Local Guides - Off the beaten path in Indonesia

Tanjung Puting

Orangutan Tour

Pangkalan Bun

Tanjung Puting

Enjoy the lush jungle as your cruise the Sekonyer River in a private boat

Meet orangutans during the jungle trek with your private guide

Enjoy traditional meals prepared by your private cook on the boat

Flores Komodo Tours

Komodo Tour

Labuan Bajo

Flores

Enjoy the awe-inspiring landscapes and underwater world in the Komodo archipelago

Meet Komodo dragons and learn about its habitat and preservation efforts

Scenic treks, authentic cultures, and overnight in remote villages with Flores overland tours

Tana Toraja

Tana Toraja Tours

Rantepao

Sulawesi

Attend a funeral ceremony to celebrate the dead conform local customs

Scenic treks through coffee & cacao plantations, bamboo forests and rice fields

Stay overnight in remote villages and befriend the incredibly kind Torajans

Bukit Lawang

Bukit Lawang Jungle Trekking

Medan

Sumatra

Trek through the Gunung Leuser NP with your certified guides, born in Bukit Lawang

Meet the Sumatran orangutan, learn about its natural habitat and efforts to preserve it

Sleep overnight in a jungle camp, and feel the thrilling vibe of the jungle at night

SELAMAT!

OUR TOURS

Currently, we offer orangutan tours in Tanjung Puting, jungle treks in Bukit Lawang, funeral tours and scenic treks in Tana Toraja, Komodo tours and overland tours in Flores, and day tours in Bali.

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Highlight of Holiday!

Highlight of Holiday!

Me and my family visited mount Sibayak with the North Sumatran Local Guides team (local-guides dot org) as part of our 9D8N Sumatra tour. It was TRUELY AWESOME! The volcano hike was probably the most ...

Bukit Lawang

Amazing Experience!

Amazing Experience!

We had an amazing time. Our guide, Adhi, met us the evening before at our guest house (Sam’s bungalow) and went through the plan for the next couple of days and everything we’d need to ...

Tana Toraja

Choose Guide Budi

Choose Guide Budi

Have booked the excellent guide Budi for a few days with my mother and my fiance and was more than satisfied what our guide Budi shows us. He is very professional and knows so much ...

Tana Toraja

An Absolute Must!

An Absolute Must!

What an amazing time I had! I booked 3 nights and just had the most amazing time. So peaceful and feeling at one with nature. My guide Darmin was fantastic and everything you’d want from ...

Tanjung Puting

3D2N Jungle Trek

3D2N Jungle Trek

Met veel plezier hebben we deze jungle trekking gedaan. Adhi was onze gids en heeft ons overal veilig doorheen geloodst. Eerste dag was even wennen, voornamelijk aan het yoga matje om op te slapen.. Ontzettend ...

Bukit Lawang

Unforgettable Family Trip

Unforgettable Family Trip

Because me and my family (partner + 2 kids) did such a wonderful tour with Local-Guides in Tanjung Puting National Park (Kalimantan), it was a no-brainer for us to also do our Bukit Lawang trekking ...

Bukit Lawang

Amazing Tour! 2D1N

Amazing Tour! 2D1N

Deze tour geboekt, van te voren geen informatie ingewonnen, achteraf helemaal niet nodig! Super tour! Geweldige gids die alles wist en alle animals wist te vinden, ook veel informatie over de planten. Eten was ook ...

Bukit Lawang

Just Incredible

Just Incredible

Local-Guides helped us incredibly with all our questions beforehand via email, and always replied promptly, enthusiastically and patiently! We booked through them also a very comfortable (airco, shower) accommodation, beautifully bordering the jungle, for a ...

Bukit Lawang

Comfortable private boat tour with family

Comfortable private boat tour with family

Our boat tour in Tanjung Puting with local guides was perhaps the best holiday experience i have ever had in my life. Therefore we decided to do the komodo boat tour also with local guides, ...

Flores

Wundervolle Boottour!

Wundervolle Boottour!

Wir hatten im voraus die Tour über die Webseite von Local Guides gebucht und unsere Erwartungen wurden mehr als übertroffen. Es war einmalig! Wir wurden von unserem Hotel pünktlich abgeholt und zum Boot gebracht. Alles ...

Tanjung Puting

A True Treasure!

A True Treasure!

Me and my family first did an orangutan tour with LG in Kalimantan, and we were so incredibly amazed about the thorough (really unprecedented to me!!!) service and their positive mindset, that I decided to ...

Tana Toraja

BEST TRIP EVER!

BEST TRIP EVER!

This tour was an amazing surprise. Everything was well organised. We booked with the help of local guides and had Nur has guide. The klokok is really nice and peaceful. You sleep in the jungle ...

Tanjung Puting

Super 4D/3N Tour!

Super 4D/3N Tour!

We booked a 4D/3N tour quite late into our planning as we had to move our plans following the earthquakes in Indonesia. Both the staff at Local-Guides and our assigned guide Nur were incredibly helpful ...

Tanjung Puting

3 Days of WOWWW!

3 Days of WOWWW!

I contacted Sal well before my holiday started, and since the beginning he has been nothing but great, thoughtful and creative to find the best solution for my trip that me and my family wanted. ...

Tanjung Puting

Excellent Service, Incredible Experience.

Excellent Service, Incredible Experience.

The tour was wonderful and well organised by our guide Nur. The residence is a boat known as a klotok. It’s basic sleeping and washing, which is fit for purpose, and makes you feel a ...

Tanjung Puting

Amazing Trek!

Amazing Trek!

We did a 3 days/2 nights trek with our guide Randy. He was so helpful, was constantly looking for animals and told us everything about the flora and fauna. Also, he was really considerate about ...

Bukit Lawang

Very Friendly & Helpful Guides

Very Friendly & Helpful Guides

Haben über local guides die klotok Tour gebucht. Budi holte uns einen Tag vor Beginn der Tour abends nach einer langen Busfahrt von Makassar in Rantepao ab. Wir besprachen die Tour, aßen lecker zu Abend ...

Tana Toraja

Amazing Experience

Amazing Experience

We had a 2N/3D houseboattour and this was the absolute highlight of our holiday in Indonesia! The pick up from the airport was as perfectly organised as the rest of our trip from our friendly ...

Tanjung Puting

Excellent Tour

Excellent Tour

This tour was more than we expected ! Beyond imagination…and it is not only about seeing orangutans and other animals. Delicious food, comfortable setting included shower and toilet (!) , fantastic service and endless serenity ...

Tanjung Puting

Leider Viel zu Kurt!

Leider Viel zu Kurt!

Ich habe dort leider nur den 2 Tag und 1 Nacht Trek gemacht, das war viel zu kurz. Edi und seine Mitarbeiter sind alle sehr nett und freundlich. Das ganze Dorf ist es. Es wurde ...

Tana Toraja