Indonesia Wildlife Highlights
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Komodo National Park
Arrive in Komodo National Park, met and transferred to your accommodation. Few wildlife encounters are as primal as standing, with a ranger, near a three-metre Komodo dragon in the open.
Komodo National Park
Dive or snorkel with mantas and turtles between the islands. Take a ranger-led walk to find Komodo dragons, then snorkel the reefs.
Komodo National Park
Climb Padar for the island views and visit a pink beach.
To Waigeo Island
Transfer to Waigeo Island. A pre-dawn forest trek for Wilson's and red birds-of-paradise. Bird the lowland forest, then snorkel the island reefs.
Waigeo Island
Bird the lowland forest, then snorkel the island reefs. Search the canopy for displaying birds-of-paradise. Waigeo offers two of the planet's most spectacular birds within reach of the world's best reefs.
Waigeo Island
Search the canopy for displaying birds-of-paradise.
To Arfak Mountains
Transfer to Arfak Mountains. Sit at a forest hide for the Vogelkop bowerbird and Western parotia. Bird the steep cloud-forest trails for montane endemics.
Arfak Mountains
Bird the steep cloud-forest trails for montane endemics. Dawn and dusk at the display grounds and bowers. The Arfak's bowers and dances are among the most astonishing displays in the bird world.
Arfak Mountains
Dawn and dusk at the display grounds and bowers.
To Nimbokrang
Transfer to Nimbokrang. Dawn at the twelve-wired bird-of-paradise display, then forest birding. Work the canopy leks for the lesser bird-of-paradise.
Nimbokrang
Work the canopy leks for the lesser bird-of-paradise. Search the lowland forest for pittas, jewel-babblers and parrots. Nimbokrang's lowland birds round out the Arfak's montane species for a full Papua list.
To Tangkoko Nature Reserve
Transfer to Tangkoko Nature Reserve. Dawn with the black macaque troops and dusk with the tarsiers. Walk the coastal forest for hornbills, cuscus and the maleo.
Tangkoko Nature Reserve
Walk the coastal forest for hornbills, cuscus and the maleo. Search the figs for tarsiers and the trails for endemics. Sulawesi's isolation bred a cast of unique animals, and Tangkoko is the easiest place to meet them.
Tangkoko Nature Reserve
Search the figs for tarsiers and the trails for endemics.
To Lore Lindu National Park
Transfer to Lore Lindu National Park. Bird the montane forest for Sulawesi's highland endemics. Explore the megalith valleys between birding sessions.
Lore Lindu National Park
Explore the megalith valleys between birding sessions. Search the deep forest for anoa and babirusa. Lore Lindu blends montane endemics with one of Indonesia's most enigmatic archaeological landscapes.
To Gunung Leuser National Park
Transfer to Gunung Leuser National Park. Trek the rainforest from Bukit Lawang for wild orangutans. Walk the forest for gibbons, leaf monkeys and hornbills.
Gunung Leuser National Park
Walk the forest for gibbons, leaf monkeys and hornbills. A longer forest day deeper into Leuser, then the river. The Sumatran orangutan is one of the most endangered apes alive, and Leuser is its last great stronghold.
Gunung Leuser National Park
A longer forest day deeper into Leuser, then the river.
Departure
A final morning in Gunung Leuser National Park — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
Dry season. Calm seas, clear water and active dragons in the open savannah.
Good season
Wetter and lush; seas rougher, but fewer visitors.
Where this journey goes
Hand-picked camps & lodges
TA’AKTANA, a Luxury Collection Resort
A polished Marriott Luxury Collection resort at Labuan Bajo, the refined base for the Komodo islands.
AYANA Komodo Waecicu Beach
A full-service beach resort near Labuan Bajo with its own jetty for the dragon-island boats.
Mokwam Birding Homestays
Community-run homestays in the Arfak highlands, basic but perfectly placed for the bowerbird hides.
Ecolodge Bukit Lawang
A riverside eco lodge at Bukit Lawang, the classic base for Gunung Leuser orangutan treks.
Plataran Komodo Resort
A relaxed bay resort on Flores, comfortable and well-placed for the Komodo crossings.
Toro Guest House
A simple highland guesthouse in the Lore Lindu valleys, a base for the montane birding.
Make it yours.
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