Green Hill Guesthouse - Bukit lawang - Sumatra

Name: Green Hill Guesthouse - Bukit lawang - Sumatra
Address: Jalan orangutan, Bukit Lawang, Bohorok, 20774, ID
Telephone: +6281370349124
Price range: $$
Rating: 5

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We are truly the real green deal and with us you can explore Wild Sumatra in a sustainable and conse Trek with us and you will really be making a difference.

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Green Hill Guest House is in the heart of Bukit Lawang village, overlooking the Bohorok river with amazing views of the rainforest, easy access to Gunung Leuser National Park (GLNP). We are an eco-conscious and conservation focussed guest house and tour operator and we are celebrating the biodiversity of Gunung Leuser National Park by bringing you amazing wildli

fe and stunning scenery from the depths of the sumatran jungle.........and our garden. Most guests visit here to search for orangutans....and there is so much more also to see here......come and join us for an adventure you will not forget. We offer some unique trekking experiences and pride ourselves on being strictly conservation focussed and having extremely high standards. In addition to the standard treks in Bukit Lawang since 2007 we have been offering trekking in the wild and untouched jungles of Bukit Kencur/Tualang Gepang as a means of taking some pressure off the busy Bukit Lawang trails and also offering alternative incomes to the guides from the local village. Mbra was born in Bukit Kencur and met his wife Andrea (a UK born conservation scientist) trekking in the jungles there so they have an intimate connection with the rainforest and the village people. We have a long running community project in the village which includes offering alternative income opportunities, teaching new skills/knowledge, nature club for kids, english lessons, tree planting, land purchased and donated for village hall and a graveyard....and much more to come. The guest rooms at Green Hill are nestled amongst the treetops on the hill behind the restaurant: 3 bungalows (200,000 -250,000 IDR) and a chalet/family room (300,000 IDR) all have private bathrooms with bamboo shower and balconies with jungle views. There is also a budget double with a shared bathroom (100,000) which has amazing jungle views also.

12/11/2024

Stunning Sumatra ✨👇

Come and join us for a gorgeous walk thru the rice paddies with wonderful views of rainforest covered mountains.

I just love seeing the landscapes change over time and we do get some very dramatic weather which leads to sunsets that make you stop and stare✨

You can walk directly from Bukit Lawang along irrigation channels or take a becak to Timbang Jaya and walk back to Bukit Lawang. The best times of day are early morning or late afternoon.

We would love to share this side of Sumatra with you. Let us know in the comments if we should add such walks to our website. Would you be interested in joining us?

30/09/2024

A family adventure💞😊👇

We often get asked are our jungle treks suitable for families and young children and is there enough for them to do....and the simple answer is yes😊

Our lovely guest Melinda and her family spent 4 days with us starting with a night at Green Hill followed by a 2day Discovery Trek where they explored 2 different areas of national park rainforest. Instead of jungle camping they chose the luxury option and stayed overnight in a Jungle Villa at our wonderful Kuta Langis Ecolodge where they had comfortable beds, a private bathroom and a large terrace with amazing views of the rainforest.

🗣️Don't just take my word for it..here's a few words from Melinda:

"We loved the lodge it was in such a beautiful location and the grounds so nice. The first trek was so wild and raw. Second trek many people! But both unique and we loved both! The boys had a ball! My youngest Ari was so fast he didn’t want to stop! It was my eldest boy Isaacs 13th birthday on the first trek so it was an awesome experience for him! Thank you so much. "

Save this post and when you're ready to plan an adventurous family holiday just drop us an email/DM/WhatsApp and let us help you design a programme thats exactly right for you. 🤗

04/07/2024

Why trek in remote areas of jungle?

