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Day
1. SENGGIGI - SENARU - START POINT |
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Pick up at your hotel at 06.00 am then by car
to Senaru, arrive in Senaru village around 08.45
am We’ll give you quick light breakfast
and Register at Rinjani National Park ranger
in senaru then we begin our trekking.
The first hours of the trek climb steeply through
thick tropical forest rich in flora bird life
and a variety of butterflies. You might see
orchid and, if lucky, the rare black ebony leaf
monkey, known locally as lutung. Rest stops
are taken along the way, and at Pos 2 Montong
Satas shelter ( 1.500m ). Village stories and
local legends related by your guide.
Features include the banyan tree bunut ngengkang
that looks like someone standing with their
legs apart, and the Batu Penyeselan stone. Depending
on your preferences and weather conditions,
the night’s camp is made either in the
forest at Pos 3 Mondokan Lolak ( 2.000 m ) after
about five hours climb from Senaru, or continue
the ascent for another couple of hours through
grassy meadows to Plawangan 1 Senaru crater
rim at 2,641 m. from the crater rim are sweeping
views across the lake Segara Anak ( 2.000m)
to the summit of Mt. RInjani. Within the crater
Mt. Baru ( 2.351 ) is an active last erupting
dramatically in 1994. on a clear evening the
Gili Isles, Bali and Mt. Agung can be seen to
the west.
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Sunrise at the
rim is a memorable start do Day 2. enjoyed after
a pre-dawn 2 hours climb for those camping at
Pos 3, Mondokan Lolak. After enjoying the view,
the trek proceeds for couple of hours down the
trail to the crater lake where the rest of the
day is spent relaxing and swimming. There is plenty
of time to explore the pilgrimage hot springs,
said to had healing power. Camp by the lake side,
enjoying dinner followed by the night sound as.
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Day 3. RINJANI TREKKING -
END |
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After breakfast, start the 3 hours
steep ascent up to Plawangan 2 Sembalun crater rim.
Look out for edelweiss along the path. Enjoy the
view of the Lake from the other side and the island
of Sumbawa across the tropical ocean. The decent
from the Sembalun crater rim is amidst the pine-like
Casuarina species locally known is Cemara, perhaps
seeing evidence of wild pigs and the long tailed
gray macaque monkeys.
After about 3 ½ hours, reach post 3 Pada
Balong, through grass land used at couple cattle
grazing by local people. Mt. Rinjani summit towers
above us, Indonesia’s second highest volcanic
peak. From here is beautiful view of Sembalun Lawang
and Sembalun Bumbung villages, known for coffee
production until the crop was changed to garlic
to take the advantage of the garlic boom in early
1990s. the road head is reached after in another
4 hour gentle descent through open country, and
the trek ends at Rinjani Informations center at
Sembalun Lawang. |
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Entrance fees , 3 Meals a day ( Mineral
water and soft Drinks ) , Porter Return transport
with air conditions coach , Expert Trekking Guide
, Tent ,sleeping bag and mattress, First Aid , Alcoholic
Beverage , free accommodation at Sagara Anak Travel
Lodge
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Trekking Shoes, Extra
film , Binoculars , Toilet paper , Hat / cap , Sun
cream. , Warm Clothing ( fleece ) wind jacket, Flash
light , Rain Coat (During Rain Season Nov-March)
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