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 … Read more

Mbeliling Ecolodge: Marooned Between Landslides

Mbeliling Flores Landslides Disaster in April 2014

Meryl and Alan Wilson and the team of Ecolodges Indonesia have been building a new lodge, Mbeliling Ecolodge as a part of  Trans Flores Safari tour. It lies 820 metres above the port of Labuan Bajo and the Komodo Islands one hour up to a sinuous road to the Mbeliling ecolodge range. Alan was away … Read more