Mount Telomoyo is located approximately 55 km from Semarang, the capital city of Central Java Province. From its peak (1898 m) we can see the Rawapening lake, Salatiga city, Ambarawa city, Mount Merbabu, and Mount Ungaran. There is road to reach the top of the mountain with beautiful view of the surrounding nature. In 1997, hang gliding pilots took off from the top of Telomoyo mountain for the first time. Since then, Mount Telomoyo become one the main flying site for hang gliding communities in Indonesia.
The first hang gliding competition in Mount Telomoyo was held in 2002; and in 2014, The Gantolle Jakarta Hang gliding club, initiate the first Telomoyo Cup International Hang Gliding Competition.
Mount Gajah Telomoyo is a lower mountain from Mount Telomoyo that located 3 km North East of Mount Telomoyo. With the height of 1300 meter above sea level, it was designed and developed to become hang gliding and paragliding take off site in early 2020.
The XC race that makes you enjoy!
At the beginning, in 2014, Telomoyo Cup is an XC competition for the hang gliding. The flying area of the Mt. Telomoyo, is stunning with the view of other mountains, rice field and the lake of Rawa Pening.
Since the Telomoyo VI in 2022, we add the paragliding to make the competition more attractive and open the opportunity for many pilots to enjoy the sky of Telomoyo aerodome.
Let’s go fly!
Mount Telomoyo Aerodome,
Semarang – Indonesia
Paragliding 30th July – 4th August 2024
Hang Gliding 23rd – 28th July 2024
Trail Run 25th August 2024
Race to Goal/ XC race
Class 1 Open and Class 1 Floater
FAI Cat.2, NAC-FASI
Mt. Telomoyo Blue Ramp (S 7°21’36.84″ – E 110°23’57.09″)
Elevation 1894 m ASL
Includes:
Additional
Race to Goal/ XC race
Class Overall & Women Class
FAI Cat.2, NAC-FASI
Mount Gajah Telomoyo (S 7°21’17.35″ – E 110°25’58”)
Elevation 1300 m ASL
Official landing site is Muncul field (S 70 19’ 41.371” – E 1100 26’ 34.146”)
Includes:
Additional
Race to Finish
5K, 10K, 21K
Nogosaren
Nogosaren
Good health on the event day
To be informed
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The nearest airport is Ahmad Yani International (SRG), but you may also reach our location from Adi Sumarmo International (SOC) in Solo or Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA).
Around our location, there are plenty of touristic destination and attraction such as:
- Rawa Pening Lake, where you can easily have a stop at “Bukit cinta” (Love Hill)
- Ambarawa Train Museum
- Gedong Songo temple
- River tubing
- Coffee plantation
- Eling Bening panoramic view
- Gumuk Reco /Sky Swinger
Thera are many small but decent hotels in the cities of Salatiga, Ambarawa, Bawen and Ungaran. You may book a room by yourself via any travel application through internet, but we recommend you book a room via the organizer due to the pick up arrangement during the event.
Indonesia using Bahasa Indonesia as their language and it’s rarely to find one who can speak proper English. So, be ready with your Google translation.
There are plenty kind of local food around HQ that you may try. Just be aware that local food may hot and spicy. Having a stomachache during the competition just take you stranded in the toilet.
If you want to find any international one there are some restaurant in Salatiga who serve it, and just in case you got desperate, yes there is KFC or Pizza Hut for your favour.
Alcohols are hard to find but there is one little shop in Salatiga that sells beer. They are open from 6 pm – 6 am (this is not a mistyping).
There are no decent public transportation nor even a taxi meter around our location. You may take local company on line taxi which are “Grab” and “Gojek”, but please download their apps via “App Store” or “Google Play Store” beforehand. Other alternative is rent a car that you can manage via your hotel staff.
Eventhough you have an international driving license, we strongly NOT RECOMMEND you to self drive here, due to our driving habit.
Money changer is difficult to find but you can find ATMs easily in some convenience stores. There is also one across the street of the HQ. So you may withdraw the bank notes from the ATM. Please assure that your ATM card has “Cirrus”, “Alto”, “Visa” or “Mastercard” logo on it. Fee charges may apply, please call your bank accordingly.
Electricity: Indonesia using 220 Voltage electric power with Europlug system socket (two-pole plug + twin holes socket). So please be aware with your electronic devices and bring the travel plug multi adaptor for your conveniences.
Water: DO NOT DRINK any tap water straightly, is not safe for your health except mentioned as a drink water fountain.
WC/ Toilet: there are squat and/or sitting closet type in public restroom and we use semi dry toilet. You may find inside, a water jet spray or water bucket instead. Toilet paper is not common. Please be prepare for it.