Gunung Gede is a mountain in Java, Indonesia. Gunung Gede is within the scope of Gede Pangrango National Park, which is one of the five national parks that was first announced in Indonesia in 1980. This mountain is in the region of three districts namely Bogor, Cianjur and Sukabumi District, with an altitude of 1,000 - 3,000 m . above sea level, and are at latitude 106 ° 51 '- 107 ° 02' BT and 64 ° 1 '- 65 ° 1 LS. The average temperature at the peak of Mount Gede is 18 ° C and at night the peak temperature ranges from 5 ° C, with an average rainfall of 3,600 mm / year. The main gate to this mountain is from Cibodas and Cipanas.
Mount Gede is enveloped by mountain forests, which cover the submontana, montane, to subalpin zones around its peak. Mountain forests in this region are one of the richest types of flora in Indonesia, even in the Malesia region.
Gunung Gede has a unique and unique natural condition, this makes Gunung Gede as one of the natural laboratories that has attracted the interest of researchers for a long time.
Recorded in 1819, C.G.C. Reinward was the first person to climb Mount Gede, then F.W. Junghuhn (1839-1861), J.E. Teijsmann (1839), A.R. Wallace (1861), S.H. Koorders (1890), M. Treub (1891), W.M. Docters van Leeuwen (1911); and C.G.G.J. van Steenis (1920-1952) made a collection of plants as the basis for compiling the book The Mountain Flora of Java published in 1972.
Gunung Gede also has an ecosystem diversity consisting of submontane, montane, subalpin formations; and the ecosystems of lakes, swamps and savanna.
Gunung Gede is known for its rich variety of birds, as many as 251 species of 450 species found on Java. Some of them are rare birds, namely the Javan eagle (Spizaetus bartelsi) and celepuk jawa (Otus angelinae).
Gunung Gede-Pangrango National Park was designated by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve in 1977, and as Sister Park with Taman Negara
The history and legend which is the belief of the local people is about the existence of Eyang Suryakancana. Suryakancana is the Son of Dalem Cikundul or Rd. Aria Wira Tanu I, founder of Cianjur and first regent of Cianjur, the result of his marriage to Princess Jin. The community believes that Eyang Suryakencana, whose notary is a genie, still lives around Mount Gede, and becomes the ruler of the Jinn nation on the mountain. At certain times, many people, especially adherents of the Wiwitan Sundanese Religion, enter caves around Mount Gede for meditation and religious ceremonies.
To reach the location of Gede Pangrango National Park can be reached through the Jakarta-Bogor-Cibodas route with about 2.5 hours (± 100 km) using a car, or Bandung-Cipanas-Cibodas with a time of 2 hours (± 89 km), and Bogor- Salabintana with a time of 2 hours (52 km).
