Your Jungle Guide will pick you up at your guesthouse in Bukit Lawang after breakfast (around 9 am) or in the afternoon (latest at 3 pm). However, the best chance of seeing Orangutans and other wildlife is in the morning. According to your wishes it´s possible to start earlier as well.
Follow your guide the way down the river through Bukit Lawang, then go uphill for a few minutes and cross rubber plantations on the way to the entrance of Gunung Leuser National Park.
Once you have entered the National Park, you will feel the atmosphere of the rainforest with its unique sound and smell. Not far from the entrance there is a very high chance of observing wildlife, like our close relatives – Orangutans, the “people of the forest” – or the funny punky monkey, also called Thomas Leaf Monkey and other exotic animals and plants.
After a vitalising snack of tropical fruits on the buttress roots of the tropical giant trees, keep walking through the jungle and try to forget the daily life for a moment – just enjoy this amazing scenery and let it sink in.
End your trek with a refreshing swim in the crystal clear Bohorok River and optional rafting back to Bukit Lawang on big rubber tires knotted together as a boat. Back in the village, your guide will bring you to your guesthouse.
