Telica 🌋

First ever volcano for the 3 of us! We chose Telica to be our first because it's still active and your supposed to see lava in the dark. Also it's possible to hike to the crater without a guide and it's free. As we wanted to see the lava we either had to go after sunset or before sunrise. We chose to get up really early, hike during the "cold" night, see the lava and the sunrise afterwards.
We found a great camping spot, owned by a super nice family, close to the volcano. Before heading to the campsite we visited the family at their home in a very small village in the jungle. Ulices and his family are wonderful kind people and love welcoming tourists at their place. For them it's almost impossible to leave the country or travel. Hosting people feels like travelling to them. They have a beautiful garden with many tropical fruits and animals. They made us taste all the delicious fruits and even prepared a homemade milkshake for us🤩
We would have loved to stay there and chat a little longer but we needed to get up early.
We got up at 2am and started immediately our hike. 10km and 700m height difference we had to overcome. It took us a little longer than 2h until we stood next to the crater. Unfortunately we couldn't see any lava because there was too much smoke coming out of Telica. Even without lava it was beautiful and intimidating to be there. The sound felt like various airplanes passing by. After the sunrise we were looking forward to hike again. After 1 month of heat it was the first time we were feeling cold because of the strong wind. The way back to the car was exhausting but we felt happy.
PS. Leki is the fittest of the 3 of us. He even made some detours and was trying to chase animals on the way back 😂Baca selengkapnya