Bob Sumatra Tours

Bob Sumatra Tours

Bob Sumatra Tours
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Johannaloves2travel
Palo Alto, CA86 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2023 • Solo
Lake Toba Adventures

Bob Sumatra put together a wonderful 4 day tour from Medan, lake Toba, Samosir Island to Berastagi, Mount Sibayak and the beautiful Karo highlands. The trip was arranged entirely on WhatsApp and Bob was quick to respond to any questions I had beforehand.

Bob is a knowledgeable and caring guide and flexible in the pacing of the trip. Great recommendations for what to see, where to eat (delicious grilled fish at the shore of Lake Toba !) and just seize the moment when you come upon something interesting like the local soccer match.

I highly recommend him as a guide to experience the area and learn about the culture. I suggest booking at least 4 days to have time to explore and walk around. As a woman traveling solo in a part of the world I had never visited before, I felt safe traveling with him and discussing local and international issues too to gain an appreciation of where I was. Highly recommend this tour with Bob Sumatra Tours.
Written September 27, 2023
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Nicole L
16 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Friends
I’m a repeat customer of Bob. I last used his service in 2012. And as per my expectation he did not disappoint. He brought us on a culinary trip in Medan and to good view points in berastagi and lake toba. Strongly recommend anyone visiting Medan to use him and put aside a good 6 days to appreciate Medan.
Written August 9, 2023
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Caterina G
16 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Couples
Bob was super helpful and attentive to our needs. He took us to Parapat from Medan and also organized the return. Punctual, courteous and gave us lots of useful information about Medan. Last thing: he speaks English very well, which is not a given here in Indonesia.
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Written August 19, 2023
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Molly_Chai
Kuala Lumpur2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2017 • Family
I found Bob's contact in one of the travel blogs and contacted him to arrange a private tour for us. Most of the hotels were quite good and the places we went had beautiful scenery. His brother Roji was our guide. He is friendly and flexible to accommodate to our requests. We had a great time there seeing and smelling volcanoes for the first time. I will highly recommend the tour.
Written June 1, 2018
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Ooi W
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2018 • Friends
Thank you Mr Bob
He take us go a good trip
He can make us a good trip
We are Malaysia tourist he can help us take a happy trip
Written June 12, 2018
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Marika B
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2018 • Family
Bob arrange the whole trip for us. We all were very satisfied with the trip. Bob is a very gentle and reliable person. He is a good listener and adjusted the trip after our desires. His brother was with during the journey and the took turns driving the car. Good drivers both of them. We saw and experienced many thing thanks to Bob. At New Years eve we had a private jetty in Lake Toba with all the fireworks and lobster for dinner. If you want to travel in Sumatra, Bob will be a very good choice.
Written February 24, 2018
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Jazliyana J
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2017 • Friends
Bob is friendly and very helpful guide for our trip. He even planned the entire trip for us and it is something that we enjoyed very much.
Written May 31, 2018
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Janine Hoefert
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Solo
Bob
We started planning our trip to Indonesia a year in advance and wanted to get a driver for five days to explore Medan, Lake Toba and the Highlands.
We had managed to get in contact with exactly one driver (despite contacting many other agencies), however, after three texts he stopped replying.
Having such issues with finding a driver we were about to shorten our trip, when I read about Bob in another TripAdvisor forum.
I texted him over WhatsApp and received a reply within five minutes.
As we had already informed ourselves about certain hotels we asked him whether we could change them and he accommodated our wishes immediately. We did choose the Tamam Simalem Resort as one of our options which Bob warned us about and turned out to be right - better listen to Bob.
The other hotels which we chose were very nice but we also saw some of his options and they seemed just as good so it’s up to preferences.
We quickly agreed on a price and got an overview of the itinerary.
We paid the deposit upfront via Western Union which worked quickly and without issues.
As we came from Bukit Lawang with another driver instead of arriving at Medan airport we worried that there might be issues meeting up, however, Bob was very flexible and communicated with the other driver directly to find a meeting spot.
He is a very safe driver, which isn’t usual in Indonesia, and managed to deal with the difficult traffic extremely well!
After a day he had quickly understood what we were mainly interested in and adapted the itinerary for the rest of the tour accordingly.
He speaks English very well so there were no communication issues and on top of that functioned as a translator with the locals - very few of them speak English.
He knew a lot about the country, its different regions and locals as well as plants so we learnt a lot of interesting facts apart from also seeing plenty.

All in all Bob is very interesting and fun to hang out with and managed to fulfill our expectations! Would recommend to anyone planning a trip on Sumatra and would definitely book again next time!
Written February 20, 2020
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Angela
12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2019 • Friends
We were 7 in a group recently had a wonderful tour experience with Bob. I found Bob's contact in one of the travel blogs and contacted him to arrange a private tour for us. I just paid him the deposit, then we arrived on 2 June morning and Bob was there greeting us at the airport with his black van.
Overall it was an enjoyable tour for all of us. Bob is friendly, very helpful, reliable and knowledgeable guide.
Bod drove us to Samosir Island via Medan-Berastagi. We put up a night at Berastagi, visited the fruit market and one of the unique Karo Batak style Catholic Church. Along the journey we did stopped at some interesting places, such like Lumbini Natural Park, a replica of “Shwedagon Pagoda” in Yangon and the beautiful Sipisopiso Waterfall. Bob also took the trouble to drive us up to Gundaling Hill to view some amazing scenery, but that day was cloudy the view is not so clear.
We spent 2 days in Samosir Island. The views at Lake Toba is so beautiful, and comparable to New Zealand South Island. It’s one of the awesome natural wonders of the world and glad that it still preserved the natural beauty as what I have seen 30 years ago.
We all love the spicy Indonesian local food, drank avocado smoothie almost every day. We saw and experienced many things throughout our journey. Lastly thanks to Bob.
Written June 18, 2019
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Fabrice R
8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2018 • Couples
HI,
I had an excellent stay with Bob during 10 days in Sumatra ; Bob is very helpful, friendly, explain nicely, safe driving, well security throughout the whole trip. I recommend Bob ; If you want to spend a pleasant stay in Sumatra, you can contact him ; You will be delighted ;
All the best for you Dear Bob, and dont forget "Mama Muda" :-)
Written August 21, 2018
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