Hotel Orangutan

“When a dream come true”

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 help… more

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

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“Fantastic Hotel and Orangutan trek”

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.  Ea… more

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.

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“Good value, basic hotel”

We stayed here for 3 nights including a 1N2D trek. It’s very good value for money and the staff are absolutely lovely and couldn’t have done more for us. The rooms are spacious and have amazing views of the valley. Basic facilities but it’s in the middle of the jungle so didn’t expect more. Beds a… more

We stayed here for 3 nights including a 1N2D trek. It’s very good value for money and the staff are absolutely lovely and couldn’t have done more for us. The rooms are spacious and have amazing views of the valley. Basic facilities but it’s in the middle of the jungle so didn’t expect more. Beds are clean and comfy, could do with another pillow each. You can’t drive to the hotel so you are dropped off 20mins walk away which with suitcases and the heat was a struggle but would be the same with any hotel in the area, not clear when booking that’s the case (if you have a backpack you can get a motorbike taxi). We also woke up to poo all over the floor from geckos and on clothes if you hung them out. Keep everything in suitcases. The rooms aren’t cleaned during your stay which might be a nice addition. The main issue we had was the noise. Every Saturday night there is live music opposite and since the windows are mesh and it’s in a valley you can hear everything until 3am and it was like being at a live concert. The other nights the ‘night club’ next door was really loud. Unfortunately this did mean we got barely any sleep in the nights we were here. We organised the trek with the hotel and whilst our guide was so lovely, there wasn’t so much information on the plants and wildlife. Our only sighting of Orangutans came 20 mins into the trek. If you do spot them make sure to spend as long as you can with them as there isn’t a guarantee of spotting more. The Orangutans are semi-wild, having been descendants of a former rehabilitation centre and so a bit more tolerant to human presence. The overnight stay in the jungle was pretty poor, again I expected basic but it was really quite dirty and the mat you slept on stunk of damp and sweat. Unfortunately my partner also got horrific food poisoning whilst here. Our guide was so kind in helping us the next day and carried his bag as well as his own. The other camps looked nicer than ours but they really only needed slight adjustments/airing out to make them more sleepable. All in all the hotel is nice and a good base to explore Bukit Lawang and the staff are all lovely.

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“OK, not great.”

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 woo… more

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.

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