Rinjani Trail Closure Update: Senaru Has Reopened, Torean Is Still Closed

Update, October 12, 2026: the Senaru trail reopened on October 3, and registration runs through the eRinjani app again. Torean is still closed, with no reopening date. This article was first written on October 2, when both trails were shut, and the sections below have been updated to match.

The Rinjani trail closure is now down to one trail. The fire that started on September 22 around Bukit Setampol, near the Torean resort area, was declared out on October 1, and the park reopened Senaru on October 3 after a joint assessment. Torean stays closed while burned sections are repaired. If you’re heading up the mountain, you have five open routes: Sembalun, Senaru, Timbanuh, Tetebatu and Aik Berik. Torean isn’t one of them.

What the Rinjani trail closure covered

Here’s the timeline as it was reported. The fire began on September 22 around Bukit Setampol and Puncak Sangkareang, then moved toward Pelawangan Senaru. The park’s provisional estimate is about 1,098.75 hectares, although the regional disaster agency, BPBD NTB, cited a much smaller 127 hectares, mostly grassland, so treat the figure as unsettled. Torean closed on September 23 and Senaru on September 26. The park said it deployed around 80 of its own staff and support crew, using manual extinguishers, drones and vehicles, and by October 1 the blaze was out, with teams still watching for embers.

Why Senaru reopened and Torean did not

Putting out a fire and making a trail safe are two different jobs. For Senaru, the park says it reopened the trail after confirming the fire was out and checking the hiking facilities and infrastructure, following a joint assessment with stakeholders. Burned standing trees remain as isolated hotspots that aren’t spreading, and a team is on standby in case anything re-ignites. For Torean, officials said some fire-damaged spots have to be repaired or maintained first, and they haven’t given a timeline.

What to do if you have a Rinjani booking

If you hold a Senaru ticket, the trail is open again, but it’s still worth checking with your trekking operator that your original itinerary stands. If you had Torean planned, ask whether you can switch to another entrance, and don’t plan around a reopening date, because there isn’t one. One regional outlet reported that Torean had reopened too. The park’s own list of open trails and CNN Indonesia’s report say it hasn’t, so confirm with the national park or your operator before you go.

A few questions are worth asking your operator before you decide. Which entrance and exit will the group use? Does the itinerary change, since a different route can mean different campsites and sometimes a different number of days? What happens to your booking if conditions change again before you go? None of that is official guidance, just the kind of thing that saves a headache later.

The fire precautions that are still in place

Since September 1, Rinjani has been running under dry-season fire precautions: stricter checks at the entrances, baggage inspections and a ban on open flames. Patrols and inspections of what visitors carry are continuing. New eRinjani bookings were paused on September 1, but by October 3 and 4 the reports described registration through eRinjani as available again, with CNN Indonesia describing climbing as operating normally on the five open routes. I haven’t found an announcement that spells out the end of every dry-season restriction, so check the current rules when you book.

This is a separate fire from the one near Sembalun that we covered earlier, so if you want the background, here’s our report on the Sembalun wildfire. For how permits normally work, our Rinjani permit rules guide is the place to start, but check it against the current trail list above. Things on the mountain can change quickly, so the national park and your operator are the best sources for the latest.

And if your Rinjani plans have shifted or you’re rerouting, you might suddenly have a few spare days. The Senggigi to Mangsit coast is a good place to put them: flat, breezy and refreshingly free of stairs. A quiet beachfront stay on the Senggigi to Mangsit coast is the classic way to recover from a big trek, or to fill the gap when the mountain needs a little more time.

This article draws on reporting from ANTARA Mataram on the Senaru reopening, CNN Indonesia, ANTARA Mataram on the fire, SUARANTB and ANTARA on the limited opening.