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The surroundings of Rinjani Family Homestay is really beautiful, located in the valley. The family is very kind and helpful. In Sembalun you will find small shops and restaurants to buy food as well as an expensiver hotel for lunch or dinner. The restaurants close around eight o'clock so different rhythm in Sembalun. I did the Bukit Pergasingan tracking which was very nice and memorable! The Rinjani tracking is still closed at least untill April maybe longer because the eartquake destroyed big parts of the walking track. Volunteers, people from the National park and from Senaru will clear the path but it takes time. I enjoyed very much the overnight stay on the mountain to wake up with a beautiful sereen sunrise. In Sembalun the locals can really use more tourism to rebuild their homes and have income after the heavy earthquake. You will still find destroyed homes in Sembalun, that's sad to see, but the locals are working really hard the rebuild their lives. So kind people over there!

The room is big, but very unwelcoming. Worst bathroom, no running water. Blankets for cold nights provided, but those are not covered with sheets... Room was clean but the outside bathroom was one of the worst we had this far (we have already been backpacking in Kenia, India, China and Thailand) it is definitely bad for the charged price. Offered prices for transport and soft trekking activities are very high (transport at least 20% over the price you get everywhere, even more expensive than ordering a taxi from Mataram; soft trekking was several times more expensive than we found at other organizers) - do not book trekking or Transport with them, find something else. The village is very nice - very welcoming local people. This home stay is ok for max 1 night if you need to stay in Sembalun.