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Eco Lodges Indonesia
has taken on a new venture to help Way Kambas National Park protect the
endangered Sumatran Elephant and the rare Sumatran Rhino and Tiger, almost on
the verge of extinction – we cannot let it happen. |
Satwa
Sumatra Elephant eco Lodge is only 500 metres from the Park entrance,
adjoining a rural village, which has to repel elephants which try to demolish
the crops. Employment based on the Lodge helps them too. Set in an
extensive walled garden full of tropical fruit trees there are four cottages
each with spacious rooms sleeping up to four people with spring beds, ceiling fans, hot water showers and western toilets. There is a desk and
computer power point and a verandah and comfortable chairs. All guest cottages,
facilities, some perimeter lighting and office are powered by renewable
solar energy. The windows are
fully screened. In a delightful open restaurant , meals give a taste of
Indonesian recipes and ingredients, with a full western breakfast to start the
day, or a picnic box.
 With
a cold beer to hand as owls “poink” to each other at dusk, guests can recount
their adventures taking an elephant safari, cycling or walking in the Park with
a Ranger, or the animals and birds seen on the boat trip down the river to the
sea or to the swamps where the endemic white winged duck is found.
A high point might be the early morning
visit to the breeding area of the gentle Sumatran Rhino, at the Rhino
Conservation Unit in the Park. This is by prior arrangement through the Lodge
and the fee includes a donation to the Conservation Unit. This is a rare
privilege.
 Way
Kambas Elephant Training School is a must for an elephant ride or just to
watch them bathing. It is also a good bird watching area. Bird watching
tours are one of our specialties, with knowledgeable Rangers. There is a
special quiet boat for birding on the river. The rooms have a bird list and a
short (as yet) butterfly list.
All ticket confirmation and tour details can be worked out in
our office where there is a telephone, fax, email and internet (slow) access.
Our driver delivers you back to Lampung air port
approximately two hours away , and meets incoming guests. There are also tours
to local attractions such as Lake Ranau, or to see traditional dances.
How to get there
By air to Lampung (20 minutes from Jakarta), then by our transport via Metro
to the lodge (2 hours).
YOU WON'T FORGET YOUR
ELEPHANT PARK VISIT!
CONTACT US
Satwa Sumatra Elephant Eco Lodge
Way Kambas, Sumatra
Telephone: (International): +62 725 7645290
Phone (within Indonesia): 0725 7645290
e-mail:
About Eco Lodges Indonesia
' BOTH SIDES OF THE WALLACE LINE'
The lodges of Eco
Lodges Indonesia give our guests a unique opportunity to
combine some adventure with comfortable, relaxing accommodation on both sides of
The Wallace Line.
Bajo Komodo eco Lodge provides tours to Rinca and
Komodo islands where the giant reptiles and mound building orang footed scrub
fowl live with giant palms and strangely shaped hills as a back ground. The
diving and snorkeling in this area is also fantastic.
Udayana eco Lodge in Bali officially sits just to the west
of the Wallace Line though the lodge lies in a dry area in the south where
Acacia species common to Australia are found with many birds and butterflies.
Both Rimba Orangutan eco Lodge and
Satwa Sumatra
Elephant eco Lodge are on the Asian side of the line. In one holiday, guests
can see orangutans, proboscis monkeys, gibbons, several species of macaques and
leaf eating langur monkeys and tarsiers (a primate lovers delight). One can also
see sun bears, wild pig, giant squirrels, magnificent butterflies and birds.
In Sumatra at Way Kambas, there are no orangutans or
proboscis monkeys but there are Siomang Gibbons (with bass, tenor and soprano
calls); also elephants, rhinos, tigers, sun bears, tapirs, several species of
deer, civets, binturong (mongoose like animals) are found all over the park.
Birds abound on the rivers of the park especially raptors, king fishers, egrets,
bee eaters, broadbills, pittas and of course the unique white winged wood duck.
The lodges provide transport by vehicle or boat, and we can arrange air tickets
between the lodges to make it a seamless package. Each lodge is run according
to the "six pillars of eco tourism" as suggested by The University of Western
Sydney. Udayana eco Lodge is also eco certified by Green Globe 21, the highest
eco standard (the only small hotel in Indonesia).
We protect the environment and around each hotel is a protected area. We
conserve energy and water, recycle our sewage for return to the gardens, have
worm composting systems, recycle garbage, employ local people and support local
industry. We also have an eco training program for all our stakeholders. Our
accounting systems are transparent and a group of eco investors assist us
financially to develop our lodges.
Your visit really makes a difference giving employment and a
reason for local communities to protect their unique flora and fauna. More
visitors means more eyes to make poaching and illegal logging more difficult.
CONTACT US
Satwa Sumatra Elephant Eco Lodge
Way Kambas, Sumatra
Telephone: (International): +62 725 7645290
Phone (within Indonesia): 0725 7645290
e-mail:
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