Overview
The king was too old to make the annual pilgrimage up Rinjani, so he had the mountain brought to him: terraces descending in the shape of the volcano, and a pool standing for Segara Anak, the crater lake. The layout is Balinese, from the period when Lombok was ruled from Karangasem, and the temple at the top of the terraces, Pura Kalasa, still holds the Pujawali ceremony each year. Below it the grounds run to fruit trees, walled courtyards and stepped waterworks.
Highlights
The spring house is the point of the place — a small pavilion where water from Rinjani emerges and visitors drink or wash in it. Walk the terraces from the top for the view the design was built around, and look for the split gate and the tiered shrine that mark the Balinese hand. It is about fifteen kilometres east of Mataram and easy to combine with Lingsar; go early, because the site is busy with local visitors by mid-morning.