Eco Lodges Indonesia Blog

The Kelimutu Crater Lakes Eco Lodge will be opened officially on August 27th by The Camat of Kelimutu and will be attended by all local stakeholders including travel agents and local homestay operators.

This year our Rimba Orangutan Eco Lodge on the edge of the Tandjung Puting has become so popular that all Diamond, Emerald and Amethyst are fully booked. We thus have a special promo for the cheaper Saphire and Ruby rooms at Rp 750,000 and Rp 650,000 full double net respectively. Please contact Mr Gede Ori [...]

The fifth eco lodge of Ecolodgesindonesia is now open near The magic Kelimutu National Park in Eastern Flores. The brain child of Meryl Wilson and Putu Febri, this lodge is already popular and is a stepping stone on the Trans Flores Safari to see the three crater lakes and unique birdlife of this park. for [...]

Kelimutu Crater Lakes Ecolodge is located on the outskirts of the small township of Moni, which serves as the gateway to the island of Flores’ main tourist attraction, Kelimutu Naitonal Park. The Park is about 9km off the main road just before Moni from Ende. Moni is a scenic uplands environment, cooler than the lowlands [...]

The Wilsons have just returned from a trip through Flores, part of which, was spent in the village of Moni inspecting the development of our new lodge (The Kelimutu Crater Lakes eco Lodge). The Lodge is being built under the management of Putu Febri (Balinese and Chief Engineer of Ecolodges Indonesia) and is over 30% [...]

EcoLodges Indonesia supports the  Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC Partnership) - a coalition of 32 organizations working together to foster increased understanding of sustainable tourism practices and the adoption of universal sustainable tourism principles. The Partnership, which was initiated by Rainforest Alliance, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Foundation, and the [...]

Satwa Sumatra Elephant Ecolodge, in conjunction with Way Kambas Elephant Conservation Centre, announces the 2009 “Volunteer Elephant Package”. The package offers you a week of being an elephant carer. You will bathe, feed, play and ride your elephant. You will be expected to be useful and will work hard as the mahouts [...]

When I went with my friends to Way Kambas in Lampung , Sumatra, we were relieved to find that the better trained elephants and mahouts have a licence to identify themselves.  We went into the park on well trained elephants and had a wonderful day.  Better still they don’t use big wooden howdah’s which are [...]

Next conservation trip to see orangutans, Sumatran rhinoceros and elephant will be March 2010. For more information email claire: highnoon@breakofday.com.au

Arriving in Indonesia with no pre-conceived ideas of what to expect  apart from the awareness  of forest degredation by mining and palm plantations.  I would like to thank all the wonderful and dedicated people involved with planning a future for both our animals and our children.  I have been depressed and full of fear at [...]