FAMED for its great beauty and eerie isolationsurely one of the most magnificent volcanoes of the Indonesian archipelagoMount Rinjani towers over every corner of Lombok, the first in Indonesias exotic southeastern island chain.

With its fertile alluvial plains, evergreen rainforests and picturesque, finely crafted rice terraces sloping down to the sea, this non-commercialized island lies just east, only a few hours by ferry or a mere 20 minutes by