Indonesia holiday, orangutans and culture

Planet

Rimba Lodge on the Sekonyer River is committed to educating and empowering local communities in long term conservation (especially concerning the future of the Orangutan) and sustainable development. They work very closely with the orangutan centre at Camp Leakey and organise guided trips to the various feeding outposts. You can see as many as nine primate species, crocodiles, birds and butterflies in the jungle whilst you cruise the backwaters.

Alila Ubud also participates in community projects co-organized with neighbouring villages, the local government, and other hotel associations in Bali. There are also regular environmental presentations arranged at local schools.

Alila Manggis is committed to ensuring that the local environment is protected and there are a number of reefs near the resort that are considered to be of high conservation value. Working with the Indonesia Nature Foundation the Alila Manggis is learning how to protect this fragile eco system from global climate change and a number of initiatives have been put in place to help study what is happening under water. Alila Manggis is also committed to recycling its waste and teaching the locals how to do the same.

The Phoenix Hotel in Yogyakarta has been faithfully restored to its former glory as an example of turn of the century Dutch colonial architecture. The Phoenix Hotel is part of the Accor hotel group which has developed its own sustainable travel programme called ‘Planet 21’.

This hotel implements the following practices; Balanced dishes served in the restaurant, local food products promoted in the restaurant, no endangered seafood to appear on restaurant menus, eco-friendly cleaning products, reuse of towels suggested to guests, faucets fitted with water flow regulators, water efficient laundry to reduce water consumption for every wash, recycling of paper, cardboard and glass with sorting carried out at the hotel, recycling of food waste for compost or energy, energy-saving light bulbs, certified sustainable paper, training for personnel on responsible actions toward the environment, sustainable trade products offered in the hotel.