5 starts, we are a couple, at our mid 30's we like to have a bit of a nice guesthouse, clean and friendly staff. Well, if this is what you also want, then we would like to recommend Sahnan's guesthouse. Business is runned by the family, son is perfectly English speaking. Washing service, very tidy and quick, good wifi, good kitchen as well. We recommend tis place.

Stayed in April 2024

If you want to have a good time and SEE ORANGUTANS this is the place, the team (we had two guides) knows the place like the palm of their hand, they split and search, thus, 2x chance to see orangs!! I consider this an unbeatable technique. While on our tour, we met some people that told us they saw 2 orangs in 2 days, a couple that saw 1 in their whole tour, we saw 8 orangs in just 6 hours or so!! first we saw a teen orang that started following us from the tree tops, then we crossed paths with a mama orang and her baby orang, then a single male adult, then a couple male-female, one more young adult and, THIS IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN A LONG TIME, we were tubing back down the river to the guest house and we saw this HUGE orang, it looked almost 2m and like +200lbs Breakfast was good, super good KopiSusu, omelette, banana pancakes, everything was delicious!

Stayed in April 2024

The lovely rooms are set around a beautiful garden, the rooms are very comfortable & very clean. The whole family are so friendly & kind, they helped us with transfers & took us on an excellent trek to see the Orangutan’s, we were very lucky and saw 5 in total. What makes this accommodation stand out is the super friendly family who run it; brothers andri & ambri who speak exceptional english, especially Andri. I’m not sure what their parents were called but they too were super friendly & kind. The family also took in a stray cat we brought with us from Medan. (Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for this) Our stay here was the highlight of a 6 week trip in Indonesia. Thank you so much and we hope to return again in the future x

Stayed in January 2024

The only thing we missed was a shelf in the bathroom as well as a mirror over the sink (but it was in the room so not a major issue)

We stayed 6 nights at this beautiful Guesthouse with lovely people. The room was spacious and the patio overlooking the nice garden was a great place to relax. On one afternoon we could even see an orangutan with her baby in the garden. The complementary breakfast was delicious with lot of choices. They have also a restaurant overlooking the river where they serve superb food and juices at very convenient prices. Andri and his family were very friendly and helpful for any inquiry we had and arranged our transport from airport and after to Berastagi. We went on the 1 day jungle trek with them and had a great time with Amri and Baba as well as a very interesting village tour. Comunication before arrival was excellent. Wifi was working very good.

Stayed in December 2023

Bed was not the best but still ok

Unbelievable friendly and helpful. Very nice restaurant with good food and view.

Stayed in December 2023

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This guesthouse is so nice!!! Everything is great, the owners are the most friendly people you ever meet, the service is great, the garden is beautiful, the room is very clean, breakfast is included! What can I say…. Stay there!!! They did 100000 extra miles to make the stay fantastic: we did many great things, like going to the market (30 min from the guesthouse), we went into rice fields and my children loved the soap making! And Eco print! And I really advice you to go to the jungle with them and guide Pipet. Lovely people, really into eco tourism, very responsible…. The jungle tour is fantastic! We love to come here!!!!! A big thanks for you all!!!!!!

Stayed in October 2023

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a very friendly and helpful family that runs the guesthouse. we booked a 2-day trek through them and it was super well organised. good food, good guides,... the room was tidy, sometimes the village electricity went out, but then a generator was turned on in the evening.

Stayed in October 2023

Keep in mind there is no airconditioning in the room. This made it difficult to get some sleep for me, but I’m a terrible sleeper anyway :)

Andri and his family were incredibly friendly, helpful and every other positive qualities that exist! :) The location is perfect for jungle trekking and other activities.

Stayed in September 2023

I really loved this place, because it was quiet, and near everything. Wifi was good too. I recommend this place.

Stayed in September 2023

Mery and Abdi are really kind and helpful with planning all kinds of daytrips and transfers. The location in Berestagi is good and close to the markets

Stayed in September 2023

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Very kind and lovely family that does everything to make your stay perfect. Beautiful garden. Great food and nice view on the river from their restaurant terrace. They organised private transport from the airport and guided jungle hike for very reasonable price.

