Sumatra EcoTravel Bukit Lawang

24/11/2025

💰❤️ 6 people who donate.
🏋️‍♀️ 🌳 23 people who plant.
🍎🥭🍍 250 fruit trees that can now grow.
🐒🐝🐿🤸‍♂️Countless animals and people who will benefit.

A big THANK YOU goes once again to Jacqueline & Michael Gogel for their very generous donation to our “Trees for the Future” project. A big THANK YOU also goes to our lovely EcoTravel guests Aria & Tim Ammerick and Paula von Dohlen & Justus.

Thanks also goes to our partner Nature For Change (NFC), the villagers and landowners who not only participated in our planting campaign, but will also ensure that these trees grow in the coming years – and that requires a lot of additional effort.

More trees will benefit both wildlife and local communities in the future, as there is plenty of fruit for everyone to share — counteracting the shrinking rainforest. For more information about our green initiatives, visit https://www.sumatra-ecotravel.com/keep-the-jungle-green/ecotravel-waste-management/

22/12/2024

Warm wishes to all our former and future EcoTravel guests for a peaceful and joyful holiday season. May this Christmas bring you love, happiness, and unforgettable moments — a time to pause, relax, and enjoy the precious moments with your loved ones.😍😍😍🎄✨🌴🐒

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30/11/2024

AWARDS, AWARS, AWARDS 2024! We are more than grateful! A big THANK YOU to all our lovely EcoTravel guests staying with us in 2024!
- BEST OF THE BEST AWARDS (BOTB) winner 2024/25: We're thrilled to announce that ECOTRAVEL BUKIT LAWANG has been selected for the ECO TOUR OPERATOR OF THE YEAR – Indonesia.
- TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY AWARD (THA) - Asia and Middle East Awards 2024 winner: EcoTravel Cottages Bukit Lawang - Boutique Hotel of the Year in Indonesia
The Hangout - Eco Friendly Guest House of the Year in Indonesia
- INNOVATION & EXCELLENCE GLOBAL AWARDS 2024!: Eco Tour Operator of the Year
- CORPORATE LIVEWIRE INNOVATION & EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2024: Jungle Tour Operator of the Year
- 2024 TRAVELER'S CHOICE WINNER (again and again)

23/11/2024

Good morning, Sumatra! Good morning, world! Sending you sunny weekend vibes from EcoTravel Cottages, Bukit Lawang🌞🌞🌞🌴🐒 THANK YOU for this great video to our lovely guests Kelly & Ruben from

19/11/2024

HELLO JUNGLE! Watch the UNBELIEVABLE FANTASTIC VIDEO of our ORANGUTAN TREK (day 01). THANK YOU to our lovely guests Océane & Johan from .travellovers 🐒🌿

19/05/2024

"WE MUST TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO SMELL THE EARTH, TO TASTE THE RAIN, TO TOUCH THE WIND, TO SEE THINGS GROW, TO HEAR THE SUN RISE AND NIGHT FALL - TO CARE." (John Cleal)

"KEEP THE JUNGLE GREEN" - what had once started as a unique project by a few conservation enthusiasts has grown into a big cleaning initiative. Once again EcoTravel Bukit Lawang has sent out 17 team members along with 4 members of the National Park. Together they were cleaning six campsites used by trekking groups, the trekking paths between them as well as the entrance to Gunung Leuser National Park in Bukit Lawang, Sumatra. The result: 34 HUGE BAGS - each holding 40 LITRES - full of garbage, plastic bottles and other debris were collected during our cleaning initiative in May 2024.

For more than 10 YEARS we have been removing garbage left by others. On a steady basis we keep our paths clean during each of our EcoTravel jungle treks and even more thoroughly on our regular waste collection days.

We offer tours, we love having guests! But it is essential to keep the impact of tourism under control. A huge THANK YOU goes out to our GREAT ECOTRAVEL GUESTS - for support in the past and in the future! Cheers to a cleaner and greener world!🌿🌞

25/12/2023

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🌴🎅🐒 from the Sumatran jungle into the world - to all our lovely former and future EcoTravel guests! May 2024 come full of happiness, love and health! LOTS OF SUNSHINE AND HUGS TO EVERYONE FROM PARADISE!🌞❤️

21/12/2023

HO HO HO - DOING SOMETHING GOOD BEFORE CHRISTMAS! We have collected a total of IDR 11,000,000 in donations within the last six months. Now we have stepped into action and put the generous donations from our guests into our green initiatives:

- TREES FOR THE FUTURE: Last week our EcoTravel team, in cooperation with our partners from local organization NFC, planted almost 300 trees in the "buffer zone" of rainforest, farmland and villages around Gunung Leuser National Park.

- SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHEME: We have topped up the remaining amount and now a teacher can be paid until June 2024 at Rumah Baca Pintar Bersama, an afternoon school for local primary school children.

A special THANK YOU goes to Michael & Jacqueline Gogel and Clare Cody, who supported us again this year with large donations, which sum up to more than half of the donation pot! A big thank you also goes to Jacqueline & Mario Herzog, Katharina Hoch & Holger Hessig, Lizzie Russel & Stephen Everson and Eva Krieger. ❤️❤️❤️

📸: Thank you for these great shots of wildlife Delphine & Quentin Share Trippers

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas! May your heart be warmed by the sweet magic that Christmas always brings and may all your dreams be fulfilled. ❤️🐒🌴

06/08/2023

We wish a happy sunday🌞🐒🌿😍

11/06/2023

🎵JUNGLE TREK, JUNGLE TREK IN BUKIT LAWANG ... SEE THE MONKEY, SEE THE BIRD, SEE THE ORANGUTAN🎵

Don't miss this AMAZING VIDEO from Natalie & Carles ("Nomad Life For Me"). These lovely world travelers participated in our popular 2-day orangutan trek with our EcoTravel team. Check out their new video from our tour, which provides entertaining deep insights into the rainforest and its inhabitants on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SoOiZa2uX4 🌿🐒🦚🐜🐍🐢🐅🐘 ❤️ WATCH, WATCH, WATCH!

When we came to travel in Indonesia, we knew we really wanted to do an orangutan spotting jungle trek in Sumatra!!! Orangutans are so amazing!! Not only are ...