The full crossing: up the Sembalun side, over the summit, down to the crater lake and the hot springs, out through the Senaru forest.
This is the route most people come for, and the one most people are glad they picked. You cross the mountain instead of going up and back: summit at sunrise on day two, then straight down into the caldera to sleep beside Segara Anak with the hot springs a short walk away. Day three climbs out to the Senaru rim and drops through jungle to the village. Everything Rinjani has, in three days.
Summit, crater rim, lake and hot springs on one trip. The two-day route gives you the top and turns around; this one keeps going into the caldera.
Camp on the shore of Segara Anak at 2,000 m. It is warmer and far more sheltered down there than on the rim, and most people sleep better for it.
Natural sulphur pools at the lake edge, a few hours after the hardest morning of the trek. Your legs will make the case better than we can.
Up through open savannah on the Sembalun side, out through dense tropical forest on the Senaru side. You never walk the same trail twice.
Three days across the mountain, from the Sembalun gate to Senaru village. Times are typical: your guide sets the pace on the day.
We pick you up wherever you are on Lombok: the airport, Bangsal harbour, Senggigi, Mataram, Kuta or your hotel, at a time we agree with you. From there it is a drive to our guesthouse in Senaru, included in the price. You check in, meet your guide, get the briefing and sleep. Shoes, poles, jacket and headlamp can be rented here that evening.
Breakfast at the guesthouse, then a 45 to 60 minute drive to the Sembalun gate for registration at 8:00. The walk begins across open savannah with the volcano ahead of you, gradual for the first three or four hours. Lunch at Pos 2 around midday, where grassland gives way to loose rock. The last stretch to the rim is the steep part, and camp is waiting on the edge by mid-afternoon, facing west over Lombok and the sea.
The hardest day. Up at 2:00, on the trail by 2:30, three hours of steep volcanic scree in the dark. Most people top out between 5:30 and 6:00, as the sun comes up over Sumbawa and the shadow of the mountain runs west across the sea. Back down to camp for breakfast, pack up, then the switchbacks into the caldera to the lake shore. Lunch at the water, and the hot springs in the afternoon.
Up at 5:00 and along the shore to the Aik Kalak hot springs, steaming in the cold morning air with the lake flat behind you. Then the climb out of the caldera to the Senaru rim, about three hours, the last real effort of the trek. From the rim it is a long descent through dense jungle, roots and vines and filtered light, nothing like the open savannah you came up. Senaru village mid-afternoon, transfer included.
Day two is the hardest day on any Rinjani route: the 2 am summit push, then the descent into the caldera on the same legs. The third day is mostly downhill, with one three-hour climb out of the crater to get through first. There is no technical climbing anywhere on the route. If you exercise regularly and can hike for six hours with a daypack, you will make it. The guides know when to push and when to rest.
Every trek is all-inclusive: one price covers your guide and porters, transport, all meals on the mountain, camping gear and the national park fee.
3 days · 2 nights
Walk it with others and split the cost, or take the mountain at your own pace. Either way the route and the guiding are the same.
Join a set departure and share guide, porters and camp with a few other travellers. The most affordable way across.
Just your own group, your own guide and porters, on the date you choose. More space and more flexibility.
The price is all-inclusive: guide, porters, all meals, camping gear and the national park fee. You book with a USD 30 deposit per person, which comes off the price, and pay the balance in cash to your guide on Lombok.
Some people feel it above 3,000 m. Sleeping on the crater rim first helps you acclimatise, and your guide keeps an eye on everyone during the summit push. You can always turn back: the mountain is not going anywhere.
Yes, and plenty of people do. Segara Anak sits at 2,000 m so the water is cold, but the afternoon at camp is free time and the hot springs are a short walk along the shore.
Your porters cook fresh on the mountain: rice, noodles, vegetables, eggs, fruit, and plenty of it. Tell us about allergies or a vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free diet when you book and we cook around it. With a severe allergy we will suggest going private, because then the team shops and cooks only for you.
Your own guide and porters, on your own start date, with no strangers joining. It does not have to be solo: a couple or a group of friends is private too. Same route, same camps, just more say over pace and timing.
Same route either way. The four-day Ultimate Rinjani spreads it out and adds a full rest day at the lake, so you climb out of the caldera on recovered legs instead of the morning after the summit.
Yes. Join a shared departure and you walk with a small group without paying a single supplement. If sharing a tent with people you have just met feels like a lot, say so and we set up a tent of your own.