Hotel Orangutan Reviews

Hotel Orangutan was just as perfect for our 3 days trek. We did the trek with our 12 years old daughter and it was very special. From arranging our airport transfers and providing lodging, which was amazing, the staff was very professional, friendly and informative, nice to visit with and very helpful. We had 2 guides for us. Our main guide Monang is very experienced and very into the animal welfare, the second one (sorry forgot his name) was young as he's the new generation. but so helpful. The cook made us just excellent lunch and diner. We had to chance to see 11 orangutans. Some semi wild and some wild, male and mama with baby :-) We also saw Thomas's leaf monkeys, Macaque, Lizard... This was a bucket list since a long time. We recommend 100% the whole crew and the hotel ! Don't hesitate to ask for Monang as guide ! Yasmina, Diego & Alexa

Our stay at Hotel Orangutan and visit to Bukit Lawang was the highlight of our trip and one of my favorite places I have ever visited.  First, our trekking guides Amin and Holland were exceptional and our experience seeing the orangutans was magical.   Abdoullah, our driver was also excellent.  Easy to communicate with, an excellent driver, and a very pleasant, interesting man.   Staff at the Hotel Orangutan, including Vyca, were very pleasant, good fun, and helpful.  Everything was very well organized.   Anastasia, who helped organize our trip was excellent- considering our flights, dates and plans changed 3 times!  Bukit Lawang is so charming.  We had great food, many monkeys, and music in resturants every night.  The people were so nice.  I cannot recommend a trip to Bukit Lawang and Hotel Orangutan enough.

Hotel Orangutan is conveniently located in the middle of the village, close to the river, other guest houses, shops and bars/restaurants. The room was just OK. No AC, the fan spun so slowly that it didn't really circulate much air. I also suspect there may have been termites or something in the wooden bed frame, as there was fresh, fine sawdust on the floor (see pic). The bathroom was fun and unique - built straight up against the cliff face. The sink in particular was unique. The shower was cold water only. One good thing was the proprietor let me take a shower after a 2-day trek in the jungle, even though I wasn't staying there that night. It was nice not to gas the driver who later drove me back to Medan. It was fine staying there, but there are probably better places in town for the same amount of money.

We stayed for 6 nights at the Hotel Orangutan, including a three day jungle trek. We had the room right at the top of the hill which was beautiful with wonderful views across the river and village. Vyca and all of his staff could not have be nicer or more helpful. The guides Rio and Ari were lovely and all of the activities they arranged for us excellent.

Excellent place to stay with Nice view and room and very friendly staff. Did the 3 days trekking from Here. We saw a lot of monkeys apes and the food we got in the evening was so delicious. Also breakfast. When we came back at the hotel we stayed another night to get Some good sleep before our flight the next day. The staff helped also with arranging the airport transfer.

Our rooms were very nice but a bit of an uphill walk. The staff was friendly and helpful.

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Great place with a nice location and excellent views of the jungle.

We cannot recommend Andra and her mate Yosia enough to accompany you on a jungle trek to see our cousins ​​the orangutans. They are exemplary professional and have an irresistible sense of humor. My partner who has a fragile ankle was helped all the way down the steep descents. We loved our experience and also loved our stay at ourang hotel. An unparalleled experience. Thank you very much Andra and Yosia

Hotel Orangutan was my go-to resource for my visit to Bukit Lawang, from arranging my airport transfers to helping plan my activities (jungle trek, village tour, elephant wash) and providing lodging, which was amazing - the penthouse room. I also had delicious meals at Hotel Orangutan. The staff was very professional, friendly and informative, nice to visit with and very helpful. Everything went smoothly and couldn't have been better. Bukit Lawang is a very special place, on the river, in the jungle. The Indonesian people are friendly and welcoming, English was spoken in the village. I was thrilled to get into the jungle and see my first orangutan in the wild, then another and another, mostly mammas and their young. We saw macaque and Thomas Leaf monkeys and a jungle peacock, got great pictures. The jungle trek wrapped up at the river and I was so thankful for the raft trip back to the village which allowed the chance to rinse and cool off. The raft trip was a blast, lots of rapids and I felt quite safe with the guide. This was a bucket list item and I would love to visit again. Pamela

Great location with good views of the village and surrounding jungle. The staff are friendly and the food is good. Has a large balcony with a hammock.

had an excellent guide - Mona who not only found us orangutans but was incredibly kind when my son got vertigo - taking us to the local doctor for assistance. The room (we stayed in the penthouse) was incredibly clean and the view amazing. Monkeys jumped on our roof and ate fruits from the tree right outside our window. An amazing experience.

We had an unbelievable experience here especially for the price. First of all Abdul, our driver met us at the airport with a smile great music, a Rastafarian hat, and a wonderful attitude. You would think a three point 5 Hour Dr. from the airport would be boring but it was absolutely not the scenery and the Indonesian rule life passing by your eyes is something you almost cannot turn your eyes away from it’s absolutely beautiful. Once we arrived, we were pleasantly surprised by the little town that the hotel sits in. Very cute streets, extremely friendly people, lots of lovely kittens in different peoples store, fronts and restaurants. And most importantly monkeys everywhere. The next day after arrival, we woke up with monkeys on a roof, and it was so much fun. They sat in a tree next to our room (we stayed in the penthouse) and just munched on the fruits in the tree, it was so much fun But really, the most important part came when my son became sick mono our guide spent the entire day with us rearranging everything. He was more than patient with us took us to the medical clinic and really helped smooth a difficult procedure. We were finally able to see the orangutans the next day and it was a life-changing experience. I highly recommend this hotel.

Wonderful authentic stay at Hotel Orangutan! Lovely staff and the rooms that we stayed in were super spacious with a great balcony to monkey watch on! Would recommend to anyone looking to stay in Bukit Lawang!