<p>Mount Karangetang is an awesome Jurassic Park-looking volcano that dominates the remote&nbsp;island of Siau&nbsp;in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.</p>
<p>You can&rsquo;t go anywhere on tiny Siau island without seeing this majestic volcano and its twin smoking craters. If you&rsquo;re lucky, you may even get to see it spouting molten lava and rock bombs at night, which it does pretty often.</p>
<p>In this guide, I&rsquo;ll share my experience hiking the Karangetang volcano in 2021, and I&rsquo;ll give some tips in case you plan to climb it yourself.</p>
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<h2><span id="Is_It_Safe"><strong>Is It Safe?</strong></span></h2>
<p>First of all, let&rsquo;s talk about safety. Karangetang is a highly active volcano &mdash; probably one of the most active volcanoes in the world.</p>
<p data-slot-rendered-content="true">The local guides are knowledgeable and any seismic activity is monitored by the Indonesian government, but there&rsquo;s still plenty of risk involved in climbing this mountain. It may erupt at any time.</p>
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<p>You can climb to the top of Karangetang if you&rsquo;re feeling extra crazy, but to be safe most people only hike partway up this mountain and peep at the smoking craters from a distance (and even that is a bit risky).</p>
<p>Climbing any active volcano carries some danger obviously, but this one is unusually active, so proceed at your own risk.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-37761" class="wp-caption-text">Smoking dual vents at Gunung Karangetang</p>
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<h2><span id="My_Local_Guide_Dominik"><strong>My Local Guide: Dominik</strong></span></h2>
<p>I would highly recommend going with a local guide for this hike, because the trail is hard to navigate otherwise.</p>
<p>I did this hike with Dominik, a local guide in&nbsp;<a href="https://theworldtravelguy.com/pulau-siau-travel-guide-siau-island-tarsier-sulawesi-indonesia/">Siau island</a>&nbsp;with many years of experience climbing Karangetang. His brother also joined us for the hike and helped clear vegetation with a machete, and their dog came along too.</p>
<p>You can contact Dominik by WhatsApp at&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>+62 853-9866-6999</strong>. I paid 600k Rupiah for this hike, although that was during Covid and the prices are higher now.</p>
<p>He can also help arrange other tours and activities in the area, although we set those up through the Kalea Beach Resort, where we stayed in Siau.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-37783" class="wp-caption-text">Climbing the volcano with my guides</p>
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