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MOUNT INARIE
TREKKING
Inierie is a
stratovolcano located in the south-central part
of the island of Flores, Indonesia, overlooking
the Savu Sea.
This is the highest
still-active volcano at 2,245m above sea level
and never gets eruption might be caused of so
many hot springs around the region. The volcano
is southern of Bajawa town just on the way to
Bena. This is the main sight of Bajawa and has
been a compass for local people in predicting
the seasons in traditional agriculture.
Mount Inierie
Volcano is located on the south coast of central
Flores. It is part of a row of volcanoes which
have produced andesitic lava and pyroclastic
flows. Other volcanoes in the area include
Inielika and Ebulobo.
The volcano is an impressive cone with a small
crater east of the summit. The crater walls are
very steep and the outside is barren due to
avalanches. Solfatara are located on SE floor of
the crater.
The symmetrical
Gunung Inierie volcano in south-central Flores
overlooks the Sawu Sea, and at 2245 m is the
highest volcano on the island. A small
steep-walled crater is oriented E-W immediately
east of the summit of the conical stratovolcano,
whose upper slopes are unvegetated.
A somma wall lies
west and NW of Inierie (also known as Rokka
Peak). A NNW-SSE-trending chain of volcanoes
extends from across a low saddle to the NE of
Inierie, including 1400-m-high Wolo Bobo.
These are part of
the Pleistocene Bajawa cinder cone complex,
which lies north to east of the volcano. A
column of "smoke" is sometimes visible from the
crater of Inierie, as occurred in June 1911. The
age of the latest eruption of Inierie is not
known, although the volcano was mapped as
Holocene, and an eruption of Wolo Bobo was
radiocarbon dated at about 10,000 years ago (Nasution
et al., 2000). Hot springs are located at the
northern flank of the volcano, and additional
geothermal areas are located to the east and NE.
Trekking
Itinerary:
Starting your climb
at 12.00 Am from the closest village of Bena,
Trek up to Mount Inarie summit will takes you
04-05 hours. Enjoy the spectacular view of Mount
Inarie and other mountain is south of Flores
Islands
Walk down and return
to your hotel.
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