We are awakened around 2:00 am under the cover of darkness with hot drinks and light breakfast. We’ll start heading to Rinjani summit at 3:00 am. We begin with a moderate climb, followed by a fairly easy but long walk. The final approach to the summit involves a steep climb over loose volcanic scree.

Now it’s 6:00 am. We can celebrate our accomplishment with the beautiful sunrise, and panoramic view of Lombok island, Bali island, Sumbawa island and Segara Anak lake.

After that, we’ll descend back down to sembalun crater rim in 2 hours and have breakfast there. We’ll continue our journey down to the lake and hot spring. The trail down is steep and a bit slippery, which takes 2.5 hours to reach. We stop at the lakeside and camp for the second night. Here we can enjoy the lake view, and swim in the lake. The hot spring can soothe away your aches and pains from the trek and are widely known for its natural healing powers.

We’ll leave the lake after lunch and climb up to the senaru crater rim(2641m) for 2.5 hours. Senaru crater rim has the second most spectacular view after the summit. We will enjoy the incredible sunset over mountain Agung in Bali and smoke from the new volcano by the lake. We will camp here for the night.

Our final day in Mt. Rinjani is a relaxing one. After breakfast with the beautiful sunrise, we will trek down to senaru village through the tropical forest. If we are lucky, we might see the rare black monkey. It takes 5 hours down and we will take rests and lunch along the way. The car will bring you to your next destination.