🍃Here at Green Hill we specialize in taking our guests trekking in slightly remote areas of national park rainforest that are not often visited by tourists. One of the major benefits of this pioneering approach is that the rainforest and wildlife are protected as guests act as a benign deterrent to any would be hunters. Remote areas offer an immersive and authentic experience where you can explore the real wild Sumatra with our guides from the local community. 🥾🥾🌳🌳

👀 Of course in wild areas the wildlife is truly wild and can be quite tricky to spot but if you embrace all creatures great and small you will for sure be blown away by the incredible biodiversity and you may even get the chance to see some rare wildlife.

👥💚We know our friends at share our values and have a similar approach to sustainable tourism so we were stoked when a Daniel spent 5 days with us both in our two different national park rainforest locations and shared with us some of his photos.

📷The first photo is an incredibly rare sighting of the little known Sumatran Serow, Capricornis sumatrensis sumatrensis! It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN red list due to hunting and habitat loss. The 2nd+3rd photos are a mother and baby Spiny hill turtle listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List.

💚💚Join us at Green Hill and Simolap for authentic jungle adventures and become an ally in safeguarding this amazing wildlife and its environment.

15/06/2024

Isn't nature aMAZEing?! 😱💓👇

This is a 'Fabulous long horned beetle' (Thysia walichii) and isn't that the best name ever? 😁💥

Join us at Green Hill for one of our truly unique "Discovery Treks" where our guides take you off the beaten track to remote Sumatran rainforest and help you search for amazing wildlife.

📷Our guide Doni took this fab photo on his mobile phone just last week on a 3day Discovery Trek.

💚💚 Like this post if you love wildlife and think this cool beetle is absolutely fabulous 💙💜❤️🪳

25/05/2024

What IS our best selling DISCOVERY TREK❓👇🌳

At Green Hill we do trekking differently. We are genuine pioneers of conservation focused ethical jungle trekking. We really want you to have an authentic and sustainable jungle trekking experience and share amazing rainforest environments with you. We take you to see the real Sumatran jungle💚🍃

On our “Discovery Trek” for 2 days (or longer) you get to experience two different areas of national park rainforest. On day 1 you start your trek in the remote and virtually untouched area of rainforest near the villages of Tualang Gepang/Bukit Kencur. The wildlife here is totally wild but it IS there….it just hides from humans! You will camp overnight at an amazingly beautiful site by a jungle river or at our Ecolodge if you want a ‘luxury’ sleeping option.🌳🍃

If you choose a 3,4 or 5 day Discovery trek you can trek each day and move campsites OR if you fancy taking it easier you can stay in one campsite for 2 nights and just chill out at the jungle camp with maybe a little explore.

On your final morning you will have an early breakfast, a swift walk out of the jungle and a motorbike/jeep transfer to Bukit Lawang where you will continue your trek. The wildlife here is extremely habituated to human visitors so you do have higher chances of sightings….but we never make any guarantees of what you will see. You will finish your trek with an super refreshing raft ride down the river into Bukit Lawang.🌳🍃

🗣️ The photos here are from Julia and Carl who did a 3 day Discovery Trek last month: “We didn’t see anyone else for the first two days, which was so nice. The trek was really through a dense jungle, no clear path. In Bukit Lawang it was cool to see the orangutans, however felt a little bit like a zoo because all the people! So busy. Made us really appreciate the first days more. But all in all it was a great combination, as seeing the orangutans was also unforgettable! We had a great trip, the staff was super friendly and very well organized. Food was amazing! “

💚💚 Like this post if you are ready for adventure and dm/comment with any questions. We are here to help you plan the perfect jungle experience.

30/04/2024

Monkeys are amazing! 👇👇

It's "International Macaque Week"💥🍾 and to celebrate we are going to share with you some camera trap footage to show what monkeys get up to when humans aren't annoying them🤪🐵

This video was taken in the borders of our Kuta Langis Ecolodge. We have left the borders reeeeally wild so they can act as corridors for the wildlife and it's brilliant to see them being used...in this case by an A-MAZE-ing adult male Pig Tail Macaque. There's no doubt that he is the boss and if we see him we should keep well away right?

