Your hotel - Senaru village - Tropical Forest - Crater Rim Senaru

Our driver will pick you up at hotel lobby by 04.00-04:30 AM (Depend on your hotel location) transfer direct to Senaru village. Check in at our office, Breakfast, and Meet the guide and crew for Trekking Briefing, then transfer to Gate of Rinjani National Park (about 1 km from our office). Before start trekking, you are mandatory to do final registration and scan the barcode of your Trekking Pass at Rinjani National Park Registration Office in Senaru village. The first hours of the trek climb steeply through thick tropical forests Ritch in flora, bird life and a variety of butterflies. You might see orchid and if lucky, the rare black ebony leaf monkey, known locally as Lutung. Rest stops are taken along the way. On normal condition, lunch will serve at Post II.

Depending on your preparation and weather conditions, the night camp is made either in the forest at post 3 Mondokon Lolak (2,000m) after about five hours climb from senaru, or continue the ascend for another couple of hours through grassy meadows Senaru crater rim at 2,641m. From the crater rim there are sweeping views across the lake Segara Anak (2,000 m) to the summit of Mt. Rinjani. Within the crater, Mt. Baru Jari ( 2,351m) is an active, last erupting dramatically in 1994 and followed by small eruption on 2004, 2015 and 2016. On a clear evening the Gili Islands, Bali and Mt. Agung can be seen to the west. Crew will set up all necessary gear here (tent, sleeping bag, mattress, pillow and toilet tent) and preparing your dinner.