year old Caldera and also of the city and Mount Lokon. Very rewarding and free of charge.
Written 21 October 2018
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Thomas TTL
Singapore, Singapore37 contributions
Jan 2018 • Family
Very short stairs climb to arrive on top and have a good sight of the volcano crater. You can see traces of sulfur and steam coming out which means that it is still a bit active. It is possible to walk around the crater.
Only downside is that the trail and stairs to go up is not really maintained, lots of rubbish and plastic bottles there. Quite slippery on the way down, be careful.
Only downside is that the trail and stairs to go up is not really maintained, lots of rubbish and plastic bottles there. Quite slippery on the way down, be careful.
Written 3 January 2018
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resortmountainview
Palacios, TX168 contributions
Feb 2017 • Friends
Mahawu volcano is one of the active volcanoes you can find on the Tondano Caldera. Famous place for bird watchers. In the dense forest we could observe 15 different species in 3 hours:
Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher, Turquoise Flycatcher ssp. septentrionalis, Eyebrowed Thrush, Mountain white-eye, Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker, Citrine Canary-flycatcher ssp.helianthea, Black-fronted White-eye, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, Red-headed Myzomela, White-bellied Imerial Pigeon, Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker, Sulphur-vented Whistler, Great Hanging Parrot, Superb Fruit Dove, Scaley-breasted Kingfisher.
Bring your binocular and start about 5 am in the morning.
Good luck!
Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher, Turquoise Flycatcher ssp. septentrionalis, Eyebrowed Thrush, Mountain white-eye, Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker, Citrine Canary-flycatcher ssp.helianthea, Black-fronted White-eye, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, Red-headed Myzomela, White-bellied Imerial Pigeon, Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker, Sulphur-vented Whistler, Great Hanging Parrot, Superb Fruit Dove, Scaley-breasted Kingfisher.
Bring your binocular and start about 5 am in the morning.
Good luck!
Written 2 February 2017
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herman p
cadier en keer283 contributions
Jul 2013 • Family
We did the walk from Tomohon and got a free ride on the back of a truck a part of the road.
The rest we had to walk but the rice fields where very beautifull.
Very nice scenery and also some rainforest.
On the top you can walk all round the rim of the vulcano like we did, but take care of the sharp long grass.Still smoke coming out.
It is also dangerous, one local tourist fell down the vulcano a week before we arrived and died.
The rest we had to walk but the rice fields where very beautifull.
Very nice scenery and also some rainforest.
On the top you can walk all round the rim of the vulcano like we did, but take care of the sharp long grass.Still smoke coming out.
It is also dangerous, one local tourist fell down the vulcano a week before we arrived and died.
Written 14 October 2013
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HelenaBejr
Barcelona, Spain10 contributions
Jul 2019
I read on tripadvisor that Jotje Lalan was a very experienced guide for tours to Lokon volcano, but I didn’t know that he can organized whichever tour you want to do in Tomohon (waterfalls, lakes, mounts, rafting…). We did a full-day trek with him and we saw many interesting places in Tomohon, including Mount Mahawu, that would have been impossible to discover by ourselves in one day. He is a very enthusiastic guide. He adapted to our needs and requests. He also took many photos to us that he later sent me by whatsapp. Thank you Jotje!
Contact: +62 896-9878-9416
Contact: +62 896-9878-9416
Written 18 August 2019
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Mon
Daraga, Philippines135 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
The 10-15 minutes walk from the parking area was worth it when we reached the top and had a glimpse of the crater of this volcano. It is beautiful and the scenery was awesome although we didn’t have the chance to capture Mt. Mahawu and Mt. Lokon at the same time because it was cloudy that time.
Written 30 November 2018
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Boleslav
Colorado1,882 contributions
Jun 2016 • Couples
One follows a paved road from Tomohon via Rurukan, this one is the most popular as you can get very close to the crater on the motorcycle. For this reason, it was packed by young people. The other trail is lightly used as it follows an overgrown trail to Kakaskassen.
We walked from Tomohon to Rurukasen along the rural road with vegetable fields then turned left to the summit road with lovely views all around.
Once at the top of the road, there are some steps leading to the trail along the crater rim. There are few platforms to view the bottom of the crater and over the surrounding nature. You can either circle the rim and return the same way or to find an overgrown trail leading down Gunung Mahawu to Kakaskassen. This trail has a lovely appeal as it descends through a primary forest with overgrown shrubs, trees, birds and joins a newly built dirt road.
We walked from Tomohon to Rurukasen along the rural road with vegetable fields then turned left to the summit road with lovely views all around.
