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Mount Rinjani or Gunung Rinjani is an active volcano in Mount Rinjani National Park Indonesia on the island of Lombok. The park is popular for mountain climbs and trekking and represents an important nature reserve and water catchments area. The park is officially 41,330 hectares (159.6 sq mi) within the park boundaries and includes a further 66,000 hectares (250 sq mi) of protected forest outside. The mountain and its satellites form the Mount Rinjani National Park.

Best time to climb Rinjani

The best mount Rinjani hike during the April-November dry season. The trekking trails are generally closed during the rainy season from January to the last of March.
In recent years the early months of the ‘dry season’ have become more prone to rain and you should be prepared to encounter heavy rain and low visibility with slippery tracks underfoot at any time, particularly in the afternoon.

Costs and Tour Operators

Unfortunately, Rinjani Trekking prices and cost to climb Mount Rinjani are not cheap between 125$ to 350$ per person and varied though according to how well known Tour Operator, private or sharing package, how many days trip and how many people in your group and the commission is due to people or agency.
Some guide companies will charge as little as 80$ per person for 2 nights in the off-season for sharing packages up to 12 people in a group.
Important to check they are properly experienced, equipped, and provisioned. Ensure your trek price is all-inclusive of any extra charges for transportation, accommodation, provisions, guide–porter fees, and the Rinjani National Park entrance fee.

Accommodation

Trekking Mount Rinjani Lombok is usually done for 2 days or more and always starts early in the morning, of course, you’ll need a comfortable bed in Senaru or Sembalun before start climbing the next day. Mostly Tour Agency has been providing and organized everything you need to sleep one night before climbing the mountain at the hotel in Senaru or Sembalun village.

Packing Lists

Recommended you to carry during the Mt. Rinjani trek program, all Items to be packed in a small backpack no more than 10 kg :

• Quick Dry Synthetic Material :
  Shirt (short or long sleeve) as the base layer, a good quality fleece jacket/woolen pullover as the middle layer, and a thick windproof jacket as the outer layer. A waterproof and windproof trekking pant is desirable and a pair of woolen gloves, beanie, and scarf for additional cold protection.
• Trekking Shoes :
  Mid or high-cut shoes are preferred over low-cut ones for better ankle grips and to prevent loose soils from getting into the shoes.
• Trekking Poles :
  Highly recommended for the summit climb as the terrain towards the summit is very steep and consists of very fine and loose volcanic soil that may cause one to slip down easily.
• Others :
  Water Bottle, Torch or Flashlight, Toiletries, Sun block/lotion, hat/cap, sunglasses, Spray for muscle/balm, Insect repellent, Camera, Mobile phone, and Power bank.

Packing list above assuming you are going with a guide and porters carry all camping equipment (Tent, Sleeping bag, sleeping mats, and Toilet tent), Cooking gears, water, and food.

Guide and Porters

Rinjani mountain guides and porters are mostly natives of the three ascent routes Mount Rinjani: Senaru and Sembalun that some of them have licensed and well experienced in guiding trekkers to climb the mountain.

Mount Rinjani Guides and Porters as:

• Experience and license.
  The guides and porters who are experienced and have a licensed to be working on a travel organizer that has a good name and the selling the package is quite expensive and they will be get paid more expensive than the standard fee guides or porters.
• Experience but do not have a licensed
  Use by the travel organizer who selling the standard package and they will be get paid with standard fee guides 18$/day plus an extra summit fee of 18$ or porters 16$/day.
• New and lack experience
  Usually used by the travel organizer who sells the package at a bargain price or a cheap sharing package with a payroll under the salary standard guides and porters.

We have our own guides and porters that certainly have good ability and experience in guiding guests to climb Mount Rinjani and most of them will do the best service possible that they could do with the hope of getting some tipping from they are guest and good review to our company.

If you want to get a good service and enjoy climbing Rinjani mountain do not take the cheap package.

Do you still have a question about the Trekking package Rinjani mountain? Feel free to contact us and we will respond to your query shortly.