Mount Galunggung has the Montane Forest of 1,200 - 1,500 meters and the Ericaceous Forest> 1,500 meters.
Mount Galunggung eruption
Mount Galunggung was recorded to have erupted in 1822 (VEI = 5). The early signs of the eruption were known in July 1822, in which the water of Cikunir became muddy and muddy. Crater examination results indicate that the turbid water is hot and sometimes the smoke column appears from the crater. Then on October 8 s.d. October 12, the eruption produces very hot reddish sand rain, fine ash, hot clouds, and lava. The lava flow moves southeastward along streams. This eruption killed 411 lives and destroyed 114 villages, with land damage to the east and south as far as 40 km from the top of the mountain.
The next eruption occurred in 1894. Between 7-9 October, an eruption that produced a hot cloud. Then on the 27th and 30th of October, there was a lava flowing in the same river channel as the lava generated in the 1822 eruption. This eruption destroyed 50 villages, some of the houses collapsed due to ash rain.
In 1918, in early July, the next eruption took place, beginning with an earthquake. This July 6 eruption resulted in ash of as little as 2-5 mm of ash that was limited in the crater and the southern slope. And on July 9, recorded the appearance of a lava dome in a crater lake as high as 85m with a size of 560x440 m which was then named Mount Jadi.
The last eruption occurred on May 5, 1982 (VEI = 4) accompanied by the sound of booms, sparks, and flashes of lightning. The eruption took place for 9 months and ended on January 8, 1983. During this eruption period, about 18 people died, mostly because of indirect causes (traffic accidents, old age, cold and food shortages). Estimated losses of around Rp 1 billion and 22 villages left unattended.
The eruption of this period has also led to the change of map of the region at a radius of about 20 km from the Galunggung crater, which includes Indihiang District, Sukaratu District and Leuwisari District. The change in the map of the area is mostly caused by the breaking of the road network and the flow of the river and the area of the village due to the abundance of cold lava flow in the form of sand-gravel material.
In the post-eruption period (ie, around 1984-1990) was the rehabilitation of the disaster area by reconstructing the broken road network, dredging the sand / sands in several streams and irrigation channels (especially Cikunten I), then building check dam cold lava) in the area of Sinagar as a 'fortress' of the overflowing safety of cold lava floods into the area of Tasikmalaya City. At that time also exploited the utilization of Galunggung sand which is considered qualified for building materials and road construction. In the later years up to now the dredging effort of Galunggung sand was growing, even at the beginning of its development (around 1984-1985) built Railway network from near Kih Indihiang Station (Cibungkul-Parakanhonje) to check dam Sinagar as special lane to transport sand from Galunggung to Jakarta. The eruption also caused British Airways Flight 9 had an emergency landing at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, after all four engines were totally dead.
Mount Galunggung as a tourist attraction
Most visitors Galunggung tourist attraction is a local tourist, while tourists from abroad are still under the count of 100 people on average per year. The average domestic and foreign tourists who visit the Galunggung Mountain amounted to 213,382 people per year.
Seeing the potential attractiveness that may be excavated, as well as geographical position is quite strategic, and has a uniqueness of the nature of the object of Mount Galunggung tourism potential enough to be sold to foreign tourists. But the attraction is not packaged in a professional tour package.
Others are different now. Yes, this sentence is worth pinned on the tourist area of Mount Galunggung Tasikmalaya regency. All changes seem obvious in some corners of nature tourism mainstay of this santri city. Perum Perhutani Divre Jabar Banten apparently encompass the attractions of Mount Galunggung by changing its appearance. Of course the goal is to attract more tourists who visit.
Well, for those of you who wonder what the changes? Here are the changes:
1. Stair climbing ladder mounted
2. Corridor view of mount Galunggung
3. waterfall galunggung color
4. galunggung gorge
5. hot water pool
6. camp ground on the crater lip