Mount
Rinjani is one of favorite mounts in Indonesia and popular for foreign as well.
The beauty of the mount attracts climbers to step to the peak of Rinjani. The height
of the mount is 3,762 meters above sea surface and located at North Lombok,
West Nusa Tenggara. If you plan to venture to this mountain, there are many
tracks you can choose.
Mataram
is the last transit place to climb Mount Rinjani. To reach the city, you can
take a flight from Jakarta or by a bus. From Mataram, you can continue your
journey by public transportation or carter a car to go to the last village
before you climb the mount. And here are some tracks you can consider to climb
Mount Rinjani.
Senaru Track
The
height of Senaru Track is 600 meter above sea surface and the track is
favorable because it is the shortest distance and more shade. You will like
entering to the tropical forest but the track is ascending. To reach Senaru
Village, from Mataram City you can take public transportation for about two
hours. The village has many inns with travel agent packages to Mount Rinjani. The
easiest way to venture to the mount is by take guide for your comfort.
To
get more information, you can contact the official in the post at Mount Rinjani
National Park. After you ask permission from the post at national park in
Senaru, the journey will be started by passing farming and entering to the
forest. After you through three posts that can be reached for about five hours,
at the third post (Mondokon Lolak) with 2,000 meters above sea surface, you
will arrive at Pelawangan Senaru after trekking for about two hours.
In
the Pelawangan Senaru, you can see Segara Anak (a name of lake) and the peak of
Rinjani. To get Segara Anak, you have to descend to the steep hills. From the lake
to the basecamp of Segara Anak, you have to walk for about two hours. After you
rest and enjoy the beauty of the lake, you can continue climbing to Mount
Rinjani through Pelawangan Senaru which is become the last camp. Usually, at
02.00 a.m., you will start climbing to the peak of Rinjani.
Sembalun Track
The
height of Sembalun track is 1,150 meter above sea surface. The track is the
easiest track to be reached by public transportation. From terminal bus in
Mataram City, there are public transportations to Mataram – Aikmel which is
takes around an hour. Then, you can continue your journey to Sembalun Post by
public transportation. For note, if you take public transportation from Mataram
– Aikel, you are suggested to go earlier because the transportation only
available until 12.00 noon.
After
you arrived at Sembalun Post, you can complete the equipment because in this
place there are rental equipment to climb Mount Rinjani, guide, and porter for
your comfort. After you get permission from the official of the post, you can
start the climbing by entering to savannah. There, you will through three main
posts for about four hours.
Sembalun
Track is a sloping track compared by Senaru Island. But, the track is quite
hard because you have to pass vast savannah which is need your stamina if the
day is hot. Before you arrive at the third post or Padabalang Post, you will
face the cross road to separate the right track to the regretting hill and the
left to the suffering hill. Currently, you only can take the suffering track
because the vision of the regretting track is unclear.
From
the third post, you will pass nine hills before you arrive at Pelawangan
Sembalun at the height of 2,639 meter above sea surface for about four hours. Pelawangan
Sembalun itself is a fork or the last post to reach the peak or to descent to
Segara Anak (a name of lake). In this post, you can build a tent to enjoy the
beauty of Segara Anak and Mount Barujari right at the bottom. The journey to
the peak will go along the edge of the crater which is exhausting. The track is
sandy and loose which is make your step slower.
Torean Track
Bayan
can be reached from Cakranegara, Lombok by public transportation for about
three hours. Then, you can continue to Torean Village as a latest village for
about an hour by ojek or taxi motor, or a truck that through Torean. Torean
Village provides you porter service that will ease your journey to climb Mount
Rinjani.
Actually,
Torean Track is not a common track that is used by climber to Rinjani because
there is no post just like other tracks. The Torean Track is used by local
residents to reach Segara Anak (a name of lake) to do tradition or ceremony for
Hindu religion. The track will guide you to Susu Cave and Manik Cave which are
located before you reach Segara Anak.
To
start climbing Mount Rinjani, you are suggested to start earlier because the
road is a bit dangerous if you do it a night. Besides that, you will not enjoy
the scenery and the beauty of sloping trail that is challenging. To reach
Segara Anak, you will through the only one climbing post which is takes around
2.5 hours by passing national park. After that, you will go toward the trail
and valley at the north of Rinjani that bring the spring from Segara Anak to
Kokok Putih River.
You
will follow the spring of Kokok Putih River by stepping the trail and through many
hills. After you arrived at Pelawangan Torean, then you can descent to the branch
of Kokok Putih River. After you through one more hill, you will arrive at the
area of cave and natural hot spring near Segara Anak.
The
journey to Segara Anak takes around eight hours. To reach the peak of Mount
Rinjani, you have to through the cliff steeps for about four hours before you
reach Pelawangan Sembalun. As you come to this area, you will through normal
track, i.e. Sembalun Track.
Timbanuh Track
To
reach Timbanuh Village, you can take public transportation from Mataram. Then,
you can get down at Masbagik and continue to Timbanuh Village by different
transportation for about three hours by driving. In Timbanuh, there is guide
that will ease your adventure to Mount Rinjani.
Timbanuh
Track was inaugurated as a new track by Mount Rinjani National Park. If you
compare the track to other tracks, Timbanuh Track has not adequate facilities
but the track has water source along the track and diversity of flora and
fauna. Besides that, the track is challenging for climber because you are
allowed to climb until Pelawangan Cemoro Rompes and the south peak of Rinjani.
However,
there is no track yet to Segara Anak because the track is very steep and
dangerous. It will take around nine hours from Timbanuh to Pelawangan Cemoro
Rompes. From Cemoro Rompes, you can see Mount Barujari clearly compared by the
three other tracks because the positions is closer to the mount and you will
witness the edelweis field.
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