A 2am pickup, a two-hour torchlit walk up volcanic scree, and then dawn breaking over a caldera lake with Mount Agung silhouetted behind — Batur is the achievable volcano. Guides set a patient pace and breakfast is cooked in steam vents at the crater rim. Any reasonably active person makes the top. The monkeys at the summit have their own agenda; guard the toast.
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