Like this post if you think he is incredible and you would defo keep your distance!

16/04/2024

Orangutans😊💚

If you get lucky you might see wild orangutans when you trek with us in the remote area on our truly unique "Discovery Treks". 🌳🍃

It truly is an experience unlike any other....to be trekking in the hot and sweaty rainforest, feeling a bit tired, your backpack feeling heavy, wondering if it's time to go to camp....when suddenly....your guide stops....you all stop behind him.....he holds his hand up...you hold your breath....and he points to a movement...high in the forest canopy....you can't quite see anything...so your guide takes you two steps forward.....then......all of a sudden you see an orangutan....just hanging from a branch...slowly eating some young leaves.

After gazing at it for a few minutes your guide slowly beckons you to follow him....so you all very carefully move forward....and trek onwards to your jungle camp......but now your steps are a little lighter.....💚🍃

Join us at Green Hill for the experience of a lifetime....your own 'Attenborough moment'....like .foto who took these amazing photos 💚

16/03/2024

Are you macaque aware? 🤔🐒

DYK there are 9 different subspecies of long tailed macaques distributed across Southeast Asia?

👀🐒They are easy to see in and around Bukit Lawang and I always take time to sit back and watch them…..from a safe distance…and as they live in large groups of many males and females there is always a lot of social politics going on! Head to the camping ground and you might also be lucky to watch them messing about in the river (they are really good swimmers!).🐒🏊

It’s easy to feel that they are everywhere and really annoying and that is because they are really flexible and adaptable to living around us humans. 😒🙄💁

BUT

Actually not much is known about their population size and distribution and they face numerous threats, many as a consequence of their presence in human areas. You could say they are victims of their own success. 😔🥺

Threats include▶️ habitat loss, agriculture, illegal and legal domestic and international trade, human expansion and urbanization, dependence on human foods and conflicts with humans, hunting and poaching (for the pet trade), use in traditional medicine, persecution as pests and tourism activities. They have suffered from intensive capture for biomedical research since the 1960s which is continuing to this day. It’s a very lucrative trade!

🔴In 2022 the IUCN upgraded their status to endangered but they remain unprotected by Indonesian law…..🤔

My TOP FIVE TIPS for being macaque aware:
🐵 Respect them by keeping your distance (at least 10 meters).
🐵 Never look them in the eye (it’s a sign of aggression).
🐵 Don’t ever ever feed them.
🐵 Don’t leave food and drink on your balcony or in clear view if they are close to the restaurant where you are eating /drinking.
🐵 Don’t carry fruit/snacks etc in clear view of them…put it in your bag.

BONUS TIP
Don’t throw your crocs or flip flops at them (you might loose them in the undergrowth)🤭

🐵💓On International Macaque Day…show them some love by liking this post and sharing it with fellow travellers.

05/03/2024

....and relax🍃💞

We actively encourage our guests to find time to do nothing! Just sit and chill out. Be present.

The view is incredible....so green.....double amazing as this land used to be a palm oil plantation! We chopped it down, regenerated and rewilded the land. And the wildlife has returned....big time💚💓

If you want to come and do nothing...maybe chat with us over a coffee and find out about the wildlife....then please drop us a dm/email/WhatsApp and fire away with any questions at all. 🍃😊

07/02/2024

"Welcome to our library!" 📚📓📖📒

One of the ways we are involved with our village is through our community library. 🤓📚

When you trek or stay with us you are contributing directly to this amazing community conservation initiative. 💁📚

You can even visit and join in with some hard core Jenga playing, play a game of monkey bingo, do a jigsaw or even.....read a book😁📚💥

💚💚Double tap or like this post if you agree that access to high quality books is super important.📖📚

30/01/2024

Happy Indonesian Primate Day 💥👇

Selamat Hari Primata Indonesia 🇮🇩

DYK Indonesia is no. 3 in the world for number of primate species (61) after Brazil (116) and Madagascar (98) ❓

In and around Bukit Lawang and the Langkat region of North Sumatra there are an amazing 9 species of primate....but....ALL are threatened with extinction! Even the long tailed macaques which are seemingly everywhere are at risk.

