Overall Ratings & Reviews Bintan Mangrove and Firefly Tour

The staff are friendly, the boat & life vest are in decent condition and quite safe. The experience of sailing the river between the mangrove forests at night for me was quite tense but exciting. We had the opportunity to see fireflies in several spots, stars in the sky, and even a baby crocodile resting on the edge. What is very unfortunate, in that location there are 3-4 floating restaurants that use bright lights and 1 shrimp pond that uses a lot of lights so that the light pollution goes everywhere and very far. This light pollution drives away the fireflies. The staff said that 3-4 years ago when the area was still dark and there were no light sources, there were so many fireflies like snow everywhere. Now there are very few. If this light pollution continues to be allowed in that location, this firefly tourism may not last long because the fireflies will become extinct due to light pollution.

Amazing experiance. Be prepared though its going into a real jungle.