About us
We are super happy you are here reading this story as it is our very personal one. It is about who we are, why we chose to found our own company and how we try to protect this part of the sumatran rainforest.
How it began
Riski is born and raised in Sumatra. With his roots in Bukit Lawang he feels specially bounded to the rainforest, the wildlife and the people there. He works as a guide in the Gunung Leuser National Park already since 6 years. He started as a porter, then he became cooking assistant, cook and after a long time of being the assistant guide he finally got his license and is approved by the Indonesian Tourist Guide Association (ITGA _ HPI). He loves most to see the reaction of visitors when they see their first Orangutan. "It is a very special moment for everyone when you see the humans of the forest.", as he says about it. He is the founder, manager & head guide of Sumatra Vibes.
We wanted to become part of the Less-Waste Movement
After many years of operating trekking tours for other companies Riski wanted to change something in his life. He had a dream about how the treks should be like. In 2018 he had his first own guest who contacted him because of recommendations from their friends who knew Riski from former treks. He found out that he is great in organizing treks, handling guests needs and loved to be able to chose how it should be done. In the past years he learned a lot about environmental issues, about the vegetarian lifestyle and after a while he wanted to adapt it towards a sustainable trekking company.
The last years Riski has been traveling to Malaysia, Indonesia (from North to West Sumatra, Lombok,Java) and even lived one year in Bali. He worked for an ecological Surf Retreat in Kedungu Beach near Canggu, so he gained knowledge about environmental friendly tourism and how to provide service while making less waste. In his free time he watched documentations and read articles about ecological tourism. Oh, and of course he went surfing, watched as many sunsets as possible, explored the island on a scooter, swam in waterfalls and went to balinese ceremonies. What a great time!
It was a great time, but he has seen many negative things as well - the big plastic problem our world is facing, climate change, wrong behavior in the rainforest & mistreated animals. It made him wish to be able to actively change something. To have an impact in our small radar.
Then he finally had the idea - he took his wish of how our world should look like and combined it with the things he already worked in - offering trekking tours to see Sumatras amazing nature & wildlife but in a sustainable & ethical way. That is how he founded SUMATRA VIBES Trek & Travel.
We - the team of Sumatra Vibes Trek & Travel - absolutely love our jungle and we want to protect all its animals and plants. Protect it from wrong behavior of visitors, from becoming palm oil plantations and from the overwhelming plastic pollution.
So join us on a sustainable jungle trekking or an eco-conscious tour and help us having a positive impact on this world! let's make it greener, happier and better together for everyone!
We are already happy to meet you and welcome you as our guest.
Never try never know.
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