Juliana Marins fell into the crater on the Indonesian island of Lombok, Indonesia on Saturday, June 21
Rescue Juliana Marins/Instagram; Matthew Williams-Ellis/Universal Images Group via GettyBrazilian tourist Juliana Marins
Escher Walcott
Mon, June 23, 2025
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Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins fell off a cliff down Mount Rinjani in Indonesia on Saturday, June 21
The 26-year-old has been trapped in the volcano for three days as search and rescue teams attempt to evacuate her safely from the site
As of Monday, June 23, Marins still has not been successfully rescued
Rescue operations are underway to save a hiker who has been trapped inside an active volcano in Indonesia for three days.
At around 6:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, June 21, Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins, 26, fell off a cliff around Cemara Nunggal on route to the peak of Mount Rinjani on the Indonesian island of Lombok, according to a news release from the Gunung Rinjani National Park.
On Monday, June 23, the park stated on Facebook that a search and rescue team (SAR) was conducting an evacuation operation to try and recover Marins. She was “successfully monitored using a drone, in a position stuck on a rock cliff at a depth of 500 meters and visually motionless.”
“Two rescue personnel were deployed to reach the victim's location and check the second anchor point at a depth of 350m (1,140 ft). However, after observation, two large overhangs were found before reaching the victim, making it impossible to install the anchor. The rescue team had to climb to reach the victim,” the park said.
Helicopters have been used to try and accelerate the evacuation process. The rescue operation, however, has proved difficult due to extreme terrain and weather, with thick fog conditions reducing visibility, according to the release.
Mon, June 23, 2025
PEOPLE
NEED TO KNOW
Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins fell off a cliff down Mount Rinjani in Indonesia on Saturday, June 21
The 26-year-old has been trapped in the volcano for three days as search and rescue teams attempt to evacuate her safely from the site
As of Monday, June 23, Marins still has not been successfully rescued
Rescue operations are underway to save a hiker who has been trapped inside an active volcano in Indonesia for three days.
At around 6:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, June 21, Brazilian tourist Juliana Marins, 26, fell off a cliff around Cemara Nunggal on route to the peak of Mount Rinjani on the Indonesian island of Lombok, according to a news release from the Gunung Rinjani National Park.
On Monday, June 23, the park stated on Facebook that a search and rescue team (SAR) was conducting an evacuation operation to try and recover Marins. She was “successfully monitored using a drone, in a position stuck on a rock cliff at a depth of 500 meters and visually motionless.”
“Two rescue personnel were deployed to reach the victim's location and check the second anchor point at a depth of 350m (1,140 ft). However, after observation, two large overhangs were found before reaching the victim, making it impossible to install the anchor. The rescue team had to climb to reach the victim,” the park said.
Helicopters have been used to try and accelerate the evacuation process. The rescue operation, however, has proved difficult due to extreme terrain and weather, with thick fog conditions reducing visibility, according to the release.
In drone footage obtained by Brazilian outlet TV Brasil EBC, Marins is seen conscious and fidgeting while sitting on gray soil in the volcano. According to the outlet, the rescue team has been able to reach Marins and supply her with food and water; however, they haven’t been able to remove her from the site.
Ulet Ifansasti/GettyMount Rinjani
Rescuers reportedly said they heard Marins screaming for help on Saturday. After descending 300m (984 ft) later that day, rescuers were no longer able to locate her and she didn’t reply to their call outs, the BBC reported, citing Mount Rinjani park authorities.
Drone footage taken on the morning of Sunday, June 22, showed that Marins was no longer at her original location. Rescuers were able to locate her again on Monday, June 23, but had to retreat due to “climate conditions,” according to BBC News.
Reinhard Dirscherl/imageBROKER/ShutterstockRinjani volcano
Marins’ family shared in an Instagram post on Monday, June 23, “A WHOLE DAY and they had advanced only 250m below, they were 350m away from Juliana and they retreated. WE NEED HELP, WE NEED THE RESCUE TO REACH JULIANA URGENTLY!”
The family later posted in an update that two experienced guides were on their way to the site to help with the rescue. “The team remains on standby and committed to continuing the best efforts for safety,” the park added on Facebook.
PEOPLE has reached out to the Gunung Rinjani National Park and SAR Team for comment.
