About us

Selamat datang, 

We are happy to welcome you to our website. We are Irwan and Dieuwertje and since August 2017 we are the new owners of this  guesthouse, Pondok Wisata Guesthouse, located in Ketambe, North Sumatra. 

We got this place from the parents of Irwan and we are very happy to have the privilege to keep this guesthouse in our family.  The parents of Irwan rented their land years ago to other people and those people decided to built a guesthouse on this land. In August 2017 the contract of the land was finished and the land including guesthouse went back to our parents. They decided that we could take care of this guesthouse and so we did.

Irwan was born and raised in Ketambe. When he was younger Irwan started working as an assistant for jungle trekking tours at different guesthouses. After a few years of learning and practicing he became a professional guide in 2010. He started guiding his own groups, which gives him lots of experience in spotting orangutans and other wildlife and he knows the Gunung Leuser Area really well. Although we now run the guesthouse together, he still loves to do the jungle treks with our guests. He has a real passion for sharing the secrets of nature and wildlife in the jungle.

Dieuwertje is originally from The Netherlands and travelled for the first time to Sumatra in April 2016. She fell in love with the jungle, the orangutans, the food, the lovely people in Sumatra and with Irwan. After a long distance relationship for 2 years she decided in April 2018 to settle in Ketambe and to help Irwan and his family manage the guesthouse.

We are very happy to welcome you to our place. We have different types of rooms for every budget available and we offer jungle trekking tours and other activities as well. Feel free to look around at our website to get more information about Ketambe and to see what we can offer you. Together with you we want to make your stay in Ketambe fantastic!

All the best for you and we hope to see you soon in Ketambe,                          Irwan and Dieuwertje