Rinjani Top VIA Sembalun

3DAYS-2NIGHTS TREKKING PACKAGE TO THE RINJANI SUMMIT – VIA SEMBALUN

For those of you who want to trek to Rinjani Mountain to enjoy the visit with a longer time than just staying one night there, here is an itinerary with the visit of three days and two nights for you. To make it more comfortable, the night before the hike you should stay at the hotel at the foot of Rinjani Mountain which is in the region of the village of Senaru. 

You will depart from the Senaru area towards Sembalun Lawang, and then you will start trekking from Sembalun Lawang to get to Plawangan Sembalun 3726 masl. Along the way, you’ll find a lot of beautiful view that is precious to be kept in the memory of your camera. To facilitate the first day of your trip, it is better for you to stay at a hotel around the area the foot of Mount Rinjani, in the village of Senaru or Sembalun before you start your trip on the first day.

Itinerary
DAY 1: HOTEL – SEMBALUN LAWANG – PLAWANGAN SEMBALUN 2639 masl
About seven o’clock in the morning after eating breakfast at the hotel, you will check out and head to Sembalun to register at the Rinjani Trek Center there. Travelling from Senaru to Sembalun will take approximately one hour. On arrival at Sembalun Lawang, while waiting the guide does the register, you can momentarily prepare your stamina before the climbing starts. Once registration is completed, the trip will start from Sembalun Lawang to the Post 1 (monitoring) which can be taken roughly within two hours of walking. Arriving in Post 1 you will rest for about ten to fifteen minutes before continuing the trip to the Post 2. 

Travelling from Post 1 to Post 2 (tengengean) takes approximately one hour. In Post 2, you will also be given time to rest for ten to fifteen minutes before heading to third. It takes about an hour from the Post 2 to Post 3 (padabalong). In Post 3, you will rest for an hour to enjoy lunch before heading to Plawangan Sembalun. Once you arrive in Plawangan Sembalun- after a three-hour walk from Post 3-, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery from a height of 2639 m above sea level while waiting Guide and porter set up tents and food for your dinner. You will spend the night in Plawangan Sembalun.

DAY 2: PLAWANGAN SEMBALUN 2639 masl – RINJANI SUMMIT3726 masl – SEGARA ANAK LAKE 2.008 masl – PLAWANGAN SENARU 3641 masl
2.30 AM in the morning, you and guide have to be up and ready to get to the summit. It is done in order to be able to enjoy the morning sun (sunrise) on the summit of Rinjani Mountain (3.726 masl). Before you begin your journey, you will be served with coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate and snacks. The trip will take 3 hours 20min from Plawangan Sembalun. The track it quite hard, because you will walk on the crater rim with mediocre safety, the terrain of sand, stone, soil last 200 meters in the elevation. But the rough terrain will be paid pay off with beautiful natural scenery in the Rinjani Summit. 

Views of Agung Mountain in Bali, Tambora Mountain in Sumbawa will be obvious when the weather is nice in the morning. 30 minutes after enjoying the sunrise, you will be invited to go down to the camp with a travel time about1 hour. It is much easier compared to when you climb. When arriving at the campsite you will enjoy a second breakfast, then we pack up to continue our journey towards Segara Anak Lake, and it takes about 3 hours. This terrain is very steep and sometimes slippery, so your trekking guide will usually instruct to be extra careful. Never walk before your trekking guide give you instructions, walk close to your guide or porter for the safety and comfort of your journey. 

Once arriving in Segara Anak Lake, we immediately rest and walk 10 minutes to the hot spring. You can soak to restore muscles tense after making a trip to the summit here. Once you are satisfied soaking in the hot springs, you will return to the group for lunch, and we will enjoy it near Segara Anak Lake with bluish water. After lunch you will leave Segara Anak Lake and head straight to Pelawangan Senaru with a travel time about3 hours. 

This terrain is very steep, and rocky so you really have to be extra careful. Again, you will go through an exhausting trip, but your exhaustion will be paid at the time when you get to Pelawangan Senaru with sunset view over the beauty of the three Gili who become the prime tourist spot in North Lombok namely Gili Meno, Air and Trawangan, as well as bonus view of Mt. Agung on the island of bali. You will have your dinner and camping here.

DAY 3: PLAWANGAN SENARU – POST 3 – POST 2 – SENARU VILLAGE (HOTEL)
In the morning around 08:00 to 08:30 you will enjoy a breakfast accompanied by the beautiful scenery of the Segara Anak Lake and smoke coming out of Anak Gunung Baru. After breakfast, you will proceed to the village of Senaru by walking in the tropical forest that is very dense so that we do not get sun burnt. You will walk down leisurely with travel time approximately 4-5 hours and we will pass resting posts: post-3, Post 2 and Post extra. 

We will get lunch around the post 2 or Post Extra in the forest border. Around 1 pm, you are going to the Senaru Village. If we have enough time and you are interested, you can continue the trip to visit two beautiful waterfalls in the Senaru: Tiu Kelep and Tiu Pupas. After spending time until you fell satisfied there, you will be driven to the hotel where you will say good bye to our guide, and the package is complete.