HOW CAN YOU HELP THEM?
- it's easy😁

👉respect all the primates you might see on your trek, at your hotel or just walking around by not feeding them and keeping a minimum distance of 10 meters.

{this applies everywhere....not just in Bukit Lawang💁}

Thank you for reading 😊 Show ur support for safe primate tourism by liking 💚 and sharing this post. If you want to know the species in the photos head over to our stories.........

19/01/2024

Barn Owl in Sumatra!😯👇

📷This is a Barn Owl (Tytus alba) which I was very very surprised to see one morning when I opened my balcony doors! It flew off and spent all day asleep in the coconut tree. The resident birds were NOT happy at all and were mobbing it all day – from a safe distance - and making a lot of noise until at 6:30pm it silently flew off!

🔊 swipe thru to last slide for the video!

👻The Indonesian for Owl is burung hantu which means ghost bird.

🦉📝OWL FACTS

➡️There are 247 species of owl worlwide (18 species of barn owl).
➡️Most owls are nocturnal (only 2 species are not) and occupy almost all terrestrial habitats from arctic tundra to tropical rainforest.
➡️They are exclusively carnivorous with many adaptions that help them to be incredible hunters of their prey:
- Wing feathers with fringed edges to make flight silent
- Forward pointing eyes on flat facial disk = enabling binocular vision and increase incoming light and sound
- Asymmetrical ear openings
- Rod shaped eye balls are in fixed position (cant move) BUT they can swivel their head 270 degrees.
- have very strong feet and legs.

🍃CONSERVATION
28% of owl species are at risk. Those most at risk are species with limited ranges and island endemics. Habitat destruction is their biggest threat.

🦉BARN OWLS
Occupy wide variety of habitats world wide from desert to tropical rainforest but not cold/harsh environments. All have heart shaped facial disk to collect sound waves, are strongly nocturnal and hunt primarily by ear.

🦉🦉BONUS FACT: Owls are monogamous and both the male and female look after the babies (biparental care).

💚💚Double tap / like and share this post if you love Owls as much as we do.

07/01/2024

Hello and Happy New Year from Sumatra🎉👋

Just wanted to let everyone know that following a socmedia break over the festive period we are back!!

Super excited to reflect back on 2023 and share with you the highs...lows....and what we have planned for 2024😊😁

💚 As the original pioneer of sustainable tourism in Bukit Lawang (and beyond) you can be assured that we are continuing in a genuinely sustainable and conservation focussed manner with our mission to share amazing environments and experiences with like minded guests. 💚

We wish you all health, happiness and peace for 2024💚💞 ..and if there's anything you would like to hear about from us....any ideas for features.....comment below or DM.

05/12/2023

Long tail macaques are amazing!! 👇👇

This week I will be posting all about these amazing but misunderstood monkeys and how you can help them.🐵

But for now here's some of my favourite photos from one time they found some durian and the whole gang started fighting over it😁

💚💚Double tap if you think long tail macaques are brilliant and want to learn more.

Address

Jalan Orangutan, Bukit Lawang
Bohorok
20774

Telephone

+6281370349124

Website

http://www.greenhillbukitlawang.com/

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Monkeys are amazing! 👇👇 It's "International Macaque Week"💥🍾 and to celebrate we are going to share with you some camera trap footage to show what monkeys get up to when humans aren't annoying them🤪🐵 This video was taken in the borders of our Kuta Langis Ecolodge. We have left the borders reeeeally wild so they can act as corridors for the wildlife and it's brilliant to see them being used...in this case by an A-MAZE-ing adult male Pig Tail Macaque. There's no doubt that he is the boss and if we see him we should keep well away right? Like this post if you think he is incredible and you would defo keep your distance!