Enjoy the rich wildlife as your cruise in a private boat through Borneo's lush jungle
Meet the iconic orangutan and learn about its natural habitat during jungle treks
Enjoy the indonesian cuisine in the jungle, prepared by your private cook
Enjoy the awe-inspiring landscapes and underwater world with the Komodo Tours
Meet the iconic Komodo Dragons, learn about its natural habitat and efforts to preserve it
Hike to 3 colour lakes, explore fascinating cultures and sleep in remote villages on a Flores Overland Trip
Witness the world's most fascinating funerals and celebrate the dead with locals
Stunning treks through coffee & cacao plantations, bamboo forests and rice fields
Stay overnight in remote villages and befriend the incredibly kind Torajans
Trek through the Gunung Leuser NP with your certified guides, born in Bukit Lawang
Meet the iconic 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
Local Guides is a network of local guides that offer tours in remote places, which can be booked in advance against transparent, local prices. This keeps traveling costs down and helps local businesses. And because only guides with a terrific track record can join our network, travelers can enjoy a wonderful holiday.
Currently, we offer tours in Tanjung Puting, Tana Toraja, Bukit Lawang, Flores and Bali. But we are expanding in other areas as well! Do you have suggestions where to expand next, then let us know.
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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
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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
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Our family (two adults and two teenagers) did a 3D2N tour in January 2018. We were delighted with our experience. Our individual needs and interests (one keen birdwatcher, allergy to peanuts) were accommodated seamlessly. Our ...
Tanjung Puting
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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
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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 ...
Bukit Lawang
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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 ...
Bukit Lawang
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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
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Last month I booked a boat trip to komodo island and other places with Local Guides. The tour was amazing!! I compared many different operators, and I found Sal from Local Guides extremely professional in ...
Flores
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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
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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
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Boeken ging heel gemakkelijk. Aanbetaling per paypal. Rest contant er plekke (begin dus tijdig met het pinnen van de max. hoeveelheden die je mag). Communicatie was prima. Alle vragen werden snel en duidelijk beantwoord. Bij ...
Tanjung Puting
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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
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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
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Sal and Budi advised me very well with a choice of itineraries and Yulius and Lia were the best guides. Once he knew my interests, Yulius planned three varied and interesting days and took me ...
Tana Toraja
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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
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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
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To learn about the Tara Toraja culture, the best option we took was to have Local-guides and with Budi, an excellent guide. It was a success from the beginning, until the end. The visit, of ...
Tana Toraja
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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
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3 days 2 nights was the perfect amount of time, spend the days searching for animals and the nights in a shanti camp, eating well prepared meals, with some card trick entertainment. Anytime less than ...
Bukit Lawang
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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
Local Guides is a network of local guides that offer tours in remote places and which can be booked in advance against local prices. This keeps traveling costs down and helps local businesses. And because only guides with a terrific track record can join our network, travelers are guaranteed the best tours.
And we are expanding! So in case you are looking for a local guide in any other location, let us know!
