Gunung Rinjani

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who will be glad to make up a group. The guide can be expected to provide or obtain the necessary equipment.

From Mataram a bus or bemo can be taken to Anyar, from which it is only a few kilometers to Senaru. The best plan is to spend the night there and set out on the following morning on the 12 km (71/2 mi.) climb to the crater lake of Segara Anak. This part of the ascent gives no difficulty: it is a matter mainly of following a well trodden track and waymarks numbered from 1 to 200.

The climb from Segara Anak to the summit calls for physical fitness as well as plenty of time (around 41/2 hours). From the summit there are superb views of the crater lake and the whole of Lombok, and also of Bali's sacred mountain, Gunung Agung.

Outside the rainy season the descent from the summit to the crater lake, with the necessary care, takes a good 3 hours. From the lake there is a path (11/2 hours) to the hot springs (up to 70°C (158°F), with a high sulphur content) where the little river Kali Putih ("White River") rises.

Here and on the shores of the crater lake are simple camping sites which make it possible to extend the expedition to several days.