Geger Bentang

Information

Elevation

1.990 m

Country

Indonesia (ID)

Location / Range

Kompleks vulkanik Gede–Pangrango, Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango, Jawa Barat

Mountain type

Punggungan (geger) di kompleks vulkanik Gede–Pangrango — bukan puncak berdiri sendiri, melainkan titik ketinggian pada salah satu jalur pendakian menuju Puncak Gede/Pangrango

Volcanic?

Yes — volcano

Coordinates

-6.7344, 106.9862

Difficulty

Berat untuk ukuran jalur Gede–Pangrango. Jalur via Geger Bentang dikenal sebagai rute alternatif non-mainstream yang menanjak nyaris tanpa tanah datar, sering dijuluki 'jalur pengantar nyawa'. Menurut catatan AllTrails rute point-to-point via Gegerbentang menuju Pangrango sepanjang ~20–26 km dengan total tanjakan lebih dari 3.200 m dan waktu tempuh rata-rata di atas 11 jam

Best Season

Musim kemarau, sekitar April–November

Permits & Rules

Masuk kawasan Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango wajib booking/registrasi daring (sistem kuota SIMAKSI) melalui pengelola TNGGP; jumlah pendaki per hari dibatasi dan ada masa penutupan tahunan untuk pemulihan ekosistem

Hazards

Tanjakan curam berkepanjangan dengan sedikit bidang datar, lintah/pacet di hutan tropis lembap, duri rotan dan batu tajam, hujan deras, serta ketiadaan sumber air dan titik istirahat datar di sebagian besar punggungan

Description

Geger Bentang (around 1,990–2,000 m) is a mountain ridge — in Sundanese 'geger' means ridge — within the Gede–Pangrango volcanic complex in Mount Gede Pangrango National Park, West Java. It is not a standalone summit but a high point forming the spine of one of the alternative hiking routes toward the summits of Gunung Gede and Pangrango (3,019 m). According to the PeakVisor database, Geger Bentang ranks as the 8th highest peak within Mount Gede Pangrango National Park and 59th across West Java. The 'via Gegerbentang' trail is well known among Indonesian hikers as a non-mainstream, extremely steep and exhausting route: climbers compare it to the notoriously relentless Arjuna trail with 'almost no flat ground', passing plantations and rivers before entering dense forest full of leeches and thorny rattan, then climbing a chain of ridges through Puncak Bayangan and the Alun-Alun Mandalawangi meadow to reach Puncak Pangrango. Because of its difficulty most hikers choose the main Cibodas or Gunung Putri routes, so Geger Bentang is mostly taken by those seeking an extra challenge. Like the whole national park, climbing here requires an online quota registration and is subject to an annual closure period.