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ANIMAL SIGHTED AT OUR LODGE Dark-handed or Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis) Tanjung Puting National Park

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ANIMAL SIGHTED AT OUR LODGE Dark-handed or Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis) Tanjung Puting National Park The Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis), also known as the Black-handed Gibbon, is an Old World primate in the gibbon family. It is found in Indonesia on the island of Sumatra, Borneo, and southern Thailand. The species is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List due to habitat destruction and the pet … Read more

OUR FOUNDATION NEWS – UPDATE FOUNDATION PROJECT AT THE LODGES

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OUR FOUNDATION NEWS UPDATE FOUNDATION PROJECT AT THE LODGES Our four lodges are just hanging on financially, with the help of our dedicated and hardworking staff.We have some photos of some of the work they are doing.At Rimba, Manager Pak Nopri, assisted by the other four staff are raising NILE PERCH.There was a problem when … Read more

ABOUT OUR RESTAURANT STAFF DURING PANDEMIC

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ABOUT OUR RESTAURANT STAFF DURING PANDEMIC KELIMUTU At Kelimutu Lodge we have a chef named Mrs. Ritha. Together with other staff, Mrs. Ritha helps in the Kelimutu Lodges farm. Mrs. Ritha helps in marketing agricultural products for Lodge such as cabbage and sweet potatoes. With the results of this agriculture, we hope that we will … Read more

THE MUSIC OF INDONESIA

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THE MUSIC OF INDONESIA The music of Indonesia demonstrates its cultural diversity, the local musical creativity, as well as subsequent foreign musical influences that shaped contemporary music scenes of Indonesia. Nearly all of thousands of Indonesian islands having its own cultural and artistic history and character. Situated in the Indian and Pacific oceans, the archipelago … Read more

SURVIVAL UNDER COVID WE NEED MORE PARTNERS

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SURVIVAL UNDER COVID WE NEED MORE PARTNERS The formation of a third organisation within Ecolodges Indonesia, the INDONESIA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION – OUR WORLD, in May 2020 has helped to save our company and 89 jobs in five locations in Indonesia from bankruptcy. 2021 will be a tougher year than 2020 as we now have no … Read more

SUMATRA : WAY KAMBAS NATIONAL PARK

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SUMATRA : WAY KAMBAS NATIONAL PARK 27 May – 4 June 2012 Richard Webb (guigna@aol.co.uk) INTRODUCTION After two unsuccessful attempts to see Sunda Clouded Leopard in Borneo and two unsuccessful attempts to see its mainland counterpart in Thailand, reports of sightings in Way Kambas lead me to spend a week there in May 2012 particularly … Read more