EcoTravel Cottages Bukit Lawang

What an experience. The resort is perfect, the service is superb and the staff are absolutely amazing. They did everything they could to make our stay and jungle trek a memorable experience and would highly recommend to anyone that wants to visit Bukit Lawang and do the jungle trek!

I decided to travel with my teenage son to North Sumatra and had to make a quick decision about our itinerary. The jungle trek in Bukit Lawang was on the top of our list. It’s a village with many guest houses scattered along the bank of Bohorok River. Eco Travel cottages are perfectly situated in the center of the village life. There are restaurants, cafes and market nearby. They offer several different packages of jungle treks and different activities plus transport to some other destinations in North Sumatra. I can say the accommodation in Eco travel cottages has really high standard. Everything is very clean, nice design, bathroom with western toilet and hot water, clean towels and toiletries plus hairdryer. You will get warm welcome from members of the team and all very important information about your activities/trek. Everything is prepared, done and highly organised. Also food ( breakfast) is very tasty and big portions. We came to Bukit Lawang from Pulau Weh with a bit of “disability”. During the snorkelling there we got sunburned. Just on arrival my son developed the really bad reaction and we had to ask Hendra for help. They did not hesitate and gave us ride to the clinic nearby. Everything was solved and the following day we were rested, ready and fit for the jungle trek.. The trek itself is not easy. Don’t expect anything flat. It’s the jungle after all. So, proper shoes and clothing, it is a must. We did only 2D/1N in the jungle. I saw kids going through as people not super fit and not super young. (51 myself).But it’s really rewarding. The guides with really delicate sense of humour and high level of English will help you to mentally deal with it and everybody arrives in the final destination in one piece. ( our experience- nobody got sick, nobody got hurt). There are several stops and they are very experienced, so they adjust the speed to every single one in the group. The groups are small. During the trek you will have a chance to taste plenty of wonderful tropical fruits and Indonesian cuisine. Jungle life is very impressive. This is the opportunities to see many different jungle inhabitants in their homes without such a distraction. The guides are able to tell you and explain many of your questions about jungle life there. It is breathtaking experience. Worthy every single penny. You will definitely see many different type of monkeys. And very precious orangutan. When you reach base camp you can relax and swim in the river. You will be served really nice tea or coffee with biscuits. There are tents already made for you to have a rest and sleep. But before you go to bed there is plenty of good Indonesian food for dinner. Then some fun time playing cards, games etc. Then you will be happy to go to bed. The following day is relax time with the walk to waterfall nearby and more swimming. Then lunch and more fruits. The cherry on the cake is water taxi . Tubing was super cool. You will be delivered back to Eco t