Mount Kerinci on a Budget
Monday, December 05, 2016
Disclaimer*
This is not a backpacking trip as we hired a tour guide but we did try to limit our budget as minimum as possible.
I hope this will be the last post on Mount Kerinci as next I want to write about my August-Sept trip to Australia. I've been procrastinating from writing about it for far too long. I don't know what stops me but I guess it's just me. I like to procrastinate, it's a bad habit that I wish to lose one day.
It's December now and I literally am living my life out of a suitcase. I just came home from Port Dickson this afternoon and tomorrow I will be on the road again, heading to Malacca and Johor Bahru the day after. Next week I'll have my annual visit to Terengganu for a friend's wedding. Fuhhh, I never thought I would travel this frequent.
The total amount I spent for this trip was MYR 828.10 including flight ticket and luggage. I will attach the details of my expenses for Kerinci Trip below.
The Package
Meals, accommodation (hotel and camping equipment), guide, porters and transport were included in the Kerinci Hiking Package with Pak Rapani. You just have to bring some for souvenirs.
The package price will be slightly cheaper when more people join the trip. The amount we got for the trip was the minimum price. However I'm so sorry that I can't disclose the real price since this trip was planned by a good friend of mine who wishes to start his own travel venture one day. Don't worry, you can make your own calculation of the package price based on the total amount that I've stated.
To note, it wasn't necessary to leave some tips for porters but since the service provided was VERY GOOD, we decided to tip anyway.
Hotel
As I mentioned in my previous post, we stayed at Gunung Tujuh Hotel the day we arrived in Padang. It was not very clean and no water heater available in the bathroom. That's why we had to pay for a kettle of hot water to take a bath after the climb down. But the food was delicious though it's a bit spicy to my liking. Overall, the stay was fine.
I've tried to be as transparent as possible on the details of my experiences and I hope all eh information I've shared will be useful to all the readers who stumble upon this blog.
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