Renny's Tangkoko Safety Stop

Léa and her brother Eno received us very well!The Tangkoko Safety Stop is a hotel located on the edge of the magnificent Tangkoko Park.Léa, her mother Renny and her brother Eno are all guides in the park. They also organize tours if you don't stay in the hotel.Eno did the tour with us, he was great. We saw every animal, insect and bird there is to see! Luck or simply the expertise of our guide? It was a pleasure! We did the tour at night and during the day (morning).The hotel room is very comfortable and very clean. The walls are well insulated from noise and the room is equipped with air conditioning. A private bathroom completes everything and is very functional (there is hot water!).The breakfast served at the hotel in the morning is excellent!The hotel is 2 minutes from a beautiful black sand beach. On the beach, Léa has a small restaurant. It’s very cute and we eat divine dishes there!Léa is also at the origin of an initiative to teach English to children in the village. In order to finance her action, she sells small key rings of park animals! A beautiful local souvenir to take home!We highly recommend this address!

We stayed at the property for 2 nights to do the morning and evening tour of Tangkoko National Park with Lea. Lea is a very friendly and open-minded person and a great guide. We saw all the animals we wanted to see. Lea has a small restaurant on the beach that serves great food with vegetarian options and cold drinks. Lea is involved in the village and gives the children living there free English lessons at the restaurant.At the moment we are staying in a guesthouse, which is about a 3-minute walk from the restaurant on the beach. The rooms are simply furnished according to the price, but have air conditioning, WiFi and are clean. Lea would like to build her own accommodation near the restaurant in the near future.All in all, I can only recommend the accommodation and Lea gave us a very nice time. Because we couldn't find a driver, Lea even took us to the port in the end, from where we were picked up from the next accommodation.

Renny is the most amazing tourguide for Tangkoko, she speaks the language of the jungle, also the hospitality is far beyond!

This review is about the tour guide made in Tongkoko :Renny is an excellent guide. She does respect nature and forst. She doesn't feed animals, and by the way it is now forbidden Tarsius.Usually we like to go hike and spot animals by ourselves however in this park it is very difficult to do so. And without Renny's knowledge, we would not have spent such a great day. If you are patient and willing to take your time to looking for animals, she will be very involved as she was with us. We are very grateful for the day we spent with her.Animals are always about luck, it's not a zoo, so yes if it's raining or bad weather conditions you could not see what you're expecting to see, it's unfortunately part of the game.She's also very knowledgeable about birds and found a lot of birds for us (few examples: ashy woodpecker, green back King Fisher, Scoped Owl)The best guide we had in our trip so far. Thank you for the amazing day we had together !

Great guide! Makes a lot of effort and knows the jungle very well. She can also identify and imitate animals based on their sounds. We were very satisfied.

In the little town of Batu Putih, Renny's stands out as an all in one stop.||||Mama Renny is a fantastic guide, knowing all the secret spots in the jungle trail. Her daughter Lea is a divemaster - and can organise dives for you. …

Frankly disappointed with this more than tourist attraction, the guides ask 400 to 450,000 per day/person + 100,000 entry for the national park (i.e. 1,000,000 for 2 for 6 hours of walking in the jungle divided into a morning session and a session at nightfall, in the morning we were able to see a few makakes and a few birds, saw a couscous from afar, in this jungle which is not the most abundant (end of the dry season it must be admitted)In the evening we will gather with exactly 18 people in front of a small tree where there are 2 small tarsius, after 2 minutes of observation, embarrassed for them I already want to leave while some tourists machine-gun them with their lenses for a good twenty minutes. .If you are expecting a trek you will be frankly disappointed, here the animals are not worth it, the guides know where to find them every day (although they do not seem to feed them)If you expect human exchanges like in the rest of Sulawesi you will be even more disappointed! Renny's first welcome was frankly cold, we were very surprised after having met the Sulawesians in other, more preserved regions. Despite everything, she relaxed afterwards and I must admit she made the effort to try to make you have a pleasant time in the jungle.Even though on the way out I told her that I found it really expensive, and she replied with a big smile “I know” (this sticks in my throat)I would like to mention that in this village without the slightest charm, the same family runs the big hostel, tours the jungle and runs the only restaurant... it's up to you to judgeWe regret our visit to Tangkoko, and do not recommend it except for those who really want to see the animals.Those who still wish to “venture” there, we advise only taking the evening excursion to the tarsius and visiting on your own during the day, passing by the beach and staying on the main path so as not to get lost. , you will be able to see the black makakes and have a good overview of this jungle..First disappointment in Sulawesi.To see a real lush jungle we recommend going to the area around Tomohan and visiting the different waterfalls where you will find a real lush jungle that you can explore for free or by hiring the services of a young person from the village with whom it will be much more pleasant to exchange despite the language barrier..

Location is right next to the entrance of the national park, Renny and her daughter Lea organize wide variety of tours, Renny is an expert in spotting wildlife in the jungle and she also is an amazing chef where for dinner she personally cooks delicious all you can eat curry at her restaurant on the beach

Renny is just the perfect guide. She really loves animals and you can feel that the whole time. If you are in Tangoko, ask for renny as a guide

What a bad decision! I have no idea how they are high reviews. You have to imagine that many people might do this tour because there is no other guide that knows how to market themselves. These are the people that need money. …