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What you Might to See
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to Lombok way out travel service, information what
you might to see in Mount Rinjani
National Park Lombok island, Indonesia.
Over 20 villages surround Mt. Rinjani and there are many
routes up the mountain, but the main access is from Senaru in
the north and Sembalun Lawang to the east.
Gunung Rinjani national park lies within the major transition
zone (Wallace) where the flora and fauna of south East Asia
makes a dramatic transition into that which is typical of
Australia. The park has a rich variety of plants and animals,
although they can be hard to spot due to the terrain and
rainforest cover.
Sometimes seen early in the morning is the morning is the rare
black Ebony leaf monkey, know locally as lutung. The long
tailed grey macaque of kera is common in Lombok and order
males are seen on the crater rim. Rusa deer are forest
dwellers and are occasionally seen along the Rinjani trek
train.
The smaller barking deer or kijang has an alarm call with a
distinct dog - like bark. Look for the disturbed ground where
the wild pig or babi hutan has been foraging. Also found in
the forest is the leopard cat or bodok alas, palm civet or
ujat and porcupine or landak.
A variety of colorful birds live in the forest of the park.
Perhaps the best – know icon of the park is the crested
cockatoo that is not found any further west of Lombok. Many of
the forest-dwelling animals, insects, birds, civets, and
monkeys owe their survival to the wild fig tree or beringin as
a provider of food and shelter.
The pine-like casuarinas species, Cemara, are a feature of the
grassy higher slopes. Orchids or anggrek are also a feature of
the grassland areas, as is edelweiss or bunga abadi growing
above the tree line, it is a beautiful icon of the park and
one of the park and one of our best-know sub-alvine plants.
The following stories are a selection taken from a booklet for
village guides containing a collection of traditional stories
that have been related for generations by the people of Dusun
Senaru.
 Bunut Ngengkang
The first place to rest, located where the paths from Senaru
and Semokan meet. Here is a Banyan tree with a wide space on
the lower part, which looks like a person standing up with
legs apart. That is why it is called Bunut Ngengkang. Andongan
Tambing is one of the forest entry gates and the First Camp
on the Rinjani Trek. At this point the trekkers are warned to
be careful of the steep slopes.
Half Way Point (Pos II Campsite)
At the second resting place (Camp II) is a stone which is
called Batu Penyesalan. This marks the place where the
trekkers feels a conflict about whether to continue or to turn
back because we still have as far to go to our destination as
we have already walked. Usually it takes about two hours to
walk here from Bunut Ngengkang.
Caves
One of the three famous caves (Goa Susu, Goa Payung, dan Goa
Manik), Susu Cave is a good place for self reflection and is
often used as a place to meditate. The people with unclean and
envious mind will have difficulty entering Susu cave which has
a narrow entrance, but people with noble and pure mind will
easily enter the cave.
Inside the cave water drips from the tip of a stone which
looks like a nipple, so people say the water in Goa Susu
tastes different. Inside Goa Susu is hot and there is a lot of
smoke which looks like cooking steam so people call this
Mengukus (hot house) and sometimes people call it Rontgen
(X-Ray).
 Healing Hot Springs
Aiq Kalak means hot water and it is used to cure various deseases. One of the hot springs is named Pangkereman
Jembangan which is meant a place for dipping. The water which
spurts out of the spring is very hot. Weapons such as keris,
swords, big knives, and lances are dipped in the spring to
test their magic power. If the weapon become sticky it means
that the weapon is bad and has no magical power. However if
the weapon remain unchanged it means that the weapon has
supernatural power and the power and the strength will be
increased.
People also use the hot spring to make medicine from coconut
cream. After dipping a bottle of coconut cream in the hot
spring if the liquid becomes clear oily it can be used as
medicinal oil. Then the medicinal oil is used for good things
and is called Siu Satus Tunggal or in Bayan language Siu
Satunggal which means that it can be used to cure a thousand
kinds of desease.
Segara Anak Crater Lake
Segara Anak Lake is so wide it appears like the sea with its
blue water. The name Segara Anak means child of the sea.
Segara Anak Lake holds various mysteries and invisible
power.
People feel content to stay a long time in this place because
of the large community of mysterious spirits which live
arround the lake. The local people believe that if the lake
looks wide when seen at a distance it is a sign they will live
to an old age; or if the lake seems narrow it is a sign of a
short age. So in order not to be pessimistic, people quickly
purify themselves by lifting up their spirits and calm soul
and look at the lake contentedly.
In the area of the lake it is forbidden to have sexual
intercourse, to complain or say dirty things. We must be
patient when facing problems.
Local Strawberry
This plant grows along the route to Mt. Rinjani. It has thorns
like the rose and the fruit is red like strawberry. It has a
sweet and slightly sour taste and is good to eat when trekkers
are hungry and thirsty.
Eternal Flower or Edelweis
The plant or the flowers should not be taken because it grows
in the park and in the mysterious world of the spirit kingdom.
In the past, someone who wanted this flower must be brave
enough to fight and gamble his soul. That is why the flower is
called Sandar Nyawa. The flower has never wilted and is as old
as the mysterious spirits.
 The Peak of Rinjani
The people of Lombok believe that the peak of Mt. Rinjani is
where Dewi Anjani, the queen spirit and ruler of Mt. Rinjani
lives. To the south-east from the peak in a sea of dust called
Segara Muncar is the invisible palace of the queen Dewi Anjani
and her followers. They are good spirits. According to a story
about the Queen Spirit Dewi Anjani she was the daugther of a
King who would not allow her to marry her boyfriend. At a
spring called Mandala she dissappeared and changed from the
real world to the spirit world.
Mount Baru Jari (Gunung Baru)
Gunung Baru is the name of the new volcano which emerged in
the center of Segara Anak Lake. People believe that Gunung
Baru is the navel of Mt. Rinjani. That is why if Gunung Baru
erupted it will not harm the people of Lombok unless the
eruption is from the peak of Mt. Rinjani. Some people said
that the 1994 Gunung Baru eruption was caused by siprits who
were building something because the stones that erupted were
arranged in an orderly and attractive way at the foot of
Gunung Baru. |
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