Rescuers Attempt to Save Tourist Trapped In Active Volcano
Lou Bodenhemier
Mon, June 23, 2025
Rescuers are still trying to reach a Brazilian tourist who fell into the crater of Indonesia's 3,726m Mt. Rinjani on Saturday.
Juliana Marins, 26, rose before dawn to hike around the rim of the country's second-largest volcano with a small guided group. But in the early-morning fog, she slipped over the edge of the trail and fell down a cliff into the crater.
Drone footage captured over the previous three days shows her alive and conscious, but rescuers have been unable to reach her.
Juliana Marins. Photo: Juliana Marins/Instagram
In and out of sight
Marins disappeared from the group around 6:30 am local time. Later on Saturday, she was heard screaming for help, and park authorities attempted to arrange a rescue. Drone footage showed her sitting in the grey soil, awake and moving, about 300m below the trail.
Drone footage of Juliana Marins captured on Saturday. Photo: Instagram
However, when rescuers descended to that point, they were unable to find her. They called out but received no response and were forced to climb back up to the rim. On Sunday, more drone footage confirmed that she was no longer in her original location.
On Monday morning, authorities found Marins again, even further down the slope. It appears that at some point on Saturday, she slid further down the cliff from where she was perched. Rescuers attempted to reach her again, but stopped a little under halfway down. They were reportedly able to send food and water down to her before retreating.
The crater of Rinjani, an active volcano in Indonesia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Weather hampering rescue
Hikers who had been with Marins on Saturday morning told the BBC that the weather had made the hike difficult: "It was really early, before sunrise, in bad visibility conditions with just a simple lantern to light up the terrain, which was difficult and slippery."
The same dense fog and slippery ground underfoot forced rescuers to turn around on Monday.
Her family has set up an Instagram account to report on the situation and advocate for Marins' rescue. Marins' family is currently in contact with the company that led the hiking trip, through the Brazilian embassy in Jakarta.
Brazilian tourist has been trapped 1,600ft down an active volcano for three days after ‘guide abandoned her’
Andrea Cavallier
Mon, June 23, 2025
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Brazilian tourist has been trapped 1,600ft down an active volcano for three days after ‘guide abandoned her’
A Brazilian woman remains trapped inside an active volcano in Indonesia after she fell more than 1,600 feet from a trail overlooking Mount Rinjani’s crater lake over the weekend.
The incident happened on Saturday after Juliana Marins, 26, was “abandoned” by her hiking guide, her sister Marianna told Brazilian TV station Fantástico.
Marins was hiking with a small group on Mount Rinjani when she reportedly asked to stop and rest. But the local hiking guide allegedly chose to continue on without her, Marianna Marins claimed. When the guide returned, Marins had fallen down a steep cliff into the volcano.
“She didn’t know where to go,” Marianna said. “She didn’t know what to do. When the guide came back because he saw that she was taking too long, he saw that she had fallen down there.”
Her condition remains unknown more than three days later.
Brazilian tourist has been trapped 1,600ft down an active volcano for three days after ‘guide abandoned her’
A Brazilian woman remains trapped inside an active volcano in Indonesia after she fell more than 1,600 feet from a trail overlooking Mount Rinjani’s crater lake over the weekend.
The incident happened on Saturday after Juliana Marins, 26, was “abandoned” by her hiking guide, her sister Marianna told Brazilian TV station Fantástico.
Marins was hiking with a small group on Mount Rinjani when she reportedly asked to stop and rest. But the local hiking guide allegedly chose to continue on without her, Marianna Marins claimed. When the guide returned, Marins had fallen down a steep cliff into the volcano.
“She didn’t know where to go,” Marianna said. “She didn’t know what to do. When the guide came back because he saw that she was taking too long, he saw that she had fallen down there.”
Her condition remains unknown more than three days later.
Juliana Marins was hiking with a small group on Mount Rinjani when she reportedly asked to stop and rest. But the guide reportedly kept going, leaving her behind (Getty)
Indonesia’s Gunung Rinjani National Park confirmed in a statement that drone footage showed Marins wedged on a rock ledge approximately 1,640 feet deep inside the volcano. Though she initially appeared motionless, rescue teams reportedly heard screams for help later that day, BBC reported.
A large-scale search and rescue operation is underway, but progress has been hindered by treacherous terrain, thick fog, and rapidly changing weather conditions. Helicopter access has been ruled out, and park officials say rescue teams had to retreat for safety on multiple occasions.
