Day 1. After breakfast, your guides 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 guides 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.
What to bring
Small backpack with change of clothes, raincoat, swimwear, small towel, small pillow, personal items, toilet paper, medicine, camera + spare battery + memory card (in a waterproof bag), insect repellent, sunscreen,
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.
Entrance permit to the Gunung Leuser National Park/camera tax (10 Euros/person payable to the national park office), other meals and drinks where not stated above as included, flights, visa and insurance.