MountainNaturePhotography

Gunung Tangkuban Parahu

Jawa Barat · Indonesia

AI rating4.5

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Mountain

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The TWA Gunung Tangkuban Parahu operator profile places the area in West Bandung Regency and Subang Regency; the KSDAE Nature Tourism Park list also records TWA Gunung Tangkuban Parahu in West Java. This catalogue attaches the volcano spanning two regencies to the existing West Java parent. The pin and review aggregate follow the main Tangkuban Parahu volcano listing, rather than a separate Kawah Ratu listing, gate or operator office. The introduction concerns tourism areas designated by the operator, not permission to enter the entire volcano or Nature Reserve.

The Geological Agency report published on 2 July 2025 advises visitors not to approach the crater floor, not to remain for long around active craters, and to move away if emissions increase or a strong gas smell occurs. That dated report supplies active-volcano context; its activity level is not used as an October 2026 status or safety guarantee. As advice, check authority updates and confirm visitor boundaries with the operator before coming. Photographs do not identify currently permitted routes; the catalogue does not recommend descending to crater floors, staying overnight in craters or bathing at active craters.

The gallery is an archive from 2017, 2018 and 2023, not documentation of current conditions. Upload dates are distinguished from source dates. Current opening hours, fees, activities and facilities are not established from photographs or the profile page.

The AI reference of 4.5/5 follows 7,946 reviews on the main Gunung Tangkuban Parahu Google Maps listing, checked 8 October 2026 without rating filters. One 5-point aggregate is adopted unchanged without independent quality or access assessment. Not firsthand experience or a Floopel user rating; confidence was not calculated. The pin follows the object marker, not a surveyed entrance or parking location.

Wikimedia Commons photographic renditions downloaded unchanged by the Floopel editor; no manual crop, retouch or upscaling. Public Floopel renditions may differ in dimensions and format. Photographs document their source dates, not present conditions or access.

Photo 1: Panoramic View of Kawah Ratu Crater in Mt.Tangkuban Perahu.jpg — DimasSepur; CC BY-SA 4.0. Source 24 June 2023, EXIF 08:21, Canon EOS M; uploaded 8 July 2024. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.0 (Windows) is recorded; specific panorama assembly or editing steps are not described. Page name DimasSepur and EXIF name Dimasyah Sylva @dimasavweeb22 are recorded as supplied, without additional identity linkage verification.

Photo 2: Kawah Gunung Tangkuban Perahu.jpg — Cyb54m; CC BY-SA 4.0. Source date 22 April 2017; uploaded 6 June 2017. Available metadata supplies orientation only; camera, software, image assembly and earlier processing are unverified. Source light and colour retained.

Photo 3: Kawah Gunung Tangkuban Parahu.jpg — ReginaSalsabila; CC BY-SA 4.0. Source and EXIF 15 June 2018 at 14:07, Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A; uploaded 29 May 2019. No software is listed in inspected metadata; earlier processing is unverified. Mist and plants are part of the source appearance.

Cover: Tangkuban Perahu, Bandung, Jawa Barat.jpg — Ester Grasia; photographed 13 July 2018; CC BY-SA 4.0. The 1280 px rendition was uploaded without manual edits. The cover is distinct from all three gallery images.

Why it matters

At Tangkuban Parahu, the crater landscape fills the view. Grey walls descend into a broad basin, with trees framing the ridges above. A June 2023 panorama of Kawah Ratu shows the contrast between rock, wooded slopes and white plumes; photographs from 2017 and 2018 add different light and plants at the edge of the view.

This active volcano spans West Bandung and Subang. Its nature tourism area provides a setting for learning about the volcanic landscape of West Java from areas designated by the operator. Before adding it to a trip, check Nature Tourism Park information and Geological Agency updates: volcanic conditions and visitor boundaries determine which parts of the area may be viewed.

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