Ida Guest House & Jungle Trekking

After landing in Kuala Namo Medan Airport, our booked transfer driver was not there. We booked a Grab taxi and found Ida Guest house while we waited for the car. Muhdi the Manager contacted me immediately to confirm and offer transport and a Jungle trek. He was so helpful and welcoming. The room was absolutely lovely and had spectacular views of the river and jungle. Clean and fresh and had an extremely comfortable bed. Food was delicious in the restaurant. We were lucky enough to have Jungle De and Yuda and the hilarious chef and Frank Spencer type Andy as our guides. De's knowledge was second to none in the Jungle. He showed us a viper, macaques, Thomas leaf monkeys, turtle, male, female and young orang utans, hornbills, toucan, insects and told us all about various trees showing us cinnamon, rubber trees and quinine amongst many others. He was happy to be in our videos for our channel Far Cry Rebels and told us about the palm plantations and Jungle. The lunch was huge, Nasi Goreng and a delicious fruit buffet. Dinner was cooked in camp while we bathed in the river and rested our weary bodies. The trek had been hot, humid and physically demanding and it was blissful to feel the cool water on our skin. In the evening, after pots of tea, coffee and biscuits, Andy served us a spectacular buffet of chicken rendang, vegetable curry, rice, potato fritters, fried tofu and prawn crackers and we played some brilliant Jungle games while fireflies danced in the trees. The following day, was hotter still and we left camp after a delicious breakfast of warm club sandwich with scrambled egg, cheese and vegetables and fruit. The start was a big uphill scramble using roots as aids. Yuda was so helpful, holding our cameras while we negotiated tricky bits. We stopped several times for a breather. We ran out of water so De kindly shared his. We had a fruit picnic at the highest point which was so hydrating and welcome. The rest of the trek was easier and it was joyous to reach the camp and tubing launch point. Andy drove the raft down the river as we sang songs and waved to people on the banks. Another raft raced us and we laughed hysterically when Andy fell in. It was simply one of the best experiences of our lives.

Leider kann ich diese Unterkunft gar nicht weiterempfehlen. Wir wollten 4 Nächte bleiben und hatten soweit auch alles gebucht. Nach der Buchung wurden wir angeschrieben welchen Jungle Trek wir machen wollen, diesen hatten wir aber bereits über einen anderen Anbieter gebucht. Der Besitzer wurde sehr unfreundlich und sagte uns, dass er uns in dem Fall kein Zimmer anbieten kann. Dies obwohl wir ja bereits fest gebucht und auch gezahlt hatten.

Ottima posizione e organizzazione trekking,camera tripla enorme, arredamento semplice,ma rumore della strada.ottimo ristorante con piatanze indonesiane e occidentali e colazioni super abbondanti con terrazza praticamente sul fiume .

I was quite happy with the hotel room and the location of the hotel. Also the restaurant had quite good food with a nice view. I joined a 2 day, one night trek organized by this hotel and it was good but very hard work in the humid jungle. Still it was worth it and the guides were great.

Chambre bien tenue mais c'est surtout le jungle trek avec retour en rafting que je recommande! Parfaitement organisé, juste en petit groupe (4 personnes), très belles portions de bonne nourriture et un super guide, Amji, attentif à nous faire découvrir les orang-outans et autres animaux et toujours de très bonne humeur

I start out by saying, there is nothing I didn't like!! The hotel facility is located in "downtown" Bukit Lawang, a few steps from the river. Muhdi, and entire staff, are very attentive, very kind, and extremely helpful in all things about travelling, seeing, and most of all, enjoying northern Sumatra. Muhdi help organize a 2-day/1-nite trip jungle trek ... as a solo traveller, I wanted to join another group to keep costs down ... Muhdi was able to help me. When not trekking in the jungle, I enjoyed breakfast, lunch, and dinner in their open-air restaurant/lounge overlooking the river. These past days in Bukit Lawang will probably be the highlight of my stay in Sumatra.