Bukit Lawang Orangutan Sanctuary

 
Overview

Bukit Lawang is in Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra. ... village situated 90 kilometers northwest of Medan, the capital city of North Sumatra, Indonesia. ... 300,000 IDR. edit; Jungle Inn, (directly opposite the orangutan sanctuary).

Description

Bukit Lawang, 96km northwest of Medan, is a sprawling tourist village laced along the fast-flowing Sungai Bohorok and bordered by the dense vertical-rising jungle of Gunung Leuser National Park. Its legend is built around the orang-utan rehabilitation center set up here in 1973 and, although the feeding platform has closed, this is still the best place in Sumatra to spot habituated orang-utans on a trek.