Itinerary

DAY 1

• Pick-up in the airport or around Medan
• Transport  from Medan to the Mount Leuser National Park  (Around 5 hours)
• Stay at the guesthouse and enjoy the scenic view surrounding

DAY 2

• 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 on 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 seeing 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.
• Afterward, 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 in 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 our 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 our jungle tent, protected by a large bamboo frame covered with a plastic sheet, and fall asleep with the sounds of the jungle!

DAY 3

• 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 around 3 hours and keep an eye out for other wildlife.
• Enjoy your lunch surrounded by the rainforest and its jungle sounds. Afterwards, take another 3 hours walk to go to your second campsite. Relax and take a refreshing swim in the river or in the waterfall (according to your campsite).
• Take your traditional dinner around the bomb fire while listening to the amazing jungle stories of your guide.
• Get some rest to be ready for your next and last trekking day.

DAY 4

• The next morning, you feel like a real jungle adventurer after this second night in the rainforest. Enjoy your last homemade breakfast at the campsite to be full of energy.
• After breakfast, we give you the choice to stay chill a bit at the campsite or to keep trekking for 3 to 5 more hours. Keep trekking is a unique opportunity to see the 8 species of monkeys that are hiding in the Gunung Leuser National Park : the Sumatran Orangutan, the Long Tail Macaques, the Pig Tail Macaques, the Thomas Leaf Monkeys, the Silver Leaf Monkeys but also the more rare to see White-handed Gibbons, Siamangs, and Slow Loris. But you might also have the chance to meet the Great Argus or the Hornbill birds!
• After lunch, walk to a new campsite, relax and swim in the river.
• After your dinner around the campfire, you can either go sleep or we can organize a night trekking of a few hours to spot nocturnal species! You will get more chances to see some of them than during the day.

DAY 5

• After breakfast, go deeper in the rainforest to discover all its secret places : walk through rivers and creeks, explore the wild and swim in waterfall.
• Take your lunch and embrace the amazing atmosphere of the jungle environment. Afterwards, keep trekking and learn about the flora and the medicinal plants!
• Reach your final campsite, set up the tents and chill out with a cup of tea or coffee while waiting for dinner to be ready.
• We can organize once again a night trekking to observe nocturnal species if you'd like to!
• Enjoy your last night in the jungle, far away from any civilization!

DAY 6

• After breakfast, we adapt our trek distance and time but also the activities according to your wishes.
• After this trek, you have acquired traditional jungle survival knowledge and you are now a real jungle explorer!
• 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 around 1:00 or 2:00 pm.
• Stay at the guesthouse and enjoy the scenic view surrounding

DAY 7

• Pick-up at the guesthouse and transport to Medan area (Around 5 hours)