Bukit Lawang Trip Overview
Explore the Sumatran rainforest in an ethical way, discover it’s unique wildlife and share unforgettable moments with a friendly and experienced team!
Experience a night in the rainforest and feel the jungle vibes with this 2 days trek! After an amazing first trekking day full of discoveries, relax on our campsite near the river or the waterfall. Refresh yourself and take a swim before having a homemade dinner. Then enjoy a entertaining evening chatting and playing games with your guides around a bonfire. Fall asleep with jungle sounds. The next morning, enjoy a yummy breakfast and go deeper in the jungle to see more wildlife before going back to Bukit Lawang by tubing!
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Bukit Lawang, Indonesia
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bukit Lawang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Explore the Sumatran rainforest in an ethical way, discover it’s unique wildlife and share unforgettable moments with a friendly and experienced team!
Experience a night in the rainforest and feel the jungle vibes with this 2 days trek! After an amazing first trekking day full of discoveries, relax on our campsite near the river or the waterfall. Refresh yourself and take a swim before having a homemade dinner. Then enjoy a entertaining evening chatting and playing games with your guides around a bonfire. Fall asleep with jungle sounds. The next morning, enjoy a yummy breakfast and go deeper in the jungle to see more wildlife before going back to Bukit Lawang by tubing!
Itinerary
Day 1: Day 1 Ethical Jungle Trek
Stop At: Gunung Leuser National Park, Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra, Sumatra
After breakfast, your guide will pick you up at your guesthouse around 9:00 am.
You will walk down the river, then go uphill and cross rubber plantations in the way to the entrance of the Gunung Leuser National Park.
Once you have entered the jungle, you will immediately have huge chance to spot semi-wild Sumatran Orangutans. Indeed, some of them are really used to see humans as these short treks are really famous. You will have time to observe them swinging in the trees and taking care of their babies! You will remember this amazing scenery forever.
Afterwards, you will keep trekking through the rainforest and stop for a yummy snack of tropical fruits. Then you will hike up again and walk for about one more hour and enjoy unforgettable viewpoints overlooking the whole valley of the Bohorok River and the Gunung Leuser National Park on the background.
After a jungle lunch, continue your trek through the jungle to your overnight campsite and keep discovering other amazing wildlife such as Long Tail Macaques, Pig Tail Macaques, Thomas Leaf Monkeys and Monitor Lizard!
Around 4:00 pm you will arrive at your campsite near a waterfall or at the riverside. It’s time for you to chill out & enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Take a swim to refresh yourself while your guides will prepare the camp and cook your dinner made of curry, rice, and other yummy local food. After dinner you can relax, chat or play cards games with your guides around a bonfire.
Enjoy a goodnight of sleep under your jungle tent, protected by a large bamboo frame covered with a plastic sheet, and fall asleep with the sounds of the jungle!
Duration: 15 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Free breakfast in our guesthouse if you stay there (tea/coffee & pancake/toasts scrambled eggs/omelette cheese tomato)
• Lunch: Nasi goreng (fried rice) chicken*
Fresh tropical Fruits
*vegetarian or vegan option on demand
• Dinner: A large selection of traditional dishes (curry, sambal, potato cakes, rendang…) at the campsite. Vegan friendly.
Accommodation included: Night at the campsite in the jungle.
Large bamboo frame covered with plastic sheets, mattress, mosquito net & blanket.
Day 2: Day 2 Ethical Jungle Trek
Stop At: Gunung Leuser National Park, Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra, Sumatra
Wake up the next morning after this amazing overnight experience and enjoy the homemade breakfast in the middle of the rainforest.
After breakfast, keep trekking for 4 or 5 more hours and look for other rare wildlife such as jungle Turtles, White-Handed Gibbon or the Great Argus bird.
After your last lunch in the jungle, end your trek with a refreshing and fun experience : the “jungle taxi” will bring you back to Bukit Lawang by a traditional tubing ride along the Bohorok River ! Then, your guide will bring you back to your guesthouse between 2:00 and 4:00 pm.
Duration: 14 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Jungle sandwich (toasts, cucumber, tomato, cheese)*
*vegan option available
• Lunch: Noodles soup, vegetables & eggs*
Fresh tropical Fruits
*vegetarian or vegan option on demand
Accommodation included: Night at the campsite in the jungle.
Large bamboo frame covered with plastic sheets, mattress, mosquito net & blanket.
