Private Tour
6 Day North Sumatra Jungles Orangutans Overnight trek and Hot Springs
Overview
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144 hours
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Our 6 Day North Sumatra Jungles, Orangutans, Overnight trek, Hot Springs Tour explores the best of North Sumatra, visiting Bukit Lawang, Batu Kapal, Batu Rongring. This tour takes you off the beaten tourist track. Perfect for those that want to experience the real Sumatra!
Highlights include an overnight orangutan jungle trek, wildlife spotting, a day trip to the hot springs and waterfall, visiting a cave and a traditional medicine class. You will be amazed when you see the largest recorded tree in Sumatra with a 27 meter circumference!
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required twin share
A maximum of 8 people per booking twin share
Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What‘s Included
Local guide
National Park fees
Tour escort/host
5 nights accommodation twin share
Driver
Twin share standard guesthouse accommodation, toilet, cold water shower or traditional bucket/scoop
Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
Food and drinks, unless specified
Gratuities
Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
What To Expect
Day 1. Private car pickup from airport or Medan accommodation today. Drive to Bukit Lawang (to 4 -5 hours slow drive). Settle into your guest house and explore the local village, river and there is also a national park information centre you may like to visit as well. Bukit Lawang guest house accommodation. Day 2. Trek to Camp 1 Adi Black (approx 5-6hrs trekking) Head off on your Orangutan jungle trek to do some animal spotting. Look out for orangutans, monkeys, gibbons and more…. After lunch head deeper into the jungle leaving the tourists behind. The terrain you will be trekking on will be extremely steep in parts, but the views spectacular, with plenty of stops to help you to acclimatize and adjust to the local conditions. You will have time to relax and bathe in the Landak River before your evening dinner. You will be amazed at the delicious food your guides are able to cook up in the middle of the jungle! Your tent for the night will be a simple bamboo frame, covered with a plastic tarp. (lunch and dinner included) Adi Black jungle camp. Day 3. Sept 3. Trek to Batu Kapal. This morning after a hearty jungle breakfast pack up camp and continue your trek to Batu Kapal through the national park and along the Landak River. Today you will be walking through this shallow river, traversing the river a number of times, so please make sure you have your river sandals handy. Arrive early afternoon at Batu Kapal to settle into your guest house. Time to relax or explore the local surrounds and swim in the river. At dusk option to go on a twilight nature walk and participate in the Batu Kapal Conservation wildlife monitoring program, animal and bird spotting and record your findings. Batu Kapal guesthouse accommodation (breakfast included) Day 4. In morning pack your bags and head off on your hot springs and waterfall full day trip by 4WD (including lunch). Head off late afternoon to travel to Batu Rongring (approx 1 -1.5 hour) Welcome drink on arrival (lunch and dinner). Accommodation Batu Rongring Eco Huts Day 5. In morning trek to the cave and visit the largest recorded tree in Sumatra, the kapas pohon tree (26.9m circumference!). Return for traditional medicine lesson in afternoon. Night Spotlighting by motor bike – look out for porcupines and leopard cats! Accommodation Batu Rongring Eco Huts (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Day 6. Early rise for 6.30am hike (1hr) to see what birds & primates wake up with breakfast along the river (if not raining). Plant a tree as part of the tree planting program (donation to program please) Head off late morning to your Medan accommodation (accommodation at your cost). Visit Grand Mosque and Summer Palace on the way if enough time. (breakfast)
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6 Day North Sumatra Jungles Orangutans Overnight trek and Hot Springs
Reviews
2 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Wonderful experience
Hazel42,
Jul 2, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My husband and I have recently returned from a wonderful trip to Indonesia, spending 6 days in Sumartra. From the moment we were picked up at our hotel in Medan we were spoilt by the friendly and kind Jaka and the members of his teams at Sumartra Adventure Holidays. After staying overnight at the Happy Ria Homestay at Bukit Lawang, we set off for a six hour trek into the Gunung Leuser National Park. This is a strenuous trek in very hot, humid conditions. Here, we were lucky enough to see many orangutans and other monkeys. Our guide, Teddy and assistant guide, Eddie, were very attentive, helping me climb up and down hills in the jungle. We camped for the night in tents near a river and enjoyed fabulous food prepared by our guides. Our next stop was a villa on a conservation site where Santa, a very friendly and informative staff member, advised us about volunteers monitoring wild orangutans in the area After a fast motorbike ride back to Bukit Lawang, we were driven to Batu Rongring, where we hiked to view an enormous tree in the middle of the jungle. We stayed overnight in a guesthouse in Tangkahan, overlooking the river. In the morning, we hiked into the jungle again where we saw a mother elephant, her baby and another young female elephant. Our guide, Bim, gave us pineapple to feed to the elephants which was a special treat for us. After our hike, we were driven to our last stop at a glamping site, set high above the river. We were transported across the river on a bamboo raft, which was a neat experience. After another delicious meal in the evening, Jaka had arranged for a local musician to entertain us . What a special treat to finish off a fantastic time spent with wonderful guides and other members of Jaka’s staff. Our last fun experience was a trip down the river in an inner tube raft, before heading back to our hotel in Medan. We would like to thank Jaka for an unforgettable holiday with him and his fantastic teams. We do not hesitate to highly recommend him and his tour company.
Fantastic 13 day Adventure
phil32p,
Aug 13, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We travelled to the Philippines and Flores before moving on to our adventure in Sumatra. We'd booked with Sumatra Adventure Holidays and Sue was absolutely fantastic with all of the communication. We had a 12 hour delay in Denpasar but were able to re-arrange the pick-up time with Amin (our brilliant guide) so as could get a few hours sleep! Amin was superb throughout and treated us as family. The trip was exactly what we wanted to do, trekking in the jungle (and overnight stay) away from the other tourists. Washing the elephants - which we thought may be a bit tacky, but was great fun. Other treks up a volcano - all was very professional. We finished up with 3 days R & R at Lake Toba which was very nice. Very very pleased we chose to book with this company - would highly recommend
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