3 Months Closed, Mount Rinjani Climbing Route Reopened

Mount Rinjani in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)

MATARAM - Mount Rinjani National Park Center (TNGR) West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) has reopened the hiking trail to Mount Rinjani Lombok after being closed in early January-March 2024.

"The natural tourism destination in the 2024 Mount Rinjani National Park has reopened," said TNGR NTB Head Dedy Asriadi in a written statement quoted by ANTARA, Monday, April 1.

The provisions for the opening of the Mount Rinjani natural tourist destination include activities for natural tourist visits at climbing natural tourist destinations and non-hiking of Mount Rinjani National Park which can be carried out starting April 1, 2024.

"Busing climbing tickets through the e-Rinjani application can be downloaded on the Playstore at 20:00 WITA every day," he said.

Then for the climbing visit time, Mount Rinjani, which was allowed 4 days 3 nights with a quota of 100 percent of the normal visit quota through a climbing natural tourist destination, namely the Senaru climbing route through Jebak Gawah Senaru-Penglawan Senaru-Danaau Segara Anak-Jalur Penjadian Senaru/Torean with a maximum quota of 150 visitors per day.

Then the entrance to the Sembalun climbing route through Pelawangan, Sembalun-Puncak Gunung Rinjani/Dana Segara Anak-Jalur Penjadian Sembalun/Torean/Senaru with a maximum quota of 150 visitors per day.

"The entrance to the Torean hiking trail through Pelanggan-Puncak Gunung Rinjani/Dana Segara Anak-Jalur Penjadian Torean/Senaru with a maximum quota of 100 visitors per day," he said.

In addition, the Aik Berik Climbing Line through Jebak Gawah Aik Berik Berik Aik Berik with a maximum quota of 100 visitors per day. Timbanuh's hiking trail through the Timbanuh Timbanuh resistance with a maximum quota of 100 visitors per day.

"Tete Batu climbing route through Tete Batu resistance with a maximum quota of 100 visitors per day," he said.

The implementation of the Rinjani Begawe Festival (RBF) 2024 activity, in addition to being information on the reopening of Natural Tourism Destinations in Mount Rinjani National Park, is expected to increase public awareness of the sustainability of the Mount Rinjani National Park area and increase the active role of the wider community, especially waste management in the concept of circular economy in NTB Province.