OrangUtans in the Gunung Leuser national park
on Sumatra

Bukit Lawang at the Bohorok river

Above the wild streaming Bohorok river lies the village of Bukit Lawang.
Tracking is possible for a few hours. A trip lasting several days can also be arranged.

Uphill is the Orang Utan resort, a half hour climb. The resort is open to visitors twice a day , at 8 o'clock in the morning and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The boatman brings you over the river in a small canoe.

After floodings caused by suddenly breaking of a clogging wooden log-dam in the river, the lower part of the village was destroyed a few years ago. A small hang-bridge gives passage to the other higher river-bank. Orang Utan family

Features:


You can arrange jungle tracks for half an hour, two hours etc., with a local guide.

Alternative place deeper down the jungle:

Tangkahan

 with praws, swimming in the river and elephants

Orang Utan
Route description: see
(24 day program),
but can easily be inserted in all other tours;
distance from Medan about 3 hours,
it is possible to return to Medan in the evening of the same day.

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Photos from "Orang Oetans, De laatste bosmensen?" by Herman & Ans Rijksen, Brussel 1988

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