Stayed in August 2023

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We really enjoyed staying here and actually didn’t want to leave. Andri and his family are really friendly! He arranged a very good jungle trekking for us, a tour to the bat cave etc. The rooms in the garden are beautiful.! Sometimes there are sitting monkeys on your terras. the food is also great. If you go tot Bukit Lawang, don’t hesitate and go to Sahnan guesthouse!

Stayed in August 2023

There are quite a few things lacking (i.e. no hot water), but they are to be expected for this low price.

Nice staff, good location, very clean room with enough space. The price is very low and the porch is great!

Stayed in August 2023

We had a lovely stay here, the family was super friendly and really helped us with everything: getting transportation, earlier breakfast, extra GB for our SIM card, laundry and more! The food was really good and there’s a semi wild orang utan with a baby that climbs in the trees next to the huts sometimes! I would highly recommend staying here.

Stayed in August 2023

Andre is always available to help organize your stay, this is great! Food and accommodation were also very good. Thanks!

Stayed in August 2023

Instructions regarding parking of car and walk to to guesthouse 4-500m and across river would be a good addition to guest information.

Family management very friendly and caring. Breakfast choice good and served on time . Location good not noisy but only a short walk from main town. Not accessible by car but ample parking available in town.. Restaurants close by. Easy access to management team who called my handphone to confirm arrival details . Good English spoken by hotel staff

Stayed in July 2023

The room was clean. The bathroom was also big and neatly maintained. The guest house is just by the river and the dine out area has a great view. There is also a sit out area outside the room facing the garden, but expect monkey visits. Andri and his family helped us have a comfortable stay and would definitely recommend.

Stayed in June 2023

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Beautiful place in cosy Bukit Lawang! Andri, the owner, was very kind and helped us with everything we needed (recommendations, organization of jungle trekking, transport to Toba lake). We definitely recommend booking the jungle trekking (2 days, one night) via Andri - his friend is a guide and took us on a wonderful trekking, very ecofriendly and good with animals! Big plus: sometimes Orangutans visit the garden of the hotel and there are loads of other monkeys! :)

Stayed in June 2023

Andri and his family made me feel very welcome, arriving late at night. A perfect spot to prepare for, and then recover from a multi day jungle trek. The breakfast veranda has an amazing view of the often raging river.

Stayed in May 2023

Location was perfect, close to the jungle and the city center. The staff was amazing, best host we had in Indonesia.

Stayed in April 2023

I don't think I have ever experienced such good customer service. This is a family run place and they went above and beyond to make sure my partner and I were comfortable and happy. They also booked us on an amazing trek in the jungle to see the Orangutans. We got to see one very up close. Our guide was named Bim and he was fantastic and such a joy! Highly recommend staying here!

Stayed in April 2023

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Sahnan gest house is an amazing place to stay, relax, and enjoy nature. The room was comfortable and quiet. The breakfeat was realy good. Andre, the owner, is a realy nice and helpful man. You can book jungle trip directly with him. We booked 2 days and 1 night in jungle. It was so great, we saw plenty of animals included the famous orangutans. Amazing experience. I recommend 100 %.

Stayed in April 2023

No warm water, like in many (all?) places in bukit lawang. Not a problem at all considering the warm weather though

Very convenient location and extremely warm and kind hosts. The room is simple but confortable and perfectly clean The owners are always ready to help and their small shop is very useful (don't forget to buy an efficient mosquito repellent there ;) Nice addition, the lunch terrace has a very nice view of the river

Stayed in December 2022

This was definitely one of our highlights of our trip through Indonesia. We organized everything (Car to pick us up and Trekking Trip) in advance with Jay via WhatsApp and everything worked well. We stayed one night at the Bungalow of Jay and his family and started the jungle track the next morning with Jay and one of his friends. They were teaching us a lot of things about the jungle and of course seeing the Orang utans was spectacular. We had the feeling the whole time that they really repect the nature and its animals. The walk was quite challenging since it was raining the night before and everything was a bit slippery but Jay and his friend helped us all the time to make it to our sleeping place. The food there was amazing and we loved chatting with Jay and his friend during dinner and the rest of the evening. Next morning - next Highlight rafting back to the town. Overall we cannot emphasize enough how much we enjoyed staying at Sahan guest house and doing the jungle trip.

Stayed in August 2022