Private Tour: Gunung Leuser National Park Trekking Tour with Orangutan Viewing from Medan

Sightseeing  :  Indonesia  :  North Sumatra  :  Medan  :  Private Day Trips

This tour will take you to Bukit Lawang Gunung Leuser National park, where you will have a chance to hike some of the world's most beautiful rainforests ultimately leading to a viewing of one of Sumatra's most famous inhabitants, the Sumatran Orangutan.Depart from Medan early in the morning to Bukit Lawang Gunung Leuser National Park, one of the largest national parks in the world containing over 800,000 hectares of rainforest. The journey leads past scenic rubber and palms plantations, were you can enjoy the cool mountain's air. A hike up further into the forest offers an up-close view of incredible scenery with various tropical plants including a tangle of enormous trees, twisting lianas, palms, ferns, and as well as weird and wonderful flowers. The trek leads to the feeding ground where you will have the opportunity to admire those magnificent apes in the wild. (The trek normally takes up to 3 hours both ways).
Itinerary:
07:00 - Pickup from hotel Medan to Gunung Leuser National Park.

08:30 - Arrive in Bukit Lawang.

08:45 - The journey starts with a hike up into the forest which will give a view of incredible scenery with various tropical plants including a tangle of enormous trees, twisting lianas, palms, ferns, and as well as weird and wonderful flowers.

12:00 - Reach the feeding ground where you will obeserve the Sumatran Orangutans.

13:00 - Trek back for the next 3 hours.

16:00 - Return to your hotel in Medan.