Local jungle guides.
19 guides in this collection.
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0Ubud Jungle Guide
Bali's cultural heart is ringed by river gorges and terraced forest. Where to stay in the Ubud jungle, what to do, and how to escape the crowds.
Photo: Adimelali Bali, CC BY-SA 3.0Sidemen, Bali: The Quiet Valley Guide
An hour from Ubud and a decade behind it — Sidemen is the rice-terrace valley under Mount Agung where Bali's best bamboo houses hide.
Photo: Stefan Fussan, CC BY-SA 3.0Munduk & North Bali Highlands Guide
Bali's cool, waterfall-laced highlands — coffee country, twin lakes and jungle ridges two hours from the beach crowds.
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0Monteverde Cloud Forest Guide
Walk through the clouds on suspension bridges in the canopy — Costa Rica's most famous cloud forest, and how to do it well.
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0La Fortuna & Arenal Volcano Guide
A perfect volcano, hot springs and rainforest at its feet — La Fortuna is Costa Rica's easiest jungle base. How to plan it.
Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0Manuel Antonio Rainforest & Coast Guide
Where the rainforest meets the Pacific and the sloths come to you — Costa Rica's most-visited park, and how to stay in the trees above it.
Osa Peninsula & Corcovado Guide
National Geographic called it the most biologically intense place on earth. The wild Osa, Corcovado, and the eco-lodges at the end of the road.
Photo: The Cosmonaut, CC BY-SA 2.5 CAKhao Sok National Park Guide
A rainforest older than the Amazon and the floating raft houses on the lake at its centre — how to plan the greatest jungle stay in Thailand.
Photo: Raki_Man, CC BY 3.0Chiang Mai Jungle & Northern Thailand Guide
The forested hills around Chiang Mai — waterfalls, elephant sanctuaries and jungle lodges in the cool north of Thailand.
Photo: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0Tulum Jungle & Cenote Guide
Beyond the beach clubs, Tulum sits on a jungle riddled with cenotes. The inland side of Tulum, and where to sleep under the canopy.
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY-SA 4.0Chiapas & the Lacandon Jungle Guide
Mexico's last great rainforest, waterfalls the colour of jade and Maya ruins in the trees — the Lacandon jungle of Chiapas.
Photo: Maurice Chédel, CC BY 3.0Iquitos & the Peruvian Amazon Guide
The largest city on earth you cannot drive to, and the gateway to the deep Amazon — Iquitos, its canopy lodges and how to go deeper.
Manaus & the Anavilhanas Archipelago Guide
Where the black Rio Negro meets the sandy Amazon, and the world's largest river archipelago begins — Manaus and the lodges of the Anavilhanas.
Photo: MirfakVelez_12, CC BY-SA 3.0Minca & the Sierra Nevada Guide
A cool green mountain town above the Caribbean coast, hammocks in the clouds and coffee farms in the jungle — Minca, Colombia.
Sinharaja Rainforest Guide, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's last stretch of primary rainforest, a UNESCO reserve dripping with endemic birds and frogs — how to visit Sinharaja and where to stay.
Photo: A.Savin, Free Art LicenseElla & Sri Lanka Hill Country Guide
Tea terraces, misty ridges and the famous Nine Arch Bridge — the green hill country around Ella, and where to stay in the trees.
Photo: Gordon Tarpley, CC BY 2.0El Yunque National Forest Guide
Waterfalls, forest towers and coquí frogs an hour from San Juan — how to visit El Yunque, and the jungle stays around its edge.
Photo: Deb Nystrom from Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, CC BY 2.0Big Island Hawai'i Jungle Guide
The Puna and Hamakua rainforests, lava-heated forest and the wettest corner of Hawai'i — where the Big Island turns to jungle.
From Canggu to the Jungle: Bali Guide
How to pair Bali's surf-and-café coast at Canggu with a jungle escape inland — the easy two-base Bali trip, planned.
Photo: Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 4.0Ready to book one?
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