Day 1
After breakfast, your guide will collect you at 9.00am from your
guesthouse and you will start your journey into the jungle of Gunung Leuser
National Park to see wild orangutans. On your trek (6-7 hours), your guide will
educate you on the local wildlife, flora and fauna you may encounter in Gunung
Leuser. After lunch, you will continue your trek to see other wildlife (if
you’re lucky you may see the Thomas’ leaf monkey, white-handed gibbon, Siamang,
long-tailed macaque, pig-tailed macaque, hornbills, peacocks and
learn about the trees/plants which can be used in traditional medicine.
Day 2
After breakfast provided by team Trekking Orangutan
Sumatra we will be walking into the jungle. spotting wildlife
throughout the day and learning more about orangutans (their behaviour,
lifestyle and social skills). After lunch, continue your trek to camp at the
edge of Bohorok River. You are then free to swim, help prepare dinner, or even
go fishing. After dinner, weather permitting, our team will prepare a bonfire
and the guides will entertain you with their jungle skills, games and songs
before you settle down to sleep.
DAY 3
After breakfast either we continue the trek with small walk in
the jungle, then back to the camp, or relax at camp, enjoying the beauty of the
jungle around you and swim in the cool and refreshing Bohorok river. After
lunch, you will leave the campsite by traditional Tube rafting. following the
river downstream to the village and directly to your guesthouse.
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Duration |
Three Days |
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Included |
Certified English speaking guide, fresh fruit, lunch 3x,
dinner 2x, breakfast 2x, water 3x tent equipment, permit to
enter the national park |
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Tour price |
€110 per person (optional: tube rafting €10 extra) |
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What to bring |
Comfortable shoes, water shoes, flip flops, one or two change
of clothes, long sleeves sweater, towel, a large bottle of water, insect
repellent, sun cream, swim wear, a torch and toilet paper |
OPTIONAL:
TUBE RAFTING
On the second day of your jungle adventure it is possible to
return to the village by what we call the ‘jungle taxi’. The river will bring
you back while sitting on a big tube. Tube rafting is a fun and exciting way to
finish your tour through the jungle. For tubing, there is a surcharge of €10.
