Birdwatching in Indonesia Birding contacts and birdwatching information Check our personalized year round birdwatching tours for small groups Local Birdingpal Contacts Local Birdwatchers Please note that most Birdingpals are serious birdwatchers. It is a privilege to contact them, and your message should reflect it. A local Pal does not get paid, but should he/she offer to take you out birding, using their own vehicle, it would be courteous to pay for the fuel. A lunch and/or a small gift would also be appropriate, something as simple as a souvenir of your country, or a pin from your local birding club. Initial Last Name Area Available Language T Srinivasa Jakarta, DKI Weekend English/Indonesian My work is in areas where there is no internet access. I return to Jakarta once in three months. Many times it is too late to respond to fellow birders on short notice, so please give me time to contact you. B Lesomar Biak, Papua Anytime English/JapaneseKai/Bahasa KeiJavan I Mauro Sorong, Papua Anytime English/DutchFrench/Indonesian M Rustam Pekanbaru/Riau, Sumatera Anytime English W Strickland Bandung, West Java Weekend English I am an American living in Bandung. I've been here only since June of 2007, but I can provide transportation to areas close to Bandung or even to Cibodas and Gunung Gede Pangrango where most of the Javan endemics can be found. Professional Guides Initial Last Name Area Available Language H Oswald Denpasar, Bali Anytime Indonesian/English N Djuni Indonesia Anytime Kaili/BahasaEnglish As for Nurlin, he is both top-flight and a lot of fun. He has professional bird books and knows his birds so well. He treks in places that I am too old to cover, but the places he took me had different endemic birds and he identified them all. Sense of humor and warmness. This guy, maybe around 30 now, is so outgoing and understands foreigners. He has a guitar which he lugs around and sings some funny songs in both English and his native Bahasa Indonesia, not to mention his dialect of Kaili from his native village on Sulawesi. Experience--I first met him when he was an English teacher at a language center in Palu, Central Sulawesi. Flexible--I asked him to guide my cycling tour customers for the trekking portion, and he was the highlight of their trip. I could not compete in any way. They loved everything he did and said. He is very patient and hard-working. I watched as he etched black crayon off of a poster he had drawn underneath, all done by hand. He has trekked for days into places I wouldn't imagine going, but the younger bird-watchers loved it. He will work day and night for you. He loves his family. Everything he does, he does for the people of his village, though he himself remains poor and humble. He is one of the most thoughtful people I have ever met. Richard Fuller, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam richjf2001(AT)yahoo.com Local Information Name Description Yayasan Kutilang Indonesia Club Birding Hotspots around the world Sites Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Indonesia Local weather Yahoo Electronic maps MapQuest Find lowest prices for field guides, books, maps etc. Field guides recommended by Birdingpals Printable bird check list Trip Reports from Indonesia Last update 25/06/2008
Check our personalized year round birdwatching tours for small groups Local Birdingpal Contacts Local Birdwatchers Please note that most Birdingpals are serious birdwatchers. It is a privilege to contact them, and your message should reflect it. A local Pal does not get paid, but should he/she offer to take you out birding, using their own vehicle, it would be courteous to pay for the fuel. A lunch and/or a small gift would also be appropriate, something as simple as a souvenir of your country, or a pin from your local birding club. Initial Last Name Area Available Language T Srinivasa Jakarta, DKI Weekend English/Indonesian My work is in areas where there is no internet access. I return to Jakarta once in three months. Many times it is too late to respond to fellow birders on short notice, so please give me time to contact you. B Lesomar Biak, Papua Anytime English/JapaneseKai/Bahasa KeiJavan I Mauro Sorong, Papua Anytime English/DutchFrench/Indonesian M Rustam Pekanbaru/Riau, Sumatera Anytime English W Strickland Bandung, West Java Weekend English I am an American living in Bandung. I've been here only since June of 2007, but I can provide transportation to areas close to Bandung or even to Cibodas and Gunung Gede Pangrango where most of the Javan endemics can be found. Professional Guides Initial Last Name Area Available Language H Oswald Denpasar, Bali Anytime Indonesian/English N Djuni Indonesia Anytime Kaili/BahasaEnglish As for Nurlin, he is both top-flight and a lot of fun. He has professional bird books and knows his birds so well. He treks in places that I am too old to cover, but the places he took me had different endemic birds and he identified them all. Sense of humor and warmness. This guy, maybe around 30 now, is so outgoing and understands foreigners. He has a guitar which he lugs around and sings some funny songs in both English and his native Bahasa Indonesia, not to mention his dialect of Kaili from his native village on Sulawesi. Experience--I first met him when he was an English teacher at a language center in Palu, Central Sulawesi. Flexible--I asked him to guide my cycling tour customers for the trekking portion, and he was the highlight of their trip. I could not compete in any way. They loved everything he did and said. He is very patient and hard-working. I watched as he etched black crayon off of a poster he had drawn underneath, all done by hand. He has trekked for days into places I wouldn't imagine going, but the younger bird-watchers loved it. He will work day and night for you. He loves his family. Everything he does, he does for the people of his village, though he himself remains poor and humble. He is one of the most thoughtful people I have ever met. Richard Fuller, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam richjf2001(AT)yahoo.com Local Information Name Description Yayasan Kutilang Indonesia Club Birding Hotspots around the world Sites Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Indonesia Local weather Yahoo Electronic maps MapQuest Find lowest prices for field guides, books, maps etc. Field guides recommended by Birdingpals Printable bird check list Trip Reports from Indonesia Last update 25/06/2008
