Bukit Lawang Orangutan Trekking & Bahorok River Tubing Tour in Gunung Leuser National Park

Your Experience

Explore Bukit Lawang on a 3-day, 2-night orangutan trekking and Bahorok River tubing tour with an English-speaking jungle guide.

Getting started

Begin your 3-day, 2-night experience in Bukit Lawang with hotel pickup in Bukit Lawang and meet your professional English-speaking jungle guide. After your Gunung Leuser National Park entrance fee is arranged, you set off toward the rainforest trailhead. Your guide outlines the plan for orangutan trekking, wildlife spotting, and photography before you enter the jungle paths.

What to expect

Gunung Leuser National Park

This tour is centered inside Gunung Leuser National Park, one of Sumatra’s iconic tropical jungle landscapes. Over the multi-day trek, you move through real rainforest trails around Bukit Lawang, with time for Sumatran orangutan trekking and wider wildlife encounters.

Features

• Sumatran orangutan trekking and wildlife spotting take you into the natural habitat of the Sumatran orangutan, where you watch for great apes, monkeys, tropical birds, insects, and other rainforest wildlife during guided walks.

• The Gunung Leuser rainforest adventure unfolds across dense jungle near Bukit Lawang, giving you an authentic jungle trekking experience on real rainforest trails instead of standard sightseeing routes.

• A professional, expert English-speaking jungle guide leads the route, shares information about orangutans and other wildlife, and helps you make the most of wildlife spotting and photography opportunities along the way.

• Jungle lunch and drinking water are provided during your orangutan and wildlife trekking days, so you can focus on the rainforest environment and your photography rather than logistics.

Bukit Lawang and Bahorok River

Time in Bukit Lawang frames the start and end of your rainforest experience, and the Bahorok River adds a different perspective on the landscape. After trekking, the route shifts from forest trails to the water for a change of pace.

Features

• Bahorok River tubing lets you float and splash along the scenic Bahorok River after your jungle hikes, creating a fun, refreshing way to see the surrounding rainforest and river landscapes from the water.

• Hotel pickup and drop-off in Bukit Lawang are included, so your transport between local accommodation and the starting and ending points of the orangutan trekking and river tubing segments is taken care of.

• Wildlife spotting and photography continue throughout the experience, with chances to capture lush rainforest scenery, river views, and tropical wildlife around Bukit Lawang as part of this local experience with knowledgeable guides.