点评:This trip was a disaster. We contacted Putra to ask if walking was still possible as I had sprained my ankle trekking elsewhere. He lied about how easy the walks were so we would still come. He also tried to add an extra person to our trek after we agreed to share our car with them. When we said no he was really pushy & rude, but we didn't want to ruin another person's hike as I was quite injured.
When we arrived at the accommodation for the night before our trek there was no mosquito net in the room & no drinking water. We also saw a man throw a small kitten aggressively into the ground. Just horrible behaviour.
Putra then tried to charge 700000pp/hr for a night walk (the going rate is 200000pp for 2-4hrs), claiming he offered a "superior" service.
Needless to say the walks were not okay for a sprained ankle, having many steps up and down balancing on tree roots. Something I specifically told Putra I couldn't do. I ended up using two sticks as crutches to get through the hikes, but it hurt a lot, even with the ankle strapped.
Then we found out there were only 2 accessible campsites for our 4D3N trek and only 1 area (the labyrinth) with any wildlife at this time of year. 1 or 2 nights would have been more than enough as we were just expected to loop through the same section again and again.
The joy continued when we received sleeping bags had not been washed between guests and stunk so badly we couldn't use them. No one replaced them so we only had 1 small blanket our guide lent us, leaving one of us without a blanket.
We were also camped between guides making noise really late & the poo alley...no drop toilets here, just one section in the forest with no shovels. It was pretty awful as many tourists camp in the same location. But it got worse when we saw a porter actually pooing in river where they collect the drinking water and wash up the dishes. Another guide explained that it didn't matter as the river runs very fast, so obviously this is common practice. Water purifying tablets do not kill all protozoa so our guts were not okay.
The campsite at the hot spring was much quieter so we managed to get some sleep, however it was also downstream from where everyone bathed and our porter was washing dishes in the river again. Needless to say the diarrhoea was explosive and within 15mins of every meal, even with appropriate medication. When our guide realised how sick I was he insisted the porter use forest streams for water but the washing up in the river continued.
This is not a review of our guide. He did his utmost to find animals for us and make the trip as good as possible given the circumstances. But Putra is a horrible lying person who is just after money. Later we found 3 closed Google business listings for "Trekking with Putra" and we can only assume they were closed due to other poor reviews. I tried to leave a poor google review and google rejected it, so goodness knows who else has had a terrible trip. A month later my stomach is still really awful and my ankle is throbbing with pain. If you go to Ketambe use anyone but Putra. Once he has your money he doesn't care at all.
I am a doctor however and would advise that if you are elderly, immunocompromised or have young children to avoid Ketambe all together. The lack of water hygiene is not worth the risk. We are Australian and used to roughing it in the bush, but this was just disgusting. Don't poo where you eat is a pretty basic concept.
翻译:这次旅行简直是一场灾难。由于我在其他地方徒步时扭伤了脚踝,我们便联系Putra询问是否还能进行徒步。他谎称徒步过程非常轻松,就是为了让我们还是决定参加。在我们同意与他们拼车后,他还试图在团队中再添加一个人。当我们拒绝时,他变得极其强硬且无礼。不过由于我伤势较重,我们也不想因此破坏其他人的徒步体验。在我们徒步旅行前一晚入住旅馆时,房间里既没有蚊帐,也没有饮用水。我们还看到一个男子粗暴地把一只小猫扔到地上。真是恶劣至极的行为。
后来,普特拉试图以每小时70万印尼盾的价格提供夜间徒步服务(正常情况下,2到4小时的徒步服务收费仅为20万印尼盾),还声称自己提供的是“更高级”的服务。
不言而喻,对于那些脚踝扭伤的人来说,这种有很多上下台阶且需要借助树根来保持平衡的徒步路线根本不适合行走。有一件事我明确告诉过普特拉,我做不到。最后我只好用两根木棍当拐杖来完成徒步,但即便脚踝处绑了绷带,还是疼得要命。
后来我们才发现,在我们这次4天3夜的徒步行程中,只有两个营地是可以使用的;而在每年的这个时候,也只有一个区域(即“迷宫区”)有野生动物出没。其实只住一两个晚上就足够了,因为我们只需反复往返于同一段路线罢了。当我们收到那些在不同住客之间使用过却从未清洗过、臭得根本没法用的睡袋时,好心情立刻荡然无存。没人给我们更换睡袋,我们只能用导游借给我们的一条小毯子,结果有个人连毯子都没有。
我们露营的地方周边全是导游们,他们直到很晚还在吵闹;还有所谓的“厕所区”……这里没有移动式厕所,只是在森林里划出一块区域供人们如厕,而且连铲子都没有。情况相当糟糕,因为很多游客都在同一地点露营。但情况变得更糟:我们看到一个挑夫居然在人们取用饮用水和洗碗的河里拉屎。另一位向导解释说没关系,因为河水流速很快,显然这种做法很常见。不过净水片并不能杀死所有原生动物,所以我们的肠胃还是出现了问题。
温泉旁的营地安静得多,我们这才勉强睡了一会儿。不过,那个地方位于众人洗澡处的下游,我们的挑夫又在河里洗盘子。不用说,即便服用了相应的药物,我每次饭后不到15分钟就会腹泻不止。当向导意识到我病得有多重时,他坚持要求挑夫改用森林里的溪流取水,但挑夫依旧继续在河里洗东西。
这并非对向导的评价。在那种情况下,他已经竭尽全力为我们寻找动物、尽力让这次旅行尽可能顺利。但普特拉是个极其恶劣的骗子,只图赚钱而已。后来我们发现有3条关于“跟随普特拉徒步旅行”的谷歌商家评价被删除了,我们只能推测这些评价被删是因为其他游客也给出了差评。我试着留下一条差评,但谷歌拒绝发布,所以天知道还有多少人经历了糟糕的旅行体验。一个月过去了,我的肠胃仍然很不舒服,脚踝也疼痛难忍。如果你要去凯塔姆贝,请找其他人带路,千万别找普特拉。一旦他骗到了你的钱,就完全不管你了。不过我是一名医生,在此建议:如果您年事已高、免疫力低下,或者家中有年幼的孩子,那么最好完全避免前往凯塔姆贝。环境卫生条件恶劣所带来的风险实在不值得冒。我们是澳大利亚人,习惯在野外艰苦生存,但这次的经历真是令人作呕。“吃饭的地方可不能上厕所”这是最基本的常识啊。