Behind the seven mountains are very beautiful with a crater that is almost untouched. In the middle of the park there are gaps sungaipenuh valley city, coffee plantations, and lake Kerinci.
This mountain can be reached by road from Edinburgh to Sungaipenuh through the Bangko. Can also be reached from
Padang, Lubuk Linggau, and Bengkulu. With the aircraft can be landed in Padang or Edinburgh.
Panorama of natural beauty with a wealth of flora and fauna can be encountered ranging from lowland to mountain top Kerinci, not only to enjoy but very good for doing research and education. Climbing to the top of the mountain Kerinci takes two days from the Post grit Tuo.
Lowland vegetation is dominated by several types of mahogany, there are also plants giant Rafflesia flower Raflesia arnoldi and suweg giant Amorphophallus titanum. With the Leuser national park, this park is blocked by canyon lake toba and Sihanok. So that some animals are missing from the Leuser park is here as tapirs (Tapirus indicus) and rat-rat (Tarsius bancanus).
There are many unique animals like the Sumatran elephant, Sumatran rhinoceros, tigers, sun bears, leopards, except orang-utans. Various primates such as gibbons, gibbons, long-tailed monkeys and Presbytis melapophos. There are also 140 species of birds.
Village grit Tuo, Kayu Aro district at an altitude of 1400 masl with a population consisting of descendants of Javanese plantation workers, so the local language is the language of Java. From the grit Tuo we head into the guard post TNKS or R10 at an altitude of 1611 mdpi walk about 45 minutes through the tea plantations.
Pondok R 10 is a guard shack TNKS hall to watch every visitor who will climb Mount Kerinci. From the R10 we headed to the door with an altitude of 1800 masl Jungle, The distance is about 2 km with a travel time of approximately 1 hour drive. The terrain of the plantation / farm population, good road conditions (paved) to the forest boundary.
Woods is starting gate door climbing within the forest boundaries between fields and forests heterogeneous as the entrance. Rimba door at an altitude of 1800 masl. Here there is also the location of shelters and the location of water about 200 meters left. Bench Long distance to 2 km or 30 minutes away, slightly sloping path into the forest area is heterogeneous.
Heading length bench with a height of 1909 meters above sea level, there are two shelters that can be used to rest. Towards Stone Moss still sloping terrain distance of 2 km with a travel time of about 45 minutes through the forest. Climbers can rest in the Post Rock Moss at an altitude of 2000 masl, but here there is no shelter her. There is a river that is sometimes dry in the dry season.
To get to post one which is about 2 km from Batu Lumut we took about 1.5 hours. Pathway into the dense forest and steep with a slope of 45 to 60 degrees.
In the Heading 1, there is a cottage that can be used for rest of this post is at an altitude of 2225 masl. To reach Pos 2 the distance that must be taken approximately 3 km and takes about 2 hours. On the track is sometimes encountered steep terrain with slopes up to 45 but still met with the sloping terrain.
There is an old cottage in the Post 2 located at an altitude of 2510 masl, here hikers can rest. To go to Pos 3 distances that must be taken is 2 km with a travel time of about 3 hours. In this track we can find plants ferns with a rather open forest conditions.
There is a cottage that has been damaged living skeleton in Post 3 at an altitude of 3073 masl. In this place hikers can rest and still convenient to set up a tent because it was shielded by trees. The travel time to get to the top of this post approximately 4 hours.
To go to the Post four distances that must be taken approximately 1.5 km, takes about 1.5 hours. The condition of the former flow path of water so it will turn into the gutter when it rains. Heading 4 at an altitude of 3351 meters above sea level this place is quite roomy able to set up some tents, but the weather here is often unfriendly. Next to the track to the top of sand, rock rock. Distance of 2 km to the summit takes about 3 hours. In this trajectory climbers need to be extra cautious.
Summit of Mount Kerinci at an altitude of 3805 masl, here we can see in the distance stretches a beautiful view of the city of Jambi, Padang and Bengkulu. Even the vast Indian Ocean can be seen clearly. Mount Kerinci has a crater of 400 x 120 meters and contains water that is green.
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