Help the locals to protect the environment

The biggest problem of Sumatra is that the nature suffers from deforestation in order to plant huge palm oil plantations but also hunters who kill animals, in order to sell them and earn money to survive. The people who live in Sumatra are really poor and are still suffering from hunger, so they just want to get some money to be able to nourish their families in any manner. They need to satisfy their basic needs first and afterwards they can focus on helping the environment and the animals. 

Through supporting local guides like Josef Ginting instead of big companies, you help that your money ends up in the right place, the locals.

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Quality over Quantity

Some guides just want the money of the visitors and are not interested in showing them around. Their goal is to take as many clients as possible into the jungle and make most money out of it and after their trek they do not care about them anymore. They are also feeding wild animals in the forest to attract as many tourists as possible, which makes the animals rely on the humans and they do not look for their own food anymore. Moreover, through feeding Orang Utans or other animals by hand, bacteria can get transmitted which makes them sick. That's also why the population of Orang Utans decrease continuously every year. 

By supporting Josef you will gather an amazing experience in Sumatra and your money ends up in the right place.

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