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



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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39 Comments

  3. S M O K E

    There are so many hotspring in Indonesia
    Brastagi (north sumatera)
    Ciater subang (west java)
    Cipanas garut (west java)
    Kawah darajat garut (west java)
    Etc… 😁😂and by the way your video getting reaction to

  5. Jendela Kebaikan

    I'm from Indonesia, I always hurt your videos, if you want to see the sights and traces of an ancient volcanic eruption, please find information about DIENG WONOSOBO INDONESIA, YOU WILL LIKE IT.

  6. Jejakedwin

    I have watched all of your videos in Indonesia. it is very nice to follow your journey in Indonesia.

    starting from you in Jakarta "car free day", to monas, TMII, Ancol, taking a bus full of passengers, wearing traditional clothes, seeing orangutans, playing rafting. to climb the volcano.

    Thank you for making fun, interesting and exciting videos. I hope there will be videos of your trip to Indonesia again.

    and I have followed your instagram. no wonder you are so strong walking, it turns out you are a runner.

  10. MARI BERBAGI (KUGHOST CHANNEL)

    Saya salut turis seperti anda mencari sesuatu yang jarang turis lainnya tahu, masih banyak permata alam tersembunyi di indonesia yang belum diketahui oleh orang asing, selamat buat kalian berdua…

  11. Munib Abidin

    then you must experience hiking mount Ijen, and Mount Bromo in east java for another great active volcano crater. It's higher and larger…

  13. Anez Siregar

    At 12:51, that spot is called "Takal Kuda" or horse head in English because it's look kinda similar like a horse head. They put such a device to measure earthquake on it. To get there is quite challenging, kinda steep 😅

    Anyway enjoy your adventure in Indonesia, guys. Greetings from Medan 😀

  17. G M

    You should go to Bandung West Java not far from Jakarta. And go to Tangkuban Perahu crater. You can go by car or bike till the edge of the crater. The only one in the world

  24. Dion Maleakhi

    Sangat berbahaya sekali, jika camping dekat area kawah..karna ada gas beracun, seharus nya pengelola daerah tersebut melarang nya

  27. Photoholic Studio Photography

    The beauty of Indonesia, we have nice mountain, volcanoes, beaches, big lake, and so on…. Glad that u guys are happy really can see from ur gesture. One thing that keep me wondering is when you guys in the mountain u just wear shorts and t-shirt, meanwhile all the local wearing full clothes like jumper, trouser, jacket. r u guys not feel cold there? even though u guys wearing a thin jackets… hahahahaha
    Enjoy the adventure in Nortth Sumatra guys…

  35. Fajar Satria

    I salute visitors like both of you looking for something that are not as closer as you had. Warm greetings from Jakarta. I enjoyed following your video as you walked through the paths of Sibayak mountain. you were soo closed to the volcano. There are so many hidden natural gems in Berastagi, North Sumatera that people do not see as you do even though we have been to Berastagi. Congrats to you both!

    I am looking forward to see your video again in other part of Sumatra island that is very huge – to Aceh ("The Mecca Porch"), Nias ethnic group (said to be the best wave in the world for surfing), Toba Lake (the world's largest crater and one of the deepest in the world), Suku Anak Dalam (The Inner Tribe of Sumatera) at the Jambi province, Gadang House of Padang (famous as the only matrilineal culture in Indonesia/ Asia), traces of the Sriwijaya kingdom in Southern Sumatera area.

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