Tangkoko Ranger Homestay

I would be careful from taking the services offered by this ‘homestay’ which is just a small hotel, and even less ‘ranger’ related. While the stay itself is overall satisfactory, and affordable. They make money charging a hefty extra on the back of tour guides, and drivers. The room itself was overall spotless even if we found a worm on the bed, and that the mosquito net is torn in parts. Breakfast consist of noodles, pancakes and bananas. Transport from Manado that you can find from the airport is 250k-300k; they charge 400k. As for the return to Manado city, they charge 500k while the normal price is 300k. A word of caution is to arrange your driver in advance for the pick up, because the village doesn’t offer alternatives. As for the guides, you can find them just by the gate, so it’s better to agree with them directly other than paying the ‘homestay’ for this service on which they are taking a cut, and making you share the tour with others, while it is normally standard to have a guide for one’s self group. The communication with the owner is not smooth, he’s barely responsive and quite rude by times, informing me that he’s on holidays when we wanted to arrange a car for Manado.

Very dirty and worn down, do not trust the pictures. They treated wildlife very badly including shining bright flashlights for 30 minutes on nocturnal animals and shaking trees for "good photos". Bad and expensive food. No mosquito nets but rooms filled with spiders and mosquitos.

This homestay is located directly at the entrance of the national Park. The rooms a quite big and clean and all directly in the garden. It has a small restaurant which offers delicious food. The owner is very helpful and organize tour guides for you.

Very nice stay right next to gate to National park. Rooms were nice and clean and even had an air conditioning. Owner arranged an evening tour for us, and it was perfect. Also his wife is a great cook, all the meals were good and portions generous. One morning we could watch wild monkeys going to steal rambutan directly from the trees. The dinner area was great for that :)

Chambre double 250 000 roupies soit 17 euros basique Clim, eau chaude Avec petit déjeuner copieux et varié. Personnel adorable. Les repas étaient très bons. L'emplacement est génial, en face de l'entrée du parc !