These are the do’s and don’ts when doing jungle trekking in Bukit Lawang 1. Listen to your guides Our guides are well trained and now the jungle from the back of their hand. They take care of everyone’s safety so it is important to listen to them while in the jungle. 2. No feeding or touching of wildlife We know…
If you want to do jungle trekking in Bukit Lawang, you must bring the following things: Jungle trekking can cause some unplanned situations – from weather changes, to exhaustion or health issues. Therefore it is better to be prepared for everything. Here is a packing list for jungle trekking in Sumatra. Try to make your luggage as light as possible.…
About Gunung Leuser National Park The Gunung Leuser National park is a fragile, but very diverse ecosystem. It is threatend by deforestation, palm oil plantations and illegal logging. Read more about the problem of palm oil. And many of the wildlife is in danger as well. This rainforest is home to such rare mammals as the mighty Sumatran tiger, the rhinoceros,…
History of jungle trekking in Bukit Lawang In 1973 two zoologists from Switzerland established an orangutan rehabilitation centre in Bukit Lawang. It sounds crazy, but orangutans were (and sometimes still are) held as pets throughout Indonesia, and the centre was founded to to reintroduce them to the jungles. It was funded by the WWF and Frankfurt Zoological Society. The centre…
Are you planning to go to Bukit Lawang? There is three tranportation that you can use to go to Bukit Lawang. It takes approximately 3 to 5 hours from the Kualanamu airport to Bukit Lawang depending on traffic but also on the time and the day at which you travel. If you book mid-day, early flight or late flights, it…