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Adventure of your life time to the second peak of Indonesia Lombok
ECOTOURISM - the real escapade - Mount Rinjani -  the best trek in Southeast Asia

Trekking the mountain shrouded by the mists and myths is a great achievement not to be missed. The Rinjani Park is a favorite stop for the tourists where you will venture into the natural wonders that will reawaken your love of nature and adventure, from the mountain top to the pristine white beach of the cluster  of the Gili Islands .
Rinjani National Park of Mount Rinjani covers the area of 41,330 ha, with 51,500 ha area of surrounding protected forests. The Crater Lake Segara Anak covers the area of 1,156 ha with 300 m in maximum depth.
The Summit Crater  covers the area of 60 ha, whereas the crater of the New Volcano is  2.8 ha.  It is an active new volcano soars in the crater lake with an immense  explosion  in 1994  amongst  its ten noted explosions since August 01, 1884  until  June  2004. The explosions were   August 01, 1884; June 01, 1901; April 29, 1906; November 04, 1915; May 30, 1944; March 28 & May 21, 1966; December 1988; June 4, 1994 that killed 36 people of  25 million m³  of   lava  with the biggest exploded material of 10 m in the diameter.

SPRING WATER
Hot Spring  Water         : 65° - 71° C
Milk  Spring Water        : 75° - 77° C
Ai Kalak  Spring Water  : 45° - 80° C

TREKKING  AND THE LOCALS
To ensure a convenience trek, the organization really  cares the safety and security by involving the local well-trained community around the volcano as porters  and guide assistants in which we employ  more porters  than the guests because the condition of the trails  obliges us  to load the  porters  only 30 kg per person.  Lomata Tours and Travel Lombok  always provides at least one professional mountain guide to ensure a maximum service at the site.
Mount Rinjani   functions as water catchments and water preserve area for Lombok , and a worship site for the local whose ancient traditions and the Balinese Hindus. The locals trek the volcano to get the fortune of the crater lake, the hot springs , and the mystical surroundings for the pleasant thrill, rite,  and magical strength.

TREKKING SEASON
Mount Rinjani provides a longer trekking season for the locals and tourists (March–November), along with the dry season in Lombok . Besides trekking activity, Mount Rinjani is also a place for soft trekking, learning   Lombok ’s flora and fauna and the local genuine culture, hiking, and simple outbound activity for all level of ages.

SAFETY AND SECURITY
The organization puts safety and security at the first priority. A member of the organization
(MR. SABARUDDIN or know as Pak Berry ) has been serving various trainings on security at international standard whereas  safety and first aid are included in the training programmes.

LOMBOK ’S KING STATISTIC AND THE VOLCANO
Once, the King of Lombok whispered by the Great Spirit to climb the Rinjani Volcano to find the ways for the prosperity of the kingdom. Being accompanied by thousands of peoples, he commenced the holly trip along the trails through the thick forests rich in flora and fauna.  Thousands of  paces  before the summit, the King accompanied by two boys started to ascend. Once in the peak, they felt asleep after enjoying the stunning views of the crater lake in the cold mountain breeze. Whilst remained sleeping, the King had been whispered by the Great Spirit, that Lombok would be attacked by epidemic illnesses   that  could only be cured by Keris**  which had to be made of the needles collected from every village in Lombok  along the number of its  population. 
The King and his two young followers woke up, and  returned to the crowd  where he announced the plea of the Great Spirit. Since then, every village in Lombok collected  the needles, and submitted to the King. The King made a note on the total of needles and marked as the name of the village. All the needles had been made into twelve Keris and kept in the King’s palace. One Keris had to send to every  village whenever an epidemic illness attacked.
When the harvest season  came, and every  village  paid the crop tax to the King, but the tax  did not match the total of needles, so it  had encouraged the King to remind the Village Master on the total of needle  he had submitted  and to renounce the message of the Great Spirit. Everybody were afraid of  epidemic attacks  that might happen to his village if they did not pay the crop tax to the King.
Finally the King had received an enormous crop tax as  he had expected, that made the  King of Lombok  as  the richest  King  among  the  Malay Kings and  Sultans who were   visited by Sir. Alfred  Russels Wallace in his expedition. In the 2nd Lombok War in 1894, it was found 3 765 kg of jewelry  made of  gold, diamond  and precious stones in the 16 ha of  the fired King’s Palace  in Cakranegara Lombok, the former capital city of the Kingdom since the beginning of the 18th  century.  

So… follow the traces of Lombok ’s  King  centuries ago for pleasant thrills and the soul prosperity.

*  Balinese Hindu King who ruled Lombok Island in the 18th century
** Traditional Indonesian local knives made of high quality material in curve or straight pattern used as daily weapon and  symbol of status

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