Mount Ramelau

Mount Ramelau is the highest point in Timor-Leste at just under three thousand metres and the country's one classic climb, started from the village of Hatobuilico in the dark so that the summit is reached at dawn. A white statue of the Virgin Mary stands on top, carried up in pieces in the seventies, and the walk is a pilgrimage as much as a hike, with thousands climbing in October. From the summit both coasts of the island are visible at once when the air is clear, and the cloud lies below in a solid floor. The climb takes three hours up and two down.