Mount Rinjani is located in the north of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, which is the third highest volcano in Indonesia that is included in the seven sumit Indonesia. Altitude of the peak of Mount Rinjani is only surpassed by the Carstensz Pyramid in Papua and Mount Kerinci in Sumatra. Mount Rinjani is not only known by the citizens of Indonesia, but also known by foreign tourists. Every year thousands of registered foreign and domestic tourist who climbed the mountain altitude is 3726 m above sea level.
Mount Rinjani is renowned as one of the mountain in Indonesia with the landscape and stunning beauty. During the journey, you'll pass through tropical forests that once in a while you will be able to see the apparition of wild monkeys on the roadside. Vegetable plantation and green canyon scenery inhabited by traditional Sasak tribe stretched. With the charm of this kind, Mount Rinjani is the target of adventure lovers in the wild, both domestic and foreign climbers.
Some locations / attractions to visit:
1.Puncak Mount Rinjani mountain climbing, camping and enjoy the natural panorama of the island of Lombok.
2.Danau Segara Anak, Sebau and Mount New
Segara Anak lake (2008 m asl) where the water smelled of sulfur, the temperature differs from one place to another. Lake area is approximately 1,100 acres, a depth of between 160-230 meters. In the middle of this lake appears a new volcanic mountain that is still active and growing of the call with the New Mount finger.
New Mountain finger is the name of the new mountain that appears in the midst of the child immediately. And people - people around him believe that the new mountain Rinjani mountain is the center and therefore when a new volcanic eruption would not harm people unless chili eruptions from Mount Rinjani summit. People say that in 1994 a new volcanic eruption caused by the anger of the spirits who are building something because the stones that erupted were not placed properly at the foot of the mountain of new.
3. cave
There are three of the most famous caves such as cave milk, paying cave, and cave beads. Goa milk is the ideal place for meditation place. People with dirty minds and evil will have difficulty with sendirnya enter this cave in which this cave has a narrow entrance, but only people who are clean who could easily enter. Didalan cave water dripping from the tip of the rock which looks like a nipple, so people say the water in the cave it was very different. Inside the cave was hot milk and lots of smoke that looks like smoke kitchen to be the ones to call it steam or hot house, and also people sometimes call it the place to rentogent / laser beam
Strawberry 4.Local
This type of tanamanm grow along the road to Rinjani, thorny plants like roses and red fruits aseperti strawwbery sediokit sweet and sour taste and is also good to eat when the climbers felt hunger or thirst.
5. Otakkokoq and Yellow Flower. Hot water bath that smells of sulfur for the treatment of (a skin) and waterfalls.
6. Cultural attractions outside the Park include; War Topat Ciwaratri in December and in January in Mataram.
The best visiting season: August / December each year.
How to reach the location:
Mataram - Selong - Sambelia - Sembalun Lawang (140 miles) about 4.5 hours by car. When you walk to the lake takes time for 9 hours (25 miles). Mataram - Bayan - Senaru (82 miles) around 2.5 hours, walking to the lake for 9 hours (25 miles). Mataram - Bayan - Torean (85 miles) around 2.5 hours, walking to the lake for 7.5 hours. Mataram - Masbagik - Kutaradja - Tetebatu (60 miles) around 1.5 hours, walking into Otakkokoq for 30 minutes.
