Gunung Rinjani trekking

December 2005 - Trekking on Gunung Rinjani, Lombok, is an unique experience. The entire trip takes a few days and nights, but then you will have everything included, from start to end, including a handfull of the most spectacular sunsets and sunrises. Lombok can be reached from Bali by boat and plane.

		On the boat to Lombok The ferry from Bali to Lombok takes somewhere between six and seven hours, depending on the weather and ...			Base camp The first night is spent in a village near the volcano itself. ...			Red sky When the evening comes, it comes fast in Indonesia. Sometimes with beautiful colored skies. ...
		Monkeys in the tree Two monkeys in a tree are probably enjoying their meals. The sky isn't as nice as yesterday evening, ...			Distant mountains Some mountains in the distance show that we are at higher altitude now. There is still some tropical ...			Entrance This is the entrance of the National Park Gunung Rinjani. It's nothing more than a gate, there are ...
		Natural setting At different altitudes there is different vegetation. This is a close-up of some climbing plants. ...			The big boss Monkeys seem to be everywhere, but they like to prefer the cooler areas on mountain slopes or near ...			Rocky hills The rocky slopes of the volcano make the landscape somewhat surreal, but also hard to climb. There are ...
		New dome On top of the caldera, the highest point of Gunung Rinjani, you have a view over the entire ...			In the clouds And of course, when you want to make a picture, clouds appear. Here you can see the new ...			As close as you can get This is as close as you can get to the new dome. Going down into the caldera is ...
		Higher view Higher on the caldera edge, you can see big parts of the crater lake and the low clouds ...			Inside the caldera At the lowest point of the caldera is the huge crater lake. At all directions around you is ...			Fish for dinner A fish this big is enough for a few people to eat from with a supplement of rice. ...
		Early evening view Early in the evening the sun disappears behind the mountains of the caldera. For a few minutes you ...			Cold In the tropics, temperatures generally decline by as much as one degree every 100 meters. In the big ...			Playing with colors A play of colors with different rock formations on the edge of the caldera and some sun from ...
		Red, green and blue A series of bright natural colors with a view from the top to the new dome inside the ...			In a tent for a night At a lower altitude it's time to set up tents for the night. In the middle of nowhere. ...			Making breakfast Because you can't bring a kitchen, let alone that there will be someone passing your house in the ...
		Mister monkey Another one of those monkeys. This one is interested in the camera but doesn't want to post for ...			Crater lake From the edge of the caldera mountain range, a view down over almost the entire crater lake of ...			Blue lake The water of the crater lake reflects the mountains in the background. ...
		Mountain ridge A sharp mountain ridge divides the mountain into two parts, the crater and the volcano itself. A little ...			Right on top Directly from the other side as where the first pictures were taken. A view into the newly formed ...			View from the edge When the morning fog is gone, but before the afternoon clouds gather over Gunung Rinjani, you have the ...
		A closer view The same craterlake with it's newly formed dome at the waterline, but in this close-up you are able ...			From the sea Back to Bali by boat. Enough time to look back on the trip you have made. A distant ...			Gunung Rinjani Gunung Rinjani from a distance, with it's characteristic low clouds around it's base. They usually form in the ...
		Huts on the beach Several huts right on the beach on Bali. A handfull of huts in the middle of a green ...