Exploring Observation Jungle
Stunning explore 5-day 4 night in jungle observation trek gives you a unique experience of life in the tropical rainforest. Explore all the hidden spots in Gunung Leuser National Park: trek along the river and camp in a different spot every night. If you’re lucky, you’ll have the chance to spot wild Elephants & see foot prints of the Sumatran Tiger. You will also get all the jungle survival tips and your journey with a ride on the “Jungle Taxi” down the Bohorok River, which will take you back to Bukit Lawang. You’ll remember this unique experience for a lifetime. For this tour, you must be in excellent physical condition and good health so that you can hike for several hours each day, and be willing to carry all your own equipment.
Duration: five days four night
Tour price: 310 EUR per person ( Exclude Permit )
Group size: minimum 3 people, maximum 8 people
Start: at 09:00 am
*you need to be 3 people to do this trek, if less it’s still possible for extra fees
Activity Description
Day 1 : At 9:00 a.m., our English-speaking guide will pick you up at your accommodation. After a short walk, you will enter the Gunung Leuser National Park area of the Sumatran rainforest. As you hike up and down the hills toward the western side of the national park, your guide will point out various species of animals and plants while providing detailed explanations about the rainforest and its biodiversity. If you’re lucky, you might spot gibbons, Thomas’s leaf monkeys, long-tailed macaques, pig-tailed macaques, flying squirrels, Sumatran peacocks, hornbills, and even wild orangutans along the way. In the afternoon, around 3:30 PM, you’ll arrive at the Jambur Batu River, where you’ll spend the night at the campsite. Now you can swim, relax, and enjoy your afternoon coffee and tea. Our team will prepare your jungle dinner local Indonesian . In the evening, you’ll have the chance to play games or simply gaze at the stars and reflect on the first day of your journey. Mosquito net, mattresses, pillows, and blanket will ensure a comfortable night in the jungle.
DAY 2: You will wake up in the morning after breakfast ready to will start treck 6 hour through Landak River. Keep your eye out for other wildlife. Enjoy your simple lunch and fruit on the top a hill . After that will continue to walk second campsite will be next the big Landak River you arrive arround 3:30 pm. Our team will prepare campsite and jungle dinner local Indonesian .Enjoy and take refreshing swim in the river.
Day 3 : The next morning after good breakfast , on your third day will discover the deeper jungle trekking 3-4 hour while hiking further upstream along Landak River to Uning, small pond shaped by nature . You will do several breaks and keep eye for spot the amazing fauna and flora also enjoy your lunch & fruit . If you are lucky you can see spot Sumatran tiger, Deer,horbills, Siamang and Slow Loris. After lunch walk to new campsite. The third night you will spend at a campsite on Landak River. You will become more used to building up the camp, preparing jungle dinner working together as team, Enjoy the night at your jungle camp by playing games or card with your guides.
Day 4: After breakfast you will keep trekking through the jungle heading for Bahorok river arround 5 hours. Take your lunch and the amazing atmosphere of the jungle. If you are lucky you can observe wild Orangutan, Sumatran monitor lizard, tortoises and colourful butterflies. Reach final your campsite relax and swim and chill out with a cup of tea or coffee while waiting for dinner to ready . Enjoy your last night in the jungle, far away from any civilization.
Day 5: This is start for waking up late, breakfast ,swimming or just relaxing. After lunch time to return to Bukit Lawang. Exciting to finnish your adventure and now you are real jungle explorer. Our team prepare “Jungle Taxi” will bring you back by traditional tube rafting along Bahorok River. Then your guide will bring you to your accomodation
Includes: certified English speaking guide, porter, fresh fruits, lunch 5x, dinner 4x, breakfast 4x, drinking water, mattress, blanket, mosquito net, rafting skipper, tubes.
Excludes: permit to enter the national park 150.000 IDR/ person
What to bring: Your camera ,comfortable walking shoes, backpack, long trousers & T-shirt in, long socks, three changes of clothes, long sleeved sweater, water shoes, flip flops, towel, torch, mosquito repellent, sun lotion, swim wear and toilet paper.
