Helped By Locals in Berastagi SUMATRA: Mount Sibayak🇮🇩Indonesia Travel Vlog Volcano Hike&Hot Springs

Описание: In this Indonesia Travel Vlog, we head to Berastagi. It's a popular town in North Sumatra as it's very easy to get to from Medan and it's also close to Lake Toba. We were able to get the tourist bus directly to Berastagi from Bukit Lawang after our jungle trek.
We heard that Berastagi is famous for having not one, but two active volcanos! While one volcano (Mount Sinabung) is too dangerous to climb due to recent eruptions, the other volcano (Mount Sibayak) is still regularly climbed by both local tourists as well as foreigners. We heard that it's popular to hike up Mount Sibayak on a guided tour for sunrise.....however since we heard you can also climb it by yourself for very cheap and a longer hike, we chose that option.
We started by jumping on the green Kama angkot in Berastagi town which we took the whole way to the end of the line. Once we got off the angkot, we started the long hike up to the top. If you have your own transportation you can drive up to the start of the hike which will make it only a half hour hike as opposed to 2 hours like we did, but we didn't mind the walk. Although honestly, the beginning of the hike was quite boring compared to the last half hour which was a 'real hike'. We met so many amazing locals on the way up who wanted to talk to us, take pictures, and tell us about their camping trip! We were amazed at how many people were camping at Mount Sibayak!!! It definitely looked like an amazing experience to camp next to the volcano crater and wake up for sunrise at the top of the mountain!
Once we got to the volcano crater, we could smell a lot of sulfur. Although it was such as amazing experience! The crater looked unreal and the clouds were rolling in so quickly making the whole experience much more otherworldly.
If you decide to hike Mount Sibayak on your own like we did, STAY ON THE TRAILS!!! Apparently multiple tourists have gone missing and even died trying to hike the mountain alone when they went off the path and got lost.
When we left Mount Sibayak, we decided it would be the perfect time to go to some hot springs! Berastagi is also famous for having tons of hot springs due to all the thermal activity from the volcanos heating the water. We started walking towards the hot springs.....and luckily a car full of people stopped to pick us up because it started pouring rain right after that!!! They asked us where we wanted to go and we told them some of the hot springs names we had read but that we honestly weren't sure which one, we just wanted hot water! It turned out that they were also going to hot springs after hiking around the volcano since sunrise, so we joined them! We all went to the hot springs Sibayak Ncole where they shared some Indonesian whiskey with us, we all ate Nasi Goreng, and we had an amazing time in the hot springs with gorgeous cloudy mountain views all around us! They were SO nice and gave us lots of travel tips too!! (Thank you guys 🤗)
From the volcano to the hot springs to all the friendly people we met, this was one of the most amazing days in Indonesia!!! 😍😍😍😍

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00:01 Intro
00:10 Where Is Berastagi
00:25 Our Plans In Berastagi Today
01:12 Taking the Green Angkot
01:26 Giant Cabbage Statue
02:29 Starting To Hike Up Mount Sibayak
03:08 Parking Area of Mount Sibayak
03:42 First Mount Sibayak Campers
04:44 Mount Sibayak Entrance Tickets
05:06 The Real Hike Starts
07:03 Getting Cloudy
09:10 Geothermal Volcanic Gases
09:47 Volcano Dogs
10:01 More Volcanic Gases with Sulfur
11:07 Group of Hikers
11:20 Mount Sibayak Volcano Crater
12:10 Volcano Drone Shots
12:43 Cold at the Volcano
13:08 Scary Clouds at Mount Sibayak
14:19 Volcano Graffiti??
14:52 Amazing Volcano Colors
15:28 Best Volcano Camping Spot
16:22 Leaving the Volcano
16:47 SO MANY PUPPIES!!!
18:27 Walking to Berastagi Hot Springs
18:55 Picked Up By Locals
19:54 Trying Indonesian Whiskey
20:37 Nasi Goreng
21:25 Sibayak Ncole Hot Springs
22:20 Hot Springs Drone Shots

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