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On June 8, 2004, National Geographic Society's Washington, DC, awards Rinjani National Park as The World Legacy for Destination Stewardship category. Mount Rinjani is located on the island of Lombok, Indonesia. Lombok is a small island with an area of approximately 4,725 km². Rinjani has a history as a volcano that has been erupted several times. The 6 km by 8.5 km oval-shaped caldera is filled partially by a crater lake known as Segara Anak. Now, Caldera is becoming a beautiful lake called Lake Segara Anak. Lake segara Anak have an elevation 2.015m above sea level. Take around 18 hours on foot from the village Sembalun Lawang, East Lombok. Segara Anak is a sacred place for the Sasak tribe, the native of Lombok island. In a certain time they go to the lake to worship the gods, while the cure of disease. In addition to the place considered holy, all of the lake is also a source of living. there had batolit below the lake, but many fish can live in the lake, the fish are fish called carper.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Rinjani

Lombok lies in the province of Nusa Tenggara Barat, East Indonesia. It is a small island having mainly three tribal inhabitants, i.e. Sasaknese (native Lombok), Balinese and Javanese. The buildings are not very much different with those in Java, though some look obviously Balinese, with the Pura in the front part of the house. Most people are moslems and a few are Hindu.

As a beautiful small island, Lombok have some tourism places that is very beautiful. Mount Rinjani is one of them. Mount Rinjani is very high mountain with beautiful Caldera above. Caldera is called Segara Anak lake, local people believes this place as a holy place of Sasak tribe. In time, the Sasak tribes go to the Segara Anak Lake to perform the ritual of healing disease. They stay for a weeka and pray to God to cure illness. Lombok with the full story and the mystical aura, the legend that should be.
Posted by Eddy Supriadhi at 8:09 PM
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  1. Eddy SupriadhiDecember 15, 2008 at 10:17 PM

    Rinjani is the most beautiful place on Earth that I've ever seen in this world. It was a great moment to be there, walking above the cloud, breathe the cold air, swimming on the blue lake. What a wonderful place on Earth.

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