The Journal
Local jungle guides.
19 guides in this collection.
19 guides in this collection.
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.
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.
Bali's cool, waterfall-laced highlands — coffee country, twin lakes and jungle ridges two hours from the beach crowds.
Walk through the clouds on suspension bridges in the canopy — Costa Rica's most famous cloud forest, and how to do it well.
A perfect volcano, hot springs and rainforest at its feet — La Fortuna is Costa Rica's easiest jungle base. How to plan it.
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.
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.
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.
The forested hills around Chiang Mai — waterfalls, elephant sanctuaries and jungle lodges in the cool north of Thailand.
Beyond the beach clubs, Tulum sits on a jungle riddled with cenotes. The inland side of Tulum, and where to sleep under the canopy.
Mexico's last great rainforest, waterfalls the colour of jade and Maya ruins in the trees — the Lacandon jungle of Chiapas.
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.
Where the black Rio Negro meets the sandy Amazon, and the world's largest river archipelago begins — Manaus and the lodges of the Anavilhanas.
A cool green mountain town above the Caribbean coast, hammocks in the clouds and coffee farms in the jungle — Minca, Colombia.
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.
Tea terraces, misty ridges and the famous Nine Arch Bridge — the green hill country around Ella, and where to stay in the trees.
Waterfalls, forest towers and coquí frogs an hour from San Juan — how to visit El Yunque, and the jungle stays around its edge.
The Puna and Hamakua rainforests, lava-heated forest and the wettest corner of Hawai'i — where the Big Island turns to jungle.
How to pair Bali's surf-and-café coast at Canggu with a jungle escape inland — the easy two-base Bali trip, planned.
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