Savanna Geureudong, Terrain behind the Lush Jungles of Aceh


Holo steemian companions Around the month of March last, the team 2016 mapala umpal expeditions climbing Geureudong Bener Meriah Regency, Aceh. We do the preparation of this expedition was more or less for 3 months. A team consists of 6 members of the Aceh umpal Mapala initiate the ascent from the village of Kampung Pulo diamond. This trip takes 7 days of climbing.
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Geureudong residing in Bener Meriah is adjacent to Mount Burni Telong, Gunung Burni Telong which is more widely known by the public than the mountain Geuredong. Geureudong has an altitude of 2,885 mdpl. In this climbing line, often found footprints of elephants and elephant dung. Unfortunately, the team did not find an elephant on Geureudong until the end of the climb.


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On the third day of the ascent, after finishing breakfast, the team immediately rushed continue climbing to reach the savanna because this target on the third day they were met on the savanna Geureudong. On the map, there is indeed a broad plain brown who in assume as the savanna so that on the third day, they will make sure the plain truth which is assumed as savanna.
After passing through the streets a little uphill and the lush tropical forests of Aceh, they finally see a glimmer of the rays from the lush trees. After your search, they got to the Mountain Gereudong savanna. Sense to achieve and tired of missing instantly seeing the vastness of their recent stretch of savanna


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Savanna Geureudong has a very wide area, surrounded by several sources of water and swamps. Of the savanna, they can see the mountaintop Geureudong. In addition, there are still traces of an elephant and the elephant poop. Even the team also found a place that used the elephant herd to rest in this savanna because rumput-rumputnya is wide open. The team decided to stay one night there, enjoy the beautiful savanna and savanna areas around free. They are very happy because they can get one goal, namely Geureudong climbing see savanna