- Itinerary
Day 2. After breakfast, your guide will collect you at 8.30am from your guesthouse and you will start your journey into the jungle of Gunung Leuser National Park to see wild orangutans. On your trek (6-7 hours), your guide will educate you on the local wildlife, flora and fauna you may encounter in Gunung Leuser. After lunch, you will continue your trek to see other wildlife (if you’re lucky you may see the Thomas’ leaf monkey, white-handed gibbon, black gibbon, long-tailed macaque, pig-tailed macaque, hornbills, peacocks and monitor lizards) and learn about the trees/plants which can be used in traditional medicine. Late afternoon-on arrivall at river banks , you are free to enjoy the fresh water of the Bohorok river, swim and relax. Later on, you will leave the the river banks by traditional rafting boat (‘jungle style’) following the river downstream to the village and directly to your guesthouse.
Day 3. After breakfast, start your journey back to Medan (3-4 hours). Time permitting, you will have the opportunity to visit one of Medan’s cultural highlights e.g. Maimun Palace, Great Mosque of Medan, Tjong A Fie’s mansion, Marian Shrine of Annai Velangkanni or Maha Vihara Maitreya Cemara Asri, before being dropped at the airport or your accommodation.
What to bring
- – You need to bring a small backpack containing swimsuit (if you are returning by rafting), mosquito repellent, sun block, and camera.
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- You also need to bring at least one large (1.5l) bottle of water, for each person, this you can buy locally for around $0.50.
- – Jungle clothing choices are flexible. You can wear either long or short clothing, longer clothing will keep the sun and mosquitoes away, but it needs to be lightweight
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- Footwear is quite important -wearing shoes on the way, Can wear shoes that are resistant to getting wet in the forest.
- – You need to bring a small backpack containing swimsuit (if you are returning by rafting), mosquito repellent, sun block, and camera.
- –
- You also need to bring at least one large (1.5l) bottle of water, for each person, this you can buy locally for around $0.50.
- – Jungle clothing choices are flexible. You can wear either long or short clothing, longer clothing will keep the sun and mosquitoes away, but it needs to be lightweight
- –
- Footwear is quite important -wearing shoes on the way, Can wear shoes that are resistant to getting wet in the forest.