Rimba Ecolodge

Rimba Ecolodge is a small off-grid guesthouse of bungalows on the beach at Sungai Pisang, on Sumatra's west coast. It's a stunning setting: 300 metres of Indian Ocean shoreline on one side, the forested slopes of the Bukit Barisan mountains on the other. Stay in one of a handful of simply furnished beach huts, built from local rattan, bamboo and ruyung, with sea breezes and jungle air doing the job of air conditioning. The adjoining forest has held protected status since 2012 and connects by corridor to a much larger tract of protected rainforest. Spend time snorkelling and swimming with reef fish, rays and the occasional turtle just offshore, or head into the trees to spot silvered langurs, agile gibbons and Sumatran surili.