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4 DAYS BUKIT LAWANG ORANG UTANS JUNGLE TREKKING (STAY IN TENT): NATURE, JUNGLE, FLORA & FAUNA
Itinerary:
DAY 01: ARRIVAL MEDAN – BUKIT LAWANG / 3,5 hours’ drive
Arrive at Kuala Namu International Airport with flight…
You will be warmly welcomed by our driver with your name written on a piece of paper. Drive to Bukit Lawang, the conservation of the Orangutans located in Gunung Leuser National Park by landscape with vast view of palm oil and rubber plantation. En-route it’s possible to stop at rubber, oil palm and cacao plantations with some countryside landscape (optional). Arrive in Bukit Lawang, check-in hotel. All accommodations in Bukit Lawang are guesthouses at the best breathtaking location on the bank of Bohorok River with the surrounding jungle, simple, good clean with own bathroom. No warm water is available. You will meet the professional local guide to prepare for your jungle trekking the next day. Overnight stay in a guesthouse at Bukit Lawang.
DAY 02: TREKKING GUNUNG LEUSER NATIONAL PARK (B,L,D)
Breakfast at hotel. Set off on your trekking adventure through the Gunung Leuser National Park with an experienced guide. Walking around 15 minutes past the rubber plantation to the Gate of Gunung Leuser National Park. Enter and continue jungle trekking to explore the park. This involves an hour’s walk through the jungle to reach the feeding grounds of the Orangutans. Steep, slopes, and dense vegetation will bring you the excitement of the rainforest. And enjoying stop for variety of tropical fruit and Indonesian Lunch packed. In this tropical primary rainforest, our expert guides will help you to maximize the quality of your wildlife encounter. You can see the varieties of: Birds, butterflies, white handed gibbon, hornbills, Thomas leaf monkey, Long Tail Macaque, different kinds of reptiles and Sumatran Orangutan. During your trekking overnight in the jungle, you will learn the medicinal qualities of the jungle plants. Learn about setting up camp in the Sumatran jungle on arrival to your campsite and assist in building a fire to cook your dinner. Your local guide is well versed in “camp cooking” dining under the stars surrounded by enjoying the atmosphere of the wild as the sun goes down. Overnight in tent.
DAY 03: TREKKING GUNUNG LEUSER NATIONAK PARK – RETURN TO BUKIT LAWANG (B,L)
Breakfast provided by expert guides. Enjoy your jungle morning with the sound of birds and gibbon. This morning you will wake up a chorus of wildlife such as the shy gibbon or massive hornbills in search of fruit. The sheer array of sounds will astound you. Venture deeper into the jungle, quietly in the hope of spotting some endemic wildlife such as the magnificent Orangutan. Other species of animals like Sumatran striped rabbits and many species of birds and butterflies may also be seen. Today’s terrain is steady through lush jungles and towering trees and ferns. Lunch in the jungle. Then we return to Bukit Lawang with 1,5 hours full of fun because we will bring you back to your guesthouse by traditional tube-rafting down Bohorok River – a very special and exciting way to finish your trekking adventure through the Sumatran jungle. Overnight stay in a guesthouse in Bukit Lawang.
DAY 04: BUKIT LAWANG – FREE PROGRAM – MEDAN AIRPORT (B)
Breakfast at the hotel. Free any optional free program in the morning at Bukit Lawang. You can explore the countryside of local village life by hiring a bicycle or Becak (cycle rickshaw) to see green rice fields, rubber plantation, and through local villages around Bukit Lawang or cool off with a refreshing swim in the river. However, this is an optional tour at your personal expenses as you can decide on the spot if you have enough time before heading back to Medan. Today you drive back to Medan, and we transfer you to Kuala Namu International Airport to catch your onward flight. Tour ends. .
Price: by request
What’s Included
- Transportation in comfortable air-conditioned private car incl. fuel as mentioned in the program
- 2 overnights separately accommodation in good medium class guesthouses based on double room + daily breakfast
- Private tour
- Driver, his meals and accommodation costs
- Entrance and parking fees as per program
- Permit to enter the National Park of Gunung Leuser
- 2 Days Jungle Trekking with professional local guide & assistant, 2x Lunch, 1x Dinner, 1x breakfast, fresh fruit, camping equipment, tent and mattress
- Tube rafting down the river
- Daily Mineral Water
What’s Not included
- Personal expenses such as: Lunch, Dinner (except for 2 days of jungle trekking), drinks, souvenirs, laundry, minibar, etc.
- Air tickets & Visa On Arrival
- Donations
- Tipping driver/tour guide (recommended)
- Travel Insurance (highly recommended)
- Tour guide
- Any optional programs
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