“For safety, the rescue team was pulled back to a safe position,” park authorities said in a statement.
Marins’ family is urgently appealing for additional support, expressing frustration with the pace of the rescue.
“A whole day and they advanced only 250 meters below, there were 350 meters left to reach Juliana, and they retreated,” read a family statement on Instagram. “We need help, we need the rescue to reach Juliana urgently!”
On Monday, the family announced that two experienced local mountaineers equipped with specialized gear were en route to the site to aid in the effort.
Marins, who is a publicist from Niterói, based near Rio de Janeiro, had been documenting her backpacking trip through Southeast Asia on Instagram, sharing images from Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
Her family says they learned of her disappearance through social media. A friend alleged that Indonesian authorities have given conflicting updates, including a claim that Marins had been reached and given food and water — something the family disputes.
“We’re living in a nightmare here,” the friend said in a video posted online.
The Brazilian embassy in Jakarta is reportedly helping coordinate communication between the family and the tour company involved. The embassy has not commented publicly on the incident
Koh Ewe and Sofia Ferreira Santos - BBC News
Mon, June 23, 2025
Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for a Brazilian tourist who fell while hiking near the crater of Mount Rinjani, an active volcano.
Brazilian media and the woman's family have identified her as 26-year-old Juliana Marins, who was hiking with a group when she disappeared around 06:30 local time on Saturday (23:30 GMT Friday).
Brazilian authorities said she fell from "a cliff that surrounds the trail next to the volcano's crater".
Search and rescue attempts have so far been unsuccessful due to the extreme terrain and foggy weather, according to Indonesian authorities.
Mount Rinjani park authorities said in a social media post that rescuers on Saturday had heard Ms Marins's screams for help. At the time she was safe, though she appeared to be in shock, they said.
Drone footage and other clips filmed by hikers that have been circulating online and carried by Brazilian media also appear to show she was alive on Saturday. She was seen sitting and moving around in grey soil, far below a hiking path.
But later that day rescuers could not find her when they descended 300m (984ft) to where they believed she was located, nor did she respond when they called out to her.
By Sunday morning, drone footage showed that she was no longer at her location, said park authorities, who added that thick fog had hampered rescue efforts and affected the use of a thermal drone.
On Monday rescuers were able to locate Ms Marins again, who appeared to have had fallen even further, but had to stop work because of "climate conditions", according to the family.
Rescuers had "advanced just 250m down, they had 350m left to reach Juliana but they retreated", the family said on their social media account.
The family also claimed that the park remains open and that tourists were still hiking on the same route "while Juliana is NEEDING HELP! We don't know the state of her health! She still has no water, food or warm clothes for three days!"
Satyawan Pudyatmoko, an official from Indonesia's forestry ministry, told the BBC on Monday that the route was not closed after officials evaluated that it "would not disrupt the evacuation process".
"Climbers were cautioned and directed not to approach the evacuation site," he said, adding that some climbers had made bookings online and travelled long distances to get to Mount Rinjani.
"Closing the climb would have potentially caused chaos for those climbers," he said.
The BBC has contacted Ms Marins's family and Mount Rinjani park authorities for comment.
On Tuesday, Ms Marins' family wrote on social media that the rescue operation for her has restarted.
Mount Rinjani is Indonesia's second-largest volcano [Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images]
In interviews with Brazilian TV network Globo, two members in Ms Marins's group described the hike as difficult.
One said the climb was "really hard" and "it was so cold, it was really, really tough".
Another said at the time of the accident Ms Marins was at the back of the group hiking with their guide. "It was really early, before sunrise, in bad visibility conditions with just a simple lantern to light up the terrain which was difficult and slippery," he said.
The Brazilian foreign ministry said in a statement that it was in touch with the Indonesian government and had sent two embassy employees to monitor the rescue efforts.
Mr Satyawan, the forestry official, said on Monday that climbers should prioritise their safety while hiking.
In 2022 a Portuguese man died after falling off a cliff on the summit of Mount Rinjani. In May this year, a Malaysian hiker died after a fall while climbing the volcano.
With a height of more than 3,700m, Mount Rinjani is Indonesia's second tallest volcano and a popular hiking spot with tourists.
Astudestra Ajengrastri contributed reporting from Jakarta
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