Join other travellers on a shared Rinjani trek and pay only your share. You still get the same tents, thick mattress, sleeping bag and fresh mountain meals that a private trip offers – because we cut our margin, not your comfort.
🛵 Rented a motorbike? Ride to Senaru or Sembalun yourself and pay the Trek Only price – a 2D1N join group trek costs USD 118 instead of USD 152. Same guide, same tents, same food.
Compare both pricesEvery trek is full sharing: you trek with a small group of fellow travellers and split the cost of the crew and food. Choose Trek Only if you come with your own motorbike, or Standard with transport and hotel.
Short & sweetWith transport & hotel from USD 137
Most popularWith transport & hotel from USD 149
Relaxed paceWith transport & hotel from USD 277
Quick summitWith transport & hotel from USD 139
Waterfalls & canyonWith transport & hotel from USD 149
Best valueWith transport & hotel from USD 277
Many travellers worry that a budget join group trek means cheaper gear and less food. With us it doesn't. The only real difference from a private trek is that you share the trail – and the bill – with a few other friendly hikers.
The guide, porters and cook cost us almost the same whether we take two people or a full group of eight – the maximum allowed by the national park. Sharing those costs, and keeping only a small profit for ourselves, is what makes our prices possible.
Read our story| What you get | Our join group trek | Typical private trek |
|---|---|---|
| Weatherproof tent & toilet tent | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Thick mattress & sleeping bag | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| All meals, fruit & drinking water | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Licensed guide & porters | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Transport & hotel before the trek | ✓ Standard package | ✓ Included |
| Who you trek with | Join group of max 8 trekkers (TNGR rule) | Only your own party |
| Price per person | Trek Only from USD 118 | Higher – one party pays the whole crew |
Choose 2D1N, 3D2N or 4D3N, your route, and Trek Only or Standard.
We check the join group for your date and confirm it.
Standard: we pick you up and bring you to the hotel in Senaru. Trek Only: ride to Senaru or Sembalun yourself.
Guide, porters and cook handle everything – you just walk and enjoy.
Trekking Backpacker is run by Lendri, who has spent almost ten years on Mount Rinjani – first as a porter, then as a guide. He knows every camp, every bad-weather day and every trick for keeping a group safe, fed and happy.
"I don't need a big profit. If the trips run smoothly and my guests go home happy, that is more than enough."— Lendri, founder
Our Mount Rinjani sharing group prices are low and our profit per trekker is small. But Rinjani is our home and our workplace. Plastic bottles, snack wrappers and trash left at the camps and around Segara Anak lake hurt the mountain we love – so even on a cheap Rinjani join group trek, we give something back.
Every guide and porter on our join group treks who carries trash down the mountain receives a USD 3 reward from us. Not only the trash from our own group – also the trash that other hikers have left behind on the trail and at the crater rim. The same reward for guides and porters, on every trek.
We can pay this trash reward on join groups of at least 4 trekkers. With fewer people it is not possible for us: our sharing group package is priced so low that the profit is very small, and the reward would cost more than the trip earns. We hope you understand what we mean.
Keep your wrappers and bottles in your bag, leave nothing behind at camp, and if you see trash on the way down, show it to your guide. Small things, done by every trekker, keep Rinjani beautiful for the next join group.
Before you book a Rinjani join group trek, you should know where you are going. This Mount Rinjani route map shows the three official trails – Sembalun, Senaru and Torean – with the crater rim camps, Segara Anak lake, the hot springs and the summit.
Every sharing group trek on this website follows these trails, inside Mount Rinjani National Park. No hidden shortcuts, no surprise routes: what you see on the map is what you trek.
| Senaru village (start / finish) | 601 m |
| Sembalun village (start) | 1,156 m |
| Segara Anak lake & hot springs | ≈ 2,000 m |
| Sembalun crater rim camp | 2,639 m |
| Senaru crater rim camp | 2,641 m |
| Mount Rinjani summit | 3,726 m |
Wide open savanna and long ridges with big views all day. Sembalun is the starting point for every summit trek and the route we use on all summit packages.
A shady climb through tropical rainforest with monkeys and birdsong, ending at the Senaru crater rim with a classic view over Segara Anak lake and the small volcano inside.
The wild one: a dramatic descent from the lake through a deep valley with warm river streams, canyon walls and waterfalls. We use it as the exit route on our Sembalun – Torean packages.
Our guests asked for this website so they could share their experience. Honest reviews help other budget travellers decide, and help us keep improving.
How a Rinjani sharing group works, why it costs less, what is included and how to join a group for your date.
An honest comparison of price, comfort, flexibility and atmosphere – from someone who guided both for almost ten years.
What to bring for hot days and freezing summit mornings – and what you can rent from us from USD 2.
A join group trek (also called a sharing group or open trip) means you trek Mount Rinjani together with other travellers who booked the same route and date. The guide, porters and cooking team are shared by the group, so the cost per person is much lower than a private trip.
No. Trekking Backpacker runs full sharing / join group trips only. That is how we keep the price low. If you come with friends or family you simply join the group together.
Trek Only (from USD 118) is for travellers who already rented a motorbike and ride to Senaru or Sembalun themselves – everything on the mountain is included, but no transport and no hotel. The Standard sharing group package adds pick-up within our transport area in Lombok, 1 night hotel in Senaru before the trek and drop-off to Bangsal harbour, Senggigi or Mataram; the price per person depends on the group size.
No. Trek Only guests get exactly the same guide, porters, tents, sleeping bags, mattresses, toilet tent and meals as guests on the Standard package. You only save the cost of transport and the hotel because you come to the village yourself.
Yes. Weatherproof tents, a thick mattress, a sleeping bag, a toilet tent and freshly cooked meals with fruit and drinking water – the same standard you would expect on a private trip. We save money by sharing costs and keeping a small profit, not by cutting gear or food.
A join group has a maximum of 8 trekkers. This is a rule of the Mount Rinjani National Park (Taman Nasional Gunung Rinjani / TNGR), not something we made ourselves. Bigger bookings are split into more than one group, each with its own guide. During the trekking season groups depart almost every day – send us your date on WhatsApp and we will confirm your place.
Tell us your date, how many people, and whether you want Trek Only or Standard. We reply fast on WhatsApp.
