Our story begin in 1993 when we prepared a plan to develop boutique resorts in certain national parks of Indonesia. Our professional experience in architecture was then expanded to new horizon of environmental understanding. The First International Ecotourism Workshop and Field Seminar in US Virgin Islands is an important starting point to have better understanding of ecotourism essentials.

With actualized perspective, we then proceed a land concession in a national park of West Java. The contract management in Situ Gunung (Sukabumi) is our first project that run in environmental friendly concept. A join operation in West Bali National Park with 25 years of concession begin to operate in early 2000 as Waka Shorea Resort. This 14 bungalows resort implements sustainable design principles.

Networking with many environmentalists, NGOs, government bodies, local communities, and ecotourism practitioners give us perspective that program or activity development is a key issue in ecotourism business. Together with some experienced professionals we then setup and run Jelajah Persada Indonesia -- an independent ecotourism company that focus in developing nature based activities in Indonesia. With almost 10 years of experience in ecotourism it is our mission to provide our guests the most valued environmental experiences ever.

The Company

The companys name is Jelajah Persada Indonesia with Tualang Adventure as commercial name. We are private company that has official license from Indonesian Government to run activities related with travel, event organizing, project development, handicraft production, and general trading and services.

Professional Membership & Experiences

Our company is institutional member of The International Ecotourism Society (TIES). Members of the Board of Directors are individually involved and become registered member of professional societies such as: Indonesian Architect Association (IAI), GreenDesign Society - Indonesia, BirdLife Indonesia Program. Having many clients with various backgrounds, we are often involved as co-organizor of ecotourism and travel seminars hosted by government or professional societies.

Partnership

To run programs with professional standard and share mutual experiences we then build partnership with individuals, communities, and institutions such as: Shorea Barito Wisata, ValueQuest, PPLH Seloliman, local tour operators and NGOs. Tualang Adventure is a co-partner of Griya Asri (Indonesian architecture magazine) in managing GreenDesign website.

Board of Directors

Ronny Tanumihardja - ronny@tualang-adventure.cjb.net 

Priandono Nurhadi - priandono@tualang-adventure.cjb.net