Located three hours from Jakarta, the tourist spot boasts a fantastic view of a sea of clouds surrounding the mountain peak.

However, visitors to the attraction on Sunday could only see a sea of people trying to reach the peak.

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Dadan Bernadi, one of the visitors, told kompas.com that he and his family departed from their home in Bogor, West Java, at 4 a.m. thinking that they would reach the spot at around 7 a.m.

Since the clouds disappear at around 8 a.m., Dadan planned to reach the peak at the last moment, assuming that it would be less crowded by that time.

Alas, the sea of people created traffic snarl-up that forced Dadan to turn back home.

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Meanwhile, Dhani, a visitor from Rangkasbitung, Banten, and his friends were stuck in a traffic jam 3 kilometers from the peak.

He said the traffic jam had built up since 1 a.m., which led many visitors to stop and roll out their mats on the road.

“We rolled out our mats together with other drivers. [We were] stuck and could not move anywhere. We heard the same thing happened at [the peak]; there was no parking space,” said Dhani.

Mt. Luhur manager Sukmadi said the number of visitors to the site created a new record of 30,000 people in two days last weekend, adding that they previously only welcomed 10,000 visitors per month.

He said that the number of visitors caused 7-km traffic congestion on Sunday.

“On Saturday morning, the traffic jam was 5 km long, but [on Sunday] it created a 7-km tailback. That never happened before,” he said.

Sukmadi said it took them six hours to clear the traffic. (jes/kes)