Linggajati

Linggajati (or Linggarjati) is a village in the East Parahyangan region of Western Java, Indonesia. The village is on the eastern side of Mount Ciremai National Park (or Ceremai, Cereme), the highest point of West Java province.

Understand
Linggajati is a small village with a population of about 4,000, in the regency of Kuningan, about 12 km north of the regency capital Kuningan. The mountain is an active volcano. No eruptions have taken place since 1951, although there was a plume of smoke in 2015.

The village has become famous because it was the location of the Linggadjati Agreement (using the old spelling of the village name) of 15 November 1946, during the Indonesian War of Independence, between the Dutch administration and the self-proclaimed Republic of Indonesia. The agreement included a ceasefire and the establishment of the Netherlands-Indonesian Union. The Dutch government cancelled the agreement in July 1947, and the war continued until 1949.

Get in
Linggajati is just off the main trunk road between Cirebon (and the Jakarta-Central Java toll road) and Kuningan.

The only public transport to the village is a yellow-coloured angkot (public minivan, locally also called angdes) route from the market in the nearby village of Cilimus (Pasar Cilimus). Cilimus can be reached by taking a bus on the route between Cirebon and Kuningan (which also includes buses from Jakarta to Kuningan). There are no fixed bus stops along the route, but you can ask the driver to stop in Cilimus.

Do
Mount Ciremai (the centre of Mount Ciremai National Park) is on the western side of the village.There are three routes to the mountain summit, but the one from Linggajati is the most common. The track is well-marked, and there are camps (pos) along the trail for camping, but there are no other facilities (also no water). The ascent officially starts at ('climbing post'), about 2 km west of the village. The ascent takes about 6-8 hours. It is common to start climbing at about 22:00, to catch the sunrise from the summit (and avoid climbing in the heat). The descent is much quicker (about 3 hours).

Go next

 * Mount Ciremai National Park — the highest mountain of Western Java can be climbed from Linggajati.
 * Cirebon — the 'city of shrimp' on the Java Sea coast is the nearest major city.