Waterfalls in Lombok

Sendang Gile is the first of the pair above Senaru in northern Lombok and the one most visitors see, a few hundred steps down from the gate to a two-stage drop of around 30 metres into a shallow pool. It is the easier of the two by a long way, and Tiu Kelep is a further 20 minutes on from here. One gate fee covers both.

Tiu Kelep is the second of the pair in the north above Senaru, a further 20 minutes on from Sendang Gile along a river trail that crosses the water more than once. It is the larger and wilder of the two, dropping into a wide pool you can swim in, and the spray reaches most of the amphitheatre around it. There is a gate fee covering both falls.

Benang Stokel is a group of five falls reached on a short walk through forest on Rinjani's southern side. The first three are the ones most people see, with a recess in the rock behind the curtain of water, though the pools there are too shallow to swim. Further along there is a jumping spot, and the only way back out of it is a short climb up through the canyon.

Jeruk Manis is on Rinjani's southern slopes above Tetebatu, inside Mount Rinjani National Park, and the walk in is a couple of kilometres through forest where black monkeys are common. The name means sweet orange in Indonesian. The fall itself is a narrow drop of about 30 metres into a shallow pool, and a park guide is required from the village.

Semporonan is inland from Senggigi on the west coast, about a 30-minute walk up from the village, and it is not signposted, so you go with someone from the village who knows the path. It is a single drop of around 15 metres that splits into two smaller streams with pools below. Wear shoes with grip: the last stretch is steep and stays wet.