Sumatra Orangutan Expedition
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Arrive Gunung Leuser National Park
Arrive in Gunung Leuser National Park, met and transferred to your accommodation. The Sumatran orangutan is one of the most endangered apes alive, and Leuser is its last great stronghold.
Gunung Leuser National Park
Walk the forest for gibbons, leaf monkeys and hornbills. A longer forest day deeper into Leuser, then the river.
Gunung Leuser National Park
A longer forest day deeper into Leuser, then the river. Trek the rainforest from Bukit Lawang for wild orangutans.
Gunung Leuser National Park
Trek the rainforest from Bukit Lawang for wild orangutans.
Gunung Leuser National Park
Walk the forest for gibbons, leaf monkeys and hornbills.
Gunung Leuser National Park
A longer forest day deeper into Leuser, then the river.
Departure
A final morning in Gunung Leuser National Park — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The season changes what you see.
Peak season
Drier months — the most comfortable for trekking the rainforest.
Good season
Equatorial forest delivers all year; expect rain in any month.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.