Category: Interview

Maria Surni: Learning about Conservation as Ecolodges Indonesia Staff Since 2005

Maria Alvensia Surni, born in Rangga Watu – Flores in 1985. Originally from Flores, she is one of the longest-serving staff of Ecolodges Indonesia. She started working in Bajo Komodo Ecolodges (the lodge has transformed into a resort hotel under new management) from 2005 to 2017. At the end of 2017, after giving birth to her second child, Maria Surni decided to stop only to returned to join Ecolodges Indonesia in 2019. As for now, […]

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Becoming The Most Favorable Wildlife Tour Guide: An Interview with Abdul Hakim

Ucok Hakim

Abdul Hakim was born in Kumai – Central Kalimantan. Upon finishing high school in 2007, he immediately joined the Rimba Orangutan Ecolodge as a housekeeping department staff. While working as housekeeping, he slowly learned outwardly to become a wildlife tour guide in Tanjung Puting National Park. It did not take long for the company to ask Hakim to start a new career as a wildlife guide for Ecosafari Indonesia and Rimba Orangutan Ecolodge. Through Ecolodges […]

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