Der Plan — Indonesia

Before you go

Emergency

112

Mountain rescue

National search and rescue 115

It depends

⚠ Rescue cover is legally required to enter or climb here.

Basarnas, the national search-and-rescue agency, is a free public service — reach it on 115, or 112 for any emergency (112 is free but is switched on city by city, so it is not live everywhere). What you pay for is what comes after: hospital care and any private helicopter or medevac to Bali or Singapore are billed, usually up front.

Get travel insurance that explicitly covers volcano and high-altitude trekking, helicopter evacuation and repatriation — the expensive scenario is a medevac to Bali or Singapore, not the free Basarnas response. For Rinjani, trekking insurance and a licensed guide are now mandatory to obtain the permit; for Carstensz Pyramid the expedition operator arranges permits and private evacuation.

SOS and rescue →When to turn back →Komdigi/Kominfo — official Call Center 112 service

Essential safety guides

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