Once at the top of the road, there are some steps leading to the trail along the crater rim. There are few platforms to view the bottom of the crater and over the surrounding nature. You can either circle the rim and return the same way or to find an overgrown trail leading down Gunung Mahawu to Kakaskassen. This trail has a lovely appeal as it descends through a primary forest with overgrown shrubs, trees, birds and joins a newly built dirt road.
Written 15 January 2017
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Mark D
1 contribution
Jun 2016 • Solo
Mahawu is a volcano stratovolcano located in the east of the volcano Mount Lokon-Empung mountain in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. While in the distance looks Manado Tua Island and surrounding islands floating on the sea as a very broad Sulawesi. Mahawu has a 180 meter wide crater with a depth of 140 meters and has two pyroclastic cones on the northern slopes, moderate height reaches 1,311 meters above sea level.
Minahasa people named Mahawu on this mountain because of frequent ash. In addition to call Mahawu, the mountain is also called mountain Roemengas. This mountain has issued a small eruption in 1789. Later in 1994, Mahawu also issued a burst of mud fumaroles and geysers activity occurred along the crater lake greenish and last in 1999. Although no longer active, but the scent of sulfur carried by the wind still clearly smell. Crater lake is now small because most edges dried.
On the slopes Mahawu, we can find settlements, forests and rice fields. We can also see Elegant Sunbird around this mountain, which is a bird endemic to Sulawesi. For the residents, they pretty much activity in the Mahawu, among them are farmers who grow a variety of vegetables until the middle of the mountain region.
Unlike the other volcanoes that tend to be sandy - sand at its peak, mountain Mahawu is the peak of green and a lot of its growth.vWhen you got to the top we can see the white haze of clouds and landscape below was amazing, but it is also a protected forest small decorated by colorful flowers. Towards Mahawu travelers will be treated to views horticultural gardens are no less beautiful. The green color of vegetables mixed with fertile brown soil into a combination of stunning beauty.
The best time to start the climb is at 07.00 am from the village Kakaskasen as this allows the climbers to pass the crater during the morning the weather is still cold and cool. Due to the size of mountains not too large, the climbers can reach the peak less more by the hour. Four-wheeled vehicles even been able to reach the area near the peak, this is because the Tomohon city government has made a good access road to Mahawu.
By using the vehicle, one can arrive at the location at about 30 minutes from the city of Tomohon. There is a parking area which is quite extensive on-site patrol post, we can see three houses on stilts there. One house for our post Police forests and two other home provided for visitors who want to stay.
To reach the top of the parking location, have provided concrete staircase complete with peganggan in the middle. Approximately 160 rungs must pass the climbers to reach the summit. At the top of a two-storey building awaits a fairly be plenty of space for enjoy the view at the top Mahawu beautiful.
Minahasa people named Mahawu on this mountain because of frequent ash. In addition to call Mahawu, the mountain is also called mountain Roemengas. This mountain has issued a small eruption in 1789. Later in 1994, Mahawu also issued a burst of mud fumaroles and geysers activity occurred along the crater lake greenish and last in 1999. Although no longer active, but the scent of sulfur carried by the wind still clearly smell. Crater lake is now small because most edges dried.
On the slopes Mahawu, we can find settlements, forests and rice fields. We can also see Elegant Sunbird around this mountain, which is a bird endemic to Sulawesi. For the residents, they pretty much activity in the Mahawu, among them are farmers who grow a variety of vegetables until the middle of the mountain region.
Unlike the other volcanoes that tend to be sandy - sand at its peak, mountain Mahawu is the peak of green and a lot of its growth.vWhen you got to the top we can see the white haze of clouds and landscape below was amazing, but it is also a protected forest small decorated by colorful flowers. Towards Mahawu travelers will be treated to views horticultural gardens are no less beautiful. The green color of vegetables mixed with fertile brown soil into a combination of stunning beauty.
The best time to start the climb is at 07.00 am from the village Kakaskasen as this allows the climbers to pass the crater during the morning the weather is still cold and cool. Due to the size of mountains not too large, the climbers can reach the peak less more by the hour. Four-wheeled vehicles even been able to reach the area near the peak, this is because the Tomohon city government has made a good access road to Mahawu.
By using the vehicle, one can arrive at the location at about 30 minutes from the city of Tomohon. There is a parking area which is quite extensive on-site patrol post, we can see three houses on stilts there. One house for our post Police forests and two other home provided for visitors who want to stay.
To reach the top of the parking location, have provided concrete staircase complete with peganggan in the middle. Approximately 160 rungs must pass the climbers to reach the summit. At the top of a two-storey building awaits a fairly be plenty of space for enjoy the view at the top Mahawu beautiful.
Written 20 July 2016
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