Lombok : Waterfall

The Great Waterfalls of Rinjani

Mount Rinjani is best known as its landscape as the result of vulkanic eruption over million years ago. The violent explosions has created the kaldera called Segara Anak Lake. It’s about 90% of the whole rivers of Lombok supplied from this mount. In a few part of the rivers rised a beautifull natural phenomenon called as waterfall.

There are several waterfalls surround Rinjani and there only a few of them have already famous. There are Sendang Gile waterfall or Tiu Kelep waterfall at Senaru, North Lombok and Jeruk Manis waterfall at Kembang Kuning, East Lombok. And haven’t being explore or expose the rest of it. The paper is about the waterfalls of Rinjani, their beauty profiles.

1. Sendang Gile Waterfall

  Sendang Gile may be the most best known waterfall among the others. Located at Senaru, West Lombok, it’s about 600m above sea level, this waterfall attract thousands of visitors annually. Take steps from Senaru village to get there and a walk down for a few minutes along a graded trail. Or take another route from irrigation canal at the entrance of Senaru village, an another pleasant advantage. The waterfall is about 40m of height, and it have two graded. The water is pure, big flow and never dry. The source outlet of water come from well protected rain forest above, it’s the Gunung Rinjani National Park forest. This waterfall either is alternative attraction if the trekking to Mount Rinjani were closed. And it will have much visitors at weekend, holyday or special events. The waterfall is one location between the two other Senaru great waterfall, the Tiu Kelep and Betara Lenjang waterfall.

2. Tiu Kelep Waterfall

On hours walk up river from Sendang Gile laid a more beautiful waterfall called Tiu Kelep, about 40m heigth. The route is more adventurous and more quite place rather than Sendang Gile. It’s only a few people would have to bother to see this object because it take an extra energy to pass through the trail. Walk over scrambled rock of the river, occasionally slippery at more wet weather, either the leech that will suck our blood. But it’s rewarded by the beauty of the waterfall and swim in its deep cool pool.

3. Betara Lenjang waterfall

This Senaru third waterfall is strictly for mountain trekker, located about 2 hours walking from the village. It’s true rain forest adventures and that’s way a rare number of people would like to go to this place. The route take the Rinjani trek initially, turn left after the eaglewood forest, and take a climb down until the bottom of valley, wacth for the step because the trail isn’t well taken care of. This sacrifice wouldn’t rewarded by the sight view forward unlike the second waterfall trip. The waterfall is beautiful indeed but not quite as those two. The only precious is to walk along a valley river which Betara Lenjang is the upper coarse.

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4.Benang Setokel Waterfall

Located at Aik Berik, Central Lombok, Southwest of Mt Rinjani, it’s 30m height waterfall, 552m above sea level. It’s quite famous waterfall among the local tourist. The only reason is because the access to the place, there are no public transportation access.The place is managed tidily as like as Senaru first waterfall. The parking site, the graded trail and the shelter. From the parking site walk down a graded trail for about 30 minutes along man made forest surround.There are two waterfall aside. The left side is higher than the right and have bigger flow. It may come from one outlet and divided into two waterfall. The waterfall is quite clean water either, the man made forest and rainforest in the upper land is well managed and protected.

5. Benang Kelambu waterfall

It’s about 30 minutes walking from Benang Setokel waterfall. It will take an extra energy because its rather like trekking trail, up and down trail and more adventurous. The trail surrounded by social forest mixed up with rain forest. It’s also new-opened trail, it’s new managed access to this waterfall. And the visitors are countable.The waterfall is special and very unique. The waterfall look likes a big net which is spread out, that’s way it’s called Benang Kelambu in local language Sasak. It’s about 40m of height and have two graded irregularly. The dense of herbs make it seem more naturally.