Start the trek around 8 to 9 a.m (after breakfast). Walk for around 6-7hours into the jungle looking for orangutans and other animals, discovering medicinal plants and learning about their uses. Around noon lunch break, before the trek continues to the camp site. Take a rest at the camp, get a hot drink tea or coffee and then take a refreshing shower in the small clean jungle river. Preparation of dinner.
After breakfast get ready for the trek. Walk for around 5-6 hours, half jungle and half river walking this day. Move to another camp site, looking for the wildlife, discovering medicinal plants and “jungle-food” and learning about their uses. Get lunch in the jungle before continuing to the camp near the river bank. Relax at the camp and take a shower in a small clean jungle river. Preparation of dinner.
Have breakfast at the campsite and set off at around 9am. Walk along the river for 5-6 hours, searching for wild orangutans and other animals, collecting jungle-vegetables for dinner. Relax at the camp and take a shower in the clean jungle river. At around 6 p.m. watch animals in the salt lake, where they come to drink to get iron from the stone. Preparation of dinner.
Have breakfast at the campsite and set off at around 9am. Walk for around 4 hours, move to another camp site, looking for the wildlife, discovering medicinal plants and “jungle-food” and learning about their uses. Get lunch in the jungle before continuing to the camp near the river bank. Relax at the camp and take a shower in clean jungle river. Preparation of dinner.
After a relaxing morning at the campsite by the river enjoying breakfast at around 9am, return to Bukit Lawang either by foot or by tube-rafting down the river (this must be decided before your trek begins). Arrive back at lunchtime (lunch not included on this day).
Our jungle treks are the perfect opportunity to explore one of the world's most diverse forests, and our guides are incredibly knowledgeable about the fauna and flora of the Gunung Leuser National Park. Most of our guests are lucky enough to see orangutans in their natural habitat, but even if you are unlucky we can still guarantee you will have the experience of a lifetime.
Our team of experienced English-speaking guides, certified by the Indonesia Tourist Guides Association, will be glad to share their knowledge with you. They strictly follow the Gunung Leuser National Park guidelines and do their best to keep the jungle clean and the wildlife safe.
