We will start our journey visiting the city of Medan, where we will discover the authentic urban Indonesia, including the ruined Dutch colonial buildings, the Sultan’s Palace and the street food stalls that come to life as the sun goes down. We will continue our adventure in the Tangkahan elephant safari, with which we will carry out different activities. Next, we will visit a waterfall while river tubing. We will continue our route mounted on a 4×4 Jeep until we reach Butik Lawang. About 100 km northwest of the capital, Bukit Lawang is a riverside town on the edge of Mount Leuser National Park. In the past, this village was a kind of sanctuary for orangutans and although no longer exists, it is still a good basis for watching our red-haired cousins. Mount Leuser National Park is listed by UNESCO as one of the most biodiversity areas of the planet. In addition to primates, the park is home to hundreds of species of other mammals and birds, most of them rare or endangered. A private guide is essential during the visit, both to help us locate the orangutans in the jungle dens and to protect the delicate ecosystem. During our tour, we will do several walking routes inside the jungle. The adventure will continue visiting the Brastagi volcanoes and exploring the surroundings of Lake Toba. Located in northern Sumatra, Lake Toba is the largest volcanic lake in the world. We will visit several plantations, we will bathe in incredible freshwater waterfalls, and we will go into several traditional villages to soak up the local culture.
Upon your arrival at the new Kuala Namu International Airport, Medan, your guide will be waiting for you with a sign with your name to take you to your hotel in an air-conditioned car.
Welcome to the sixth largest island in the world famous for its rugged tropical terrain, wildlife and fiery volcanoes. The rest of the day will be free to visit the center of Medan on your own or rest at your hotel.
Meals:
Accommodation: Hotel in Medan
After enjoying your breakfast, your guide will pick you up to head towards Tangkahan. But before, we will take advantage of the morning to see the most important places in Medan such as the Grand Mosque, the Sultan’s Palace and the Chinese temple.
Then we continue our tour to Tangkahan through Binjai and Batang Serangan. It will be a journey of about 4 hours because although we are only 156 km away, some sections of road are dirt.
Along the way, you will already begin to feel the local life of the North of Sumatra and its nature. Upon arrival in Tangkahan, you will check in at the Lodge and you will have your well-deserved rest.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Tangkahan
As soon as we finish our breakfast, our adventure begins. You can join the Mahout (the elephant tamer) as he washes the elephants in the river. You can try to feed the elephant as well. After feeding the elephant, continue down the river and enjoy tubing through the river. Stop will be made at fantastic Buluh Waterfall where you can take your natural shower. Enjoy sun bathing and swimming on the river and have picnic lunch on the beach of the river. In the afternoon, we will arrival at the village where you can get in touch with local people, see the daily activities. You will then return to guest house by walking. Arrival at guest house, you can take a rest or visit hot springs and waterfall near the guest house at your own leisure.
Note: The river rafting in Tangkahan is wider and the water is clearer than in Bukti Lawang, it also has a stop at the waterfalls, Bukit Lawang does not have waterfalls.
Note: There is no elephant activity in Tangkahan on Friday.
Meals: Breakfast – Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Tangkahan
After breakfast, we leave Tangkahan and head towards Bukit Lawang in a Jeep4x4 and we will pass through the plantations of Palm. On the way to the jungle, we will make a stop at various places of interest, such as the school, the palm oil factory and to enjoy the panorama, witnessing the activities of the local population.
Upon arrival at Bukit Lawang check in at the hotel. (Duration until Bukit Lawang: 3 Hours, 60 KM.)
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Bukit Lawang
Today after breakfast, we will start our trekking to the jungle to explore the nature of Gunung Leuser National Park and see the orangutans in the wild.
We will be in the place that houses more amount of tropical Flora and Fauna than in any other place in Indonesia such as Thomas leaf monkeys, long-tailed macaques, gibbons, black gibbons and other types of flora and fauna of the rain forest.
After a further trekking further into the jungle, we returned to the hotel. (Total duration of the trekking is about 3 hours). The rest of the afternoon will be free for you and you can take advantage to enjoy the nature of Bukit Lawang or go visit the town.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Bukit Lawang
Our adventure continues. After breakfast, our compass heads towards Brastagi, a city and sub-district of Karo located at the junction of the main route linking the Karo Highlands of North Sumatra to the coastal city of Medan.
You will pass by several village such as Namu Ukur, Rumah Galuh and Simpang Kuta Buluh. On the way you can enjoy the panorama of Sinabung Volcano. Afternoon arrival in Brastagi, we will be visiting Lhumbini Park with its duplicate of Shwedagon pagoda of Myanmar, fruit market, and Gundaling hill. We will check in to the hotel afterwards.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Brastagi
After breakfast, we drive for Samosir Island in Lake Toba via Tele, and making stops at impressive places:
In mid afternoon arriving at Tuktuk area on Samosir, where we will check-in to hotel.
Note:
Up to 6 people, we will cross to Samosir by car. More than 6 people by ferry.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Samosir
As always, before we start our visits, we have breakfast. We will visit the numerous traditional towns of Batak Toba. The first one is the town of Ambarita. In Ambarita, we find the stone chairs and tables of the old palace of King Sialagan (they used them to execute the criminals at that time).
The next town is Aek Natonang. Here we can see the small lake found of the top of Samosir Island and its panorama view. After that is visiting Tomok village. In Tomok you can find the ancient tomb of King Sidabutar. In the afternoon we return to the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Samosir
After breakfast, we will cross back to Parapat (a small town on the shore of Lake Toba in North Sumatra Province) for about 1 hour and continue our journey to Medan via Pematang Siantar and Tebing Tinggi. During the 5-hour trip, we can stop at the rubber, cocoa and palm oil plantations. Arrival in Medan, we will take you directly to the airport. We are waiting for you on an upcoming adventure in Indonesia.
Meals: Breakfast
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