Day 1
After breakfast, your guide will collect you 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 monitor
lizards) and learn about the trees/plants which can be used in traditional
medicine.
Late afternoon-your guide will select a suitable spot next to a
small river in the depths of the forest to set-up camp. Spend your free time
swimming, help prepare dinner or even learn some jungle skills. Before settling
down to sleep surrounded by the sounds of the jungle and river.
Day 2
The adventure goes on, as we will see the real wild nature of
the tropics, spot the animals and learn more about the life of the orangutans
and their behavior. We will spend the following night close to Jambur Batu
Atas, a rather secluded site, from where we can take a walk to the waterfall, a
perfect place to relax and dip into the cold refreshing water after another day
of trekking.
Day 3
On the third day of the excursion after a short hike you will
reach the summit of the mountain and admire the breath-taking view, as you
venture deeper into the jungle of Gunung Leuser National Park with the beauty
of the dense forest and the wild animals. In the afternoon we will set up our
tents close to the river of Bohorok, where we can go for another swim, chill out
or go fishing. Depending on the weather, we will sit by the bonfire and enjoy
the evening while playing games, singing and sharing the skills essential to
survive in the jungle, before we will fall asleep in our tents.
Day 4
After Breakfast and get time for relaxing or Trek and swimming
in the waterfall. And than time for where our team prepare tube for nice and
experience river tubing back to bukit lawang.
Duration |
Four
Days |
Included |
Certified
English speaking guide, fresh fruit, lunch 4x, dinner 3x, breakfast
3x, water 4x, tent equipment blanket, permit to enter the
national park |
Tour
price |
€
155 per person (optional: tube rafting €10 extra) Minimum
3 Person |
What
to bring |
Comfortable
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 |
TUBE RAFTING
On the last day in the jungle we return to the village by what
we call the ‘Tube Rafting’. 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.